An unlikely group could get Oklahoma to greenlight medical marijuana: Evangelical Christians
Danny Daniels, an evangelical Christian in the rural Oklahoma town of Lindsay, is reliably conservative on just about every political issue.
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Kushner, Greenblatt to arrive in Israel for talks on peace process
US President Donald Trump’s adviser Jared Kushner and special envoy Jason Greenblatt are due to arrive in Israel on Friday which is the last stop on their Middle East tour aimed at promoting President Trump’s Israel-Palestinian peace plan as well as focusing on humanitarian aid to Gaza.
Trump’s Mideast team gets close-up view of peace obstacles
On their current Mideast tour, senior Trump administration officials are getting a close-up view of some of the towering obstacles to their yet-to-be-released blueprint for an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal.
White House Adviser Kushner, Saudi Crown Prince Meet on Israeli-Palestinian Peace Effort
US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, White House senior adviser Jared Kushner, met on Wednesday with Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman, as Kushner readies the administration’s Israeli-Palestinian peace plan.
N. Korean Leader Kim Jong Un Ends Two-Day Trip to China
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will return to Pyongyang Wednesday after a two-day visit to China, the chief economic and diplomatic ally of his impoverished regime.
Three of the five FBI employees dinged for anti-Trump bias in IG report ended up on Mueller probe
Three of the five FBI employees dinged for anti-Trump bias in the inspector general’s report ended up on the special counsel’s investigation into Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, raising still more questions about the team Robert Mueller assembled.
Trump’s tariffs receive bipartisan criticism at Senate hearing
Senators of both parties blasted Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross over President Trump’s steel and aluminum tariffs Wednesday, saying the levies are harming the U.S. economy while doing nothing to stop China’s unfair trade practices.
Only 10 Christian Refugees From Iraq and Syria Admitted to US in 2018; Evangelicals Respond
As the Trump administration has promised to help Christians and other religious minorities who faced genocide at the hands of the Islamic State, the U.S. government has resettled only 10 Christian refugees from Iraq and Syria since the beginning of 2018.
In reversal, Trump signs order stopping family separation
Bowing to pressure from anxious allies, US President Donald Trump signed an executive order Wednesday ending the process of separating children from families after they are detained crossing the US border illegally.
FBI Agent Strzok, Who Vowed to Stop Trump, Booted Off Mueller Team Escorted From FBI HQ
An FBI agent removed from special counsel Robert Mueller’s team because of anti-Donald Trump text messages has been escorted out of the FBI building ‘as part of the ongoing internal proceedings,’ his attorney said Tuesday.
Senate Democrats reject GOP legislative fix to stop family separations
Senate Democrats indicated Tuesday they may not agree to narrow legislation that would end the separation of children from parents who cross into the country illegally at the southern border.
Nikki Haley blasts U.N. Human Rights Council as ‘cesspool of political bias’ as U.S. withdraws
The Trump administration has pulled the U.S. out of the United Nations’ main human rights body because of long-standing complaints that the panel is biased against Israel, U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced Tuesday.
Judge: Kansas Cannot Require Proof of Citizenship to Vote
A federal judge ruled Monday that Kansas cannot require documentary proof of U.S. citizenship to register to vote, finding such laws violate the constitutional right to vote in a ruling with national implications for voting rights.
Russia-to-Germany undersea pipeline unnerves U.S., riles region
It has driven a wedge between America and its allies, given Russia a chance to put a stranglehold on European energy markets and may even threaten U.S. national security, some observers suggest, by potentially doubling as a spy device.
Republicans abandon Trump, demand end to zero-tolerance border policy
Congressional Republicans beat a full-scale retreat Monday from the administration’s zero-tolerance border policy, joining Democrats to demand that President Trump stop jailing parents and find ways to keep families together while trying to stop a new surge of illegal immigration.
President Trump directs Defense Department to ‘immediately begin the process’ of establishing ‘space force’ as sixth military branch
President Donald Trump declared Monday he will move to make a new branch of the military focused solely on space.
North Korea’s Kim visit Beijing; South Korea, U.S. halt military drill
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un arrived in Beijing on Tuesday, where he will likely brief Chinese President Xi Jinping on his summit with U.S. President Donald Trump last week, as Washington and Seoul agreed to suspend a major joint military exercise.
Trump threatens more tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese exports
President Trump escalated his trade feud with China Monday night, threatening to impose tariffs of 10 percent on another $200 billion worth of Chinese goods.
Trump heading to Capitol Hill Tuesday to sell GOP members on both immigration bills
President Trump will reportedly meet with the entire Republican caucus on Capitol Hill Tuesday to push the caucus toward passing two immigration bills in the coming days.
Trump and Giuliani go to war against Mueller as White House looks on
As President Trump seeks to de-escalate tensions with North Korea, he and his personal legal team are ratcheting up their rhetoric against special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election.