Democrats responded skeptically on Monday to President Donald Trump’s declaration that he might be willing to testify in his impeachment inquiry and also said they were examining the truthfulness of his testimony in the Russia 2016 election interference probe. Trump said on Twitter that he would “strongly consider” House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s suggestion
Russia Probe: Evidence of Wrongdoing by FBI and Justice Department
Rep. John Ratcliffe, R-Texas, said on Sunday that he believes the upcoming Inspector General report on the counterintelligence investigation into Russia and the Trump campaign is going to be damning evidence of wrongdoing by FBI and Justice Department officials and could lead to a full-fledged criminal investigation. “It doesn’t take 500 pages to tell the
Impeachment hearing testimony
Diplomats testifying on the opening day of impeachment inquiry hearings delivered a stark account Wednesday of President Trump’s pursuit of political “investigations” in Ukraine and attorney Rudy Giuliani’s alleged meddling in that country, while Republicans panned the entire process as a “low-rent Ukrainian sequel” to the Russia collusion case and hit back at the claims
Supreme Court leans toward Trump on ending ‘Dreamers’ immigrant program
The Supreme Court’s conservative majority signaled support on Tuesday for President Donald Trump’s bid to kill a program that protects hundreds of thousands of immigrants – dubbed “Dreamers” – who entered the United States illegally as children, even as liberal justices complained that the move would destroy lives. The court’s ideological divisions were on full
Trump advisers consider cutting middle-class taxes
President Trump has promised a substantial tax cut is on the way for middle-class Americans – and there is now speculation about just how low rates could go. Trump’s economic advisers are considering whether he should campaign on the promise of a 15 percent tax rate for the middle class, The Washington Post reported on
The Post and Liberal Media Again Get It Wrong About Trump Economy
Stephen Moore, First, a full admission about this article: I originally sent a version of it to The Washington Post for publication, but for reasons that will become obvious as you read on, they rejected it. Here’s the backstory. Several weeks ago, I reported on the very large increase in median household incomes under Donald
Any GOP Senator Who Votes to Impeach Trump ‘Is Signing His Own Political Death Warrant’
Sunday on New York AM 970 radio’s “The Cats Roundtable,” political commentator and former Bill Clinton adviser Dick Morris advised GOP senators against voting to impeach President Donald Trump. Morris said any GOP senator who does vote to impeach the president “is signing his own death warrant” in the next election cycle. “[D]onald Trump isn’t
A ‘Tidal Wave’ of Mass Immigration Hands Virginia to Democrats
A “tidal wave” of mass immigration has “tilt(ed) the field toward the Democrats” in the state of Virginia, the New York Times admits. Last week, Democrats took control of Virginia’s House of Delegates and the State Senate. Now, the Democrats hold power over the state’s legislature, the governor’s seat and the lieutenant governor’s seat —
Nikki Haley: Tillerson, Kelly Tried to Recruit Me to ‘Save the Country’ by Undermining Trump
During this week’s broadcast of “CBS Sunday Morning,” it was revealed that former Trump administration U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said in her book “With All Due Respect” that then-White House Chief of Staff John Kelly and then-Secretary of State Rex Tillerson “confided in me that when they resisted the president, they
For U.S. diplomats, public impeachment hearings could be catharsis and maybe a circus
On the first day of November, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo sent an internal email to thousands of State Department staff that began: “As champions of American diplomacy, we are in the truth-telling business.” While the email seen by Reuters focused on global policy challenges, the message extolling truth struck a nerve in a
Why Republicans MUST Subpoena Eric Ciaramella
Kevin McCullough, Adam Schiff acted as everyone with a pulse believed he would. Late on Saturday he deep-sixed the rights of the accused. He trampled on the right of one to face their accuser. He hacksawed the fundamental rights of fairness, and again portrayed himself as some sort of omniscient being with final say. So
Dem leader tells GOP to ‘GET LOST’ over impeachment inquiry witness list
House Democratic Caucus Chairman Rep. Hakeem Jeffries blasted Republicans and labeled them as a “#CoverUpCaucus” after they submitted a list of witnesses they would like to call for public testimony as part of the ongoing impeachment inquiry of President Trump. Jeffries, D-N.Y., also questioned the validity of the witnesses in a brief but fiery tweet