Category: Domestic

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 […]

Sen. John McCain is reportedly returning to Arizona and will miss the final vote on his party’s tax bill this week. McCain, who has been hospitalized at Walter Reed Medical Center suffering from the side effects of his treatment for brain cancer, left Washington, D.C., on Sunday to return home for the holidays, CBS News reported Sunday. […]

A majority of Americans think President Trump has tried to impede or obstruct the Russia investigation and 40 percent believe Trump has done something illegal involving Russia, according to a new poll. The poll finds that 63 percent of Americans say that Trump has tried to “impede or obstruct” the investigations into Russian interference in the 2016 election […]

Sen. Al Franken’s Senate floor announcement that he is leaving Congress amid mounting allegations of sexual misconduct is coming under fire by many for lacking an apology; analysis from Beverly Hallberg, president of the District Media Group, and Erin Delmore, senior political correspondent for Bustle.com. Minnesota Democratic Sen. Al Franken resigned from Congress two weeks […]

The Pentagon has acknowledged for the first time the existence of a program charged with investigating unidentified flying objects. According to a New York Times report, the $22 million Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program began in 2007 and was funded primarily at the request of former Sen. Harry Reid, who has long had an interest […]

A key member of Kim Jong Un’s inner circle touted as a powerful military figure mysteriously vanished from public life recently, sparking rumors he was executed by a North Korean death squad after allegations of bribery, recent reports indicated. Hwang Pyong-so, a vice marshal who held the most senior position in North Korea’s military, hasn’t […]

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein said Wednesday that he has seen no good cause to fire Robert Mueller from his role as special counsel in the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election. Rosenstein faced tough questions from Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee Wednesday amid revelations that FBI officials on Mueller’s team had […]

Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore refused to concede defeat in Alabama’s Senate race on Tuesday night, telling supporters, “when the vote is this close, then it’s not over.” Moore spoke at what many had believed would be a victory party in Birmingham, Ala., for the Republican in this deep red state. Instead, Moore trailed Democrat […]