Congress has voted to kill an amendment that would have blocked the military from recruiting through streaming platforms like Twitch, with nearly half of Democrats in the House joining the effort to strike down the measure. A House vote of 196-292 easily quashed the appropriations bill amendment on Thursday, a […]
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Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee waited months for the chance to interrogate Attorney General William Barr on everything from his handling of sensitive prosecutions to his clampdown on police protests. And by the time the five-hour hearing wrapped on Tuesday, they were claiming success in eliciting the type of […]
A US House hearing meant by Democrats to excoriate Attorney General William Barr got off to a rocky start Monday as ranking Republican Jim Jordan showed a video montage of violent protests raging across the country. The video began with clips of more than a dozen media outlets and Democrat […]
The Trump administration plans to send federal forces to violence-torn cities across the nation to help quell riots and surging crime, regardless of whether Democrat mayors and governors welcome Washington’s involvement. “I’m going to do something, that I can tell you,” President Donald Trump said Monday in the Oval Office. […]
With fewer than four months to election day, Democrats in the nation’s most competitive Senate contests are crushing their Republican opposition in the money race. Quarterly financial reports filed on Wednesday show that in the most competitive Senate contests in the country, Democratic candidates outraised Republicans in all but two. […]
The vitriol and obsessive hatred consuming Democrat leaders and their sycophantic supporters is driving them to pursue policies intended to damage Donald Trump. But the law of unintended consequences reigns supreme and the Dems actually are savaging the African American community. Turns out that under the Democrat calculus, Black Lives […]
In a call-back to simpler times—before the unprecedented global pandemic and nationwide civil unrest—supporters of Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden have co-opted a notorious joke made by President Trump four years ago on the campaign trail. The year was 2016, and there were just two weeks until the Iowa caucuses. […]
Democrats are calling for John Wayne Airport in Orange County to be renamed in protest of the long-dead actor’s alleged racism, making him the latest historical figure being judged by today’s cultural standards. “There have been past efforts to get this done and now we’re putting our name and our […]
Last Thursday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi slammed President Trump for being “clearly ethically unfit” and “intellectually unprepared” to be the president of the United States. American observers have discussed how the Dems will play the Bolton book card after using both the COVID crisis and the racism issue against the […]
Governor Ralph Northam is speaking for Virginia Democrats at an upcoming convention, a decision being blasted, because the same group had previously called for his resignation over a controversial blackface photo. “We’re honored to have @GovernorVA speaking at our virtual state convention coming up in just a few days!” the […]
Democrats on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee sent a letter to Chairman Sen. Jim Risch (R-ID) on Wednesday, saying they would oppose consideration of President Donald Trump’s State Department nominees until the senator dramatically revamped the committee’s work. The letter, obtained by The Daily Beast, noted that the Idaho Republican […]
Already planning a scaled-down convention because of the coronavirus, Democratic Party officials are brainstorming ways to maintain some of the familiar pomp and circumstance that comes with nominating their presidential candidate. Among those ideas being considered are to have small complimentary gatherings in other states as well as made-for-television programming […]
Top Democrats in Congress have voiced “deep concern” over reports that the White House is mulling the US’ first live nuclear test in some three decades, insisting the idea is dangerous and would only make Americans “less safe.” “We write to express our deep concern regarding the revelation of high-level […]
Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee are pressing Attorney General William Barr and his former aide, the acting head of the Drug Enforcement Agency, to end its spying on people protesting against institutional racism in policing. Not only do Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and Homeland Security Subcommittee Chair Karen Bass […]
House Democrats are staring down a familiar foe: a president they believe is running roughshod over the rule of law by using his power to protect his allies from punishment. They believe they were elected with a mandate to take that foe on. There’s just one problem: They already went […]
Two Democrat-led committees on Capitol Hill have launched a fresh investigation into President Trump. This probe focuses on allegations that Trump fired a State Department employee for political reasons. Trump informed Congress on Friday that he intends to fire State Department Inspector General Steve Linick, claiming he “no longer” had […]
Even a global pandemic and economic crisis isn’t enough to break President Trump’s perception of the Democratic House as a den of haters and losers who care more about hurting him than about helping the American public. Asked on Tuesday why he wasn’t permitting members of his coronavirus task force […]