• Fauci Says Second Shutdown Not Necessary to Beat Coronavirus

    Fauci Says Second Shutdown Not Necessary to Beat Coronavirus

    Dr. Anthony Fauci, chief medical advisor for the Trump administration’s coronavirus task force, said Wednesday that the country can overcome the coronavirus without shutting down the economy a second time. “There seems to be a misperception that either you shut down completely and damage a lot of things, mental health, the economy, all kinds of things, …
  • Meadows Pushes Trump to Address COVID Relief Through Executive Orders if Legislative Negotiation Falls Through

    Meadows Pushes Trump to Address COVID Relief Through Executive Orders if Legislative Negotiation Falls Through

    White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows suggested Monday that President Trump will issue executive orders regarding another wave of coronavirus relief should negotiations with Democrats on another relief package fail. “This president will do more in the next four weeks than Joe Biden and his team did in the last 40 years, so you …
  • YOUR Money For THEIR Agenda

    YOUR Money For THEIR Agenda

    Monopolies are bad. Regardless of your political views, that statement probably elicited nothing stronger than a yawn. Why? Because even some of the most ardent free market crusaders recognize the dangers of monopolistic power. Competition is the great driving force behind our economy, producing innovation, rewarding efficiency and good management, and reducing prices. Monopolies produce …
  • Ammon Bundy Comes Out in Support of BLM, Calls to Defund the Police

    Ammon Bundy Comes Out in Support of BLM, Calls to Defund the Police

    Ammon Bundy, an anti-government activist who lead the 41-day armed takeover of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge back in 2016, expressed support for the Black Lives Matter movement and for defunding the police in a recent Facebook video. He said in the video that he had considered attending, near his home in Boise, Idaho, “a …
  • Schumer Pushes Tax Cut for High Earners as Part of COVID Relief Bill

    Schumer Pushes Tax Cut for High Earners as Part of COVID Relief Bill

    With lawmakers scrambling to pass a new coronavirus stimulus bill as enhanced unemployment benefits expire on Friday, Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer (D., N.Y.) is pushing to repeal the cap on the state and local tax (SALT) deductions that primarily benefit high earners in states with high taxes. The debate over money for state and …
  • Federal Agents Have Left Seattle after Local Officials’ Complaints, Mayor Says

    Federal Agents Have Left Seattle after Local Officials’ Complaints, Mayor Says

    Federal agents sent to Seattle to protect federal property have been removed from the city after local officials complained their presence was escalating tensions. Mayor Jenny Durkan had rejected the deployment of U.S. tactical forces sent to the city last week, saying it did not have the consent of local officials and could counterintuitively provoke, …
  • Ex-FBI Agent Strzok to Publish Book about Trump, Russia ahead of November Election

    Ex-FBI Agent Strzok to Publish Book about Trump, Russia ahead of November Election

    Peter Strzok, the former FBI counterintelligence agent who was fired by the agency for sending anti-Trump text messages during the 2016 campaign, is releasing a book detailing his lingering concerns that the president could be compromised. The book, “Compromised: Counterintelligence and the Threat of Donald J. Trump,” due out two months before the November election, …
  • Barr Defends Protest Response ahead of Scheduled Testimony

    Barr Defends Protest Response ahead of Scheduled Testimony

    Attorney General William Barr is defending the federal response to recent nationwide unrest ahead of his scheduled testimony before the House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday. The rule of law must be upheld as “violent rioters and anarchists have hijacked legitimate protests to wreak senseless havoc and destruction,” he said in a written opening statement released …
  • Chris Wallace Says Biden ‘Not Available’ For Interview

    Chris Wallace Says Biden ‘Not Available’ For Interview

    Presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden has been dodging Chris Wallace’s interview requests, the Fox News host said Sunday. Though Wallace interviewed President Trump last week, Biden’s team has said this week the former vice president is “not available” for an interview, feeding into criticism that he avoids press scrutiny. “We’ll keep asking every week,” Wallace …
  • Mnuchin Says Trump’s Payroll Tax Cut Won’t Be in Coronavirus Relief Bill

    Mnuchin Says Trump’s Payroll Tax Cut Won’t Be in Coronavirus Relief Bill

    Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Thursday that the payroll tax cut President Trump has pushed for will not be in the fifth coronavirus relief package Senate Republicans are crafting. “It won’t be in the base bill,” Mnuchin said in an interview with CNBC. “One of the problems with the payroll tax cut is it takes time, …