Trump Proposes $4.8 Trillion Budget, With $2 billion for Border Wall
The White House will release a $4.8 trillion budget for fiscal 2021, with cuts for foreign aid and domestic programs, with the wall to be funded mostly by Pentagon funds. ...
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John Solomon’s Laptop With Info on Bidens Stolen From His Car
Investigative reporter John Solomon — whose reports may have influenced President Trump to request that Ukraine investigate the Bidens — had his laptop stolen on the eve of the Senate impeachment...
Biden Wooed Iowa’s Catholics, Despite His Own Shaky Standing With the Church
Former Vice President Joe Biden made a strong pitch to Catholic voters in Iowa, but his refusal to oppose abortion has gotten him into hot water with church clerics. ...
Venezuelan Opposition Leader Guaidó Meets Pompeo and Rubio, but not Trump
Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó made a successful visit to Miami and met with several of Florida’s members of Congress, but did not get to meet President Trump. ...
Palestinian Leader Abbas Sharply Criticizes Trump and Peace Plan
Few were surprised when Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas rejected outright the Israeli-Palestinian peace plan proposed by President Trump on January 28. ...
Trump Announces Middle East Peace Plan Alongside Netanyahu
President Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced details of an Israel-Palestinian peace plan put together by the Trump administration. ...
USDA Will Tighten Requirements for SNAP; Some States Are Suing
A new Trump administration rule change set to go into effect in April will result in nearly 700,000 people across the country being dropped from the food stamp program, but some...
MPP Policy Works: Illegal Border Crossings in Yuma Sector Down 94 Percent
Illegal crossings in the U.S. Border Patrol’s Yuma sector dropped by 94 percent after the Trump administration started making asylum-seekers wait in Mexico for hearings. ...
Latest Central American “Migrant Caravan” Stopped by Mexican National Guard
After being prevented from crossing a bridge into Mexico, hundreds of Central American migrants waded across the river separating Mexico and Guatemala on January 20, only to be stopped by members...
Venezuelan Opposition Leader Juan Guaidó Visits Colombia, Will Meet Pompeo
Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó defied a travel ban to go to Colombia to attend a counter-terrorism meeting and meet with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. ...
Trump to Shift $7.2 Billion From Defense Budget to Build Wall
President Trump is planning to divert an additional $7.2 billion from Department of Defense programs to pay for the wall on the United States’ southern border. ...
Trump Rallies Consistently Draw Large Numbers of Democrats and Independents
At a Trump campaign rally held in Toledo, Ohio, on January 9, 42.8 percent of the 22,927 people attending the event were either a Democrat or an independent. ...
Exodus from Blue States Continues — and Grows
The two largest Democrat-dominated states (California and New York) have both suffered population losses that will likely reduce their congressional representation. ...
Iran Fires Missiles at Bases Housing U.S. Forces in Iraq; Trump Responds
Iran fired as many as 15 ballistic missiles that targeted two air bases housing U.S. and coalition troops — in Irbil, northern Iraq, and al Asad, in western Iraq. ...
Iraqi Prime Minister Says Soleimani Was in Iraq to Discuss De-escalating Tensions
Iraq’s prime minister Adel Abdul Mahdi said that Iranian General Qasem Soleimani, killed in a U.S. drone strike, was in Iraq to deliver Iran’s de-escalation proposals. ...