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How to save the 'post-nuclear' Senate

How to save the 'post-nuclear' Senate

In 2013, former Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., invoked the so-called “nuclear option.” That is, with a simple majority vote, he and his Democratic majority changed Senate rules to make it easier to confirm certain executive and lower court nominees  Read more

 Mulvaney says Dems will 'never' see Trump's tax returns: 'Nor should they'

Mulvaney says Dems will 'never' see Trump's tax returns: 'Nor should they'

Acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney on Sunday said Democrats will “never” see President Trump’s tax returns  Read more

Trump says migrants straining system
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  • 04/06/2019 12:00 AM

Trump says migrants straining system

Declaring “our country is full,” President Donald Trump on Friday insisted the U.S. immigration system was overburdened and illegal crossings must be stopped as he inspected a refurbished section of fencing at the Mexican border  Read more

McConnell hits the gas on judges with new green light

McConnell hits the gas on judges with new green light

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell will be able to get judges and executive branch appointees confirmed much faster now  Read more

Stop Comparing Political Rivals to Nazis

Stop Comparing Political Rivals to Nazis

In fits of hyperbolic condemnation for President Trump and the America First movement, political and media leftists continue to escalate their rhetoric and now reach almost casually for comparisons to Hitler and his evil Nazi regime  Read more

The intolerant Left thirsts for blood

The intolerant Left thirsts for blood

The Left has won the culture war, and now it's exiling anyone with sympathy for the losing side. Two recent incidents evince a growing trend to try to ban any view on gender or sexuality from public life that is to the Right of the American Civil Liberties Union  Read more

 Coming soon: The death of the filibuster

Coming soon: The death of the filibuster

Senate Republicans are set to trigger the ‘nuclear option’ once again, the latest sign that the 60-vote threshold is going out of style  Read more

U.S. jobless claims hit 49-year low; labor market resilient

U.S. jobless claims hit 49-year low; labor market resilient

The number of Americans filing applications for unemployment benefits fell to a nearly half-century low last week, pointing to sustained labor market strength despite slowing economic growth  Read more

Jan Brewer: Of course President Trump should consider shutting the border

Jan Brewer: Of course President Trump should consider shutting the border

Denying crossings would emphasize the seriousness of this humanitarian catastrophe and spur action  Read more

Facebook's Zuckerberg threatens free speech with his latest Big Tech power move

Facebook's Zuckerberg threatens free speech with his latest Big Tech power move

President Ronald Reagan used to tell of the “nine most terrifying words” – “I’m from the government and I’m here to help.” Facebook’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg has found a new way to make the words even scarier. He wants global governments involved in speech and free press, even though his staff pretends otherwise  Read more

DOJ Defends Barr’s Summary of Mueller Report from Critics

DOJ Defends Barr’s Summary of Mueller Report from Critics

The Justice Department on Thursday defended Attorney General William Barr’s short outline of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s final report, hours after the New York Times reported that some members of Mueller’s team were concerned Barr had downplayed the results of the investigation to make it seem more favorable to President Trump  Read more

What AOC Doesn't Get About Wages and Human Worth

What AOC Doesn't Get About Wages and Human Worth

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is again trying to teach deep moral lessons using dubious “facts."  Read more

Securing southern border is Trump’s obligation

Securing southern border is Trump’s obligation

Protecting the sovereignty and security of the United States are responsibilities of the commander in chief and if those elements are being compromised by an influx of immigrants at the southern border, President Trump must use the tools at his discretion to remedy the matter  Read more

 Why Democratic Socialism can't work

Why Democratic Socialism can't work

“Democratic Socialism,” preached by Sen. Bernie Sanders and others, seems like a pretty good dream. The problem is, it is just that — a dream  Read more

Elizabeth Warren: Forgotten, But Not Gone

Elizabeth Warren: Forgotten, But Not Gone

Wrap your heads around this, Massachusetts Democrats: Your superstar U.S. senator and renowned national champion of progressive populism is currently losing the 2020 POTUS race to an unknown 37-year-old Indiana mayor with no national base and an unpronounceable name  Read more

Why Donald Trump will win in 2020

Why Donald Trump will win in 2020

Harold Wilson was right that ‘a week is a long time in politics.’ But, hey, watching the president in Grand Rapids the other night, and taking a gander at some recent polls, I am willing to ascend pretty high up the old backyard oak, shimmy along a well placed branch and say, with confidence if not quite certainty, that Donald Trump will win the 2020 presidential election, and win handily  Read more

Trump says no Obamacare vote until after 2020 election

Trump says no Obamacare vote until after 2020 election

President Trump says Congress won't vote on an Obamacare replacement after the 2020 election, pushing an issue which has surged back into the forefront and that Democrats were eager to make a campaign issue into the distant future  Read more

 House GOP wooing women voters ahead of 2020

House GOP wooing women voters ahead of 2020

House Republicans are racing to combat accusations that the party is anti-woman as they face increased pressure on a series of Democratic-backed bills focusing on women’s issues  Read more