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Bill to restrain warrantless searches of Americans introduced to Senate, House
Posted on:Wednesday, October 25, 2017

Bipartisan groups in the Senate and House of Representatives introduced legislation Tuesday that seeks to restrain government agencies’ surveillance powers on American citizens.

Trump signs new order restricting refugees from 11 ‘high risk’ countries
Posted on:Wednesday, October 25, 2017

President Trump imposed new restrictions on refugees from 11 ‘high risk’ target countries Tuesday, reportedly all but one being mostly Muslim, saying they pose too much of a danger to be admitted without a compelling national interest.

Supreme Court drops Trump travel ban case
Posted on:Wednesday, October 25, 2017

The Supreme Court issued an order Tuesday dismissing Hawaii’s challenge to President Trump’s refugee policy, as encapsulated in his earlier ‘extreme vetting’ executive order, saying the case is moot because the 120-refugee pause has now expired.

Conservative groups get behind Bannon revolt against Republican establishment
Posted on:Wednesday, October 25, 2017

Tea party groups and other prominent grass-roots conservative operations say they are on board with Steve Bannon’s crusade to oust the entire slate of incumbent Republicans because the former White House political strategist is tapping into the same anti-establishment mood they have been sensing for a while.

Congress launches 2 investigations into Obama administration dealings
Posted on:Wednesday, October 25, 2017

House Republicans flexed their investigative muscle Tuesday, announcing two investigations into Obama administration dealings, including a 2010 uranium deal and the FBI’s handling of the probe of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s emails.

Podesta Group now part of special counsel probe into Russian collusion: Report
Posted on:Tuesday, October 24, 2017

Tony Podesta and The Podesta Group are now being investigated as part of special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into collusion claims between the Trump campaign and Russia, NBC News reported.

ACLU rejects Christian baker’s free speech claim: ‘This is not about the cake’
Posted on:Tuesday, October 24, 2017

The American Civil Liberties Union told the Supreme Court on Monday the First Amendment doesn’t give a Christian baker the right to discriminate against a same-sex couple by refusing to bake them a wedding cake.

Studies reveal power of liberal bias among politically active internet giants
Posted on:Tuesday, October 24, 2017

Robert Epstein tried a simple experiment in the run-up to the presidential election: running searches on Google and Yahoo for political topics.

Maryland governor signs order blocking Israel boycotts
Posted on:Monday, October 23, 2017

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan signed an executive order Monday blocking the state from awarding contracts to companies that support boycotts of Israel.

FBI informant’s testimony sought as Clinton-Russia uranium case re-emerges
Posted on:Monday, October 23, 2017

A controversial 2010 deal that cleared the way for a Kremlin-backed company to gain control of a huge chunk of America’s uranium supply is getting new scrutiny as a Capitol Hill inquiry gears up to probe the Obama administration’s suspected silencing of an FBI informant who reportedly had information on high-level corruption by Russian nuclear officials who engineered the deal.

Report: GOP Tax Framework Could Raise GDP By 5%, Wages By 7%
Posted on:Monday, October 23, 2017

President Donald Trump’s tax reform framework could raise GDP by as much as 5 percent and wages by as much as 7 percent, according to a new study from Boston University economists.

Op-Ed: Newsweek ‘fact check’ denies Russian payments to Clintons, even though payments happened
Posted on:Monday, October 23, 2017

Its most recent misstep occurred this week when its social media team tweeted this misleading headline: “Fact check: No, the Clintons were not paid millions by Russia.”

Federal tax loophole let Planned Parenthood build clinics financed with ‘abortion bonds’
Posted on:Monday, October 23, 2017

Federal taxpayer funding generally isn’t allowed to be spent on abortions, but Republicans say they have spotted a loophole in which tax-free municipal bonds have been used to put federal cash on the line in order to help build abortion clinics — including Planned Parenthood’s headquarters in New York.

Op-Ed: The Obama Administration’s Uranium One Scandal
Posted on:Monday, October 23, 2017

Let’s put the Uranium One scandal in perspective: The cool half-million bucks the Putin regime funneled to Bill Clinton was five times the amount it spent on those Facebook ads — the ones the media-Democrat complex ludicrously suggests swung the 2016 presidential election to Donald Trump.

Jimmy Carter: Media tougher on Trump than any other president in memory
Posted on:Monday, October 23, 2017

Jimmy Carter, the liberal 93-year-old former president, surprisingly sided with President Trump when he told The New York Times that the media have been been too hostile on the current commander-in-chief.

Steve Bannon’s war on the Republican Party will go on with or without Trump’s blessing
Posted on:Monday, October 23, 2017

Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon is a man of his word, according to allies who said the Breitbart chairman is more determined than ever to wage war on incumbent Republicans in 2018 even without President Trump’s endorsement.

Trump to allow release of thousands of JFK files by National Archives
Posted on:Monday, October 23, 2017

President Trump said Saturday that he will allow more than 3,000 classified files on the JFK assassination to be released next week by the National Archives as ordered by Congress.

US Preparing to Put Nuclear Bombers Back on 24-Hour Alert
Posted on:Monday, October 23, 2017

The U.S. Air Force is preparing to put nuclear-armed bombers back on 24-hour ready alert, a status not seen since the Cold War ended in 1991.

US House to vote on nonnuclear Iran sanctions next week
Posted on:Monday, October 23, 2017

U.S. sanctions against Iran would automatically kick in if Tehran violates new constraints, according to a draft Republican bill sought by U.S. President Donald Trump as he tries to unravel the landmark 2015 international accord to prevent Iran from assembling an arsenal of atomic weapons.

Trump warns of midterm election trouble if House Republicans fail to move tax reform forward
Posted on:Monday, October 23, 2017

President Donald Trump told House Republicans on Sunday that if they stand in the way of his push for broad tax reform, it could come back to hurt them in the 2018 midterm elections.

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