A man in El Salvador was charged and jailed for promoting the formation of a U.S.-bound migrant caravan Thursday.
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Month: January 2020
Commentary: Finding Economic Independence and Prosperity
President Trump appeared at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland this year as vir triumphalis—the man of triumph. He presides over an American economy that boasts low unemployment, rising wages, and a booming stock market.
Read MoreGOP Leaders Hit Nadler for Holding Up a Ban on Fentanyl During Impeachment Trial
Republican Oregon Rep. Greg Walden believes House Democrats’ “obsession” with impeaching President Donald Trump is distracting them from passing a temporary ban on fentanyl substances.
Read MoreTrump to Crowd at March for Life: ‘They Are Coming After Me Because I’m Fighting for You’
President Trump addressed the annual “March For Life” rally in Washington D.C., Friday, becoming the first sitting president to appear at the massive pro-life event in its 47-year history.
Read MoreDHS Started Preparing Against Iran Threats Months Ago, Acting Secretary Says
YUMA, Arizona — Chad Wolf, the acting secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), said the U.S. government was well prepared for any threats from Iran because it had prepared months in advance.
Read MoreStacey Abrams Calls on Democrats To ‘Stop Re-Litigating Past Elections’
Failed Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams told a crowd of Democrats that they must move on from past elections and focus on making future elections more fair.
Read MoreTrump Rolls Back Another Obama-Era Enviro Rule as Impeachment Trial Drags On
The Environmental Protection Agency finalized a rule Thursday afternoon scaling back an Obama-era regulation farmers and energy producers said saddled them with unnecessary burdens.
Read MoreCommentary: The Battle Between Something and Nothing
I’m no prognosticator, but in any conflict between Something and Nothing, my money is on Something, every time.
Read MoreOhio Bill Proposal Would Ban Telemedicine Abortions
A new bill introduced in the Ohio legislature this week wants to outlaw abortions performed through telemedicine.
Read MoreCommentary: Europe Fusses and Fidgets While Trump Defends America
The response to America’s killing of Iranian terrorist chief General Qassem Soleimani illustrates again how useless the Western alliance has become, and how correct this administration is to have defined U.S. national security interests and deployed forces adequate to maintain those interests itself.
Read MoreThirty Four US Troops Treated for Brain Injuries Following Iran Missile Attack
PENTAGON – The Pentagon said Friday that 34 U.S. troops had been diagnosed with traumatic brain injuries or concussions as a result of Iran’s missile attack on bases in Iraq earlier this month.
Read MoreSoros Takes a Page Out of Liz Warren’s Playbook, Says Facebook and Trump Are Conspiring to Win Reelection
Billionaire financier George Soros floated the possibility Thursday that President Donald Trump and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg are conspiring to get the president reelected.
Read MoreICE Chief Gives Sordid Example of ‘Fraudulent Family’ Cases at the Southern Border
The chief of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), giving an example of how far migrants will go to deceive U.S. authorities, said one migrant woman was caught spitting into the mouth of a baby that was not related to her.
Read MoreBiden: DACA Recipients Are ‘More American than Most Americans’
Former Vice President Joe Biden said at a campaign event in Iowa on Tuesday that illegal immigrants in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program are “more American” than most of their U.S.-born counterparts because they do well in school.
Read MoreCommentary: Why Hollywood Attempts to Silence Dissident Women
Amy Sherman-Palladino’s writing is full of witty, sharp dialogue that makes you need to rewind a couple times every episode to make sure you caught exactly what was being said. Usually, it’s brilliant.
Read MoreCommentary: State Department Right to Tackle ‘Birth Tourism’
“Birth tourism” has become big business. Today, hundreds of companies advertise to pregnant women—particularly upper-middle-class women from China, Nigeria, Russia, and Turkey—offering assistance to get visas that would allow them to visit the U.S. during the time they expect to give birth.
Read MoreCommentary: The Appalling Elitism of ‘Dollar Store’ Bans
Should city governments dictate where you can shop for food? If your neighbors see a need for a store, and happily patronize it, should outsiders shut down that option?
Read MoreOhio House Committee Considers Anti-Sanctuary Cities Act
An anti-sanctuary bill is pending in the Ohio House of Representatives.
Read MoreOhioans Against Corporate Bailout Will No Longer Attempt to Overturn House Bill 6
Ohioans Against Corporate Bailout (OACB) announced this week it has stopped its efforts of repealing House Bill 6, a piece of legislation that bailed out Ohio’s two nuclear power plants.
Read MoreCommentary: Donald Trump May Be America’s Greatest Right-to-Life President
Our friend J. Christian Adams alerted us to an incredible development in the fight to protect the unborn. This filing marks a significant moment. The Trump Justice Department has been more active in defending pro-life legal positions than any prior administration, perhaps since Ronald Reagan observed Mr. Adams.
Read MoreCommentary: When Will Conservatives Understand That It’s Not a Contest of Ideas?
Even as Donald Trump continues to frustrate #TheResistance after three years of ceaseless fabrication and hysteria, conservatives must not forget just how close they are to the edge. We have a defender in the White House, but the social ideas of the Left prevail in nearly every other elite and cultural space in the United States.
Read MoreTulsi Gabbard Sues Hillary Clinton Over Russia Smears
Democratic Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard is suing Hillary Clinton for defamation over the former Secretary of State’s remarks on a podcast characterizing the Democratic presidential candidate as “a favorite of the Russians” last year.
Read MoreDOJ: At Least Two of FBI’s Four FISA Warrants ‘Were Not Valid’
In a December letter to the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, the Justice Department officially determined that at least half of the secret surveillance applications the FBI sought to spy on former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page were illegal.
Read MorePlanned Parenthood Acting President Predicts More Abortion Restrictions in 2020
Acting Planned Parenthood president Alexis McGill Johnson predicted that more abortion restrictions will take place during 2020.
Read MoreA Florida Police Officer Was Investigated for Liking Facebook Comments Critical of Tlaib and Omar
A Florida police officer who was in the running for chief of his local department was temporarily suspended last week after the Miami Herald outed him for liking comments on Facebook that were critical of U.S. Reps. Ilhan Omar (D-MN-05) and Rashida Tlaib (D-MI-13).
Read MoreHallmark Channel President Steps Down After Same-Sex Ad Controversy
The president and chief executive of the Hallmark Channel, Bill Abbot is stepping down barely a month after the company faced controversy over a later-reversed decision to pull a commercial showing a same-sex couple getting married, The Hill reports.
Read MoreWhite House Rolls Out New Rules to End ‘Birth Tourism’
The Trump administration will implement new rules that aim to prevent pregnant foreign nationals from visiting the U.S. for the sole purpose of giving birth on U.S. soil.
Read MoreJoe Biden Touts Opposition to School Vouchers, Despite Sending Sons to Posh Private School
Former Vice President Joe Biden took a stand against school choice vouchers Wednesday, despite that he chose to send both of his sons to a posh private high school in Delaware.
Read MoreNational Democrats Sue Minnesota As Part of ‘Eight Figure Commitment’ to Fighting ‘Voter Suppression’
Two national Democratic groups filed a lawsuit against Minnesota Thursday in an effort to eliminate the state’s “unconstitutional” restrictions on voter assistance.
Read MoreFACT CHECK: Ohio GOP Chairwoman Timken Spreads Falsehoods on Refugees in Letter to Party Members
Ohio Republican Party Chairwoman Jane Timken wrote an error-riddled apologetics letter sent by email on Thursday to party members defending Gov. Mike DeWine’s refugee resettlement policy.
Read MoreDNC Announces ‘Multi-Million Dollar’ Investment in Battleground States, Including Michigan and Wisconsin
The Democratic National Committee announced Wednesday a multi-million dollar investment in six key battleground states, including Michigan and Wisconsin.
Read MoreCommentary: Without Any Crimes Cited, the Impeachment of President Trump Is Doomed for Failure in the Senate
“House Democrats settled on two flimsy Articles of Impeachment that allege no crime or violation of law whatsoever—much less ‘high Crimes and Misdemeanors,’ as required by the Constitution… [T]he terminology of “high Crimes and Misdemeanors” makes clear that an impeachable offense must be a violation of established law. The Impeachment Clause did not confer upon Congress a roving license to make up new standards of conduct for government officials and to permit removal from office merely on a conclusion that conduct was ‘bad’ if there was not an existing law that it violated.”
Read MoreUS Reports First Case of New Coronavirus
The United States is reporting its first case of the new coronavirus that originated in Wuhan, China, and has killed at least six people.
Read MoreCommentary: Trump Haters Should Prepare for Disappointment
It is not too soon to consider how to assist the millions of Trump-haters in the country in adjusting to the imminent collapse of their hopes and dreams. Their entire political world now rests on a series of absurd suppositions; it is a levitation that defies all laws of nature and politics.
Read More‘Removed, Returned, Repatriated’: DHS Chief Issues Warning To Members Of Migrant Caravan
Chad Wolf, the acting secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), made clear how the U.S. government would respond if an incoming migrant caravan reached the U.S. southern border.
Read MoreMajority of Americans Want to Elect Candidates Who Support Abortion Restrictions, Poll Shows
A majority of Americans want to elect candidates who support restrictions on abortions, a January poll shows.
Read MoreSupreme Court Ruling Could Allow Public Money to Be Used for Religious Schools in Montana
The U.S Supreme Court is heard a case on Wednesday that could open doors to public money paying for religious private schools in Montana.
Read MoreAdam Schiff Reportedly Released False Information in Ukraine Probe
Rep. Adam Schiff released inaccurate information last week regarding a text message between Rudy Giuliani and a former associate concerning Ukraine-related matters, according to a news report.
Read MorePresident Trump to be First President in History to Speak in Person at the March for Life
President Donald Trump will attend the March for Life in Washington, D.C., Friday, making him the first U.S. president to do so.
Read MoreTennessee, Ohio and 19 Other Republican State AGs Ask the Senate to Reject the House’s Impeachment Attempt
Tennessee Attorney General Herbert Slatery, along with 20 other Republican attorneys general, sent a letter to the U.S. Senate Wednesday asking them to dismiss the impeachment attempt of President Donald Trump.
Read MoreTrump Confirms He Is Preparing to Expand a Travel Ban
President Donald Trump said Tuesday that his administration is preparing to expand a travel ban, a move that will likely showcase his immigration enforcement agenda ahead of the 2020 election.
Read MoreCommentary: The Effect of the Trump Impeachment on Our Republic
With the attempt to impeach Donald Trump, the United States of America has come to a decisive point in its history.
Read MoreThe Supreme Court Won’t Rush Obamacare Case, Dealing Setback for Democrats
The Supreme Court will not fast-track two petitions that ask the high court to again review the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act’s individual mandate.
Read MoreTrump Impeachment Trial Begins With Debate on Rules
WASHINGTON – The impeachment trial of U.S. President Donald Trump began in full Tuesday in the U.S. Senate, with a spirited debate over the rules governing the third such trial in U.S. history over whether a president should be ousted from the White House for allegedly violating his oath of office.
Read MoreWarren Pledges DOJ Task Force to Investigate Political Opponent
Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren will create a Justice Department task force if elected president to investigate alleged corruption during the Trump administration, she said in a plan released Tuesday.
Read MoreCommentary: Afghanistan Is Joe Biden’s War
Joe Biden often brags that he was Barack Obama’s foreign affairs consigliere during their eight years together in the White House.
Read MoreMigrant Caravan Illegally Enters Mexico, Facing Off With Mexican Authorities
Amigrant caravan of hundreds of Central American aliens crossed the Guatemala-Mexico border illegally on Monday, in a standoff with Mexico’s security forces, as NPR reports.
Read MoreTim Braun Resigns as Sandusky County Prosecutor
Sandusky County prosecutor Tim Braun resigned from his position last week.
Read MoreOhio House Republicans Will Likely Block Automatic Voter Registration, Majority Leader Predicts
The Republican majority in the Ohio House of Representatives will likely block legislation that intends to create an automatic voter registration process, according to Majority Leader Bill Seitz.
Read MoreCommentary: Democrats Hoist Their Own Petard
Since at least 2016, CNN has mostly ceased being a news agency, but that hasn’t stopped it from being an active participant in #TheResistance. The network is so caught up in the fervor of this movement that many of its guests and regular hosts have been fired, reprimanded, or apologized for threats to the president or general obscene references (e.g., Reza Aslan, the late Anthony Bourdain, Kathy Griffin).
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