AAA projects 50.9 million Americans will journey 50 miles or more away from home this Thanksgiving, a 3.3 percent increase over last year. The 2017 holiday weekend will see the highest Thanksgiving travel volume since 2005 with 1.6 million more people taking to the nation’s roads, skies, rails and waterways compared with last year. AAA…
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Michigan Rep. John Conyers reportedly settled a wrongful dismissal complaint in 2015 with a former staffer who accused the Democrat of firing her because she would not “succumb to [his] sexual advances.” Four former staffers signed affidavits alleging that the longest serving House member made repeated sexual advances to his female staffers as well as…
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Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) groped and kissedKABC radio anchor Leeann Tweeden without her consent in 2006 on a USO Tour in the Middle East, she claims. In an article published on Thursday, Tweeden said Franken forcibly kissed her backstage during a rehearsal for a skit, and then later groped her breasts when she fell asleep on…
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Hillary Clinton likened the prospect of a special counsel investigating her involvement in the Uranium One deal to what would happen in an authoritarian regime, calling the threat of such an appointment “an abuse of power.” “If they send a signal that we’re going to be like some dictatorship, like some authoritarian regime, where political…
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Hillary Clinton on Wednesday slammed what she described as the “politicization of the Justice Department” after reports that the Trump administration was considering a special counsel to probe the Uranium One deal and alleged conflicts with the Clinton Foundation. President Donald Trump has criticized the uranium deal and suggested that Clinton, who served as U.S.…
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Media bias continues to be on full display, this time regarding the networks’ coverage of the scandal surrounding Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore compared to how much focus was given to Sen. Bob Menendez’s corruption trial. Over a four-day period from November 9 to November 13, ABC, CBS and NBC dedicated 79 minutes and 42…
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As the largest state in the continental U.S., Texas contains outstanding biodiversity. Within the same borders, various homeowners can successfully fill their gardens with bone-dry cactus and water-loving roses. As a result, Texas land tends to be some of the most beautiful in the union. However, there is more to decorating a garden than planting…
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ESPN will lay off more than 100 employees later this month, according to a Thursday report in Sports Illustrated. The layoffs will affect a wide range of staffers, from on-camera personalities to employees in the technology department, but SportsCenter will be the hardest hit, SI reports. This isn’t the first time the network has had…
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Senate Republicans put out their own tax overhaul proposal Thursday that differs in significant ways from the House tax plan. The Senate plan includes taxing pass-through businesses at a higher rate, delaying the corporate tax cut, and lowering the top rate paid by individuals. The Senate bill would create a new deduction for pass-through business income,…
DetailsPresident Donald Trump visited Japanese Emperor Akihito, but did not bow after greeting him at his palace. That was a contrast to former President Barack Obama’s visit, when he drew criticism for a “deep bow” to the foreign dignitary. Trump shook the hand of the Emperor and nodded his head slightly to signal respect.
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The United States will continue to stare into the “abyss of doom” until “lunatic old” President Trump is removed from office, according to a North Korean missive Wednesday, released just hours after Trump warned the rogue regime not to “try” America. The Hermit Kingdom demanded the U.S. “withdraw the hostile policy toward” Kim Jong Un’s…
DetailsOne of the men who said he helped run the Texas church gunman off the road Sunday is being hailed as a hero for potentially preventing more bloodshed after the deadly shooting. Johnnie Langendorff told Fox San Antonio he decided to track down the killer after seeing the gunman, Devin Kelley, exchanging fire with another member of…
DetailsHouse Republicans on Thursday unveiled their long-awaited tax bill which preserves the popular 401K retirement account, lowers rates for many individual households but trims deductions for state and local taxes. A summary of the plan, which was made available to reporters ahead of its public release, would also reduce the cap on the popular deduction…
DetailsFire up the microwave and pop some popcorn; things are about to get really ugly inside the Democratic Party. Throughout the primary election cycle last year, Bernie Sanders and his supporters angrily alleged that the DNC — supposedly a neutral arbiter — was actually in the tank for Hillary Clinton. This was denied up and down, with a top…
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The alleged ISIS fanatic authorities say was behind Tuesday’s deadly New York City slaughter came to the United States seven years ago from Uzbekistan under the Diversity Visa Program, details of Sayfullo Saipov’s travel to America that could become all the more important as President Trump proposes revisions to his “extreme vetting” program. The Diversity Visa…
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President Trump called for the Department of Homeland Security to “step up” its “extreme vetting program” after the terror attack in New York City Tuesday. “I have just ordered Homeland Security to step up our already Extreme Vetting Program,” he tweeted. “Being politically correct is fine, but not for this!” Shortly after the terrorist rammed…
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Former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski weighed in on the FBI indictments that came down Monday against former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort, his business associate Rick Gates, and former Trump advisor George Papadopoulos. Manafort and Gates face 12 charges of money laundering and conspiracy against the United States, while Papadopoulos admitted to having lied…
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Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort and his associate Rick Gates have been indicted by a federal grand jury Monday on 12 counts, according to the special counsel’s office. The special counsel’s office told Fox News that the counts include conspiracy against the United States, conspiracy to launder money, unregistered agent of a foreign principal,…
DetailsThe Department of Justice announced late Thursday night it has lifted a gag order on an FBI informant with first hand knowledge of the Uranium One deal that personally benefited Bill and Hillary Clinton. The informant, whose identity will not be revealed, will be allowed to speak to the Senate Judiciary Committee and others on…
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Texas Speaker of the House Joe Straus (R-San Antonio) made a surprise announcement on Wednesday morning that he will not seek another term in the state’s House of Representatives. He will be retiring from both his position as speaker and as the representative for District 121. In an announcement posted on his Facebook page, Speaker…
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