Extreme Vetting: State Dep't to Demand Tourists’ Social Media History
The State Department will publish new rules this week to require most visitors and immigrants to the U.S. to divulge their recent social media histories, carrying out one of the key security enhancements from President Trump’s extreme vetting executive order. Travelers would also be asked to list phone numbers, email addresses and international travel during the previous five years, and to detail any immigration problems they have had, whether with the U.S. or elsewhere. They also will be asked about potential family connections to terrorism. In a striking move, would-be immigrants from countries where ... Read More
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Hillary Takes a Massive Pay Cut On The Speaker Circuit
Hillary Clinton is scheduled to speak at Rutgers University on Thursday, mainly on her role in women’s political history in America. Rutgers confirmed that Clinton is to be compensated — via an endowment — a sum of $25,000, which she reportedly intends to donate to charity. In the years leading up to her failed 2016 presidential campaign, however, Clinton commanded a much higher price tag. A 2015 Business Insider report listed speaker fees well into six figures, and although different media outlets clashed on the exact amounts, it was clear that the range was from $125,000 to $335,000. All told, it was estimated that ... Read More
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House GOP Attempting Balanced Budget Amendment
House Republicans are eyeing a vote on a balanced budget amendment when lawmakers return to Washington from their spring recess, taking another stab at a longtime GOP priority that’s eluded them for more than three decades. The vote, which could take place next month, is part of a deal struck last year between Speaker Paul D. Ryan and Rep. Mark Walker of North Carolina, chairman of the conservative Republican Study Committee, a GOP aide confirmed Thursday. Mr. Walker and other conservatives agreed to support a budget blueprint that paved the way for ... Read More
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Pentagon May Shift Military Funds to Trump Border Wall
The Defense Department confirmed Thursday the White House and Defense Secretary James N. Mattis have discussed the feasibility of funneling billions of dollars from the Pentagon’s coffers to help build a border wall with Mexico. Pentagon spokeswoman Dana White told reporters Thursday Mr. Mattis and Mr. Trump had an initial talk about the use of Defense Department money approved in the recent massive federal spending bill for the wall, a top priority of the president in the 2016 presidential campaign. The president has repeatedly defended the wall as vital to national security, although it is not clear that money Congress targeted ... Read More
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Trump Touts $200B Infrastructure Program: 'We Want a Safe Country'
President Donald Trump said Thursday that his $200 billion infrastructure program would "transform our roads and bridges from a course of endless frustration into a source of absolutely incredible pride" — though he acknowledged that it will "probably" be delayed until after the November midterm elections. "You'll probably have to wait until after the election, which isn't so long down the road," Trump told members of Local 18 of the Ohio Operating Engineers Union at their Apprenticeship and Training Center in Richland, near Cleveland. The president's concession was a recognition of the political realities in Washington, as Congress is increasingly focused on ... Read More
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