he Department of Justice addressed rumors Tuesday night that U.S. Attorney General Bill Barr planned to step down over President Trump’s tweeting. “Addressing Beltway rumors: The Attorney General has no plans to resign,” DOJ spokeswoman Kerri Kupec tweeted. KerriKupecDOJ Addressing Beltway rumors: The Attorney General has no plans to resign. Last week, Barr told ABC News…
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The accelerating spread of the coronavirus is taking an unexpected toll on the global economy, making it a black swan event, according to Alibaba CEO Daniel Zhang. The number of new cases surged by more than 15,000 to at least 59,804 Thursday after Chinese authorities began using a new reporting method. Additionally, the death toll climbed by 254…
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The most significant aspect of President Trump’s win in New Hampshire’s Republican primary is voter enthusiasm—a good sign for his chances of winning re-election, his campaign manager Brad Parscale said. “In NH primary tonight, @realDonaldTrump is very likely to beat the vote percentages of the last 3 incumbent presidents who WON re-election,” Parscale tweeted. “1996 Bill Clinton…
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Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee dramatically boycotted a public hearing Wednesday morning, after accusing Chairman Adam Schiff of ignoring Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) abuse following the release of a scathing Justice Department inspector general report which revealed significant misconduct. The House Intelligence Subcommittee on Strategic Technologies and Advance Research (STAR) held a hearing on “Emerging Technologies…
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A police union says the men and women of New York City’s finest are now “declaring war” on Mayor Bill de Blasio following a pair of shootings targeting officers in the Bronx over the weekend. The fiery rhetoric directed at the Big Apple’s Democrat leader — who has implemented several measures critics say are hostile to police – comes…
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The 68th annual National Prayer Breakfast on Thursday arrived at a celebratory time for President Trump, a day after he was finally acquitted in the Senate impeachment trial. The woman who launched the impeachment inquiry against him, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, happened to give one of the invocations. She took her seat onstage after the…
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The State of the Union is always a good measure on what Democrats seem to truly care about—and on Tuesday it was clear their disdain for President Trump took priority over any accomplishment he’s made to improve the lives of the average Americans. Below are just some of the surprising times Democrats refused to clap during Tuesday…
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi showed her contempt for President Trump in the starkest of terms Tuesday night when she promptly ripped up his speech the moment he finished—and as the cameras were still focused on the dais. While social media users roasted Pelosi for the move, saying it was a disgrace, petty, and disgusting, the…
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President Trump easily defeated his primary rivals in Monday’s Iowa Republican caucuses, in the first indication that those attempting to take on the president inside his own party stand a slim chance of making headway against the incumbent. Iowa results showed the president winning with roughly 97 percent of the vote over former Massachusetts Gov. Bill Weld and…
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Criticism was thrown at the Democratic Party from all sides on Monday after technical issues and “quality control” reviews mired the Iowa caucuses in controversy and conspiracies. If Dems couldn’t even get this contest right, how could they be expected to run the government, Brad Parscale, President Trump’s campaign manager, questioned. “Democrats are stewing in a caucus mess…
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Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., announced late Thursday night that he would not support additional witnesses in President Trump’s “shallow, hurried and wholly partisan” Senate impeachment trial, seemingly ending Democrats’ hopes of hearing testimony from former national security adviser John Bolton and paving the way for the president’s imminent acquittal as soon as Friday night. “If this shallow, hurried…
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President Trump will sign the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement at the White House on Wednesday. The measure, which will update NAFTA, was passed on a bipartisan basis, 358 to 41 in the House and 89 to 10 in the Senate. But according to some media outlets, Democrats won’t be in attendance. Jake Tapper .@byrdinator reports: House…
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A leftover from late last week that’s worthy of some extra attention, if only to demonstrate the gulf separating the elite media from much of the country over the issue of impeachment. Interest is low, as a deeply-polarized and evidently-exhausted electorate remains torn over Democrats’ partisan maneuvering and the president’s conduct. The Bolton development we covered yesterday represents a dramatic curveball in…
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Sprawling lines were forming overnight in the Jersey Shore destination of Wildwood in anticipation of President Trump’s campaign rally scheduled for late Tuesday, in a show of support by Trump’s faithful amid the bruising impeachment fight back in Washington. The scene is striking considering Jersey’s political reputation as a blue state. But as Rep. Jeff Van Drew suggested Tuesday…
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Tempers flared in the Senate early Wednesday when President Trump’s legal defense team lost it on impeachment manager Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY) during a debate on a Democratic amendment to the rules resolution seeking to immediately subpoena former national security adviser John Bolton. The tense exchange between the two sides forced Chief Justice John Roberts…
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President Trump slammed the House impeachment managers prosecuting the case against him as “sleazebags” during an impromptu press conference at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on Wednesday — while saying he’d “love” to attend his ongoing Senate trial back home. In the hastily called press event before Trump was to return to Washington, the president…
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Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) appears to have “mischaracterized” a piece of evidence used in the Democrats’ impeachment investigation, Politico reports. The problematic evidence stems from a letter the House Intelligence chairman sent to House Judiciary Committee Jerry Nadler (D-NY) last week. Melanie Zanona Adam Schiff may have mischaracterized a piece of the Lev Parnas evidence…
DetailsPresident Trump sung the praises of the U.S. economy at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Tuesday, telling the global business community that the changes in America’s economy under his administration have been “nothing short of spectacular.” He told the crowd that when he last spoke at the WEF early into his presidency…
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It is finally happening. After three years of continuous groveling from House Democrats, demanding President Trump be impeached since before he was even sworn into office, the lower chamber finally turned the articles of impeachment to the Senate. Despite the urgency of this procedure, for the sake of democracy, Speaker Pelosi and her caucus took nearly a…
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With the Phase One trade deal signing scheduled for tomorrow, new details have emerged about China’s pledge to significantly ramp up purchases of U.S. exports including manufactured goods, food, farm products, energy and services, sources told Reuters. The Phase One deal includes agreements on intellectual property, technology transfers and currency as well as explicit commitments from China…
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