House Republicans believe they are gaining momentum after a terrible week for Democrats and a strong one for President Trump. GOP lawmakers are becoming optimistic they have a chance to pick up seats or even win back the majority in November. Taking back the House would require picking up at least 18 seats and would […]
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Rush Limbaugh Calls Medal Of Freedom “Just Beautiful”
Conservative talk radio host Rush Limbaugh returned to his show on Friday following the announcement of his advanced lung cancer diagnosis, and spoke about receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom at President Trump’s State of the Union address on Tuesday. “It couldn’t stop looking down at it the whole time that I’m wearing it. … […]
Biden Plans To Erase Billions Of School Loan Debt
Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) have received a lot of praise and criticism, depending on whom you ask, for their plans to cancel federal student loan debt. But a careful look at the platform advanced by Democrats’ allegedly “moderate” candidate for president, Joe Biden, shows he’s got a costly debt cancellation plan […]
Trump Approval Rating Soars As Impeachment Crumbles
President Trump’s approval rating hit 49 percent in a new Gallup poll released Tuesday, his highest mark in that poll since he took office. The poll, released on the eve of a likely Senate vote to acquit him on impeachment charges and at the outset of an election year, found 50 percent of those surveyed […]
Coronavirus Cases Top 20K And Continue To Rise
China reported a large spike in coronavirus cases and deaths as of Tuesday morning, with the numbers of those infected climbing past 20,000 and the death toll reaching 425, according to China’s National Health Commission. The newly reported 3,235 confirmed cases of the infection include 2,345 in Hubei province, where the virus originated, and include […]
John Kerry Overheard Discussing 2020 Presidential Run
DES MOINES, Iowa — Former Secretary of State John Kerry — one of Joe Biden’s highest-profile endorsers — was overheard Sunday on the phone at a Des Moines hotel explaining what he would have to do to enter the presidential race amid “the possibility of Bernie Sanders taking down the Democratic Party — down whole.” […]
The United Kingdom Officially Exits The Europe Union
LONDON — It happened — the United Kingdom walked away from the world’s largest political and economic club. After 47 years of membership — and more than three years of political uncertainty, rancor and division — the United Kingdom officially left the European Union on Friday. The Brexit divorce was made official at the stroke […]
America Remains Divided On Impeachment
WASHINGTON — Majorities of American voters believe that President Donald Trump abused his power and obstructed Congress in the Ukraine scandal, but the public remains split — largely along party lines — over whether those actions justify his removal from office. Those are the findings of a new national NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll released […]
China Deploys 1400 Medical Specialists To Special Coronavirus Treatment Centers
BEIJING, China — Hundreds of doctors and medical personnel have been drafted in from China’s military to treat patients infected by the deadly new coronavirus, the country’ state media reported Sunday. As the number of dead in the country topped 300, China’s state news agency Xinhua reported that 1,400 medical specialists would staff a new […]
Early Spring… More Winter? Punxsutawney Phil Makes His Prediction
It’s Groundhog Day… again. And this year Punxsutawney Phil declared: “Spring will be early, it’s a certainty.” At Sunrise on Sunday, members of the famous rodent’s top hat-wearing inner circle revealed his 134th “prognostication,” according to the Pennsylvania Tourism Office. Awoken by a large crowd’s chants of “Phil!” the groundhog was hoisted in the air […]
Al-Qaeda Leader Arrested In Arizona
A man the Iraqi government says is an Al Qaeda leader has been arrested in Arizona, prosecutors said. Authorities in Iraq have accused Ali Yousif Ahmed Al-Nouri, 42, of killing two police officers in Fallujah in 2006 with other members of the terror group founded by Usama Bin Laden, Arizona federal prosecutors said. Al-Nouri was […]
Coronavirus Cases In American Continue To Rise
Health officials said Saturday that a man in Massachusetts has been infected with the coronavirus after returning from a recent trip to China, bringing the overall reported cases in the United States to eight. The Massachusetts Department of Public Health received confirmation late Friday evening that a Boston man in his early 20s contracted the […]