In response to a rocket attack that killed two U.S. soldiers and one British soldier in Iraq on Wednesday, the U.S. has launched a number of retaliatory strikes against multiple targets in the region. Pentagon officials stated earlier on Thursday that the U.S. and its allies were weighing options on how to respond to the…
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I’ll begin with a word on last night’s address by the president. In some respects, it was strong; it emphasized the seriousness of the crisis, repeated crucially important recommendations for best hygiene practices, and reassured anxious Americans that the federal government will act to mitigate the (negative, likely temporary) economic impact. But it also failed in several…
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Former Vice President Joe Biden got into a heated and profanity-laced argument with an autoworker Tuesday while touring a factory in Detroit, after the individual accused the Democratic presidential candidate of trying to take away his Second Amendment rights. “You’re full of sh– … I support the Second Amendment,” Biden shot back, stressing he’s not going to take guns…
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U.S. equity markets were sharply lower Monday morning after an oil price war broke out between Saudi Arabia and Russia and the new coronavirus showed signs of spreading. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down by as many as 2,046 points, or 7.9 percent, in the opening minutes of trading while the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite were lower by…
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President Trump tried to calm Americans’ fears on Monday by tweeting that his coronavirus task force is hard at work to protect us from the virus outbreak. The U.S. now has over 500 confirmed cases, and 22 deaths related to the disease. Vice President Mike Pence, who is leading the task force, has been meeting…
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Look away, liberals. Well, they’re probably going to anyway because we have another segment where the Trump-Russia collusion narrative is once again exposed as a total myth. The Federalist’s Mollie Hemingway was on a panel on Fox News’ Bret Baier’s show Wednesday evening and the topic of former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s disastrous 2020…
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The novel coronavirus that has infected thousands of people across the world may have mutated at least once — meaning there may be two different types of the virus causing illnesses, a new study conducted by Chinese scientists suggests. Scientists with Peking University’s School of Life Sciences and the Institut Pasteur of Shanghai in a preliminary study…
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At his remarks on the Senate floor on Thursday, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (AKA Cocaine Mitch) reacted to his Democratic counterpart’s outrageous threats against Supreme Court Justices Brett Kavanaugh and Neil Gorsuch. Chuck Schumer warned the pair of justices, who were appointed by President Trump, to consider the consequences if they vote the wrong…
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Now that Mike Bloomberg is on center stage running for President of the United States, his past policies are coming to light. Those of us who are strong supporters of the Second Amendment know that Mike Bloomberg single-handedly funds the gun control groups that aim to disarm law-abiding Americans. What’s interesting is that he cherry-picks…
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President Trump said Monday his administration has asked pharmaceutical companies to “accelerate” efforts to create a coronavirus vaccine, just a day after the second confirmed U.S. fatality related to the virus. The president, sitting alongside Colombian President Dubuque Marquez in the Oval Office, told reporters that pharmaceutical reps have been slated to visit the White House Monday for weeks, but…
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Tuesday is the most important day in the 2020 presidential race so far. With 1,357 pledged delegates — 34 percent of the nationwide total — up for grabs on what’s known as Super Tuesday, the results of these contests will set the course for the rest of the presidential nominating calendar and could make or break several candidates’ campaigns. Fourteen states are…
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Tuesday night’s Democratic debate in Charleston, South Carolina was a mess. CBS News moderators struggled to maintain order and asked hit-or-miss questions (often with little follow-up), as candidates routinely talked over each other and blew past time limits. It was no one’s finest moment. After the ruckus died down and the dust settled, my overall impression is…
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President Trump and CNN’s Jim Acosta had a testy exchange Tuesday over the issue of truthfulness during a news conference in India. Acosta first asked the president if he could “pledge to the American people that you will not accept any foreign assistance in the upcoming election?” “First of all, I want no help from…
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The Trump Administration received even more positive news this morning, via the latest Gallup poll. President Trump’s approval rating continues to climb in the wake of his acquittal in the United States Senate; this morning’s poll has his job approval at 49 percent. The survey also shows an increase in self-identified Republicans, and a decrease…
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The hype headed into Wednesday night’s Democratic debate was off the charts. Finally Michael Bloomberg would appear on a debate stage. Finally the candidates might be desperate enough to actually go after each other. Finally some of the simmering tensions might boil over. And boy, did it deliver. From the opening seconds, the candidates were firing at each…
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On his way to Riyadh Wednesday, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo warned the terrorist regime that continued attacks on U.S. interests in the region will not be tolerated. “I never broadcast what our response may be in advance but we’re mindful that it cannot become ordinary course that the Iranians, through their proxy forces in…
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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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