The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court late
Thursday to let the revised travel ban take effect. The administration filed two emergency applications with the nine Court justices seeking to block two lower court rulings that blocked President Trump’s executive order. In the filing, the Justice Department argued that the appeals court in Richmond, Va. made several mistakes in ruling against Trump’s travel order. Sarah Isgur Flores, a Justice Department spokeswoman, said the ban is lawful. The Justice Department is "confident that President Trump's executive order is well within his lawful authority to keep the nation safe and protect our communities from terrorism," ...
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Former FBI director James Comey is set to testify June 8 before the Senate intelligence committee investigating Russian activities during last year's election. The committee said Thursday that Comey will testify in an open session, which will be followed by a closed session. The committee's Republican chairman and senior Democrat have said members want to hear from Comey on his role in the development of the U.S. intelligence agencies' assessment that ... Read More |
President Donald Trump has fulfilled a key campaign pledge, announcing that the U.S. will withdraw from the Paris climate agreement. The Paris Agreement, which committed the U.S. to drastically reducing greenhouse gas emissions, was a truly bad deal—bad for American taxpayers, American energy companies, and every single American who depends on affordable, reliable energy. It was also bad for the countries that remain in the agreement. Here are four reasons Trump was right to withdraw. 1. The Paris Agreement was costly and ineffective. The Paris Agreement is highly costly and would do close to nil to address climate change. If carried out, the energy regulations agreed to ... Read More |
Former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton said Wednesday the Democratic National Committee gave her “nothing” after she clinched the nomination. “I set up my campaign and we have our own data operation. I get the nomination. So I’m now the nominee for the Democratic Party. I inherit nothing from the Democratic Party. I mean, it was bankrupt,” she said at the Code Conference in California. “I had to inject money into it to keep it going.” But Mrs. Clinton said that she felt the influence of Russia was a major factor, especially on social media, and that fake posts were a huge influence on ... Read More |
When Maureen Erickson registered to vote in Prince William County, she listed her home address as a street in Guatemala, in what should have been a very strong indication that she wasn’t a regular Virginia resident. Yet she remained on the voting rolls for years, and even cast ballots in 14 different elections, up through the 2008 presidential contest. She was only purged in 2012, just ahead of the election, after she self-reported as a noncitizen, according to a new report released Tuesday by the Public Interest Legal Foundation. Ms. Erickson was one of more than ... Read More |
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