Category: Domestic

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 […]

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 […]