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Federal Judge Loosens Trump’s ‘Travel Ban’ Restrictions
Posted on:Friday, July 14, 2017

A federal judge in Hawaii on Thursday ruled that the U.S. government cannot apply a key part of President Donald Trump’s so-called travel ban to bar entry of grandparents and some other relatives of people legally in the country.

Government Collects $2.5 Trillion In Taxes In First Three Quarters of FY 2017
Posted on:Friday, July 14, 2017

The federal government collected approximately $2.5 trillion in taxes in the first three quarters of fiscal year 2017, but the federal government still ran a $523 billion deficit during that time, according to the latest monthly Treasury Department statement.

New Hawaii State Law to Force Pro-Life Pregnancy Centers to Advertise Free Abortions
Posted on:Friday, July 14, 2017

Pro-life pregnancy centers in Hawaii will be forced to advertise free abortions beginning next Wednesday by state law.

Planned Parenthood president: Trump administration is worst ‘in my lifetime’
Posted on:Thursday, July 13, 2017

Planned Parenthood Federation of America President Cecile Richards says the Trump administration has already done more to set back the nation’s largest abortion provider than any other in the last half-century.

Senate GOP releases revised health care bill
Posted on:Thursday, July 13, 2017

Senate Republican leaders released a revised Obamacare replacement bill Thursday that retains some of the 2010 law’s taxes to blunt premium costs but rolls the dice with Sen. Ted Cruz’s plan to let insurers offer skimpier health plans to Americans who want them.

DOJ let Russian lawyer into US before she met with Trump team
Posted on:Thursday, July 13, 2017

The Russian lawyer who penetrated Donald Trump’s inner circle was initially cleared into the United States by the Justice Department under “extraordinary circumstances” before she embarked on a lobbying campaign last year that ensnared the president’s eldest son, members of Congress, journalists and State Department officials, according to court and Justice Department documents and interviews.

President Trump’s Budget Would Reduce Deficit By $160 Billion and Increase GDP Growth
Posted on:Thursday, July 13, 2017

President Donald Trump’s proposed budget for 2018 would reduce the deficit over the next decade by $160 billion and increase GDP at the same time, according to an analysis from the Congressional Budget Office.

Senate prepares for new version of healthcare bill
Posted on:Thursday, July 13, 2017

Senate Republicans on Thursday morning are expected to release an adjusted healthcare bill that would repeal and replace portions of Obamacare, even as factions of the party remain deeply divided over its rumored contents.

Oregon Passes Bill To Force Taxpayers To Pay For Abortions, Including Of Noncitizens
Posted on:Thursday, July 13, 2017

The Oregon legislature recently passed a bill that would force insurers to provide free abortions, with no religious exemptions. It would also increase the amount of national taxpayer funds that sponsor abortions for all Medicaid recipients, including noncitizens.

White House goes on offense, slams DNC, Clintons for ‘collusion’
Posted on:Thursday, July 13, 2017

The White House went on offense Wednesday amid the firestorm over Donald Trump Jr.’s campaign-season meeting with a Russian lawyer, trying to turn the tables by alleging the Democratic National Committee and the Clintons are the ones caught up in “collusion.”

Trump: ‘I Am Sitting With a Pen in Hand’ Waiting to Sign Obamacare Repeal, ‘Will Be Very Angry’ If I Don’t
Posted on:Thursday, July 13, 2017

President Donald Trump said “I am sitting in the Oval Office with a pen in hand” waiting to repeal Obamacare in an interview Wednesday with CBN’s Pat Robertson.

House panel unveils foreign aid cuts, backs US-Mexico wall
Posted on:Thursday, July 13, 2017

House Republicans on Wednesday unveiled legislation slashing $10 billion from foreign aid, a sharp reduction but not as deep a cut as President Donald Trump wants.

House funding bill sets up shutdown showdown over Trump’s border wall
Posted on:Wednesday, July 12, 2017

Republican House leaders on Tuesday earmarked $1.6 billion to begin building President Trump’s border wall next year, including the money in their homeland security spending bill, setting up a fight with Democrats who have vowed to fight any funding for the wall, even if it means sending the federal government into a partial shutdown.

US Military Researching Neural Implants to Restore Hearing, Sight
Posted on:Wednesday, July 12, 2017

DARPA, the research arm of the U.S. military, has awarded contracts to five organizations for the development of neural implants that could enable brains to communicate with computer interfaces to restore sensory performance — primarily speech, hearing and sight, DARPA representatives announced today (July 10) in a statement.

Democrats’ blockade of Trump imperils national security, congressional recess
Posted on:Wednesday, July 12, 2017

President Trump may cancel Congress’ summer recess and demand that lawmakers stick around through August to force Democrats to confirm more of his nominees, the White House said Monday, throwing down a challenge to senators who have tried to obstruct him at nearly every turn.

Democrats intentionally used disinformation from Russia to attack Trump, campaign aides
Posted on:Wednesday, July 12, 2017

While the liberal news media hunts for evidence of Trump-Russia collusion, the public record shows that Democrats have willfully used Moscow disinformation to influence the presidential election against Donald Trump and attack his administration.

U.S. says test of THAAD missile defense system in Alaska successful
Posted on:Wednesday, July 12, 2017

The United States said on Tuesday it successfully tested its THAAD missile defense system against an intermediate-range ballistic missile in the Pacific Ocean near Hawaii and Alaska, Reuters reported.

McConnell Delays August Recess By Two Weeks
Posted on:Tuesday, July 11, 2017

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R., Ky.) announced Tuesday that he is delaying the traditional August recess by two weeks as his party faces a list of agenda items to accomplish.

Donald Trump Jr. releases email chain from meet with Russian lawyer
Posted on:Tuesday, July 11, 2017

Donald Trump Jr. on Tuesday released the entire email chain that arranged a meeting between himself and a Russian lawyer that show he was offered ‘high level and sensitive information’ which came from within the Russian government and was said to be of help to his father’s presidential campaign.

Thousands flee raging wildfires in western US, Canada
Posted on:Tuesday, July 11, 2017

Wildfires barreled across the baking landscape of the western U.S. and Canada, destroying a smattering of homes, forcing thousands to flee and temporarily trapping children and counselors at a California campground.

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