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Secretary Pompeo: U.S. Still On High Alert From Iranian Threats
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the U.S. will continue monitoring Iranian threats amid ongoing tensions between Washington and Tehran. In an interview Thursday, Pompeo spoke about the congressional briefing he had with lawmakers and acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan. He said Republicans and Democrats alike walked away from that meeting understanding the moves made…
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Trump Gives Attorney General Sweeping Power in Review of 2016 Campaign Inquiry
President Trump and Attorney General William P. Barr this week at the White House. The directive gives Mr. Barr immense leverage over the intelligence community and enormous power over what the public learns about the roots of the Russia investigation. Credit Doug Mills/The New York Times President Trump took extraordinary steps on Thursday to give…
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Pelosi Schedules Emergency Meeting With House Dems to Discuss Impeachment
Source: AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has called an emergency meeting with Democrats Wednesday morning at 9 a.m. to discuss their demands for impeachment proceedings against President Trump, per Fox News. “The pressure is actually real,” as Dana Perino noted. Pelosi just had a closed door meeting with members of Congress in which she…
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US president says war would be ‘end’ of Iran as tensions rise
Reuters: Tensions have risen between Iran under President Hassan Rouhani and the US under President Donald Trump US President Donald Trump has issued a stern warning to Iran, suggesting it will be destroyed if a conflict breaks out between the two countries. “If Iran wants to fight, that will be the official end of Iran,”…
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Trump Claims Campaign Was ‘Spied On,’ Calls It ‘Treason’
The former president, the Justice Department and the FBI have all vigorously denied any such activities occurred. President Donald Trump on Friday revived his repeatedly debunked claim that his 2016 campaign was the target of illegal government spying. Trump, on Twitter, said his campaign “conclusively” was monitored, and suggested those responsible be jailed for treason. Donald…
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The Trump administration reportedly sent ‘no-match letters’ to over 570,000 employers telling them they might have unauthorized workers
President Donald Trump boarding Air Force One on Thursday for a trip to New York to attend a fundraiser. Associated Press President Donald Trump’s administration has written to more than 570,000 employers since March telling them some of their workers’ names and Social Security numbers don’t match, The New York Times reports. Reasons for discrepancies that…
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Marc Thiessen: Trump didn’t start this trade war, China did
Before President Trump announced that he was imposing 25 percent tariffs on hundreds of billions of dollars’ worth of Chinese goods, he got encouragement from an unlikely source: Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y. The Senate Democratic leader, who has little good to say about Trump most days, tweeted, “Hang tough on China, @realDonaldTrump. Don’t back down. Strength is…
