Court allowing Trump to continue with border wall construction

President Trump is celebrating a court ruling that will allow his administration to use Defense Department funds to continue building his border wall.  He tweeted the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruling gives him the go ahead to build one of the largest sections of a desperately needed border wall.  The court granted a stay […]

O’Rourke supports impeachment inquiry

Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke is calling for the House of Representatives’ impeachment inquiry of President Trump to continue.  The former Texas congressman was in Los Angeles on Saturday to attend the Service Employees International Union’s “Unions for All” Summit.  O’Rourke also renewed his call to pass the Equal Rights Amendment.  Eight Democratic presidential candidates […]

O’Rourke: “Finish the job”

Former Texas Congressman Beto O’Rourke is supporting the formal House impeachment inquiry into President Trump.  On Twitter, the Democratic presidential candidate told his former Congressional colleagues to “Finish the job and impeach him.”  O’Rourke called Trump “lawless,” “racist” and “reckless.”  He says he is on record over the past two years calling for the President’s […]

Pentagon Pulls Funds to Pay for Trump’s Border Wall

The Pentagon said on Wednesday it would pull funding from 127 Defense Department projects, including schools and daycare centers for military families, as it diverts $3.6 billion to fund President Donald Trump’s wall along the U.S. border with Mexico. Schools for the Children of U.S. military members from Kentucky to Germany to Japan will be […]

North Korea Tests New Missile – and Trump’s Resolve

North Korea appears to have tested a new short-range missile – and President Donald Trump’s resolve to keep it from doing more of the same in the future. The test early Saturday was quickly played down by Trump and his top advisers, who noted it was not the kind of long-range missile leader Kim Jong […]

U.S. Would Run Out of Avocados in 3 Weeks if Trump Shuts Down Mexico Border

 Here’s something you may not have thought about when it comes to President Trump’s threat to close the U.S. Mexico border. If imports from Mexico were stopped, Americans would run out of avocados in three weeks, according to a NBC News report.  We can say goodbye to guacamole and avocados on our eggs, toast and in […]

Trump Lashes Out At Cohen

Trump Lashes Out At Cohen (Washington, DC)  —  President Trump is lashing out at his former attorney Michael Cohen.  Trump tweeted today that Cohen should get a stiff prison sentence for his admitted crimes.  Trump accused Cohen of making up stories to get a reduced deal for himself.  He also accused Special Counsel Robert Mueller […]

Supreme Court Turns Away Challengers to Wall

Supreme Court Turns Away Challenge To Border Wall (Washington, DC)  —  The U.S. Supreme Court is turning away a challenge to the massive border wall that President Trump wants.  Some conservation and animal rights groups said construction of the wall might endanger animals and violate federal laws.  The high court refused to hear an appeal […]

Trump Says China Trade Talks Going “Nicely” 

(Washington, DC)  —  President Trump says trade talks are “moving along nicely” with China. 

Trump Confirms Talk With Mexican President 

President Trump says he has spoken with the Mexican President-elect Andrés Manuel López Obrador.