U.S. News
Posted on:Monday, April 2, 2018
President Donald Trump said on Sunday that there will be no deal to legalize the status of young adult immigrants called Dreamers and he said the U.S.-Mexico border is becoming more dangerous.
Posted on:Friday, March 30, 2018
The State Department will publish new rules this week to require most visitors and immigrants to the U.S. to divulge their recent social media histories, carrying out one of the key security enhancements from President Trump’s extreme vetting executive order.
Posted on:Friday, March 30, 2018
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis has spoken with U.S. President Donald Trump about the potential use of military funds for a border wall with Mexico, the Pentagon said on Thursday.
Posted on:Friday, March 30, 2018
Hawaii lawmakers approved legislation Thursday that would make it the latest liberal-leaning state to legalize medically assisted suicide.
Posted on:Thursday, March 29, 2018
Newly uncovered text messages between FBI officials Peter Strzok and Lisa Page suggest a possible coordination between high-ranking officials at the Obama White House, CIA, FBI, Justice Department and former Senate Democratic leadership in the early stages of the investigation into alleged collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia, according to GOP congressional investigators on Wednesday.
Posted on:Thursday, March 29, 2018
The internal watchdog at the U.S. Justice Department said on Wednesday he is launching a review into allegations by Republican lawmakers that the FBI made serious missteps when it sought a warrant to monitor a former adviser to President Donald Trump’s 2016 election campaign.
Posted on:Thursday, March 29, 2018
President Trump is hyping the economic boost from a massive infrastructure program, applying pressure on Capitol Hill Democrats to get on board or risk missing out as they did on tax cuts that are increasingly popular with voters.
Posted on:Thursday, March 29, 2018
Two Department of Justice officials defended the CLOUD Act, legislation buried in last week’s $1.3 trillion spending bill that could upend both the tech industry and a U.S. Supreme Court case.
Posted on:Wednesday, March 28, 2018
The Orlando nightclub shooter’s dad – revealed to be an FBI informant – told authorities who were investigating Omar Mateen before the attack that pro-terror comments the would-be gunman made to coworkers were just examples of him ‘being stupid,’ an agent testified Monday.
Posted on:Wednesday, March 28, 2018
The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday considers for the second time in recent months whether to rein in politicians who draw state electoral maps with the aim of entrenching their party in power in a case involving a Maryland congressional district.
Posted on:Wednesday, March 28, 2018
Congress failed to tamp down Obamacare premiums in last week’s spending bill, shifting the burden onto states, where governors and legislatures are facing growing pressure — but few good options — to bring down rates before companies finalize their 2019 prices.
Posted on:Tuesday, March 27, 2018
Sen. James Inhofe said he will introduce legislation aimed at preventing illegal immigrants who make it over the U.S. border from disappearing into the country due to overcrowded detention centers.
Posted on:Tuesday, March 27, 2018
President Trump expelled 60 Russian intelligence officers Monday and closed Russia’s consulate in Seattle, joining European allies in punishing Moscow for the poisoning of a former Russian spy in Britain.
Posted on:Tuesday, March 27, 2018
The FBI is investigating multiple suspicious packages sent to military and intelligence locations in and around Washington, D.C.
Posted on:Tuesday, March 27, 2018
An impending overhaul of the national U.S. telecommunications database is prompting fears the transition could spark a catastrophic failure, crippling emergency communications networks across the United States, according to industry insiders who told the Washington Free Beacon the foreign firm handling the upcoming transition may not be prepared to initiate the switch.
Posted on:Monday, March 26, 2018
Organizers for the ‘March For Our Lives’ initially predicted their rally in the nation’s capital would draw, at minimum, 500,000 people. In the aftermath, the well-organized group said 850,000 showed up Saturday. One source claims otherwise.
Posted on:Monday, March 26, 2018
Insurers have a few months to decide whether to participate in Obamacare’s exchanges after an effort to stabilize them fell apart Thursday.
Posted on:Monday, March 26, 2018
President Donald Trump signed a memorandum on Friday that bans some transgender individuals from serving in the U.S. military, but gives the armed forces latitude in implementing policies.
Posted on:Monday, March 26, 2018
President Trump vowed he would never get snookered into signing another one of Congress‘ bloated, budget-busting spending bills, but the resounding response from Washington was ‘fat chance.’
Posted on:Friday, March 23, 2018
The House and Senate increased their own budgets in the $1.3 trillion omnibus spending package.
