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President Donald Trump posted on Twitter a quote that implied former CIA Director John Brennan lied and is fearing criminal charges. The lengthy quote Trump posted on Monday, May 21, came from Dan Bongino, a former Secret Service agent and instructor who guarded presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama. “John Brennan is panicking, Steve,” […] -
President Donald Trump imposed additional sanctions on Venezuela on Monday, May 21, shortly after socialist dictator Nicolas Maduro won an election that senior American administration officials called a sham. Trump signed an executive order aimed at blocking Maduro’s latest scheme at siphoning Venezuela’s wealth, namely by selling accounts receivable held by Venezuela’s government. A senior […]
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After the recent California gubernatorial debate hosted by NBC, a poll showed that 72 percent of respondents believed that Republican candidate Travis Allen won the debate. Allen was the only candidate in the debate who had supported Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential election. He gave an interview to The Epoch Times to explain why […]
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The Justice Department officially started an investigation into whether political motivations were behind the Obama administration’s spying on the Trump campaign. Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein ordered the Justice Department watchdog, Inspector General Michael Horowitz, to expand the current probe of surveillance abuses against the Trump campaign to include allegations of infiltration and whether those […]
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President Donald Trump demanded on Sunday that the Justice Department investigate whether his campaign was infiltrated and surveilled for political purposes and if anyone in the Obama administration ordered this to be done. “I hereby demand, and will do so officially tomorrow, that the Department of Justice look into whether or not the FBI/DOJ infiltrated […]
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WASHINGTON—The U.S. trade war with China is “on hold” after the world’s largest economies agreed to drop their tariff threats while they work on a wider trade agreement, U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Sunday. Mnuchin and President Donald Trump’s top economic adviser, Larry Kudlow, said the agreement reached by Chinese and American negotiators on Saturday set […]
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Multiple media reported the FBI had an informant spying on the presidential campaign of then-candidate Donald Trump. The Justice Department refused to reveal the source’s identity to congressional oversight leaders, saying divulging it could put people’s lives at risk. But multiple legacy media outlets claim to have learned his identity and have described the person […]
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District Judge Denise Cote unsealed the search warrant for the laptop and other devices of former Congressman Anthony Weiner on Wednesday, May 16. Weiner was sentenced by Cote in September to 21 months in prison for sending obscene material—including sexually explicit images and directions to engage in sexual conduct—to a 15-year-old girl through messaging and video chat […]
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White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders corrected the record on whom President Donald Trump recently called “animals.” During a May 16 roundtable on California’s Sanctuary State law, Fresno County Sheriff Margaret Mims said the law complicates her work because she can’t report criminal aliens to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) unless they fall […] -
WASHINGTON—The House of Representatives rejected a sweeping $867 billion farm bill on Friday after Republican leaders failed to appease conservative lawmakers who had asked them not to hold the vote until they were given the chance to consider a bill to clamp down on immigration. The next steps are unclear for the farm bill, which […]
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President Donald Trump sent a message of love and support to the people affected by the school shooting in Texas on Friday and vowed to do everything within his power to protect students. “We grieve for the terrible loss of life, and send our support and love to everyone affected by this absolutely horrific attack,” […]
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WASHINGTON–U.S. President Donald Trump sought on Thursday to placate North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un after Pyongyang threatened to scrap an unprecedented summit. Trump said that he would guarantee Kim’s security if the United States and North Korea were to successfully make a deal for the complete denuclearization of the Korean peninsula. Trump also said […]
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Rudy Giuliani, lawyer to President Donald Trump, said Special Counsel Robert Mueller won’t indict Trump. He also said Mueller doesn’t have the power to subpoena the president. Mueller was appointed on May 17, 2017, to investigate the Russian government’s efforts to interfere in the 2016 presidential election, including any links and/or coordination between the Russian […]
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WASHINGTON—Cartels are setting up armed camps in California forests and growing massive crops of marijuana, according to Stacey Montgomery, District Attorney of Lassen County, California. “They are armed. They’re setting up camps, and they’re growing mass amounts of marijuana on our public lands,” Montgomery told the president during a roundtable at the White House on […]
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The Senate confirmed President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the CIA on Thursday, May 17. Gina Haspel, upon being sworn in, will become the first woman to lead the agency. The Senate voted 54-45 with support from several Democrats. Yesterday, she was confirmed by the Senate Intelligence Committee in a 10-5 vote. Haspel will replace […]
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A previously undisclosed letter from the attorney for Fusion GPS co-founder Glenn Simpson surfaced on Tuesday confirming anonymous reports that the FBI had a spy in the Trump campaign. Leaks to the media in recent weeks fueled speculation that the FBI had an informant interacting with the Trump campaign, but the sources remained anonymous, relegating […]
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News Analysis The New York Times admitted in an otherwise highly misleading article that after more than a year of investigation there still exists no public evidence that President Donald Trump colluded with Russia to win the 2016 presidential election. The article, headlined “Code Name Crossfire Hurricane: The Secret Origins of the Trump Investigation,” comes […]
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A previously undisclosed letter from the attorney for Fusion GPS co-founder Glenn Simpson surfaced on Tuesday confirming anonymous reports that the FBI had an informant in the Trump campaign. Leaks to the media in recent weeks fueled speculation that the FBI had an informant interacting with the Trump campaign, but the sources remained anonymous, relegating […]
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President Donald Trump met with Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev at the White House on May 17, marking a new era in relations with Uzbekistan that is trying to move away from its authoritarian legacy. The two leaders addressed security issues in Central Asia, including stability in Afghanistan. They condemned extremism and international terrorism and agreed to […]
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On Monday, May 14, Senior White House advisor Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump were among the American delegation present at a ceremony that marked the official opening of the U.S. embassy in Jerusalem. Speaking publically for only the second time since joining the Trump administration, Kushner affirmed the United State’s commitment to freedom for all […]
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President Donald Trump during a White House meeting on May 16, 2018, suggested Oakland, California, Mayor Libby Schaaf be investigated for potential obstruction of justice. The Immigration and Customs enforcement (ICE) agency had planned an operation in Oakland to apprehend criminals illegally residing in the United States, which was preemptively announced to the public by […]
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WASHINGTON–The United States and Gulf partners imposed additional sanctions on Lebanon’s Hezbollah leadership on Wednesday, targeting its top two officials, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah and Naim Qassem. The U.S. Treasury Department said four other individuals were also sanctioned, as was the group ISIS in the Greater Sahara, which was designated as a foreign terrorist organisation. It […]
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As the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) regime continues to commit a wide range of human rights abuses and to crackdown on political dissidents in China, U.S. Congressmen, Chinese dissidents, and Western human rights activists expressed support for the Chinese people repudiating their membership in the CCP or its affiliated organizations, which more than 300 million […]
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President Donald Trump went off script during the Annual National Peace Officers’ Memorial Service on Tuesday, May 15, when he spotted in the audience the family of a New York City police officer assassinated less than a year ago. The memorial, held on the West Front of the Capitol, honors law enforcement officers fallen in […]
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WASHINGTON—The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is considering military installations as potential sites for housing minor children who cross the border illegally and/or alone. A Department of Defense spokesperson confirmed on May 16 that the HHS will visit four of its sites in Texas and Arkansas within the next two weeks to assess […]
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Speaking at the National Press Club in Washington on May 14, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross reviewed the Trump administration’s approach to trade, giving an update on negotiations with China. Ross said the strong personal relationship between President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping would facilitate a trade deal between the United States and China. […]
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President Donald Trump laid out his vision for lower drug prices on May 11, announcing a major action plan to put “American patients first.” The president has made it a high priority for his administration to ensure that generic drugs are sold at a reasonable price in the United States. “We will have a tougher […]
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