Category: Government

PALM BEACH, Fla. — President Trump said Sunday that there would be no deal to legalize the status of millions of “dreamers,” undocumented immigrants brought to the United States as children, and directed congressional Republicans to pass tough new anti-immigration legislation. Trump also criticized Mexican authorities as being too lax about border security, saying the U.S.-Mexico border […]

Conservative are boiling with anger at Attorney General Jeff Sessions for declining to appoint a second special counsel to investigate alleged abuses at the FBI and Department of Justice (DOJ). In a Thursday letter to senior GOP lawmakers in the House and Senate, Sessions explained that he had appointed John Huber, a U.S. attorney from […]

Former GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain on Saturday broke with President TrumpDonald John TrumpTrump advisers urging tougher action toward Russia: report Eric Holder says he’ll decide on a 2020 run by early next year Trump wrote back to 8-year-old seeking kidney for dad MORE on his criticism that Amazon hurts the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) with its […]

President Trump took aim at California Gov. Jerry Brown on Saturday for pardoning five ex-convicts facing deportation, asking if residents of the Golden State “really want” such policies for criminal immigrants. The president referred to Brown as “Moonbeam,” a nickname he was given in the late 1970s during his first time as governor for proposing […]

A Texas woman was sentenced on Wednesday to five years in prison for voting illegally in the 2016 elections. The Dallas Morning News reported Thursday that Crystal Mason, 43, was convicted of casting a provisional ballot in 2016 while she was on supervised release for a 2011 tax fraud conviction. Convicted felons are not allowed to vote […]

The Department of Justice’s (DOJ) inspector general formally announced Wednesday that he will launch a separate investigation into the DOJ’s handling of a surveillance warrant application for former Trump campaign aide Carter Page. The inquiry comes “in response to requests from the attorney general and members of Congress,” according to the statement from Inspector General […]

The Hemp Farming Act of 2018 would legalize hemp, removing it from the federal list of controlled substances and allowing it to be sold as an agricultural commodity, according to WKYT. “Hemp has played a foundational role in Kentucky’s agriculture heritage, and I believe that it can be an important part of our future,” McConnell […]

The new national security adviser is reportedly planning major staffing changes at the National Security Council. Sources close to the situation told Foreign Policy that John Bolton is preparing to “clean house” and remove nearly all of the political appointees brought in by his predecessor. “Bolton can and will clean house,” one former White House […]

An “unhappy” President Donald Trump signed the $1.3 trillion spending bill into law Friday, his second about-face in 24 hours on the measure to keep the government open. The president said he approved the legislation to fund the government through September for national security reasons, as it authorizes a major increase in military spending that […]

A polygraph test taken by adult film star Stormy Daniels in 2011 has concluded she was “truthful” in saying she had an affair with Donald Trump. The lie test, obtained by CBS News, said she had unprotected sex with Mr Trump in 2006. Mr Trump married Melania Trump in 2005 and “vehemently denies” the affair. […]

The White House on Wednesday said that leaking President Trump’s briefing materials could be a “fireable offense,” responding to reports that the president disregarded a warning against congratulating Russian President Vladimir Putin on his reelection. “If this story is accurate, that means someone leaked the President’s briefing papers. Leaking such information is a fireable offense […]

US President Donald Trump has called for drug traffickers to face the death penalty as part of his plan to combat the US painkiller-addiction epidemic. He outlined the capital punishment proposal during a speech in Manchester, New Hampshire, a state hard hit by the opioid crisis. Mr Trump also announced measures to tackle over-prescription and […]