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Trump is chipping away at Obama’s remade federal courts

Trump is chipping away at Obama’s remade federal courts

“President Donald Trump and Senate Republicans are remaking the federal courts in their own image,” declared NPR’s Nina Totenberg recently  Read more

Tentative Deal on Border Security Reached in Bid to Avoid Shutdown

Tentative Deal on Border Security Reached in Bid to Avoid Shutdown

Congressional negotiators reached a tentative deal on border security that would give President Donald Trump far less money than he’d demanded for new barriers and would avert another government shutdown.  Read more

Maduro will step down soon enough, former Venezuela opposition leader says

Maduro will step down soon enough, former Venezuela opposition leader says

For members of Venezuela’s democratic underground, it’s just a matter of time before Nicolas Maduro, the country’s socialist dictator, is forced to step down  Read more

GOP sees scandals as chance to halt bluing of Virginia

GOP sees scandals as chance to halt bluing of Virginia

The meltdown of state Democratic leadership has Republicans eyeing gains in the statehouse and possibly U.S. House delegation  Read more

Border crisis: America, here's an abbreviated history of border walls

Border crisis: America, here's an abbreviated history of border walls

I was recently given the unique privilege of viewing a remote, yet extremely important tract of land that cuts the Korean Peninsula in half  Read more

AOC’s ridiculous ‘Green Leap Forward’

AOC’s ridiculous ‘Green Leap Forward’

On Thursday, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York and Sen. Ed Markey of Massachusetts introduced what many news outlets ­described as “legislation” for the Green New Deal, a wildly ambitious plan to eliminate the American fossil-fuel industry within a decade or so  Read more

Late-Term Abortion Stance May Be Trump Card in 2020

Late-Term Abortion Stance May Be Trump Card in 2020

Ahead of his second State of the Union address, some on the religious right pushed President Trump to address social issues. More specifically, they wanted him “to speak from the heart” on abortion  Read more

Afghanistan talks: hopes for peace, but at what cost?

Afghanistan talks: hopes for peace, but at what cost?

Taliban meetings with Afghan powerbrokers, following negotiations with the US, hold out the prospect of an end to this long conflict. But women are especially and rightly concerned about the possible price  Read more

Elizabeth Warren’s web of lies just totally collapsed

Elizabeth Warren’s web of lies just totally collapsed

Elizabeth Warren’s whole embarrassingly improbable account of her claims to Native American ancestry has just fallen completely apart. It’s now indisputable that she’s been lying all along  Read more

Why Trump's War on Socialism Is More Necessary Than Ever

Why Trump's War on Socialism Is More Necessary Than Ever

Donald Trump, announcing a major theme of his 2020 campaign, declared war on socialism during his SOTU Tuesday night  Read more

The Bonfire of the Democrats

The Bonfire of the Democrats

All statewide officials in the Commonwealth of Virginia should resign if Democrats are held to their own standards  Read more

Negotiators See Progress in Border Security Talks as Deadline Nears

Negotiators See Progress in Border Security Talks as Deadline Nears

President Donald Trump and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi struck starkly different tones in their border security standoff Wednesday, as Trump planned a rally in a Texas border city he says exemplifies the need for a wall and Pelosi said she’d back any bipartisan deal congressional bargainers produce  Read more

Democratic backing for late-term abortions galvanizes moribund GOP base

Democratic backing for late-term abortions galvanizes moribund GOP base

Democratic efforts to relax restrictions on late-term abortions in the states are re-energizing grassroots Republicans at a critical moment, as enthusiasm among Republicans wanes and concern about 2020 Democratic victories festers  Read more

Elizabeth Warren claimed 'American Indian' race on State Bar of Texas registration card

Elizabeth Warren claimed 'American Indian' race on State Bar of Texas registration card

Sen. Elizabeth Warren claimed to be an “American Indian” when registering for the State Bar of Texas in 1986, the first example of her personally using her dubious accounts to further her career  Read more

Trump laid out an infrastructure strategy for growth – Let's get moving and unite around it

Trump laid out an infrastructure strategy for growth – Let's get moving and unite around it

After the longest and most controversial government shutdown in history, President Trump used his State of the Union address Tuesday to focus the nation on policies which can unite rather than divide us  Read more

Trump Condemns ‘War and Investigation’ in Plea for Bipartisan Unity

Trump Condemns ‘War and Investigation’ in Plea for Bipartisan Unity

President Trump lamented the congressional obstruction and investigations plaguing his administration during his Tuesday night State of the Union address and called on lawmakers gathered in the House chamber to work across the aisle to enact his agenda  Read more

President Donald Trump says he wants bipartisanship, but is it possible?

President Donald Trump says he wants bipartisanship, but is it possible?

The president brought lawmakers from both sides of the aisle to their feet Tuesday night when he called for Congress to rebuild the nation's infrastructure system and make health care more affordable  Read more

Trump Inaugural Committee Hit With Subpoena
  • NPR
  • 02/05/2019 12:00 AM

Trump Inaugural Committee Hit With Subpoena

President Trump's inaugural committee has received a subpoena from Justice Department investigators  Read more