DOJ asks Supreme Court to take up case of military transgender ban
The Supreme Court on Friday got a request from the Department of Justice, asking that it quickly hear cases regarding President Trump’s ban on certain transgender individuals joining the military. The...
View ArticleSaudi war game scenario shows peril of post-Khashoggi period for the US
Defense Secretary James Mattis’ framing came closer to the mark: “We’re not going to apologize for our human rights stance. Nor are we going to apologize for working with Saudi Arabia when it’s...
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South Dakotans may soon be able to carry concealed handguns without a permit
South Dakota Gov.-elect Kristi Noem speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington, Dec. 5, 2017. (Associated Press) SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – After years of unsuccessful attempts, supporters of legislation that...
View ArticleTrump is reportedly dissatisfied with Mnuchin, blaming him for appointment of...
President Donald Trump has expressed dissatisfaction with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, blaming him for the appointment of Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, The Wall Street Journal...
View ArticleTrump tells Mexico to ship migrants home or see border permanently closed
President Trump offered Mexico some advice on deporting migrants massed in Tijuana and threatening to storm the U.S., telling the neighboring nation in a tweet to send them “back to their countries”...
View ArticleMueller’s prosecutors allege Paul Manafort lied to investigators
Special counsel Robert Mueller alleged Monday that former Trump campaign chief Paul Manafort lied to investigators, violating his plea agreement, according to a court filing. “After signing the plea...
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Trump considering former Senate candidate John James for UN ambassador,...
Former Michigan Senate candidate John James is under consideration for the post of U.N. ambassador. President Trump is considering former Michigan Senate candidate John James to replace outgoing U.N....
View ArticleTrump spending more on border troops than new immigration judges
The Trump administration is spending at least $72 million to send troops to the U.S.-Mexico border as a caravan of migrants arrives to seek asylum. That’s nearly double what the White House requested...
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Stormy Daniels says lawyer Avenatti sued Trump for defamation without her OK
Adult-film actress Stormy Daniels claimed Wednesday that her attorney, Michael Avenatti, sued President Trump for defamation without her approval and launched a second fundraising campaign to raise...
View ArticleGiuliani calls timing of Mueller’s latest Cohen bombshell ‘hardly coincidental’
Rudy Giuliani, President Trump’s personal lawyer, criticized the timing of Michael Cohen’s guilty plea on charges of lying to Congress: just before the president was about to leave for a high-stakes...
View ArticleSteel, aluminum tariffs remain even after Trump signs new NAFTA deal
The United States might have a new North American trade deal in place, but the Trump administration’s tariffs on steel and aluminum continue to be a headache for businesses, lawmakers and America’s...
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Pelosi, Schumer expected to meet with Trump amid battle over border funding
Sen. Chuck Schumer and U.S. Rep. Nancy Pelosi will meet with President Trump next week, Fox News has learned. (Associated Press) Democratic leaders Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer will meet with...
View ArticleFormer President George HW Bush dies at age 94
George Herbert Walker Bush, who advocated a “kinder, gentler” conservatism, pursued policies that helped topple the Soviet empire and initiated military campaigns that ousted one foreign dictator and...
View ArticleTop Dem blames Trump for GM plant shutdowns, praises new truce with China
Maryland Democratic Sen. Ben Cardin, a member of the Foreign Relations Committee, exclusively told “Fox News Sunday” that President Trump bears responsibility for General Motors’ decision last month...
View ArticleGeorge HW Bush quotations
“I will never apologize for the United States — I don’t care what the facts are. … I’m not an apologize-for-America kind of guy.” — Comments during an Aug. 2, 1988, campaign stop about the USS...
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CIA Director Gina Haspel to brief Senate leaders on Khashoggi murder, source...
CIA Director Gina Haspel is expected to brief Senate leaders Tuesday, according to a source. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley, File) CIA Director Gina Haspel is expected to brief leaders of multiple Senate...
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Dems have hard time connecting to voters because they know so much: Hirono
Hawaii Sen. Mazie Hirono (Mazie Hirono website) Sen. Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii, on Tuesday told a conference that she heard one of the reasons that her party has a difficult time connecting with voters...
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Politicians should learn from life of George HW Bush
Brendan Smialowski | AFP | Getty Images Former US Sen. Alan Simpson shakes hands after speaking during the state funeral of former US President George H.W. Bush at the Washington National Cathedral in...
View ArticleHarris and Warren, eyeing 2020, unsure whether to support Trump-backed prison...
Presumptive 2020 Democratic presidential candidates currently in Congress are unsure whether to support President Trump-backed criminal justice reform, even as progressive groups endorse it. For...
View ArticleTrump may be first president since Carter to seek reelection in recession
For 2019 and beyond, they expect growth to slow progressively further as fiscal stimulus from lower taxes and higher spending winds down. Many predict the economy will lapse into recession in 2020. “A...
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