While House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is urging caution and patience in response to those in her party clamoring for impeachment proceedings against President Trump, her top deputies are signaling it’s only a matter of time before they begin. South Carolina Rep. Jim Clyburn, the third-highest-ranking Democrat in the House, said in an interview Sunday that he…
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The White House briefed reporters about the tariffs and the expectations set forth. Because the situation along the southern border is fluid, there is no specific reduction number or goal for Mexico. Instead, the Trump administration wants to see three things from Mexico: 1. Operational security along Mexico’s southern border with Guatemala. 2. Target criminal…
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President Trump blasted Robert Mueller as “highly conflicted” on Thursday, claiming the special counsel “would have brought charges” against him in the Russia investigation if he had “anything” but that “there were no charges to bring,” while calling impeachment a “dirty, filthy, disgusting word.” The president’s comments were in response to what Mueller said during his rare…
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Special Counsel Robert Mueller, in his first public appearance since being appointed to lead the Russia investigation, broke his silence Wednesday in saying his team did not have the “option” to charge President Trump with a crime because of Department of Justice policy, adding his report “would have said so” if they had “confidence” the president did not…
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Senate Republicans are vowing to crush the impeachment effort if the Democrat-controlled House passes articles of impeachment of President Trump. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is expected to ensure that the measure, which has caused some friction even among Democrats, would be over before it could gain traction. Democrats in the Senate will remain largely powerless as although McConnell…
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Late Thursday evening, President Trump granted Attorney General Bill Barr the authority to declassify information relevant to the investigation into how spying on the Trump campaign started in 2016. “Today, at the request and recommendation of the Attorney General of the United States, President Donald J. Trump directed the intelligence community to quickly and fully…
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President Trump on Wednesday demanded Democrats end what he called their “phony investigations” before he’ll negotiate with them on issues like infrastructure, as he delivered a fiery statement from the Rose Garden after a meeting with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer was cut short. Watch the latest video at foxnews.com…
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Attorney General William Barr blasted lower courts Tuesday for the “improper use of nationwide injunctions against policies of all stripes,” saying district courts wield “unprecedented power” and are threatening the president’s agenda. “One judge can, in effect, cancel the policy with the stroke of the pen,” he said during a speech before the American Law…
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President Trump blasted Democrats in Congress on Wednesday over the push by some to launch impeachment proceedings against him, accusing them of neglecting their jobs while they “fish” for incriminating evidence. “The Democrats are getting ZERO work done in Congress,” Trump said in a series of tweets. “All they are focused on is trying to prove the Mueller…
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Days after the Trump administration ordered American diplomatic personnel to leave the United States’ embassy in Baghdad, a rocket attacked the very area they were in on Sunday, The Washington Times reported. The area that was attacked was the Green Zone in the Iraq capital. It’s where the U.S. embassy and the main headquarters for combating the Islamic…
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Speaking from the Rose Garden Thursday afternoon President Trump introduced a new legal immigration system, in addition to a plan that bolsters border security. “Our plan includes a sweeping modernization of our dysfunctional legal immigration process,” Trump said. “The system will finally be fair, transparent, and promote equality and opportunity for all.” According to a…
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A 74-year-old man who was pushed off a Las Vegas public bus — allegedly by a woman he had told to “be nicer” — has died from injuries he suffered when he hit the sidewalk, and the woman has been charged with his murder. Surveillance video released by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department this week…
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President Trump took a swipe at his own FBI director overnight as he echoed allegations that Christopher Wray is protecting members of the bureau who, in the words of one critic, worked to “overthrow” him.b The president, sending a signal about his apparently dimming view toward the sitting bureau boss, tweeted comments recently made by the…
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President Trump issued a series of tweets Monday morning commenting on the current trade situation with China, warning President Xi that his country will be “hurt very badly” if a deal is not made. “I say openly to President Xi & all of my many friends in China that China will be hurt very badly…
DetailsTime and time again the lower courts have hamstrung the Trump administration on policy changes. They’re mostly Obama appointees—so you can see where this is going. The most prominent of the challenges was the executive order of immigration, which the Left erroneously called the “Muslim ban.” The order was delayed multiple times by national injunctions…
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With Attorney General William Barr at the helm, there’s no doubt that he will investigate allegations of wrongdoing concerning whatever Obama’s DOJ was up to during the 2016 election with regards to spying on the Trump campaign. Sorry, sorry—covertly placing the campaign under surveillance whilst also using informants to infiltrate the campaign under false pretense with the goal of collecting…
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Former independent counsel Ken Starr on Monday sharply criticized the leak of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s letter to Attorney General William Barr following Barr’s summary of the Russia report, calling the release of the letter an “unforgivable sin.” “His letter, that was then leaked on the very eve of Bill Barr’s testimony, was essentially, I believe, an…
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OilOpens a New Window. prices dropped on Thursday even though the Trump administrationOpens a New Window. officially ended waivers that had been granted to some nations allowing them to continue importing oil from Iran. On Thursday, WTI crude oil prices fell by nearly 3.8 percent to $61.19 per barrel, while Brent Crude dropped to $69.95 per barrel. There were concerns oil…
DetailsWhile the liberal media goes bananas over this nothing burger story over Robert Mueller’s letter to Attorney General Barr about the media reaction to his report on Trump-Russia collusion, let’s be reminded that this is a non-story. No, Barr didn’t lie about the report. Also, when did Democrats start to doubt the veracity of the Mueller report?…
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There is a border crisis. Sorry Democrats, it’s an actual crisis. It’s been one for decades, which has reached fever pitch in recent months. Migrants are overwhelming border enforcement agents. The Department of Homeland Security, which recently underwent a shakeup, says it needs more money to handle this amount of migrants. The number of apprehensions has approached or reached into the…
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