President Trump will reportedly back a pathway to citizenship for 1.8 million illegal immigrants who came to the country as children, it was revealed today. The plan was outlined in a call between White House adviser Stephen Miller and Republican …
Continue ReadingDemocrats on the House Intelligence Committee have written their own memo in response to a Republican memo detailing alleged abuses by the FBI and the Justice Department in administering the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, or FISA.
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Continue ReadingPresident Trump has arrived in Davos ahead of a speech he is expected to give to the World Economic Forum. The president is expected to outline a vision of how “America First” policies can complement a global-cooperation agenda.
The World …
Continue ReadingPresident Donald Trump suggested that DACA recipients will be allowed to remain in the country and will ultimately be given a pathway to citizenship as a part of a broader immigration deal he expects to strike with Congress in the …
Continue ReadingAn FBI agent expressed skepticism that the special counsel’s investigation into Russian meddling would uncover any serious wrongdoing in a text message to another agent. “You and I both know the odds are nothing. If I thought it was likely, …
Continue ReadingPresident Trump signed an executive order imposing new tariffs on solar panels and washing machines yesterday in a move, the president said, will lead directly to American jobs. “You’re going to have people getting jobs again and we’re going to …
Continue ReadingSenator Chuck Schumer is withdrawing his offer to negotiate funding for a wall along the southern border as part of an immigration compromise, he said yesterday. “We’re going to have to start on a new basis and the wall offer …
Continue ReadingFormer FBI Director James Comey was questioned last year by special counsel Robert Mueller as part of the investigation into Russian meddling. The interviews with James Comey occurred last year and were hitherto undisclosed. The Justice Department confirmed this …
Continue ReadingThe Justice Department confirmed today that Attorney General Jeff Sessions was questioned by Robert Mueller, the special counsel investigation Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election. The meeting took place week and lasted several hours according to a spokeswoman. …
Continue ReadingA man from Michigan has been arrested after calling CNN headquarters in Atlanta twenty-two times and threatening violence. Nineteen-year-old Brandon Griesemer made the calls about a week ago.
Griesemer allegedly told a CNN operator “Fake news. I’m coming to …
Continue ReadingA working group has been created to develop an ancillary agreement to the Iran nuclear deal. That addition is aimed at easing President Trump’s concerns about the pact, according to Secretary of State Rex Tillerson. “We will be discussing that …
Continue ReadingThe Senate has reached a deal to end the shutdown and reopen the government.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said Democrats will support a bill to reopen the government and fund it until February 8. In exchange, Senate Majority Leader …
Continue ReadingThe FBI has failed to record five months’ worth of text messages between two FBI agents that expressed anti-Donald Trump views, the Bureau said last week. The FBI made the disclosure in a letter from the Justice Department to …
Continue ReadingVice President Mike Pence’s address to the Israeli Knesset was interrupted Monday when Arab lawmakers held up signs and engaged in a scuffle with security staff. The lawmakers were protesting President Trump’s decision last year to officially recognize Jerusalem as …
Continue ReadingThe FBI is being prevented from seeing a controversial memo that purports to show abuses committed by the Bureau and the Justice Department in obtaining FISA warrants. “The FBI has requested to receive a copy of the memo in order …
Continue ReadingRepublican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said he was opposed to revising the filibuster rule so that only a simple majority – fifty-one votes – would be necessary to pass legislation, such as the bill that’s responsible for the current …
Continue ReadingSenator and veteran Tammy Duckworth took to the Senate floor yesterday to criticize President Trump for accusing Democrats of holding the U.S. Military hostage over illegal immigration. “I will not be lectured about what our military needs by a five-deferment …
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