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Trump, Xi summit being discussed for late March as China commits to buying $1.2 trillion in US goods

Trump, Xi summit being discussed for late March as China commits to buying $1.2 trillion in US goods

The United States and China are discussing a late March meeting between President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping in Florida, according to sources familiar with the situation  Read more

Manafort doesn't deserve leniency, Mueller filing argues

Manafort doesn't deserve leniency, Mueller filing argues

Special counsel Robert Mueller says in a new filing that he’s not taking a position on how much time Paul Manafort should spend in prison for charges in Washington, D.C., but told the judge presiding over his case that he doesn’t deserve leniency  Read more

Europe Can’t Keep Coddling Iran

Europe Can’t Keep Coddling Iran

Creating a special purpose vehicle to skirt U.S. sanctions is an ill-conceived idea  Read more

Trump administration to ban abortion referrals by taxpayer-funded family planning clinics

Trump administration to ban abortion referrals by taxpayer-funded family planning clinics

The Trump administration announced Friday that it intends to bar taxpayer-funded family planning centers from promoting or perfoming abortions or referring women to other clinics for them -- a move that is likely to yank money from groups like Planned Parenthood  Read more

 Trump endorses Cornyn in Senate reelection bid

Trump endorses Cornyn in Senate reelection bid

President Donald Trump endorsed Sen. John Cornyn on Thursday as the Texas Republican prepares for an uphill reelection battle following the state’s close and costly Senate election in November  Read more

ISIS wife from Alabama will not be admitted to the US, Pompeo says

ISIS wife from Alabama will not be admitted to the US, Pompeo says

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Wednesday that an Alabama woman who joined ISIS but now wants to return home with the 18-month-old son she had with her ISIS husband will not be admitted back into the United States, saying she is not a U.S. citizen  Read more

Dems face tough vote on Green New Deal

Dems face tough vote on Green New Deal

Democrats are facing a defining Senate vote as early as next week on the "Green New Deal" climate change plan — which Republicans hope will bolster their argument that the party is too far left for the country  Read more

North Carolina Election Board calls new election in disputed House race

North Carolina Election Board calls new election in disputed House race

The North Carolina State Board of Election unanimously voted on Thursday for a new election in a contested House race that has been marred by claims of ballot fraud  Read more

 Smollett Faces Felony Charge for Falsely Reporting Racist Attack

Smollett Faces Felony Charge for Falsely Reporting Racist Attack

“Empire” actor Jussie Smollett turned himself in early Thursday to face accusations that he filed a false police report when he told authorities he was attacked in Chicago by two men who hurled racist and anti-gay slurs and looped a rope around his neck, police said  Read more

Trump cheers student's $250 million lawsuit against the Washington Post: 'Go get them Nick'

Trump cheers student's $250 million lawsuit against the Washington Post: 'Go get them Nick'

President Trump on Wednesday praised student Nick Sandmann for filing a defamation suit against the Washington Post for writing that he and others harassed a Native American protester  Read more

Putin warns new Russian weapons will target U.S. if it deploys missiles to Europe

Putin warns new Russian weapons will target U.S. if it deploys missiles to Europe

Russia to add new hypersonic missile to navy  Read more

Trump's big challenge at the upcoming North Korea summit

Trump's big challenge at the upcoming North Korea summit

In several days’ time, President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will meet in Hanoi, Vietnam  Read more

Trump Threatens To Cancel California's $929 Million High-Speed Rail Grant
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  • 02/20/2019 12:00 AM

Trump Threatens To Cancel California's $929 Million High-Speed Rail Grant

The Trump administration says it intends to cancel a $929 million federal grant for California's high-speed rail project. The administration also wants to reclaim another $2.5 billion in federal funds already spent by California on the project  Read more

The Democratic Party is in a socialist spiral

The Democratic Party is in a socialist spiral

The “progressive” Left has put together an "Saturday Night Live" sketch of presidential campaign promises, and they are just getting started  Read more

Ocasio-Cortez raises eyebrows after comparing Trump's border wall to Berlin Wall

Ocasio-Cortez raises eyebrows after comparing Trump's border wall to Berlin Wall

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez raised eyebrows after comparing President Trump’s border wall plans to the Berlin Wall separating communist Germany from the free world  Read more

Bernie Sanders says he will run for president again in 2020

Bernie Sanders says he will run for president again in 2020

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) announced on Tuesday that he was jumping into the 2020 presidential race, putting to rest months of speculation over whether he would once again seek the Democratic nomination after an unsuccessful bid in 2016  Read more

Alleged Chicago hate crime hoax a bad look for many

Alleged Chicago hate crime hoax a bad look for many

As Jussie Smollett’s account of his alleged assault falls apart, it is important to note that politicians, the media and influential voices did their best to fan the flames of outrage, based on nothing but the dark premise that conservatives and Trump supporters are evil  Read more

National emergency declaration — a legal fight Trump is likely to win

National emergency declaration — a legal fight Trump is likely to win

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer claim that President Donald Trump’s Southern Border National Emergency Proclamation is an unlawful declaration over a crisis that does not exist, and that it steals from urgently needed defense funds — that it is a power grab by a disappointed president who has gone outside the bounds of the law to try to get what he failed to achieve through the constitutional legislative process  Read more