President Trump’s consolidation of control over foreign policy into a small group of envoys has raised concern among some national security analysts about his dealings with Iran. The Washington Times stories: White House
Read More...President Donald Trump’s “golden age of America” has no need for migrant labor. Picking crops? There are 34 million able-bodied American adults on Medicaid who can do that grueling work. Building homes? Native-born Americans will handle those jobs. Meat processing? The country has no use for foreign laborers willing to put in the hours for “slave wages.” When it comes to one of the country’s most sensitive and technically demanding government jobs, however, the Trump administration is quietly humming a different tune. I obtained documents showing that the Federal Aviation…
Read More...The Trump administration announced on Tuesday that it had reached an unprecedented settlement with the University of Pennsylvania over transgender-identifying males competing against females in women’s sports. The federal Department of Education was able to get the university to agree to restore female athletes to all individual UPenn Division I swimming records, titles, or other recognitions that were taken by those males who had competed in the female categories. Furthermore, the university agreed to issue a public statement to its community explaining that it henceforth will not allow males into…
Read More...President Trump said he saved Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei from his death by securing a peace deal between Iran and Israel, and lambasted him for declaring victory. The Washington Times stories: White House
Read More...During the confirmation hearings of the Office of Management and Budget director and deputy director for budget earlier this year, lawmakers pressed Russ Vought and Dan Bishop about whether they would comply with the Impoundment Control Act. The budget rules of the road require Congressional approval if OMB decides not to spend money appropriated in law. While both Vought and Bishop promised to comply with the law, a new decision by the Government Accountability Office casts further doubt on whether OMB will follow the Impoundment Control Act of 1974. GAO…
Read More...President Trump called NBC News White House reporter Peter Alexander “a disgrace” and a “terrible reporter” after he asked about the plane the U.S. has accepted from Qatar to be the next Air Force One. The Washington Times stories: White House
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