Senator Jeff Flake isn’t giving up on immigration reform. The junior Senator from Arizona said that he plans to force a vote on a proposal as soon as the Senate returns from its winter recess after next week. Flake proposed …
Continue ReadingThe Mueller indictment lays out a sophisticated line of attack by Russian operatives using U.S. social media platforms to foment discord, disunity, and ultimately, distrust in the U.S. political system. Operatives, according to the indictment, were directed to create “political …
Continue ReadingWhite House Chief of Staff Jon Kelly announced new measures aimed at improving the White House’s security clearance process this week. The move comes in the wake of intense scrutiny the White House has received over the way it handled …
Continue ReadingNational Security Adviser General H.R. McMaster said that evidence of Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election is now “incontrovertible.” McMaster was speaking at a security conference in Munich on Saturday.
Responding to a question from a Russian delegate, …
Continue ReadingIndia and Iran have agreed to forge closer ties with the goal of restoring peace and stability to Afghanistan the two countries announced today. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi held talks in New Delhi this …
Continue ReadingHundreds of thousands of undocumented immigrants who were brought to the country illegally as children are left in limbo as immigration reform once again failed to pass in the Congress this week. The fate of DREAMers is up in the …
Continue ReadingThe Securities and Exchange Commission has blocked a proposed deal to sell the Chicago Stock Exchange to a group of Chinese investors. The proposal had caused consternation on Capitol Hill.
The SEC, in rejecting the deal, said key parts of …
Continue ReadingSpecial counsel Robert Mueller has indicted thirteen Russian citizens on charges that they interfered with the 2016 presidential election.
“Defendants knowingly and intentionally conspired with each other (and with persons known and unknown to the Grand Jury) to defraud the …
Continue ReadingSpecial counsel Robert Mueller has announced the indictment of thirteen Russian nationals for interfering in the 2016 presidential election. The charges include supporting Donald Trump’s campaign as well as “disparaging” Hillary Clinton.
At a press conference, Deputy Attorney General Rod …
Continue ReadingFormer Trump campaign adviser Rick Gates has entered into plea negotiations with special counsel Robert Mueller. The talks could indicate that he is prepared to cooperate with Mueller in his investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election and possible …
Continue ReadingRepublicans made a last-ditch effort to pass a DACA solution this week only to have it thwarted by Democrats. Are we seeing the beginning of a midterm election strategy by Democrats? We discuss DACA and the failure of Congress to …
Continue ReadingA bipartisan plan put forth by a group of twenty-two senators has drawn the ire of the White House and other agencies in the Trump administration, and failed in a vote in the Senate. “The changes proposed by Senators Schumer-Rounds-Collins …
Continue ReadingPresident Trump addressed the nation today in the wake of one of the deadliest school shootings in the nation’s history. “No child, no teacher should ever be in danger in an American school,” the President said.
A gunman, 19-year-old Nikolas …
Continue ReadingAn appeals court in Virginia has ruled the latest version of President Trump’s travel ban unconstitutional. The court, the Fourth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, ruled that the ban unlawfully targets Muslims.
The Supreme Court agreed last month to …
Continue ReadingSenate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has reportedly advised President Trump to not fire Chief of Staff John Kelly in the wake of a scandal involving a White House staffer who was working under him. According to sources, McConnell has told …
Continue ReadingRanking Member on the House Intelligence Committee Adam Schiff alluded to the existence of more evidence that shows the Trump campaign colluded with Russia during the 2016 presidential election.
“There is certainly an abundance of non-public info that we have …
Continue ReadingPresident Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner appears to have increased his credit line debts by millions of dollars since joining the White House, newly released financial disclosure forms show. The revelations were made in financial disclosure forms filed by Kushner’s wife, …
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