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 DeVos defends proposed Special Olympics cut amid outcry

DeVos defends proposed Special Olympics cut amid outcry

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos is pushing back against a social media outcry over her proposal to slash $17.6 million in federal funding for the Special Olympics  Read more

Immigration System At The 'Breaking Point,' Homeland Security Official Warns
  • NPR
  • 03/27/2019 12:00 AM

Immigration System At The 'Breaking Point,' Homeland Security Official Warns

Immigration authorities are expressing alarm about the growing number of migrants crossing the Southern border  Read more

McConnell backs push for investigation of Russia probe missteps

McConnell backs push for investigation of Russia probe missteps

The top Republican in the U.S. Senate said on Tuesday he supported a push by a Republican colleague for an inquiry into potential law enforcement missteps in a probe of possible collusion between President Donald Trump’s campaign and Russia  Read more

Trump doubles down on ObamaCare decision

Trump doubles down on ObamaCare decision

President Trump on Wednesday defended his administration’s controversial decision to back a legal effort to strike down the entirety of former President Obama’s signature health care law  Read more

 Trump's 2020 Machine a Far Cry From Fly-By-Night 2016 Effort

Trump's 2020 Machine a Far Cry From Fly-By-Night 2016 Effort

In 2016, President Donald Trump compared Hillary Clinton’s campaign to the lumbering federal bureaucracy. Now he’s building one of his own  Read more

Rejuvenated Trump pushes aggressive agenda post-Mueller

Rejuvenated Trump pushes aggressive agenda post-Mueller

The president appeared to move past intraparty squabbles at a private lunch with Republican senators  Read more

Outraged Rahm Emanuel slams decision to drop Smollett hoax case as 'whitewash of justice'

Outraged Rahm Emanuel slams decision to drop Smollett hoax case as 'whitewash of justice'

Chicago police superintendent stands by department's investigation  Read more

Senate blocks Green New Deal

Senate blocks Green New Deal

The Senate on Tuesday blocked the Green New Deal, a progressive climate change resolution that Republicans view as prime fodder heading into the 2020 presidential election  Read more

Trump's National Emergency Stands As House Fails To Override Veto
  • NPR
  • 03/26/2019 12:00 AM

Trump's National Emergency Stands As House Fails To Override Veto

The House of Representatives failed to override President Trump's veto on a congressional resolution blocking his national emergency declaration  Read more

The Reckoning Finally Arrives for the Trump Resistance

The Reckoning Finally Arrives for the Trump Resistance

With Mueller’s investigation over, Democrats, the news media and the national security state have a lot to answer for  Read more

 Pence slams 2020 Democrats for skipping AIPAC

Pence slams 2020 Democrats for skipping AIPAC

Vice President Mike Pence on Monday slammed the multiple Democratic presidential candidates who are skipping the annual AIPAC policy conference, telling the group's Washington gathering that any White House hopeful should stand with Israel  Read more

Michael Avenatti arrested on extortion, fraud charges

Michael Avenatti arrested on extortion, fraud charges

Anti-Trump lawyer faces federal cases on both coasts  Read more

Trump announces US recognition of Israeli claim on Golan Heights

Trump announces US recognition of Israeli claim on Golan Heights

President Trump on Monday signed a proclamation officially granting U.S. recognition of Israel’s claim over the Golan Heights, reversing decades of American policy regarding the disputed territory between Israel and Syria  Read more

After Mueller report, Senate moves to investigate the Russia probe Trump called an 'illegal takedown'

After Mueller report, Senate moves to investigate the Russia probe Trump called an 'illegal takedown'

A day after Attorney General William Barr cleared President Donald Trump of conspiring with Russians to win the 2016 election, Republicans in Congress said they would open a new probe into the investigation Trump derided as an "illegal takedown that failed."  Read more

A Cloud Over Trump’s Presidency Is Lifted

A Cloud Over Trump’s Presidency Is Lifted

For President Trump, it may have been the best day of his tenure so far  Read more

Trump mounts Rust Belt defense

Trump mounts Rust Belt defense

President Trump is mounting a defense of Rust Belt states that delivered his 2016 victory and will serve as the key to his reelection bid next year  Read more

Trump Abruptly Scraps New North Korea Sanctions

Trump Abruptly Scraps New North Korea Sanctions

President Trump announced Friday that he had cancelled new sanctions on North Korea  Read more

U.S.-backed forces in Syria declare final victory over ISIS

U.S.-backed forces in Syria declare final victory over ISIS

U.S.-backed forces in Syria on Saturday said it had ousted ISIS from its final outpost in the eastern Syrian village of Baghouz. Mustafa Bali, a spokesman for the Syrian Democratic Forces, tweeted "Syrian Democratic Forces declare total elimination of so-called caliphate and %100 territorial defeat of ISIS"  Read more