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Dec 18 2020
News
Abortion, Guns and Trump: A Church Group Tries to Navigate America’s Divisions
The evening after Election Day, Mark and Nick Elders gathered nearly a dozen members of Calvary Christian Reformed Church in suburban Grand Rapids over Zoom. The brothers asked each person to reveal which presidential candidate they voted for and why.
The churchgoers had been meeting weekly to work through their conflicting stances on health care, immigration, gun control, abortion and
Wall Street Journal (News)Dec 08 2014
News
Cruz’s Power to Disrupt Faces a Fresh Test
Senator Opposes Budget Plan That Would Postpone Immigration Fight, but Will Others in GOP Follow Him This Time?
Wall Street Journal (News)Aug 07 2019
Opinion
Donald Trump's Outrageous 2020 Advantage
In the 2020 presidential race, President Trump has several legs up. The most obvious is incumbency. Most of the American presidents who sought re-election since 1900 — including all but George H.W. Bush in the last 35 years — won a second term. Those are good odds, which become even better if Trump avoids a recession between now and Election Day.
Then there’s the Electoral College.
Frank BruniJul 20 2021
News
Trump associate Thomas Barrack hit with illegal foreign lobbying charges
Thomas Barrack, who spearheaded the inaugural fund for former President Donald Trump in 2017, was arrested and charged Tuesday with illegal foreign lobbying on behalf of the United Arab Emirates.
The Justice Department unveiled a seven-count indictment charging Barrack and his co-defendants related to “unlawful efforts to advance the interests of the United Arab Emirates in the United
Washington ExaminerApr 22 2020
Fact Check
Trump Campaign Takes Pelosi’s Words Out of Context
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said in an April 14 interview that the Paycheck Protection Program was “very important,” and with a second round of funding, she wanted to “open this up to many more people,” specifically the “underbanked.” But that context is missing from a Trump campaign video.
The video, posted on Twitter by Brad Parscale, campaign manager for President Donald Trump’s
FactCheck.orgSep 28 2020
News
Kayleigh McEnany: Media ‘Desperately Trying to Smear’ Trump, Who Has Already Donated $1.4 Million of Salary to Government
White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany told Breitbart News exclusively that the New York Times piece on President Donald Trump’s taxes represents “liberal media” in an attempt to “desperately” engage in a “smear” of the president ahead of the election.
The Times claimed that Trump only paid $750 in taxes in a piece over the weekend, but McEnany said this hit piece will not
Breitbart NewsJul 16 2020
Opinion
Bari Weiss' resignation a sign of narrowing views at New York Times
Bari Weiss has resigned from The New York Times. When the management of The Times decided it was missing something about a large segment of America after the shock of Hillary’s defeat in 2016, editorial page editor James Bennet brought her in to offer a perspective that was, by Times standards at least, conservative.
Now Bennet’s gone, victim of a rage mob among his staffers who were
Glenn Harlan ReynoldsJan 26 2020
News
Bolton account of Ukraine aid could reignite call for impeachment witnesses
A bombshell report on Sunday about President Donald Trump’s handling of military aid to Ukraine could jump-start Democrats’ efforts to call witnesses in the Senate’s impeachment trial, just days before a likely vote on whether to seek testimony from current and former Trump administration officials.
According to The New York Times, former national security adviser John Bolton wrote in
PoliticoJan 08 2021
News
The COVID-19 Stimulus Bill Also Created America's Newest National Park
The emergency COVID-19 stimulus bill passed last week was flooded with irrelevant legislation to the pandemic. While much of it was frivolous to everyday life, one exciting section that passed created the U.S’s newest National Park.
New River Gorge in West Virginia was named the country’s 63rd National Park with the bill’s signing. Previously designated as a National River, the park
ViceMay 07 2019
News
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 Trump.
The Republican leader, in his most significant public comments yet on the investigation, is expected to outline in a Tuesday speech how special counsel Robert Mueller’s “exhaustive” probe went on for two years and is now complete.
Associated Press