Last summer, the FBI obtained a Foreign Intelligence Service Act warrant to monitor the communications of Carter Page, an adviser to Donald Trump. Sources familiar with the case leaked this development to The Washington Post last night, though it does not mean that Page was involved in any wrongdoing. At the same time, it does…
Kassem Eid survived the 2013 chemical attack in Syria. As someone who has seen the government’s horror firsthand, he is one of many Syrians who are overjoyed at the Trump administration’s response to the most recent chemical attack. During an interview with CNN’s Brooke Baldwin on Friday, he could not contain his gratitude for Trump’s aggressive and…
President Trump’s selection to replace Antonin Scalia is expected to win confirmation Friday and be sworn in soon after to hear the final cases of the term. The Senate will resume debate on Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch on the morning, and a vote is expected about midday, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said. McConnell’s…
President Trump’s swift and telegraphed action to punish Syria for a suspected chemical weapons attack earlier this week, by pummeling a key air base with missiles, was roundly praised by leaders around the world. Trump, who authorized the launch of 59 Tomahawk missiles from Navy warships in the Mediterranean Sea on an air base near…
BC News reports around 60 Tomahawk missiles (NBC Pentagon Correspondent Hans Nichols revised the numbers) have been fired from the Eastern Mediterranean against the Syrian airfield where the chemical attack was reportedly launched. UPDATE II: There were some concerns that Russian personnel were at the Shayrat airbase when the missile strikes began. ABC confirmed that the Russians were…
Illegal immigrants—no matter who or where they are—are subject to arrest, a Department of Homeland Security spokesman said Tuesday. This includes victims of crime, witnesses to those crimes, and those in a courthouse. DHS spokesman David Lapan said at a news briefing that some of those victims and witnesses could be criminal immigrants themselves who…
In testimony today before Congress, it was revealed that illegal border crossings are down by TWO THIRDS through March, an incredible accomplishment. From the Washington Times: Illegal immigration across the U.S.-Mexico border has continued to fall under President Trump, dropping 67 percent through the end of March, the former border commissioner told Congress on Tuesday.…
Yes, that would be the same Susan Rice who made herself famous for delivering outright lies on national television about the Benghazi terrorist attack, the nature of which the Obama administration was eager to deliberately distort for political reasons in the thick of a campaign. It would also be the same Susan Rice described by Newsweek…
President Trump’s former deputy campaign manager said Thursday that an ex-Obama administration official who admitted former colleagues tried to gather intelligence on Trump team ties to Russia should be subpoenaed by Congress “immediately.” “That is just a devastating admission right there,” said David Bossie, a Fox News contributor who was a top official with Trump’s…
Dana Loesch was on Fox and Friends this morning and dished out some cold hard truth on the health care fight that ended last week. Dana Loesch points out that for now at least, the American people have won in the health care fight. And in discussing the real issue with the health care bill,…
The week began with fierce finger-pointing in Washington in the wake of Friday’s flameout of the GOP alternative to ObamaCare, with conservatives and moderates blaming each other, President Trump sending mixed signals as to he faulted and Democrats gloating over the law’s preservation. Opposition from the House Freedom Caucus, the powerful bloc of conservative Republicans,…
White House officials said late Thursday President Trump wants the House to vote Friday on the legislation to begin dismantling ObamaCare, and if it fails, he is “done with health care,” and ready to move on to tax reform, a source told Fox News. “My understanding is he’s going to get it,” White House Press…
Following his announcement on Wednesday that intelligence officials engaged in surveillance of the Trump transition team, based on the House Intelligence Committee’s findings, Chairman Devin Nunes (R-CA) noted that he’d be personally briefing President Trump on the matter in the coming hours. Former chief counsel for the committee, Jeremy Bash, finds that horrifying. He argued on MSNBC…
House Republicans’ ObamaCare replacement plan was in peril early Thursday after lengthy leadership and committee meetings failed to produce an agreement that would shore up support among conservative members. “We have not cut the deal yet,” said House Rules Committee Chairman Rep. Pete Sessions, R-Texas. The committee spent 13 hours in session Wednesday without setting…
President Trump signed a bill today reauthorizing funding for NASA after Obama basically shut them down 7 years ago. Trump also set the goal of NASA landing on Mars: ABC NEWS – President Donald Trump signed a bill into law Tuesday that updates NASA’s mission to add exploration of Mars and authorizes $19.5 billion in…
Senate Democrats on Tuesday pressed Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch on his opinion on past court rulings that could help identify his ideological approach to the bench, but he appeared to have emerged from the hours of testimony relatively unscathed. Gorsuch appeared intent on following the Hippocratic Oath: First do no harm. He avoided any…
A phalanx of immigration judges will be temporarily re-assigned to 12 U.S. cities to help speed deportations of illegal aliens, the U.S. Department of Justice confirmed on Friday. The full plan of the reassignments is still in the works, and the DOJ is looking for volunteers among immigration judges before going forward, according to Reuters. Cities…
Hours after a much-touted MSNBC “scoop” revealed part of President Trump’s 2005 tax returns — and in the process, undermined the left’s speculation that he was a tax dodger — the commander-in-chief fired back Wednesday morning with another volley of barb-laden tweets. Though Trump was set to hit the road for a stop in Detroit…
Senate Democrats are apparently pushing ahead with their proposal to cripple President Donald Trump’s presidency by blocking his campaign promise to build a secure border wall between the United States and Mexico’s drug runners, criminals and illegal immigrants. The threat, leaked in early March, was made clear in a letter from Democratic leaders in the Senate, who…
The Congressional Budget Office has released it’s official score for the Obamacare replacement bill, better known as the American Healthcare Act. CBO estimates the new legislation will cut the federal budget deficit by $337 billion over the next ten years. The estimate also states an additional 21 million people will be without healthcare insurance coverage…
