U.S. News
Posted on:Wednesday, February 27, 2019
The House approved a bipartisan public lands package Tuesday evening that permanently reauthorizes the popular Land and Water Conservation Fund, which Congress let expire in September.
Posted on:Tuesday, February 26, 2019
The House of Representatives on Tuesday passed a resolution terminating President Donald Trump’s national emergency declaration to secure funding for a border wall.
Posted on:Tuesday, February 26, 2019
Senate Democrats on Monday blocked a Republican bill that would have threatened prison time for doctors who don’t try saving the life of infants born alive during failed abortions, leading conservatives to wonder openly whether Democrats were embracing ‘infanticide’ to appeal to left-wing voters.
Posted on:Tuesday, February 26, 2019
Washington state is set to sue the Trump administration over new rules that will cause healthcare clinics providing abortions and receiving federal family planning grants to close and that will block medical providers from telling patients where they can get an abortion.
Posted on:Tuesday, February 26, 2019
A Republican congressman is taking another swing at overhauling Obamacare even as most members of the party have set their sights on reforming other areas of healthcare.
Posted on:Tuesday, February 26, 2019
A federal judge gave the Trump administration the green light to ban so-called ‘bump stocks,’ devices which modify semi-automatic guns to fire bullets more rapidly.
Posted on:Tuesday, February 26, 2019
President Trump on Monday was at risk of losing a critical Senate vote on his national emergency declaration on the border, which could set up Trump’s first presidential veto.
Posted on:Tuesday, February 26, 2019
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Monday that the House will pass a resolution to cancel President Donald Trump’s emergency declaration to secure funds for a border wall.
Posted on:Monday, February 25, 2019
The all-male military draft is unconstitutional, a federal judge in Texas ruled Friday.
Posted on:Monday, February 25, 2019
Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan said Saturday after visiting the U.S.-Mexico border that the government needs a broader, more effective approach to border control. He suggested the Pentagon might contribute with its expertise in surveillance and monitoring.
Posted on:Monday, February 25, 2019
The Trump administration has delivered a blow to the abortion industry, finalizing a rule that redirects Title X family planning funds away from groups like Planned Parenthood, which is America’s biggest abortion provider.

Posted on:Friday, February 22, 2019
The Vermont House overwhelmingly passed Thursday a sweeping, no-limits abortion bill that makes terminating a pregnancy a ‘fundamental right’ and ensures access to the procedure at every stage of gestation.
Posted on:Friday, February 22, 2019
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt. said Thursday his liberal ideas which were once seen as ‘fringe’ are now infused into a mainstream America he hopes will rise up to support his second bid for the White House.
Posted on:Friday, February 22, 2019
A grassroots movement of Americans outraged by New York’s recent abortion law is turning their disgust into action. A nationwide event called ‘Day of Mourning’ is planned for Saturday, February 23rd.
Posted on:Friday, February 22, 2019
It’s hard to tell where the US Supreme Court will come down in an important religious liberty case about whether crosses can stand on public lands.
Posted on:Thursday, February 21, 2019
Attorney General Bill Barr could announce as soon as early next week that special counsel Robert Mueller has completed his investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election, according to a new report.
Posted on:Thursday, February 21, 2019
A new report from government actuaries has revealed that the Congressional Budget Office was scandalously off in its estimates of the impact of Obamacare’s individual mandate, a miscalculation that has had significant ramifications for healthcare and tax policy over the past decade.
Posted on:Thursday, February 21, 2019
The Democratic National Committee passed a resolution last week calling on the US to re-enter the Iran nuclear deal, a sign that the party’s 2020 presidential candidates will run on returning America to the landmark pact from which US President Donald Trump withdrew.
Posted on:Wednesday, February 20, 2019
The U.S. Transportation Department said on Tuesday it will cancel $929 million in federal funds awarded by the Obama administration for a California high-speed rail project and is ‘actively exploring every legal option’ to seek the return of $2.5 billion the state has already received.
Posted on:Wednesday, February 20, 2019
One of the nation’s leading Christian conservative advocacy organizations has called out 12 senators who have employed ‘unconstitutional religious tests’ on Trump nominees in the past two years.
