Category: Government

Rep. Louie (R-Texas) said Tuesday that special counsel Robert Mueller would “love to get Trump’s scalp.” Gohmert accused Mueller of trying to become a “hero of the left” through his investigation into potential Trump campaign ties to Russia’s meddling in the 2016 election during an appearance on “Fox & Friends.” “I have said since day […]

President Donald Trump may have slowed his tweeting over Christmas break, but now that the holiday is over, he’s back at it, going after his critics and the integrity of the Russia investigation. This morning, Trump tweeted claims made by Fox News commentators about the infamous dossier that contained potentially damaging allegations about Trump’s campaign […]

Republican Senate nominee Roy Moore released a poem on Christmas Eve, just days before the final totals in his losing effort against Democrat Doug Jones are to be certified. Moore’s self-written poem was posted to Facebook. It tells the story of a young girl whose father had died and the following Christmas miracle. “Have a […]

HONOLULU –  A federal appeals court panel has ruled that President Donald Trump once again exceeded the scope of his authority with his latest travel ban, but the judges on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals put their decision on hold pending review by the U.S. Supreme Court, meaning the ban involving six majority […]

President Trump lashed out at top FBI officials on Saturday, his latest in a stream of criticism of the nation’s premier law enforcement agency that has reportedly diminished morale among its agents and employees. Trump swiped at multiple agency officials in a string of tweets Saturday afternoon, suggesting that FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe may have been compromised […]

President Trump signed a stopgap measure on Friday to avert a government shutdown hours before the midnight deadline. The House and Senate cleared the short-term spending patch on Thursday. It will extend funding for federal agencies through Jan. 19. Trump signed the stopgap bill alongside the GOP tax overhaul as his last items of business before […]

The United Nations Security Council voted Friday to impose new sanctions on North Korea following its most recent intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) test. The sanctions, unanimously approved by the body, are aimed at significantly weakening the isolated country’s economy. The resolution looks to block nearly 90 percent of refined petroleum product exports to the country while […]

Angry countries at the United Nations on Thursday defied White House threats to cut off foreign aid, as they voted overwhelmingly against President Donald Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. At an emergency special session of the U.N. General Assembly, 128 U.N. members voted in favor of a nonbinding resolution criticizing Trump for […]

The Nevada ranchers face charges of assault and obstruction after engaging in a standoff with federal agents over grazing rights on their land; William La Jeunesse reports for ‘Special Report.’ A federal judge declared a mistrial Wednesday in the case of a Nevada rancher accused of leading an armed standoff against the government in 2014, […]

Americans are starting to feel better about two things: the economy and, by extension, President Donald Trump. The Republican’s approval rating climbed to 42 percent, a four-point increase from the same poll’s results from September, a rise that’s buoyed by growing confidence that the economy will improve in 2018. The CNBC All-American Economic Survey released Monday morning also […]

“No, I’m not,” Trump said after a reporter asked him if he was thinking about firing the special counsel. His remark comes among mounting rumors that Trump was considering firing Mueller and attacks by Trump allies on the special counsel. The president was also asked about a slew of Trump transition team emails obtained by Mueller […]

Allowing 2 million illegal immigrant “Dreamers” to remain in the U.S. would cost taxpayers $25.9 billion over the next decade, the Congressional Budget Office said in a report released Friday. Dreamers are the prospective beneficiaries of the DREAM Act (Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors), legislation introduced in the U.S. Senate earlier this year […]