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‘I’m a weird one’: Tulsi Gabbard draws unusual mix of fans on the road

Tulsi Gabbard arrived late for her own campaign event at the Salt Hill Pub in Lebanon, New Hampshire. It meant she had to weave her way through the...

Gun Control and Gun Rights

NRA gives chief Wayne LaPierre 57% pay raise amid calls to step down

Wayne LaPierre, the embattled chief executive of the National Rifle Association, banked a 57 percent pay hike last year — amid the din of calls for...

Women's football: Spain's top players striking this weekend over pay dispute

Almost 200 players from 16 clubs voted to strike in October after more than a year of failed negotiations. They are demanding a professional...

Why The Hawks Are Wrong About China Too

OPINION Some opponents of U.S. interventions in the Middle East don’t mind endless wars. They just think America needs to undertake a genuine Asian “pivot”...

The American Conservative

Iraq’s protests raise question: Where does the oil money go?

BAGHDAD (AP) — Waves of violent protests have engulfed Baghdad and Iraq’s southern provinces, with demonstrators chanting for the downfall of a...

Associated Press

Democratic Party

Obama Warns Democratic Candidates Not to Go Too Far Left: “Be Rooted in Reality”

Former President Barack Obama has taken pains to avoid commenting on the 2020 Democratic presidential contest, repeatedly saying he will support...

Mark Levin blasts 'absurd' media analysis of impeachment hearings: 'It's disgraceful ... They sound like the Russian media'

"Life, Liberty...

Fox Online News

Trump clears three military members accused of war crimes

President Trump intervened in the cases of three U.S. military members who had been accused of or convicted of war crimes. Trump issued two full...

Washington Examiner

United Auto Workers union approves new labor deal with Ford

DETROIT – Members of the United Auto Workers have approved a new four-year deal with Ford Motor, the union announced Friday night. The contract...

CNBC

Oklahoma judge reduces Johnson & Johnson payout in opioid case to $465 million

(Reuters) - An Oklahoma judge on Friday said Johnson...

Singer Threatens to Cancel Performance at Thanksgiving Football Game Unless Salvation Army Embraces LGBT Agenda

Pop singer Ellie Goulding is threatening to cancel her performance at the Dallas Cowboys football game on Thanksgiving Day unless the Salvation Army...

CBN

Uber's driverless technology strategy

Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi says the first AVs could be deployed on the ride-hailing network within three to five years, but other companies will bear...

FDA sends Dollar Tree warning letter for selling 'potentially unsafe drugs' from Chinese suppliers

Dollar Tree is under fire for stocking “potentially unsafe drugs” and cosmetics. The Food and Drug Administration said in a news release on...

Banking/Finance

Investors putting money back into stock-market funds, but flows still solidly negative for 2019

Another round of stock-market gains saw investors add fresh money to equity funds in the latest week, data showed Friday, though flows remain solidly...

Reactions to the new Disney+ Streaming Service

This Abridge News topic aggregates four unique arguments on different sides of the debate. Here are the quick facts to get you started: THE QUICK...

New Trump Rule Calls for Making Health-Care Rates Public

New rules from the Trump administration on Friday would require insurers and hospitals to disclose upfront the actual prices for common tests and...

White House releases transcript of Trump's first phone call with Ukraine's president

The White House released a transcript Friday of President Trump’s first phone call with the president of Ukraine, a brief congratulatory chat about...

Washington Times

How Google Interferes With Its Search Algorithms and Changes Your Results

The internet giant uses blacklists, algorithm tweaks and an army of contractors to shape what you see. Every minute, an estimated 3.8 million...

Wall Street Journal - News

'Testy' Nancy Pelosi calls journalist James Rosen 'Mr. Republican Talking Points' after his whistleblower question — and she gets taken to task

Journalist James Rosen of Sinclair Broadcast Group asked Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) a whistleblower anonymity question Thursday, and things got...

Campaign Finance

House Ethics Committee examining alleged Rep. Rashida Tlaib campaign finance irregularities

The House Ethics Committee said it is gathering facts in a review of potential campaign finance violations by Michigan Democrat Rep. Rashida Tlaib...

Washington Examiner

National Security

Missile Defense is the Emerging Cornerstone of US National Security

Since 1972, when the ABM Treaty was ratified by the U.S. Senate, missile defenses of the United States were prohibited. The ABM (Anti-Ballistic...

The Epoch Times

Voter Rights - Voter Integrity

Where Thursday's Democratic debaters stand on issues of democracy reform

Voters who consider democracy's dysfunction among the nation's most pressing challenges are hoping the Democratic candidates say more on the subject...

Supreme Court Allows Trump to Deny and Deport Asylum-Seekers

The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that the Trump administration can begin denying asylum-seekers entry into the U.S. if they came to the country by...

Majority of Democratic voters give thumbs down to crowded presidential debate stage

Democratic presidential hopefuls will once again crowd on stage at their third debate, set to air on ABC News on Thursday. Ten candidates will be on...

Washington Times

Democratic primary polls are showing a 3-way race going into the third debate

On Thursday night, the third Democratic debate will be the first to put all the major Democratic candidates on one stage together. But among the 10...

Vox

House Judiciary passes procedures for impeachment investigation

Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee on Thursday passed new procedures for their investigation of President Trump, even as the party struggles...

Washington Times

Scenes from the 2020 Campaign Trail: Diamond Joe's Gaffe

Joe Biden strolled into the cramped room and everybody got quiet, even the beer-bellied man in the T-shirt that said, "my DOG is smarter than the...

Trump immigration plans: Supreme Court approves asylum curbs

The US Supreme Court has allowed the government to severely limit the ability of migrants to claim asylum. The policy bars people arriving at the...

Wall Street is freaking out at the thought of President Liz Warren

OPINION The 2020 election is still a long way off, but the nation’s big banks are already pricing in the possibility of an Elizabeth Warren presidency, their...

FDA to Ban Flavored E-cigarettes

“The federal government will act to ban thousands of flavors used in e-cigarettes, President Donald Trump said Wednesday, responding to a recent...

New Insurance Numbers Show the Importance of the Trump Administration’s Health-Care Reforms

Far from proving that the administration has “sabotaged” Obamacare, new Census Bureau data provide compelling support for the president’s actions...

National Review

Ilhan Omar slammed on 9/11 anniversary by victim's son after 'some people did something' quote

Nicholas Haros Jr. wants Rep. Ilhan Omar and “the Squad” to know exactly who those "some people" are that perpetrated the "something" that took the...

Fox Online News

The September Debate Is Set To Be A Discussion Of Who Can Hand Out The Most Free Stuff

OPINION Wednesday was the deadline to qualify for the third Democratic presidential debate in Houston next month, and only 10 candidates will participate...

Free Speech Defenders Warn Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez That She Is Violating the Constitution by Blocking Critics on Twitter

On the same day last month that a federal appeals court ruled that Donald Trump's blocking of irksome critics on Twitter violated the First Amendment...

Voter Rights - Voter Integrity

California Is Taking Steps to Lower The Voting Age — Here's Why

Young people across the country are mobilizing, marching, and speaking out on critical issues as never before, from the Youth Climate Strike and...

‘A Racist Narrative’: Biden Warned of Welfare Moms Driving Luxury Cars

In the fall of 1988, shortly after Congress had passed the first piece of welfare reform legislation in 50 years, Joe Biden, then a senator from...

Why Socialism, and Why Now?

‘Socialist!” is no longer a McCarthyite slur. Rather, the fresh celebrity “Squad” of newly elected identity-politics congresswomen — Ilhan Omar (D...

National Review

D.C. Official Files For Divorce, Alleges Her Husband Had Affair With Ilhan Omar

A medical official in Washington, D.C., says she split up with her husband, a political consultant, after he told her “he was romantically involved...

Here are all the 2020 Democratic presidential candidates who will be on stage for the September 12 primary debate

The Democratic primary debates for September have significantly more strict qualifying thresholds, suggesting the 2020 presidential field could...

Business Insider

Tulsi Gabbard: DNC's Democratic debate selection process lacks transparency

Democratic presidential candidate Rep. Tulsi Gabbard told Fox News' "'Tucker Carlson Tonight" Wednesday that the Democratic National Committee's...

Amazon rainforest fire: How to spot inaccurate photos on social media

It's easy to let your emotions take the lead during a tragic situation like the fires in the Amazon rainforest. Social media led the charge to draw...

CNET

Mike Huckabee: Our values are collapsing – How can we be shocked by the decline of civility, spread of hate?

OPINION There is no doubt that America has become more divided, less cohesive, and a lot less civil over the last few decades. It’s a phenomenon that...

Fox News Opinion

New York Times columnist Bret Stephens quits Twitter after being called a 'bedbug'

Conservative New York Times columnist Bret Stephens announced Tuesday that he deactivated his Twitter account after being called a "bedbug" by a...

Uh-oh: Silicon Valley is building a Chinese-style social credit system

Have you heard about China’s social credit system? It’s a technology-enabled, surveillance-based nationwide program designed to nudge citizens toward...

Social-Media Companies ‘Threaten Democracy’

Today social-media companies such as Facebook and Twitter are the gatekeepers of meaningful freedom of speech. This is problematic, the New York Law...

The DNC Is About To Cut The 2020 Field In Half, And Spark Plenty Of Controversy

The massive Democratic presidential field could begin its inevitable reduction this week with only half of the current candidates set to make the cut...

NPR Online News

Health Care Systems in Other Countries: Would They Work in the United States?

OPINION Only if we developed a fondness for long waiting lines and ever more insurance mandates. The United States has a complex health-care delivery...

American Spectator

Economy and Jobs

Don’t Root for a Recession

OPINION A downturn would crater Trump’s odds at reelection. It would also create much of the inequity, misery, and chaos that Democrats seek to avoid by...

FACT CHECK: Did Harry Truman Really Try To Buy Greenland Back In The Day?

President Trump defended the idea of buying Greenland — derided by critics within the United States and rejected by Denmark, which controls it — in...

NPR Online News

Dems and Immigration Advocates Push Back Against New Trump Plan for Migrant Families

President Trump is standing by a new rule that would allow the government to detain migrant families indefinitely while their asylum claims are being...

CBN

So Much For Being 'Peaceful': Antifa Attacks Reporters And Conservatives In Portland (Again)

Not quite seven weeks ago, conservative journalist Andy Ngo was attacked while covering an Antifa protest in Portland, Oregon. Mayor Tom Wheeler...

The Media's Intersectional Embrace of Anti-Semitism

OPINION Imagine two sitting Republican Congresspeople planned a trip to a foreign country in conjunction with a nongovernmental organization. Imagine that...

Economy and Jobs

Popeyes Chicken Sandwich Is an Economic Indicator

OPINION Strong economies and tight labor markets put strains on fast-food companies. How can they remain profitable when wages are rising? The social media...

Voter Rights - Voter Integrity

Expert: Law blocks most Florida felons from regaining voting rights

The new law requiring felons in Florida to pay all their fines and court fees before getting their voting rights restored would leave about 80...

New Rules on Migrant Children, Family Detentions Unveiled

The Trump administration unveiled new rules Wednesday that would allow officials to detain migrant families indefinitely while U.S. judges consider...

Facebook Releases Audit of Anti-Conservative Bias

Facebook on Tuesday released the results of an audit of potential bias against conservatives, which found several areas that pose concerns. “...

National Review

Homeland Security

A $25B US counter-drug smuggling operation quietly thrives far south of the border

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Smugglers flying small cocaine-packed airplanes toward the United States from South and Central America might make it to...

Washington Examiner

Warren offers public apology over claim to tribal heritage

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren offered a public apology Monday to Native Americans over her past claim to...

Associated Press

Role of Government

Recalling Governors Is All The Rage This Year

Recall elections were once a rarely used, “break glass in case of emergency” tool to remove politicians from office. But now, several factors have...

FiveThirtyEight

Trump faces crucial decisions on economy, guns

President Trump is facing one of the most crucial periods of his time at the White House as he returns to Washington from a 10-day sojourn to New...

Why Trump’s Approval Ratings Are Up Among Minorities

A mounting number of voter polls show that, despite shrill denunciations of the President by the Democrats for his alleged racism, Trump is enjoying...

American Spectator

Economy and Jobs

Trump Dismisses Worries of Recession, Says Economy Is Strong

President Donald Trump said Sunday the economy is "doing very well" and dismissed concerns of recession, offering an optimistic outlook after last...

Economic Policy

How the Government Creates Wealth Inequality

OPINION Politicians complain loudly about this problem, but their own policies are generating it. There are economic storm clouds on the horizon, but for...

National Review

'We're looking at it': Trump adviser says of potential Greenland purchase

Yes, President Donald Trump is really considering purchasing Greenland. "We're looking at it," top White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow said on...

Obama worries Biden’s 2020 bid could ‘damage his legacy’: report

Former President Barack Obama tried to talk Joe Biden out of jumping into the race for the Democratic presidential nomination — and fears his veep...

Trump aides look into U.S. purchasing Greenland after directives from president

President Trump has pushed top aides to investigate whether the U.S. government can purchase the giant ice-smothered island of Greenland, two people...

Washington Post

Rep. Rashida Tlaib Cancels Visit To Israel And The West Bank

Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., says she's canceling her visit to Israel and the West Bank. Israel's interior ministry announced Friday that it would...

NPR Online News

Israel Allows Tlaib to Visit Family in West Bank, But She Rejects 'Oppressive Conditions'

U.S. congresswoman Rashida Tlaib on Friday rejected Israel's offer to let her travel to the West Bank, saying she would not visit her family after...

Economy and Jobs

Any Economic Downturn Could Scramble Trump’s 2020 Strategy

The president projects optimism about the economy and his re-election chances, but his advisers are watching markets closely. President Trump has...

Wall Street Journal - News

The Election Is Legitimate Only If the Democrats Win

OPINION Democrats scoffed at charges of ‘election rigging’ until they needed an excuse for Hillary Clinton’s unexpected defeat. Editor’s note: Andrew C....

National Review

Economic Policy

Is a recession coming to the US? Here’s what to watch for

It’s 10 years since the great recession and by many measures the US economy is still booming. Unemployment is at lows last seen 50 years ago, stock...

Trump Stumps in New Hampshire: 'Love Me or Hate Me, You Got to Vote for Me'

President Trump tried to calm growing fears of an economic recession Thursday by telling supporters in New Hampshire that the United States has "the...

CBN

Campaign Finance

Political Campaigns Are Pitching Donor-Match Programs That Might Not Exist

As the Democratic presidential candidates wound down their second debate in Detroit last month, Donald Trump’s fundraising committee blasted out an...

Violence in America

Bystanders taunted and laughed as police officers were being fired upon in Philadelphia

A reporter at the scene of an attack on police officers said that bystanders were mocking and taunting police even as bullets rained down upon them...

John Hickenlooper’s Presidential Campaign Is Over. Can He Flip A Senate Seat Instead?

Another passenger has boarded the S.S. Winnow: On Thursday, former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper announced he was dropping out of the race for...

FiveThirtyEight

Reagan Country Turns Blue

When I moved to Orange County in the mid-1990s, it was still the most Republican county, in raw numbers, in the United States. Virtually anyone with...

American Spectator

Canada’s ethics watchdog finds Prime Minister Justin Trudeau violated ethics law in SNC-Lavalin case

Canada’s ethics commissioner released a report on Wednesday that found Prime Minister Justin Trudeau violated ethics rules when he tried to pressure...

Vox

Warren leads Democratic field by 5 points in Wisconsin: poll

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) leads the Democratic primary field by 5 percentage points in Wisconsin, according to a new poll released Thursday...

China Readies Response to Tariffs, Resists Hong Kong Advice

China called looming U.S. tariffs a violation of accords reached by Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping, vowing retaliation as Beijing also pushed...

Trump Urges China's Xi to Meet Hong Kong Protesters

President Donald Trump on Thursday urged Chinese President Xi Jinping to meet personally with the protesters in Hong Kong, saying it would lead to...

Gun Control and Gun Rights

To Save a Bad Gun Law, Democratic Senators Threaten the Supreme Court

In a remarkable brief, they impugn the integrity of conservative justices and conclude with an ominous and improper warning. I just finished...

National Review

Too gaffe-prone to be president? Biden's blunders prompt fresh scrutiny

The former vice-president has cultivated a reputation for saying the wrong thing – but has it evolved into a 2020 liability? Throughout Joe Biden’...

Homeland Security

DHS in a ‘Mad Scramble’ to Catch Up With Domestic Terror

It wasn’t that long ago that senior Department of Homeland Security officials shied away from focusing on domestic terrorism, often fearing political...

Gun Control and Gun Rights

California mayor wants to force gun owners to carry liability insurance for their firearms

The mayor of San Jose, California, on Monday announced a proposal to force gun owners to carry liability insurance on their firearms, according to...

The impeachment whip list

120 House Democrats and 1 independent now publicly support launching an impeachment inquiry against President Trump, according to an Axios analysis...

Sexual Misconduct

Epstein wasn't on suicide watch at time of his death: reports

Disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein was not on suicide watch at the time of his death, according to multiple reports Saturday, raising questions...

CNN Sympathetically Profiled Illegal Immigrant Dodging Deportation — 8 Months Later He Killed A Man While Driving Without A License

An illegal immigrant who received positive press coverage during his fight against deportation earlier this year struck and killed a father of five...

The Daily Caller

Gun Control and Gun Rights

Lawmakers have signaled interest in discussing gun control measures. Here's what we know

WASHINGTON – As the nation continues to reel from a series of mass shootings, lawmakers on both sides of the aisles have increasingly discussed...

Hong Kong's millennial dissidents

OPINION Hong Kongers have spent the past 10 weeks protesting to protect their liberty and legal autonomy from Chinese encroachment. “We’re not optimistic,...

Wall Street Journal - Editorial

Forget ‘Lanes.’ The Democratic Primary Is A Whole Freaking Transit System.

OPINION If you’ve read our Slack chats or heard our podcast, you’ll know that I get annoyed whenever the discussion of “lanes” — such as the left/liberal...

FiveThirtyEight

Sexual Misconduct

Jeffrey Epstein dead in apparent suicide

Convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein died overnight in an apparent suicide, law enforcement sources told the Post Saturday. A gurney carrying a man...

Have Pollsters Forgotten That Nevada Is An Early State?

There are few constants in the presidential primary, but the order in which early states vote is roughly set in stone: first Iowa, then New Hampshire...

FiveThirtyEight

Sexual Misconduct

Disgraced money man's alleged sex trafficking victim names 2 prominent Dems in newly released docs

A woman who has long claimed disgraced money man Jeffrey Epstein forced her to have sex with powerful men named two prominent Democratic politicians...

Fox Online News

The countries most at risk of a water crisis

Zoom in, and more pockets of concern emerge. States like New Mexico in the U.S. and cities such as Cape Town, South Africa — which nearly ran out of...

Joe Biden Says ‘Poor Kids’ Just As Bright As ‘White Kids’ In Iowa Speech

The 2020 presidential hopeful made the confusing mix-up at a town hall just hours after saying he chose “truth over facts” at another campaign speech...

Bridging Divides

Take a Breath; America Is Still a Decent Country Filled With Decent People

What's the point at which rhetoric forces action? When do words become incitement? At what point do political attacks get so reckless and unhinged...

AOC loses top staffers following controversies

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s two top staffers are leaving her Congressional office following a firestorm of controversy. Her Chief of Staff...

Why Trump Has Deported Fewer Immigrants Than Obama

WASHINGTON—After months of national debate over President Trump’s immigration policies, the record of his predecessor is playing a starring role in...

Wall Street Journal - News

The DOJ Will Not Prosecute James Comey over Trump Memos

A free society cannot stay free for long if the criminal-justice system becomes a political weapon, if that becomes our norm. The most alarming...

National Review

Why Democrats are tossing Obama under the bus

Democratic voters are still enamored with former President Barack Obama, but the party’s 2020 presidential hopefuls are running away from his...

Washington Times

We must transform food production to save the world, says leaked report

Attempts to solve the climate crisis by cutting carbon emissions from only cars, factories and power plants are doomed to failure, scientists will...

Trump defends position on trade after threat of new China tariffs

President Trump on Saturday defended his policy of using tariffs to pressure other nations to negotiate revised trade deals after the latest round of...

Democrats, welcome to your very own tea-party problem

It seems safe to say that Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) sincerely wants to see every American covered by a single-payer public health-insurance...

Washington Post

Debates Show How Much Obama’s Presidency Has Shrunk

OPINION What ever happened to Barack Obama? For a while there, no modern figure was supposed to be as consequential. It’s difficult to describe the hype...

National Review

Why Democrats are tossing Obama under the bus

DETROIT — Democratic voters are still enamored with former President Barack Obama, but the party’s 2020 presidential hopefuls are running away from...

Washington Times

Role of Government

Puerto Rico still unsure who’ll be governor within hours

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — With just hours left before Puerto Rico’s governor was expected to step down, his designated successor tried Friday to...

Associated Press

In health care fight, Democrats wrestle with Obama legacy – and party’s future

Not long ago, the Affordable Care Act was political poison for Democrats. The health reform measure’s rocky rollout in 2010 had forced millions...

Christian Science Monitor

Campaign Finance

Detailed Maps of the Donors Powering the 2020 Democratic Campaigns

Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont has a huge lead over other Democratic presidential candidates in the number of individual donors they have each...

New York Times - News

Family and Marriage

Restoring the Marriage Ecosystem

‘My stress levels are up to here,” said Rob, pointing above his head. A roofer from southern Ohio, Rob had recently broken up with Julia, his fiancée...

National Review

We Should No Longer Doubt What the Democratic Party Is Today

OPINION The Democratic debates this week demonstrated that change isn’t just coming: It’s here. To watch Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders dominate on...

What We’re Watching For In The Second Democratic Debate

It’s hard to believe it’s been a month, but the Democratic primary debates are baaack. And on Tuesday and Wednesday evening, 20 candidates (10 each...

FiveThirtyEight

Democratic debates, round two: Sanders and Warren to face off for first time

Progressive frontrunners Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren are set to go head to head on the national stage for the first time Tuesday night, as...

Woman Charged As Hacker In Capital One Data Breach Exposing Over 100 Million Customers

A woman has been charged in connection with a hacking breach at Capital One bank that exposed information from more than 100 million credit...

NPR Online News

America’s Farmers, Reeling From Floods, Face a New Problem: No Water

For farmers battered by floods and blizzards and one of the rainiest springs on record, this has been a year tainted by too much water. But...

New York Times - News

These two legal reforms could end social media censorship for good

OPINION With every censored post, suspended account, or banned user, conservative and liberal populists renew their calls to regulate social media giants....

Washington Examiner

National Security

Trump racks up wins in battle to contain surge at border

President Trump is suddenly on a surprising winning streak when it comes to immigration. With his border wall, where the Supreme Court has cleared...

Washington Times

The Supreme Court Was Right to Rule for Trump in Border-Wall Case

This evening the Supreme Court of the United States granted the Trump administration’s request to stay a district court’s permanent injunction...

National Review

US Supreme Court gives go-ahead for Trump wall funding

The US Supreme Court has said that President Donald Trump can use $2.5bn (£2bn) of Pentagon funds for a section of wall on the southern border. The...

National Security

Mueller’s team told Congress his acuity was not an issue. Some lawmakers privately worry it was.

The whispers started in 2018, though where they originated remains unclear: Robert S. Mueller III, the taciturn Marine veteran leading an...

Washington Post

'This is it': 2020 candidates fight to stand out as debate stage looms

As a 2020 presidential candidate, Jay Inslee says he wants to bring “hope and confidence” to the climate change fight to save a dying planet. But on...

The Mueller Fizzle

OPINION Rarely has a made-for-TV drama been such bad TV. The much-anticipated Robert Mueller hearings that were supposed to catalyze the impeachment drive...

National Review

How White Democrats Moved Left

OPINION Racial equity has become the defining issue of the moment. People are always changing their minds, day to day. But over the past 20-odd years one...

New York Times - Opinion

Boris Johnson Becomes UK Prime Minister

“Boris Johnson promised in his first speech as prime minister to lead Britain out of the European Union on Oct. 31 with ‘no ifs or buts’ and warned...

Kamala Harris’s Debate Bounce Is Fading

We’ve documented for years how polls tend to rise and fall — in what are often fairly predictable patterns — after events like debates and...

FiveThirtyEight

Once Again, Uncle Sam Shirks Fiscal Responsibility in Budget Deal

OPINION Trump's 2018 commitment that he would never sign a massive spending deal ever again was fake news. This year, the deficit will end up being the...

NBC reporter asks Trump about getting indicted after leaving office—Trump issues a scorching reply

President Donald Trump had some harsh words for the reporter who asked him about the potential of being indicted on obstruction of justice Wednesday...

Trump Derangement Syndrome: Democrats And Activists Are Actually Condemning A Human Rights Committee That Hasn’t Even Met Yet

President Donald Trump has broken a lot of brains since he won the 2016 election despite the predictions of the so-called elites. The most recent...

Joe Biden is rich, but his taxes tell us more

OPINION That's a lot more than most middle-class Joes earn in America, where the median household income is about $60,000. And it is certainly fair to...

Occupational Licensing Stops Workers From Moving Across State Lines. Andrew Yang Wants To Fix That.

OPINION Bipartisanship may seem to be going out of style. But at least one issue continues to unite Republicans and Democrats: licensing reform. Democratic...

Identity Politics Today: Black Faces Should Stop Speaking With White Liberal Talking Points

OPINION Race politics. It’s the lifeblood of the modern Democrat Party. Look no farther than Ayanna Pressley for proof. The freshman Member of Congress...

California’s ‘lonely’ Republicans: What ultra-minority status is like

To understand what it’s like to be a Republican in California today, spend some time in Huntington Beach. In January, Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom...

Christian Science Monitor

Senate Passes Bill Securing 9/11 Compensation Fund

The Senate approved legislation that would extend funding to cover claims by victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks for the rest of their lives,...

Wall Street Journal - News

Budget Deal Reached

“President Donald Trump and congressional leaders have announced a critical debt and budget agreement… The agreement is on a broad outline for $1.37...

Trump sues lawmakers, NY officials to thwart potential release of state tax returns

President Trump on Tuesday sued the Democratic-controlled House Ways and Means Committee, the New York state attorney general and a New York state...

U.S. Negotiators to Head to China Monday for Face-to-Face Talks

U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and senior U.S. officials are set to travel to China next Monday for the first high-level, face-to-face...

Boris Johnson Is About to Collide With Reality

OPINION He has thrived on theatrics. As prime minister, he faces Brexit’s final act. Throughout history, chaos has often been a crucible of great...

New York Times - Opinion

Economy and Jobs

Stossel: Minimum Wage Hurts Beginners

OPINION Seattle was the first big city to pass a $15 minimum wage. People there were excited. "I think it's pretty awesome since I benefit from it,"...

Boris Johnson has rare powers. He's gonna need them

OPINION )Boris Johnson, Britain's next prime minister, is a pragmatist, and having been born in the United States, understands America as well as perhaps no...

CNN - Editorial

Biden Seeks to Fix Criminal Justice Inequalities as Critics Attack His Record

The former vice president, who has been criticized for the 1994 crime law, wants to end mandatory minimum sentences and disparities in drug...

Wall Street Journal - News

Attacks on Conservative Speech Take Many Forms

OPINION Looking over the frenzied political landscape in America today, one marred by constant clashes between right and left, a single issue rises above the...

National Security

Hostile witness or Democrats’ hero? Mueller’s past turns before Congress offer important clues

Behind the square jaw, deadeye stare and Marine Corps growl, former special counsel Robert S. Mueller III does have a soft spot when it comes to...

Washington Post

President Trump scores major legal victory in case where Dems accuse him of violating the Constitution

President Donald Trump scored another legal victory Friday when a federal judge temporarily blocked congressional Democrats' subpoenas for financial...

Arizona Dem Kyrsten Sinema joins GOP in push for program that would quickly deport migrants without valid asylum claims

Freshman Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., was one of a number of Democrats to join Republican colleagues this week who called for the implementation of...

Fox Online News

Donald Trump impeachment bid crushed in House of Representatives

A bid to launch impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump has been blocked in the US House of Representatives. Texas Democrat Al...

OPINION: ‘Racism’: A Cliché Fastened to a Dying Animal

OPINION It’s increasingly obvious that the Democratic Party is moribund and that its members know it. In a desperate attempt to survive, they have declared...

American Spectator

This Is What Happened When Democrats Tried to Impeach Trump Last Night

Democrat Rep. Al Green (TX) tried to bring articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump Wednesday night on the heels of the latest...

CBN

As U.S. debt, deficits mount, presidential candidates sweep them under the rug

In four hours of debate among Democratic contenders for the U.S. presidency, the word “deficit” was never uttered and the government’s debt was...

The End of the Free Internet Is Near

The idea that the internet should enjoy minimal government oversight precisely because it was a technology that enabled open and free speech for...

Labor Secretary Acosta Resigns After Scrutiny Over Epstein Sex Trafficking Deal

President Donald Trump says Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta is stepping down following criticism of his handling of a plea deal with a wealthy...

CBN

The 2020 front-runners are pulling away from the field

The latest fundraising figures prove there’s a new top tier in the Democratic primary — and everyone else is running out of time. The top tier of...

Ocasio-Cortez implies Pelosi's criticisms are racially motivated, calls it 'outright disrespectful'

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez escalated her public feud with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday, telling The Washington Post she no longer...

Nancy Pelosi defiant amid Dem infighting: 'Regrets is not what I do'

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Wednesday that she had “no regrets” about jabbing at Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and other rebellious freshmen...

Washington Times

REVEALED: Google’s ‘Respectful Code’ Policy To Edit Politically Incorrect Terms From Software, Including ‘Trumpssh’

Google has undertaken a substantial program to ensure its code adheres to standards of political correctness. The “respectful code” policy, a copy of...

The Daily Caller

Trump says UK Ambassador 'a very stupid guy'

The UK's "wacky" ambassador to the US is "a very stupid guy" Donald Trump has said, amid a row over leaked emails. This came after Downing Street...

OPINION: Democrats Double Down On Hating America

OPINION You gotta hand it to them – it’s an innovative strategy to run for President by taking the position that your country is garbage and that its are...

Campaign Finance

Buttigieg campaign multiplies in size after huge cash haul

Before the first Democratic presidential debates kicked off last week, close to 100 Pete Buttigieg supporters and donors sheltered from the Miami...

Joe Biden: I wasn't prepared for Kamala Harris to come after me the way she did

Former Vice President Joseph R. Biden said he wasn’t prepared for Sen. Kamala D. Harris to confront him on his past positions on busing to...

Washington Times

Justice Department Renews Citizenship Question Push as Confusion Spreads

The Trump administration threw the census into further confusion Wednesday, telling two federal judges that the government was seeking a legal basis...

Wall Street Journal - News

G20 summit 2019: All the latest updates

The annual summit of the Group of 20 nations is under way in Osaka, Japan. At the top of the agenda is the ongoing trade war between China and the...

How the Dems used their time during the second night of the first primary debate

The Democratic presidential candidates went beyond their time limits often and interrupted each other even more. The 2020 Democratic presidential...

Kamala Harris won the first Democratic debate, and it wasn't even close

OPINION Sen. Kamala Harris on Thursday had the strongest performance in two nights of Democratic debates — and it wasn't even close. Harris commanded the...

Washington Examiner

Pelosi reverses on border bill, plans vote on Senate version after GOP pressure

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi abruptly backed down Thursday from her push to include restrictions on immigration enforcement in a must-pass border...

Fox Online News

Who talked most during the first night of the Democratic debate

Ten Democratic primary candidates faced off tonight in the first night of the first 2020 presidential debate. The Washington Post tracked the amount...

Washington Post

Supreme Court Redistricting Decision Could Reshape US Politics

The Supreme Court says federal courts have no role to play in policing political districts drawn for partisan gain. The decision could embolden...

CBN

Democrats Lurch Left on Abortion, Immigration, and Health Care in First Debate

Miami — It was supposed to be Elizabeth Warren’s night to shine, but it didn’t quite work out that way. Now in third place behind Joe Biden and...

National Review

Tulsi Gabbard Wrecks Dems With Powerful Anti-War Debate Answers

Gabbard has made ending American intervention abroad the defining issue of her campaign. While the rest of the candidates at the first Democratic...

1st 2020 Democratic Debate

10 Democratic presidential candidates took to the debate stage Wednesday night and fielded questions on healthcare policy, immigration, and a slew of...

Biden refuses to apologise for working with racist senators

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has refused to apologise for reminiscing on his work with two long-dead racist senators. But amid a...

This One New Poll of Democrats Explains Why Donald Trump Will Be Reelected

Just 25 percent of Democratic voters want a candidate promising a "bold, new agenda," which is exactly what party and media elites will cram down...

OPINION: Democrats Angry Hope Hicks Didn't Answer Questions As They Waste Taxpayer Money On A Witch Hunt

OPINION What a colossal waste of time Wednesday was for the American taxpayer and former White House communications director Hope Hicks. President Trump's...

Supreme Court allows religious display on state land despite challenge over church-state separation

The Supreme Court got religion Thursday, ruling that a gigantic Latin cross on government land in Maryland does not have to be moved or altered in...

Peace Cross can stay, Supreme Court rules

The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Bladensburg’s beloved World War I memorial cross can remain on public lands, rejecting a challenge that it was...

Washington Times

Slavery Reparations Issue Gets Rare Hearing on Hill

A House Judiciary subcommittee hearing on a bill addressing reparations for slavery, the first such hearing in more than a decade, signaled the issue...

Wall Street Journal - News

Banking/Finance

S&P 500 Hits Record High as Fed Poised to Cut Rates

U.S. stocks surged to a record at the open of regular trading, while Treasuries extended gains and the dollar slumped as the Federal Reserve’s dovish...

OPINION: Joe Biden’s Segregationist Problem

OPINION His rivals, beginning with Cory Booker and Bill de Blasio, have already started to pounce. By any standard, Joe Biden is the Democratic...

National Review

Basking in Obama's 'afterglow' could burn Biden: 'We cannot return to the past'

Democratic presidential hopefuls have been reluctant to attack Joseph R. Biden over his eight years with President Barack Obama, but voters in early...

Washington Times

Florida supporters on why they want Trump to win in 2020

On Tuesday night in Orlando, Florida, Donald Trump "officially" kicked off his presidential re-election bid. Of course, everyone knew he was going...

President Trump unveils 2020 slogan to replace 2016 rallying cry during campaign rally

President Trump revealed the 2020 re-election campaign slogan to replace his Make America Great Again mantra from 2016. "Make America Great Again...

Fox Online News

OPINION: A Sensible Middle Ground on Data Privacy

OPINION Internet users are right to be concerned about the massive amounts of information big tech companies collect, but regulatory solutions should be...

National Review

Ocasio-Cortez Calls Migrant Detention Centers ‘Concentration Camps,’ Eliciting Backlash

WASHINGTON — Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the liberal freshman Democrat from New York who has made fighting for immigrants’ rights a...

New York Times - News

OPINION: Did Your Child Return From College a Better Person?

OPINION When assessing America's or any of the Western world's universities -- wondering whether you should send your child to one; whether you should pay...

Banking/Finance

Markets surge as Trump confirms Xi G20 meeting amid trade war

President Trump confirmed Tuesday he will meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the G20 summit later this month, rallying...

Washington Times

Trump vows mass immigration arrests, removals of ‘millions of illegal aliens’ starting next week

President Trump said in a tweet Monday night that U.S. immigration agents are planning to make mass arrests starting “next week,” an apparent...

Washington Post

OPINION: The CIA Is Running Scared

OPINION Last Wednesday the intelligence community launched its first attack on Attorney General William Barr’s investigation into its illegal acts and abuses...

American Spectator

OPINION: Restoring Congress: The Parties Are a Solution

OPINION Politicians in safe districts can ignore the rest of the country. But in a strong party committed to a national agenda, leadership could rebuke the...

National Review

African migrants illegally enter US then swiftly disperse to 16 cities across America

Hundreds of African migrants who crossed into the United States through the southern border earlier this month have quickly dispersed to more than a...

Trump: Obama ‘had to know’ about effort to stop me from becoming president

President Trump said his predecessor Barack Obama had to “know about” efforts to ensure he wouldn’t win the presidency. “There was no crime. There...

National Defense

Pompeo: “unmistakeable” Iran carried out attacks on oil tankers

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says it is “unmistakable” that Iran attacked two oil tankers near the Strait of Hormuz last week.

Washington Times

Anticipation builds for final Supreme Court rulings

Anticipation is growing for the Supreme Court’s biggest decisions of the year. With just two weeks left in the month of June, the justices have yet...

Trump's Designs For Revamped Air Force One May Not Take Off

President Trump may not be seeing red, white and blue on a newly revamped Air Force One after all. A House Democrat added a provision to the annual...

NPR Online News

This Is The Longest The Federal Minimum Wage Has Ever Gone Without Being Raised

Lawmakers set a new record Sunday by leaving the federal minimum wage untouched since July 24, 2009, the first year of former President Barack Obama’...

California farmers furious over delayed payments for land seized in high-speed rail push

Farmers up and down California’s Central Valley are up in arms over the state seizing their land to build its long-awaited high-speed railway and...

Fox Online News

Court of Appeals overrules Trump administration, says illegal immigrant minors can get abortions

The U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C., on Friday ruled against the Trump administration and in favor of unaccompanied illegal immigrants who...

Jordan Peterson launches anti-censorship site Thinkspot

Jordan Peterson, the controversial academic, has launched a new anti-censorship website that will only take down offensive content if specifically...

OPINION: Why Gillibrand Is the Most Vapid Clown in the Car

OPINION She is so excruciatingly, insufferably, painfully stupid, shallow, pandering, desperate, and without ethics. Kirsten Gillibrand. United States...

American Spectator

National Security

Trump to name Thomas Homan as border 'czar'

President Trump said Friday he will appoint Thomas Homan, a top former Homeland Security official, as his new border “czar.” “Tom Homan’s coming...

Washington Times

Trump says he won't fire Kellyanne Conway over Hatch Act, defends her words as 'free speech'

President Donald Trump defended senior aide Kellyanne Conway on Friday from a watchdog report that found she violated a federal law that prohibits...

Trump on Oil Tanker Attacks: 'Iran Did Do It'

President Donald Trump directly blamed Iran for the attacks on a pair of Japanese-owned oil tankers, while insisting his administration is being "...

OPINION: The Climate Trap for Democrats

OPINION The real felt urgency of climate change will not, anytime soon, match the rhetoric of the advocates. The more the climate debate changes, the more...

National Review

Hong Kong Protests

“Hundreds of thousands of protesters marched through Hong Kong [last] Sunday to voice their opposition to legislation that would allow people to be...

YouTube Censors Project Veritas Video Exposing Anti-Christian Bias at Pinterest

YouTube censored a video from undercover journalism outlet Project Veritas featuring an interview with a Silicon Valley insider who revealed anti-...

Top AI researchers race to detect ‘deepfake’ videos: ‘We are outgunned’

Top artificial-intelligence researchers across the country are racing to defuse an extraordinary political weapon: computer-generated fake videos...

Washington Post

The Left Is Going to Eat Up Clapper's Exaggerated Reaction to Trump's Foreign Oppo Research Comments

Following Thursday's release of George Stephanopoulos' exclusive interview with President Donald Trump, former Director of National Intelligence,...

Manchin eyes Senate exit

Senator Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) is eyeing a possible exit from the Senate, and his decision could be a significant factor in which party controls the...

Role of Government

'This Is Crazy': 2019 'Pig Book' Shows Your Tax Dollars Wasted on Outrageous Pet Projects

The Treasury Department estimates federal deficit spending for 2019 will exceed $1 trillion. The watchdog group Citizens Against Government Waste...

CBN

Trump defends census citizenship question

US President Donald Trump has defended adding a citizenship question to the census after ordering documents that could shed light on the decision...

Timeline: Unease grows in Hong Kong about eroding freedoms

HONG KONG – Steps by the Chinese and Hong Kong governments in recent years have raised unease among Hong Kong residents about their future, a concern...

Fox Online News

Religion and Faith

The Ongoing Persecution of a Christian Baker

What is it with the pissant totalitarians in Colorado? Jack Phillips is a baker. He is also a Christian. He declined to bake a wedding cake for a...

National Review

Memo to George Soros and Charles Koch: Fund Campus Debates

OPINION At the invitation of Matt Denhart, president of the Coolidge Foundation, I spent an extraordinary day recently speaking to students participating in...

Independent Institute

GOP Rep. Justin Amash leaves far-right Freedom Caucus he helped found

On Monday evening, Rep. Justin Amash, R-Mich., resigned from the conservative House Freedom Caucus, a group of Republican lawmakers that he helped co...

With Most States Under One Party’s Control, America Grows More Divided

When J.B. Pritzker took over as the governor of Illinois this year, Democratic lawmakers, who had spent four years at an impasse with his Republican...

New York Times - News

Will Antitrust Action Against Big Tech Resolve Anything?

Being a big company is not a crime. What problem are we trying to fix? Well, it was bound to happen eventually. After near three years of all-out...

The Memo: Warren's rise is threat to Sanders

Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) is on the rise in the battle for the 2020 Democratic nomination — and that spells trouble for Sen. Bernie Sanders...

OPINION: The FBI Tragedy: Elites above the Law

OPINION After decades in the FBI, the top brass came to believe they could flout the law and pursue their own political agendas. One of the media and...

National Review

Facebook Deletes ‘Natural News’ Facebook Page

Facebook has deleted the popular “Natural News” Facebook page according to recent reports. The Daily Beast reports that Facebook removed the...

Justices reject challenge to 'In God We Trust' on U.S. money

The Supreme Court rejected a case Monday brought by an atheist who wanted to scrub “In God We Trust,” the U.S. motto, from the nation’s currency,...

Washington Times

OPINION: Steve Hilton: Trump proves that tariffs work. Here are the lessons we should learn

OPINION Last week we saw proof that tariffs work. President Trump threatened tariffs on Mexico. Their leaders came to negoitiate, and we got concrete results...

Fox Online News

Good Vibes: Frustrated RBG Predicts Upcoming 'Sharply Divided' Decisions From SCOTUS

When liberals get their way at SCOTUS, close decisions are hailed as "historic" markers of great "progress." When conservatives win, the "bitterly...

OPINION: Trump fights back against skeptics of his new Mexico deal

OPINION President Donald Trump is blasting critics who claim his new border agreement with Mexico is a mirage rather than the huge victory he is claiming, as...

CNN - Editorial

US-Mexico Immigration Deal

On Friday, President Trump announced a deal with Mexico regarding immigration. The deal “averted Trump’s threatened imposition of 5% import tariffs...

Justice Department

Barr compares his return to DOJ to D-Day, likens it to trying to 'land without getting shot'

Attorney General William Barr compared his arrival at the Justice Department to the type of situation soldiers faced before D-Day. "As we've been...

Fox Online News

Biden slumps, Buttigieg soars: 6 takeaways from benchmark Iowa poll

Just hours before presidential candidates will pitch themselves to Iowa Democratic activists in the first-in-the-nation caucus state, a new poll of...

Bernie Sanders: 'I don't think anybody is going to reach 50%' in Iowa vote

Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders said with the wide field of candidates seeking the Democratic presidential nomination that he does not expect any of them...

FBI releases damning new Hillary Clinton email docs that discuss 'smoking gun document'

The FBI released a treasure trove of new documents related to the investigation of Hillary Clinton's private email server on Friday, revealing, among...

US-Mexico talks: Trump hails deal on migrants to avoid tariffs

President Donald Trump has hailed a deal reached with Mexico to help stem the flow of migrants to the US after he threatened to impose trade tariffs...

Mexican officials hail tariff-averting pact with U.S. even as worries emerge

Mexican officials sought to portray victory Saturday after a deal with the Trump administration to potentially curb migration and avert U.S. tariffs...

Washington Post

AOC and Cruz to Work Together on Anti-Lobbying Bill

“Sen. Ted Cruz and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez set aside their Twitter bickering [last] Thursday to strike an unusual bargain: an agreement to work...

National Security

U.S., Russian Navy ships nearly collide in 'unsafe and unprofessional' Philippine Sea encounter

A U.S. missile cruiser and Russian destroyer nearly collided Friday in the Philippine Sea, with the two vessels coming within at least 100 feet of...

Washington Times

National Security

US Attorney Durham 'very dialed in' as he launches Russia probe review, met with Barr 'multiple times': sources

The Connecticut U.S. attorney assigned by Attorney General Bill Barr to investigate the origins of the Russia probe is “very dialed in” and “asking...

Fox Online News

Trump May Delay Mexico Tariffs, Aide Says as Trade Talks Resume

President Donald Trump could decide over the weekend to delay tariffs he’s threatened against Mexico over a surge in illegal migration to the U.S., a...

The Fake News Attack on Laura Ingraham

Wow. It’s hard to get more misleading than this. Mediaite and my old CNN colleague and fellow Red Sox fanatic John Berman stepped up and said...

American Spectator

National Security

The border is in crisis. Here’s how it got this bad.

There really is something unprecedented — and deadly — happening at the US-Mexico border right now. But the threat is to migrants themselves....

Vox

Macron helps veteran to his feet, Trump gets a salute: Key moments from Trump's D-Day address in Normandy

President Donald Trump delivered sobering remarks in Normandy, France, Thursday to mark the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings there that set...

Pence and Pompeo Met With Mexico About Stopping Illegal Immigration. Here's How It Went.

Vice President Mike Pence and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met with a government delegation from Mexico at the White House Wednesday afternoon...

Liberals rip Democratic leaders for writing drug pricing bill in secret

Progressive House Democrats are growing increasingly frustrated with their party’s leadership, accusing them of writing Democrats’ signature bill to...

Liberal Media Call Trump Normandy Best Speech Ever

Members of the liberal media had high praises for President Donald Trump's words at the 75th commemoration of D-Day celebration in Normandy,...

FBI wiretap petitions for Trump campaign contained key errors

Four FBI wiretap applications targeting a Trump campaign volunteer were more inaccurate than previously known based on subsequent investigative...

Washington Times

Hell freezes over as Jim Acosta, Joe Scarborough praise Trump’s D-Day speech

President Trump’s speech on Thursday honoring the brave Allied fighters who "stood in the fires of hell" on the 75th anniversary of D-Day drew...

Fox Online News

U.S.-Mexico talks to continue as time runs short for tariff deal

White House and Mexican government officials met Wednesday to try to reach a deal to halt or delay President Trump’s plan to impose tariffs on...

Washington Post

Trump Pressures Mexico as Second Day of Border Talks Begin

U.S. has threatened to impose tariffs starting Monday if no deal is reached on slowing migrant crossings President Trump said Thursday that...

Wall Street Journal - News

YouTube Demonetizes Steven Crowder’s Videos After Pressure Campaign By Gay Vox Writer

Steven Crowder, a conservative comedian and commentator, became the newest victim of a YouTube purge spurred by a Vox reporter. The reporter, Carlos...

OPINION: Paid Time Off

OPINION Both Republican and Democratic politicians want government to "do more" to give parents paid time off. "This is not a women's issue. It's a family...

Former US Ambassadors to Mexico Beg Trump: 'Delink' Trade, Migration

A group of former U.S. ambassadors to Mexico representing both Republican and Democratic presidents have banded together to urge President Donald...

Joe Biden's team alters climate policy plan after plagiarism allegations

Joe Biden’s Democratic presidential campaign has amended his climate policy plan hours after it was released Tuesday because a handful of passages...

OPINION: Bozell & Graham Column: Mueller Strikes Out, Media Report a Home Run

OPINION Color us surprised. The nightly-news obsession over nonexistent Trump-Russia collusion isn’t abating. It’s actually growing! They cannot be shamed....

Audit Finds Evidence of Google's Bias Toward These Media Outlets

A new audit shows Google is biased toward a small number of major media outlets — and most of them have a Left-leaning political bias. One-sided...

Trump: UK and US Can Do a 'Phenomenal' Post-Brexit Trade Deal

President Donald Trump said the United States and Britain could agree a "phenomenal" post-Brexit trade deal. "As the UK makes preparations to exit...

Trump says Brexit will happen and should happen

President Trump said Tuesday that Brexit “probably should happen” and will happen, saying he predicted the vote that set it in motion and the British...

Washington Times

Bipartisan Senate Effort Predictably Kills Rand Paul's Plan to Balance the Federal Budget

Paul's proposal to cut 2 percent from the federal budget for the next five years was predictably opposed by both Democrats and most Republicans...

Trump's U.K. state visit turns from pomp and pageantry to foreign policy

President Donald Trump met with Prime Minister Theresa May on Tuesday as his state visit to Britain shifted gears from pomp and pageantry to talks...

Do Democrats really want to see the unredacted special counsel report?

Despite their demands that Attorney General William Barr release the full unredacted report by special counsel Robert Mueller, Democrats have shown...

Inside Warren's battle plan to win Iowa — and the nomination

Elizabeth Warren’s presidential campaign is obsessed with stickers. At a half-dozen events in rural Eastern Iowa over Memorial Day weekend, paid...

US, Mexico officials to begin talks over tariffs, border

Top officials from the U.S. and Mexico will begin talks Monday in a scramble to fend off President Donald Trump’s threat of devastating tariffs on...

Reeling from tariff threat, Mexico begins immigration talks in Washington

Fighting to stave off punitive tariffs announced by U.S. President Donald Trump, a senior Mexican delegation was set to begin high level talks on...

How much did the FBI rely on a discredited Trump-Russia dossier?

The public knows that the FBI relied extensively on the Democratic Party-financed dossier, whose list of anti-Trump allegations influenced the bureau...

Washington Times

China, Mexico Signal Willingness to Step Up Trade Talks With U.S.

Beijing’s latest missive struck a newly measured tone, despite accusing Washington of scuttling negotiations, while Mexico sends a delegation to...

Wall Street Journal - News

Big Tech Is Big Brother

The year is 1984. One company – Microsoft – dominates the computer world. It's their way or the highway. Conform or die. This snapshot in time...

Prager University

Trump meets Queen Elizabeth to kick off UK state visit

President Trump and first lady Melania Trump were greeted at Buckingham Palace on Monday by Queen Elizabeth II, kicking off the president’s three-day...

OPINION: Government Shouldn’t Have the Power to Take Private Property for Free

OPINION The Supreme Court must reverse the ruling of a lower court in Love Terminal Partners v. United States. While public attention is riveted on...

National Review

‘Small Ideas’: Democratic Rivals Sharpen Attacks on Front-Runner Joe Biden

The gloves are off in the Democratic presidential campaign, as Joe Biden’s main competitors shed the collegiality of the race’s early stages to try...

Biden faces stiff criticism from Democrats for skipping California convention

Democratic presidential frontrunner Joe Biden decided to skip this weekend’s California Democratic Primary, but he was hardly forgotten. The former...

Insurgent Democrats, Many of Them Women, Worry a New Party Policy Will Block Them

A move by House Democratic leaders to thwart party members from mounting primary challenges to incumbents, even in safe Democratic districts, could...

New York Times - News

Robert Mueller Is Not NOT Saying That Donald Trump Committed Crimes

Dense legal memos from the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel typically don’t command the nation’s collective attention, let alone lend...

Devin Nunes makes serious request after glaring discrepancy found in Mueller source docs

Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.), the top Republican on the House Intelligence Committee, is calling for the public release of "all backup and source...

Supreme Court to decide what happens when a U.S. border agent shoots someone on the other side

There is established Supreme Court precedent that a law enforcement official can be sued for damages if they violate a person’s constitutional rights...

Fox Online News

Migrants at overcrowded border facilities may become violent: DHS watchdog

Migrants seeking asylum and being held at an overcrowded US Border Patrol facility in Texas could become violent due to the inhumane conditions, an...

Chad Pergram: Democrats 'nowhere near' the amount of votes they need for impeachment

While the prospect of impeachment has caught a lot of media attention, Fox News Senior Capitol Hill Producer Chad Pergram said the sheer number of...

Fox Online News

Besides blasting Trump, Democratic presidential candidates offer few details on immigration plans so far

Pete Buttigieg made a campaign stop in Miami last week, speaking in a city defined by immigration in a county where a majority of residents are...

Trump moves to strip India of special trade status

The Trump administration announced Friday that it would no longer permit India to have special trade status. The White House will cut off special...

Justice Department

Justice Department Is Preparing Antitrust Investigation of Google

The Justice Department is gearing up for an antitrust investigation of Alphabet Inc.’s Google, a move that could present a major new layer of...

Wall Street Journal - News

China talks remain in limbo as Trump turns attention to Mexico

Months of intense trade negotiations between the United States and China may, once again, come down to a meeting between the leaders of the world's...

Banking/Finance

Stocks Fall as Trump’s Mexico Tariff Threat Rattles Markets

Stocks fall in Wall Street trading; Yield on 10-year U.S. Treasurys hits a fresh 20-month low Stocks and bond yields around the world fell Friday...

Wall Street Journal - News

North Korean Top Diplomat Reportedly Executed in Purge After Failed Kim, Trump Summit

North Korea reportedly has executed a top diplomatic official and punished four others engaged in nuclear negotiations with the US, according to a...

CBN

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign sued for policies punishing free speech

A lawsuit accuses the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign of stifling free speech by “weaponizing” anti-bias measures against students who...

Washington Times

New York Times needs to ‘look in the mirror’ if it thinks MSNBC, CNN are too partisan, critics say

The New York Times is reportedly blocking its reporters from appearing on liberal cable news programs such as MSNBC’s “The Rachel Maddow Show” and “...

Fox Online News

Mueller Hands His Caseload To Congress, As Impeachment Calls Grow Louder

After two years of silence, special counsel and former FBI Director Robert Mueller spoke for 10 minutes Wednesday morning. By the end, he had...

NPR Online News

Bernie backers see DNC-media sabotage in Biden surge: 'It's the same thing all over again'

Sen. Bernard Sanders‘ grassroots activists fear a repeat of 2016 in next year’s Democratic primary — this time, instead of former Secretary of State...

Washington Times

'Impeachment Referral': Why Democrats Says Mueller Just Gave Them a Cue to Impeach Trump

Democrats in Washington believe Special Counsel Robert Mueller just gave them the go-ahead to start the impeachment process with his public statement...

CBN

OPINION: The Foolish Economic Agenda of Kamala Harris

OPINION One of the many problems with politicians is that it seems like they're in the outrage business. Some act as if they won't be needed unless there is...

OPINION: Silicon Valley, America’s De Facto Censor

OPINION Left-wing activists aren’t going to stop with social-media networks, or with nibbling at the soft right-wing fringe of discourse. Silicon Valley’s...

National Review

Mueller Just Proved His Entire Operation Was A Political Hit Job That Trampled The Rule Of Law

OPINION If there were any doubts about Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s political intentions, his unprecedented press conference on Wednesday should put them...

Robert Mueller Says He’s Resigning and Closing Special Counsel’s Office

What he’s said so far: • Robert S. Mueller III announced his retirement from the Justice Department, ending his two-year appointment as special...

New York Times - News

Brits side with Trump after speaker denies president opportunity to address Parliament

British House of Commons Speaker John Bercow defends blackballing ahead of visit to Britain. Britain’s colorful speaker of Parliament said Tuesday...

Washington Times

Democratic Party Raises Bar for Second Round of Debates in Fall

Strict donor and polling requirements are expected to exclude several candidates in large field The Democratic National Committee is making it...

Wall Street Journal - News

Economic Models Point to a Big Win for Trump in 2020

President Donald Trump is likely to win re-election in 2020 according to a wide range of predictive economic models. That's the conclusion from...

CBN

To Fox or not to Fox? 2020 Democrats divided over appearing on network

Buttigieg won plaudits on the rightwing channel; Warren was hailed for avoiding it. The dilemma has broad implications To Fox or not to Fox? That...

Double Standards Endanger Press Freedom

The treatment of Bryan Carmody and Julian Assange reveals widespread confusion about who counts as a journalist and whether it matters. The day...

Gallup: More Americans Think Trump Has Presidential Qualities

More Americans believe more now than they did two years ago that President Donald Trump has the personality and leadership qualities a president...

California, Rich In Delegates, Takes On New Importance For Crowded Democratic Field

This weekend, 14 presidential candidates will converge on San Francisco for the California Democratic Party's annual convention. It will be the...

NPR Online News

Flynn's case could prompt release of some redacted parts of Mueller report

(CNN)Sought-after parts of the Mueller investigation may be made public this week, thanks to a federal judge who's taken an unusual approach in...

Utah judge disparaged President Trump from the courtroom. Now he's paying the price.

A Utah judge who openly disparaged President Donald Trump in the courtroom and on social media is now facing the consequences of his actions.

Trump's Japan trip: Sumo match, hibachi dinner, playing down North Korea's firing of 'small weapons'

President Donald Trump played down North Korea’s launch of short-range missiles during a trip to Japan that included a visit Sunday to a sumo...

Campaign Finance

Buttigieg pushes for massive fundraising haul to cement top-tier status

Pete Buttigieg is aiming to shake the Democratic presidential race with a massive fundraising total this quarter, staking his claim in the top tier...

National Defense

Trump OKs 1,500 more U.S. troops to Middle East amid Iranian tensions

President Trump has ordered the deployment of another 1,500 U.S. troops to the Middle East amid rising tensions with Iran, bolstering the American...

Washington Times

Trump administration used loophole to sell $7B worth of weapons to Saudi Arabia

The Trump administration used an emergency loophole in an arms control export law to kickstart $7 billion of weapons to Saudi Arabia. Secretary of...

2020 frontrunner in May? It's probably not a good thing

Democratic presidential frontrunner Joe Biden has a double-digit percentage lead in nearly every major national poll, he’s won more big-name...

$19.1 Billion Disaster Aid Bill Stalled After Republican Blocks House Vote

Texas House Republican Rep. Chip Roy blocked an attempt to pass the $19.1 billion disaster aid bill by unanimous consent, likely stalling passage of...

NPR Online News

A Million People Could Lose Their Pensions If Congress Doesn’t Act

Joe Brown worked for more than 30 years as a roof bolter at the Federal #2 Mine in Marion County. Installing roof supports is one of the most...

Trump arrives for ceremonial visit to Japan, but Iran and North Korea also loom

President Trump on Saturday began a four-day state visit to Japan high on pomp and ceremony meant to underline the strength of the alliance even as...

Washington Post

Trump Gives Attorney General Sweeping Power in Review of 2016 Campaign Inquiry

President Trump took extraordinary steps on Thursday to give Attorney General William P. Barr sweeping new authorities to conduct a review into how...

New York Times - News

Theresa May to Step Down as U.K. Prime Minister

Theresa May said she would quit as British prime minister once her Conservative Party chooses a successor, potentially paving the way for a new...

Wall Street Journal - News

BREAKING: Trump Approves Declassification of Documents Related to 2016 Election Spying

Late Thursday evening, President Trump granted Attorney General Bill Barr the authority to declassify information relevant to the investigation into...

Justin Amash Is Right About Impeachable Conduct

Justin Amash thinks Donald Trump is guilty of "impeachable conduct," and he is absolutely right. Impeachable conduct is whatever the House of...

Samsung deepfake AI could fabricate a video clip of you from a single photo

Imagine someone creating a deepfake video of you simply by stealing your Facebook profile pic. Luckily, the bad guys don't have their hands on that...

CNET

Donald Trump, Nancy Pelosi warfare hits new level, raising the risk of even more gridlock

President Donald Trump's decision to storm out of an infrastructure meeting with Democrats left lawmakers scrambling to assess whether the fallout...

Threat of impeachment takes oxygen out of 2019 agenda

House investigations of the Trump administration and the prospect of impeachment are crowding out hopes for legislative progress on Capitol Hill,...

SPYGATE: If The FBI Missed This Glaring Inaccuracy, Did They Even Attempt To Verify The Trump Dossier?

Did the FBI verify the Trump dossier? It’s a question that then-Deputy FBI Director Andrew McCabe refused to answer. The dossier is the piece of...

Economy and Jobs

As Employment Rises, African American Transplants Ride Jobs Wave To The South

Brittany Smith grew up mostly in Detroit, earning a master's degree in public health from the University of Michigan. But when she and her then-...

NPR Online News

May Keeps Fighting as Anti-EU Ministers Plot: Brexit Update

Theresa May is under pressure to ditch her Brexit deal and quit as prime minister after a final attempt to win over members of Parliament backfired....

Trump wants Mexico-Canada trade deal approved before Democrats, White House turn to infrastructure

Hours before Democratic leaders were expected at the White House, President Donald Trump took to Twitter on Wednesday to sound off on a familiar...

Trump Administration Could Blacklist China’s Hikvision, a Surveillance Firm

The Trump administration is considering limits to a Chinese video surveillance giant’s ability to buy American technology, people familiar with the...

New York Times - News

U.S. Democrats to press Trump on paying for infrastructure boost

Democrats in Congress will press U.S. President Donald Trump at a White House meeting on Wednesday for details on how to pay for a massive boost in U...

Pelosi faces rising pressure to launch impeachment inquiry

But the speaker is resisting the push, fearful that it would hurt Democrats at the polls. Speaker Nancy Pelosi doesn’t want to impeach President...

Don McGahn, former White House counsel, defies House subpoena and skips hearing on Russia probe

The White House's former top lawyer, Don McGahn, defied a congressional subpoena and skipped a hearing Tuesday where lawmakers had planned to press...

Trump appeals ruling allowing Congress to see his financial records

President Donald Trump on Tuesday appealed a federal judge’s ruling against his attempt to block a House of Representatives committee from seeking...

Democrats fume as McGahn skips House hearing: ‘Our subpoenas are not optional’

The top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee vowed Tuesday to go to court if necessary to seek former White House Counsel Don McGahn's testimony...

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Key Democrats up the pressure on Pelosi for impeachment but she stands by go-slow approach

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is facing pressure from within her own leadership ranks to take a more aggressive strategy toward impeachment even as...

Brexit bill: PM sets out details of customs compromise

Theresa May is setting out the details of a series of compromises designed to try and win the support of Labour MPs for her Brexit plan. The...

Study: 2016 Outcome Fueled by 'Secret' Trump Voters

“Secret” supporters of Donald Trump – those who never acknowledged to family and friends that they voted for him for president in 2016 – doubled...

Trump faces steep climb to reelection

President Trump faces a steep uphill climb to a second term, even if it’s far too early to count him out. Trump campaign aides have talked up the...

Missouri governor expected to sign eight-week abortion ban into law

Missouri’s Republican governor could sign a law as early as this week banning most abortions in the Midwestern state after the eighth week of...

Elizabeth Warren’s corporate advocacy past could ding image as working-class champion

As Sen. Elizabeth Warren climbs in Democratic presidential polls, touting an image as the champion of the working class against powerful corporations...

Fox Online News

Trump scrambles to reverse Rust Belt slide

His campaign is moving to shore up his standing in Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania — where its own polling shows him trailing Joe Biden....

OPINION: Socialism Is Not Democratic

OPINION Nor is it compatible with the Constitution Back in 2011, while covering Occupy Wall Street, I was accosted by a man wearing a large cardboard box...

National Review

Trump: New York Times report on Deutsche Bank transactions is 'phony'

Donald Trump has denied a New York Times report that Deutsche Bank employees flagged concerns over transactions involving legal entities controlled...

Donald Trump wants exceptions for rape, incest in abortion laws

President Donald Trump called himself "strongly Pro-Life" in a several tweets late Saturday night while at the same time appearing to challenge key...

Trump signals Alabama abortion law goes too far but stresses he’s ‘strongly pro-life’

President Trump is carefully distancing himself from a new Alabama law that bans abortion in almost all circumstances, even in cases of rape and...

Washington Post

Trump wants exceptions in abortion laws

President Trump said he favors abortion laws that include exceptions for rape and incest, marking a break with Alabama Republicans, who recently...

Washington Examiner

Trump to lift steel, aluminum tariffs on Canada and Mexico

The U.S. has reached a deal to lift steel and aluminum tariffs on Canada and Mexico, removing a major barrier to congressional approval of President...

Washington Times

U.S. Seeks to Resolve Other Trade Disputes Amid China Impasse

With U.S.-China trade talks at an impasse, President Trump moved Friday to tackle festering trade disputes with U.S. allies and North American...

Wall Street Journal - News

US lifts steel and aluminum tariffs on Canada and Mexico

President Donald Trump lifted steel and aluminum tariffs on Canada and Mexico on Friday, a move designed to ease one area of tensions even as the...

SAT to begin scoring 'adversity' of students

The College Board reportedly plans to assign an “adversity score” to each student who takes the SAT, providing information on student's social and...

Report: SAT will assign a new score that factors in where you live and how much your parents make

(CNN)The nonprofit group that administers the SAT will assign an adversity score to each student who takes the test to reflect social and economic...

College Board Introduces ‘Adversity Score’ to Control for Privilege in Admissions

The College Board plans to introduce an “adversity score” that will accompany an applicant’s SAT score in order to give college-admissions officers...

National Review

White House Launches Site Where You Can Report Anti-Conservative Bias from Tech Giants

On the heels of President Donald Trump's repeated assertions claiming anti-conservative bias by tech companies, the White House has launched an...

CBN

OPINION: John Feehery: To end the trade war, America's business community should do this

OPINION To end the trade war, the American business community should unite. Unfortunately, right now, they are united against the wrong culprit. The...

Fox News Opinion

Countering Foreign Disinformation on Social Media

What we know about Russia's social-media campaign provides lessons for the future. It is absolutely fair game and legal — in free countries, at...

National Review

U.S. Targets Huawei as It Seeks to Revive China Trade Talks

Trump administration restricts telecom giant, says it wants to resume trade negotiations President Trump signed an executive order that would let...

Wall Street Journal - News

With The Equality Act, Congressional Democrats Want To Redefine 'Sex' To Include Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation

Here's why that's a bad idea—and it has nothing to do with God's wrath, women's rights rollbacks, or locker-room predators. Dire warnings are...

Trade War With China

“China said on Monday it would impose higher tariffs on most U.S. imports on a revised $60 billion target list, hitting back at a tariff hike by...

State Department

US Evacuates Some Government Employees From Iraq Over Iran Threat

Washington ordered the departure of non-emergency American employees from its diplomatic missions in Iraq on Wednesday in another show of concern...

Dispute erupts over whether Brennan, Comey pushed Steele dossier, as DOJ probe into misconduct begins

A high-level dispute over which senior government officials pushed the unverified Steele dossier amid efforts to surveil the Trump campaign has...

Fox Online News

Biden expands lead over rivals for 2020 U.S. presidential nomination despite lack of support from Millennials: Reuters/Ipsos poll

Former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden has expanded his lead over a wide field of candidates for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination by 5...

Steve Bullock, Montana governor, joins 2020 Democratic field for president

Montana Gov. Steve Bullock on Tuesday joined the growing list of candidates in the 2020 presidential race, saying he was the only Democrat who won in...

Did Obama Admin Illegally Investigate Trump Campaign? A New Investigation Aims to Find Out

The president and his supporters have long contended that the Obama administration used the intelligence community to illegally spy on the Trump...

CBN

Rosenstein Blasts 'Partisan Pundit' Comey in Speech

Rod Rosenstein didn’t waste any time since stepping down as deputy attorney general to open up about his time at the Justice Department, which...

Barr Orders Prosecutor to Examine Russia Probe Origins

Attorney General William Barr has appointed a U.S. attorney to examine the origins of the Russia investigation and determine if intelligence...

Associated Press

Economic Policy

OPINION: The New Green Serfdom

OPINION The Green New Deal is a path to a more militarized and authoritarian society. "Until you do it, I'm the boss," said Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the...

Tensions Flare With Iran

“Iran threatened [last] Wednesday to enrich its uranium stockpile closer to weapons-grade levels in 60 days if world powers fail to negotiate new...

Trump’s trade approach under attack as China retaliates on tariffs; markets open with big sell-off

Beijing announces steep tariffs on $60 billion in U.S. goods in response to White House action. Beijing announces retaliatory tariffs on $60...

Washington Post

Banking/Finance

Dow tumbles more than 590 points after China retaliates with higher tariffs

The Dow plunged Monday after China said it will raise tariffs in retaliation to last week's tariff increase by the United States. China hiked...

Frustration, Miscalculation: Inside the U.S.-China Trade Impasse

The U.S. and Chinese governments both sent signals ahead of their trade talks in Washington last week that a pact was so near they would discuss the...

Wall Street Journal - News

Five big Supreme Court decisions to watch

The Supreme Court is set to go back into session on Monday to begin issuing some of its biggest decisions of the year. From high-stakes rulings...

Trump takes swipe at FBI Director Wray for ‘protecting’ Russia probe ‘gang’

President Trump took a swipe at his own FBI director overnight as he echoed allegations that Christopher Wray is protecting members of the bureau who...

Fox Online News

Biden jolts Dem fight for big donors

Democratic presidential campaigns are pouring more effort into winning big donors to go with the widespread focus on online fundraising. Elizabeth...

China Announces Tariff Retaliation to Take Effect on June 1

China announced that it will impose additional tariffs on some American goods in retaliation for the latest increase of U.S. duties on $200 billion...

OPINION: Against Progressive Plans to Tinker with the Senate

OPINION In a provocative Sunday opinion piece for the New York Times, Jamelle Bouie takes aim at the United States Senate. It is “is highly undemocratic and...

National Review

FBI uncovers another terrorist training camp on US soil — and it's connected to New Mexico compound

The FBI has uncovered a makeshift military training camp used by Islamic terrorists in rural Macon County, Alabama. According to WBMA-LD, FBI search...

Joe Biden’s Rivals In Democratic Race Reject His ‘Middle Ground’ On Climate Policy

Two of former Vice President Joe Biden’s rivals in the Democratic presidential race took issue with his approach to combating climate change...

Booker hits Warren over proposal to break up tech giants

Cory Booker swatted at his Senate colleague and fellow 2020 presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren for her call to break up some of the country’s...

Liberals Were Very Wrong About Tax Cuts. Again.

For those of you who survived the Great GOP Tax Cut Massacre, things are finally looking up. The unemployment rate fell to 3.6 percent last month,...

Trump campaign raising big bucks from women

President Trump’s early fundraising numbers show he not only has a stockpile of cash -- raising over $30 million in the first quarter -- but is doing...

Fox Online News

Beto O’Rourke plans ‘reintroduction’ as 2020 buzz fizzles

NEWTON, Iowa (AP) — Beto O’Rourke barreled into the 2020 presidential race with breakneck energy and a fly-by-the-seat-of-his-pants campaign style...

Associated Press

Trump: Biden 2020 reminds me of Trump 2016

In an exclusive interview with POLITICO, the president predicted the former vice president would steamroll Democratic rivals who 'aren’t registering...

US sends missile system and ship to Middle East as Iran tensions escalate

The US is sending a Patriot air defence missile system and a warship to the Middle East amid escalating tensions with Iran. The USS Arlington,...

Anti-Trump dossier roils Capitol Hill anew after revelations about bias

Three Senate committee chairmen demanded answers this week about the role played by the Justice and State departments in furthering the goals of...

Washington Times

What equals justice for opioid crisis: Help victims or punish Big Pharma?

Three recent developments in lawsuits against opioid manufacturers and distributors point to different models of justice, from criminal prosecution...

Christian Science Monitor

Economic Policy

Bernie Sanders' New Plan Will Make It Tougher for Poor People To Get Credit Cards

Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez want to cap credit card interest rates. There will be unintended consequences. One obvious truth that...

Economy and Jobs

Don’t Assume Millennials and Generation Z Have Given Up on Capitalism

Younger voters present an opportunity for the Right The prognosis was dark, the response fast and furious. “People our age have never experienced...

National Review

How China doesn't play fair on trade

Donald Trump calls the Chinese "cheaters" and "manipulators." He's made it clear that if he becomes president, the U.S. will no longer lose big to...

Story of the Week: Trump Increases Tariffs on Chinese Goods

President Trump on Friday increased tariffs on $200 million in Chinese goods from 10 percent to 25 percent. Some say the move will hurt American...

Economy and Jobs

Sanders, Ocasio-Cortez join forces with Loan Shark Prevention Act aimed at consumer-credit abuses

Retail cards from major store chains like Macy’s and Kohl’s now account for more than a third of total company profits – a large enough chunk to...

Shocking UN Report Warns up to a Million Species are at Risk of Extinction Due to Human Activity

An alarming new report by a panel of leading scientists warns that human activity is causing the disappearance and deterioration of wildlife at a...

'We Will Only Get Louder': Pro-Lifers Plan Major Rally to Respond to Dem Who Harassed, Threatened Teens

Pro-life activists will rally in Philadelphia Friday in response to a viral video of state Rep. Brian Sims (D-PA) harassing and threatening to dox...

CBN

College faculty chair compares Chick-fil-A to 'pornography' as academic senate votes to kick restaurant off campus

The vice chair of Cal Poly San Luis Obispo's academic senate likened popular fast-food chain Chick-fil-A to "pornography" as the faculty body voted...

The Impotence of Modern Boycotts

In ten cities across the country, the drivers who contract for rideshare services Uber and Lyft are supposed to be on strike, and activists have...

National Review

When does birthright citizenship become citizenship for sale?

Kerry Starchuk’s activism begins with homemade granola cookies – specifically, when she took a plate to her new neighbors. Except the man and a...

Christian Science Monitor

Mayor Pete blindsides Kamala Harris in California

LOS ANGELES — California Democrats, especially those with ties to the influential LGBTQ and Hollywood communities, are finding themselves torn...

Tesla closes $2.7 billion capital raise

Tesla said on Wednesday it closed its $2.7 billion offering of stock and convertible notes and that it was oversubscribed, giving the electric car...

GM to sell Lordstown plant, invest $700 million in Ohio: Trump

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said Wednesday that General Motors Co will sell its Lordstown, Ohio plant to a company to build...

Pompeo: Reduction of Arctic Sea Ice Opens Up “Opportunities for Trade”

While at the Arctic Council meetings, Pompeo celebrated the shrinking levels of sea ice in the region, saying it opened up new opportunities for...

Campaign Finance

Schiff Introduces Constitutional Amendment to Overturn Citizens United

Schiff Introduces Constitutional Amendment to Overturn Citizens United © Greg Nash Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) on Wednesday introduced a...

Asylum 9th Circuit Court of Appeals Backs Trump: OK to Make Asylum Seekers Wait in Mexico

A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that the Trump administration can make asylum seekers wait in Mexico for immigration court hearings while the...

The Democrats’ Sore Loser Syndrome

Has it ever been noted by the Republic’s historians — all of whom are Democrats save for a lone Republican who remains undercover somewhere in the...

American Spectator

GOP leader McConnell to say ‘case closed’ on Mueller probe

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is declaring “case closed” on the Russia probe and potential obstruction by President Donald...

Associated Press

New Podcast: AllSides Discusses Media Bias on The First Five

AllSides CEO and co-founder John Gable appeared on the Freedom Forum Institute's First Five podcast to discuss all things media bias. Gable joins...

Single-issue 2020 candidates struggle to gain foothold in race

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee’s quest to save the Earth could kill his presidential campaign. The Democrat has kept a laser-like focus on combating...

Washington Times

Economy and Jobs

Democrats Want To Fight Poverty, but Don't Value Letting People Work

Get ready to pop the cork on a bottle of champagne. As the American Prospect reported earlier this month, California—where a highest-in-the-nation...

Trump proposes raising tariffs to a total of 25% on $575 billion in Chinese goods

From President Donald Trump's first threats to impose tariffs on China during the 2016 election campaign, experts warned that a trade war could have...

How gender bias is shaping the 2020 Democratic primary

Hillary Clinton said misogyny played a role in her 2016 loss. Just a few years later, we have evidence that gender bias is again influencing how...

Washington Post

Campaign Finance

The Problem with Sanders’s Small Donors

Joe Biden’s entry into the Democratic primary sets up what looks to be an epic clash of septuagenarians, as he and Bernie Sanders battle for the...

National Review

Trump announces Obama-era Border Patrol chief Mark Morgan will take over ICE

President Trump announced on Sunday that the former head of the U.S. Border Patrol under President Barack Obama will be his administration’s new...

Fox Online News

Climate change emerges as leading issue for 2020 Dems

Democratic presidential hopefuls are battling to be seen as the climate change candidate. Four 2020 White House contenders already have offered...

Democrat calls for sergeant-at-arms to 'take' AG Barr and drag him before congress

Bringing a rubber chicken to a Senate fight didn't work out that great from Democrat Rep. Steve Cohen of Tennessee, which perhaps played a role in...

Kamala Harris asks DOJ IG to probe whether Trump asked Barr to investigate political opponents

Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., on Friday sent a letter to the Department of Justice’s inspector general demanding he investigates whether the White...

Fox Online News

Trump says dishonest press isn't free press

On World Press Freedom Day, President Trump said the press won’t truly be free until it covers him correctly. “Unfortunately some of the press doesn...

Washington Times

Trump and Putin Discuss Venezuela, North Korea, Mueller Report

Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin discussed two thorny topics—Venezuela and North Korea—in a more than hourlong phone call Friday, but the U.S....

Wall Street Journal - News

Campaign Finance

For 2020 Dems, Dark Money Is Taboo -- and Much Needed

Pete Buttigieg, who has rapidly hurtled from obscurity in the Midwest to national prominence, is frustrated. "We've allowed our conservative...

RealClearPolitics

Campaign Finance

Bernie Sanders and Kamala Harris Lead the Democratic Money Race

Who has the most campaign cash on hand? Who spent about as much money as they raised? Who relied heavily on personal loans and past political...

New York Times - News

Inside Bernie Sanders’s 1988 10-day ‘honeymoon’ in the Soviet Union

Bernie Sanders was bare-chested, towel-draped, sitting at a table lined with vodka bottles, as he sang “This Land Is Your Land” to his hosts in the...

Washington Post

Yes, the internet is destroying our collective attention span

Trending topics rise and disappear faster than ever. The Mueller report, Avengers: Endgame, the final season of Game of Thrones: These topics are...

Vox

Religion and Faith

'Our Hopes in the Hand of Our Creator': Trump on Synagogue Attack, Venezuela, Religious Freedom

On Thursday the country came together simply to pray. The National Day of Prayer is held on the first Thursday of May each year, and people of all...

CBN

Poynter forced to scrap 'unreliable news' list targeting conservative outlets after outcry

A journalism watchdog has been forced to scrap a list of “unreliable” news sources because, as it turns out, the list wasn’t reliable. The Poynter...

Fox Online News

Economic Policy

OPINION: The Free-Market Tradition

OPINION Capitalism draws on pre-liberal roots We live in an era of collapsing confidence in institutions, and the market economy has been no exception....

National Review

Economy and Jobs

U.S. Jobs Top Forecast at 263,000 Gain; Wages Miss Estimates

The U.S. economy accelerated its rebound from a recent soft patch as unemployment unexpectedly fell to a fresh 49-year low amid surprisingly strong...

OPINION: My Brush With Personal Destruction

OPINION What did my divorce and my humor writing have to do with my ability to make monetary policy? When President Trump asked me to serve as a member of...

Wall Street Journal - Editorial

Media outlets label Louis Farrakhan a 'far-right leader'

Multiple media outlets labeled Louis Farrakhan a “far-right leader" when reporting that Facebook and Instagram had banned him and a number of other...

Washington Examiner

This Nebraska Republican says it’s time to think big on rural investment

After seeing his city saved from recent floods thanks to levees built more than 50 years ago, Josh Moenning is taking a cue. The mayor of Norfolk,...

Christian Science Monitor

Democrats Threaten Barr with Contempt After He No-Shows House Hearing

Attorney General William P. Barr pulled out of a Thursday hearing of the House Judiciary Committee, and he has left House lawmakers investigating the...

New York Times - News

Attorney General refuses House testimony on Mueller report

US Attorney General William Barr has refused to testify to the Democratic-led House Judiciary Committee on his handling of the Russia inquiry. Mr...

Madness: Nadler Gavels in Hearing Without Barr, Cuts Off a Republican's Mic

Update: Following the "hearing," Chairman Nadler doubled down on his belief that Barr is "afraid of cross-examination." Ranking member Doug Collins,...

The new Washington brawl: Barr versus Mueller

With the Russia investigation over, there's a new conflict consuming Washington: Attorney General William Barr versus special counsel Robert Mueller...

Exclusive: Bernie Sanders explains his plan to cut military spending

It doesn’t sound very workable. Sen. Bernie Sanders has long been a vocal critic of America’s high levels of military spending, but it’s not clear...

Vox

Covington Kid Nick Sandmann Suing NBC for $275M After Media Smears

The Covington Catholic High School student who found himself in the center of controversy earlier this year thanks to biased and unfair media...

Media Research Center

William Barr Explains Finding of No Obstruction on Mueller Probe

Attorney general appears before a Senate panel after letter indicates dispute over characterizing special counsel probe The special counsel probe...

Wall Street Journal - News

Justice Department

William Barr: DOJ to probe possibility of Clinton-Russia collusion

Attorney General William P. Barr said Wednesday that he will probe whether the Clinton campaign’s payments to a company using a former British spy...

Washington Times

Barr hearing: AG reveals tensions with Mueller team over Russia report conclusion, no-obstruction punt

Attorney General William Barr, in highly anticipated Senate testimony Wednesday, revealed tensions between the Justice Department and Robert Mueller’...

Fox Online News

Buried Lede: Hey, Liberal Media, Mueller Did Not Think AG Barr's Letter Was Inaccurate

Yeah, this was bound to happen. On the eve of Attorney General William Barr’s testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee today, the liberal media...

Venezuela's Guaido Calls for 'Largest March in History' in Uprising Effort

Venezuelans were expected to take to the streets on Wednesday for what opposition leader Juan Guaido pledged would be the "largest march" in the...

How Joe Biden went from flop to front-runner in Iowa

The former veep failed to crack 1 percent in the 2008 caucuses. But that result didn’t accurately capture the depth of his support. As Iowa caucus...

Impeachment, 'Battle Axes,' Infrastructure: Can Dems and Trump Really Stick to $2T Deal?

Democratic leaders met with President Trump at the White House Tuesday to discuss rebuilding America's infrastructure, saying they share the same...

CBN

Venezuela crisis: Defiant Maduro claims victory over Guaidó 'coup'

Venezuela's President Nicolás Maduro says he has defeated an "attempted coup" by opposition leader Juan Guaidó. Dozens of National Guardsmen sided...

Voter Rights - Voter Integrity

OPINION: When Should Punishment End?

OPINION The push to allow felons to vote is more about gaining Democratic voters than rehabilitating people. Bernie Sanders, the Brooklyn socialist who...

National Review

How Anti-Humanism Conquered the Left

Today is International Workers’ Day, a holiday with socialist origins. Its name hearkens back to a time when the political Left was ostensibly...

Asylum Seekers Face New Restraints Under Latest Trump Orders

WASHINGTON — President Trump on Monday ordered new restrictions on asylum seekers at the Mexican border — including application fees and work permit...

New York Times - News

Democrats Push for Expansive Infrastructure Package

Ahead of meeting with Trump on potential bipartisan deal, Pelosi and Schumer call for inclusion of environmental, revenue provisions....

Wall Street Journal - News

Nuclear power finds odd bedfellow in 2020 Dems as voters look for climate change solutions

Nuclear energy could be making a comeback thanks to ... Democrats? Several candidates vying for the party's presidential nomination in 2020 are...

Gun Control and Gun Rights

Colorado's New 'Red Flag' Law Illustrates the Pitfalls of Disarming People Based on Their Future Behavior

The process for obtaining "extreme risk protection orders" that take away people's Second Amendment rights is rigged against gun owners from the...

Trump Campaign Manager Believes President Can Flip Nevada, N.H., Colorado

Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale thinks the president has the power to flip New Hampshire, Nevada and Colorado in the 2020 election. “I think...

'Crisis': NRA seeks path forward after Oliver North's surprise resignation, New York probe

The National Rifle Association, which began its annual meeting last week with optimism and enthusiasm, leaves Indianapolis amid unprecedented chaos,...

Washington Times

Trump officials clash with Congress over hearing demands

A series of battles between Trump administration officials and congressional Democrats escalated over the weekend as one high-profile Cabinet member...

Fox Online News

Violence in America

Funeral set today for 'hero' synagogue shooting victim who 'took the bullet for all of us'

POWAY, Calif. – A funeral will be held Monday for Lori Gilbert-Kaye, the victim of a shooting at a southern California synagogue on Saturday who was...

New York Times finally issues apology for anti-Semitic political cartoon

The 'editor's note' wasn't cutting it. Does the apology stack up? The New York Times on Saturday issued a note after they deleted an anti-Semitic...

Stephen Moore says he won’t drop out of Fed nomination

Stephen Moore accused Democrats of attacking his character in an effort to derail his likely nomination by President Trump to the Federal Reserve...

Rep. Ilhan Omar responds to Poway synagogue shooting: 'No more thoughts and prayers'

Controversial Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), who has been accused of anti-Semitism, responded to the tragic shooting at Chabad of Poway synagogue in...

Klobuchar says Biden will have to continue to deal with criticism over Anita Hill treatment

2020 Democratic presidential candidate Amy Klobuchar said in an interview that aired Sunday that Anita Hill’s 1991 testimony during the confirmation...

Fox Online News

Hundreds of migrants board 'the Beast' train in Mexico in risky move to get closer to US border

Hundreds of migrants boarded a train known as the “The Beast” in southern Mexico on Thursday, in a risky move aimed at transporting them to the U.S....

Fox Online News

Biden tops Sanders, O’Rourke for largest fundraising haul out of the gate

Joe Biden’s presidential campaign announced Friday it has raised $6.3 million in the 24 hours following the former vice president’s declaration early...

Fox Online News

Economy and Jobs

'Strong' Jobs Numbers in March Report

The Labor Department reported Friday morning that the U.S. economy added 196,000 jobs in March, showing a rebound from the February report and...

OPINION: Replacing Obamacare Is Still a Republican Duty

OPINION President Trump has tasked three Republican senators with coming up with a replacement for Obamacare if courts strike it down. It’s a prudent...

National Review

Criminal Justice

Kim Foxx, the State's Attorney Who Let Jussie Smollett Go, Has a Lot of Explaining to Do

As an outraged public continues to wonder why Empire star Jussie Smollett is no longer facing charges for allegedly faking a hate crime, the National...

Is US Hinting at Military Action in Venezuela? US Envoy Says Personnel Withdrawal Doesn't Change Things

(CNSNews.com) – The decision to withdraw remaining U.S. diplomatic staff from Venezuela and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s reference to their...