A Texas man grew so frustrated over receiving text messages from the U.S. Senate campaign of U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke, D-Texas, that he’s taking the organization to court. A class-action lawsuit filed against the Beto for Texas campaign on behalf of all Texans alleges the group sent text messages to …
Read More »Republicans’ new rallying cry is ‘Remember Kavanaugh’ and it may lead them to midterm victory
In the last few days I have been in Seattle, Dallas and Des Moines. In airports, on airplanes, in hotels and in restaurants, I have been approached again and again by people who are glad Republicans stood up for now-Justice Brett Kavanaugh and took on the left. Not a single …
Read More »Supreme Court fight over Kavanaugh got lots of attention, but most federal court action is elsewhere
Republicans are ecstatic and Democrats are livid about Brett Kavanaugh’s Senate confirmation as a Supreme Court justice. But while the Supreme Court is important, many Americans tend to exaggerate its powers. Democrats still firmly control the nation’s district courts and circuit courts of appeals, where virtually all federal judicial decisions …
Read More »John Fund: Winners and losers in the Kavanaugh confirmation fight
In assessing who comes out ahead or behind after the Kavanaugh firestorm, let’s acknowledge that in some ways we don’t know: the midterm elections a month from now have become more chaotic and uncertain as the Kavanaugh hearing has added fuel to the already raging partisan flames. The election impact …
Read More »Trump calls Democrats ‘party of crime’ at Minnesota rally, says they’re ‘trying to destroy’ Kavanaugh
President Trump decried Democrats as members of the “party of crime” at a rally in support of Republican House and Senate candidates in Minnesota Thursday night, as the Senate moved toward a crucial test vote on Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. The president warned that if Democrats take control of …
Read More »Nigeria AGF Hires American Firms To Plant Pro-Buhari Oped In US Papers
Justice Minister, Abubakar Malami, has hired two American lobbying and public relations firm to plant opinion article favourable to the President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration in American newspapers, PREMIUM TIMES can report today. Mr. Malami’s action came to light more than five years after this newspaper exposed the Goodluck Jonathan government …
Read More »Korean leaders meet in Pyongyang for potentially tough talks
PYONGYANG, North Korea – South Korean President Moon Jae-in began his third summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Tuesday with possibly his hardest mission to date — brokering some kind of compromise to keep North Korea’s talks with Washington from imploding and pushing ahead with his own …
Read More »Kavanaugh hearing day four: Democrats still land no punches
If the four long days that Judge Brett Kavanaugh spent before the Senate Judiciary Committee at his confirmation hearing for a seat on the Supreme Court are viewed as a contest of gladiators, he clearly came out the victor. This was despite screaming protesters who jeered him and Democratic senators …
Read More »Trump Replaces NAFTA and Triumphs — New Trade Deal With Mexico is YUGE win for both countries
President Trump won a major victory on trade on Monday, supplanting the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and replacing it with something far more beneficial. The new deal will help American workers and manufacturers. It’s also a win for Mexico. One of the most fundamental parts of Trump’s campaign …
Read More »Trump Vows To Withdraw From Iran Nuclear Agreement, Calls Pact ‘Defective At Its Core’
President Trump on Tuesday announced plans to leave the Iran nuclear deal, declaring the pact has failed to halt the country’s nuclear ambitions in perhaps the biggest foreign policy decision of his administration. Speaking at the White House, Trump said: “I am announcing today the United States will withdraw from …
Read More »Trump Could Address UK Parliament As Members Look To Nix Anti-Trump Speaker’s Ban
President Trump could address the U.K.’s Parliament in July, as members of the House of Lords reportedly look to outflank the anti-Trump speaker of the House of Commons — who nixed a Trump address last year in protest of the White House’s controversial travel ban. Details of Trump’s visit to …
Read More »John Kerry under fire for reported ‘shadow diplomacy’ to save Iran deal
Former Secretary of State John Kerry is under fire over a report claiming that he has been engaged in “shadow diplomacy” with officials from Iran and Europe as part of a final attempt to save the seemingly doomed 2015 Iran nuclear deal. The Boston Globe reported Friday that Kerry sat …
Read More »Steve Hilton: Mueller probe is a political counter-revolution to overthrow Trump — It must be defeated
Nearly two years ago, the British people voted for Brexit. They rejected the arguments of the political, business, academic and media establishment, which were united in their support for the European Union and its elitist agenda that favors the rich. Instead, voters chose populism, voting for Britain to become a …
Read More »Kanye West Says Obama Never Apologized for ‘jackass’ Remarks
Following up a whirlwind week of pro-Trump tweets and freewheeling interviews, rapper Kanye West on Tuesday called out former President Barack Obama for failing to apologize for calling him a “jackass” multiple times. The former president first used the epithet to describe West in leaked 2009 interview footage after the …
Read More »Kanye West suggests African-American slavery was ‘a choice’
US rapper Kanye West has said the enslavement of African Americans over centuries may have been a “choice”. “When you hear about slavery for 400 years … for 400 years? That sounds like a choice,” he said during an appearance on entertainment site TMZ. “We’re mentally imprisoned,” the star added. …
Read More »Mueller ‘Threatened Trump With Subpoena’ Amid Russia Probe
Special Counsel Robert Mueller warned he could issue a subpoena for Donald Trump to appear before a grand jury as part of a probe into alleged Russian election meddling, US media report. Mr Mueller suggested the move during talks with Mr Trump’s lawyers in March. He said the subpoena would …
Read More »Mueller’s questions for Trump leaked to NYT, in latest unexplained disclosure from Russia probe
A lengthy list of questions for President Trump from special counsel Robert Mueller has been leaked to The New York Times, marking the latest in a string of apparently deliberate disclosures from the ongoing probe into Russian involvement in the U.S. presidential election. The paper, saying only that it had …
Read More »Steve Hilton: Trump’s Triumphs Are Driving His Critics Crazy
It started with Kanye and ended with Kim, featuring Emmanuel and Angela in between: this week showed President Trump upending expectations and confounding his critics on an epic scale. But perhaps the most revealing thing about it all was not what it said about the president but instead the light …
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