Nielsen Talks Tough On Immigration During First Trip To Southwest Border

New Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen has kept up her tough talk on immigration enforcement during a multi-day trip to the Southwest border, calling out sanctuary cities and backing President Donald Trump's proposed border wall. After a stop in Austin Tuesday to discuss Texas' anti-sanctuary cities law, Nielsen headed to the U.S.-Mexico border, where she called on local jurisdictions to cooperate with immigration authorities in the detention and deportation of criminal aliens.

F-22 Stealth Fighters Launch Flares, Chase Russian Jets Out Of Syria Deconfliction Zone

Two U.S. F-22 fighter jets chased Russian Su-25 planes out of the deconfliction zone in Syria on Wednesday using flares. Russian jets moved into the deconfliction zone east of the Euphrates River, but were quickly forced out by a pair of F-22 stealth fighters, which launched warning flares, a Pentagon official told The Washington Examiner on Thursday.

Trump’s EPA Will Update Decades-Old Regulation To Keep Lead Out Of Water

The Environmental Protection Agency is considering an update to a decades-old regulation that would help prevent lead from leaching into drinking water. EPA Chief Scott Pruitt invited a slew of groups representing states to discuss possible provisions next year to the so-called Lead and Copper Rule.

GOP Tax Plan Keeps Green Energy, Electric Car Subsidies

The House and Senate agreed Thursday to scrap a proposal eliminating a large tax credit the electric vehicle market and other green energy companies rely on to keep the fledgling industry afloat. Lawmakers spared a $7,500 electric-vehicle tax credit and a wind production tax credit that Republicans nixed to balance out the hefty tax bill, according to a Bloomberg report Thursday.

FCC Chairman Ajit Pai Reflects On Racist Backlash [VIDEO]

FCC Chairman Ajit Pai spoke to The Daily Caller's Vince Coglianese about the racial backlash he has received over net neutrality. Pai told The Daily Caller, "I knew we would get some backlash, both because we live in a politically toxic time in which, if you're a 'Spinal Tap' fan, everything seems to be dialed up to eleven, but also on this particular issue, that people are very passionate."

Frederica Wilson Backs Up Democrat Accused Of Sexual Harassment

Democratic Florida Rep. Frederica Wilson said she believes Florida Democratic Rep. Alcee Hastings and not the former congressional staffer who accused Hastings of sexually harassing her. Congress' Office of Compliance settled a sexual harassment lawsuit with the former committee staffer, Winsome Packer, for $220,000 after she accused the Democratic congressman of making sexual advances, touching her and threatening her job.

How Dare The New York Times Highlight Campus Insanity

Frank Bruni, by all accounts a standard liberal, noted in a Sunday column how universities are increasingly promoting a disturbing animus for white people, taking as his inspiration a recent op-ed by a Texas State University student that garnered national attention. "It used to be that when someone called me an abomination, I was in the presence of a homophobe," Bruni began his Times column.

Oil Giant Exxon Just Caved To The Demands Of Global Warming Activists

Oil giant ExxonMobil has capitulated to activist shareholders and will begin issuing detailed reports on potential risks "climate change policies" pose to its business operations. "These enhancements will include energy demand sensitivities, implications of two degree Celsius scenarios, and positioning for a lower-carbon future," Exxon wrote in a federal regulatory filing submitted Monday night.

Russia steps up its claim on Venezuela’s oil

Czar Vladimir Putin is no fool, so why did he just hurl three and a half billion dollars into Venenozuela's economic black hole? Because he wants Venenozuela's oil, and all the money he throws at Maduro's regime allows him to claim it. So, while Castrogonia continues to supply its colony of Venenozuela with its repressive machinery, Grand Putinia is quickly becoming its sole financial lifeline.

Roy Moore’s wife defends against anti-Semitic claims: ‘One of our attorneys is a Jew’

Roy Moore's wife defends against anti-Semitic claims: 'One of our attorneys is a Jew' Roy Moore's wife defended her husband at a rally Monday night against the 'fake news' claim that the U.S. Senate candidate was anti-Semitic by pointing out that one of their attorneys "is a Jew." Taking the stage at rally in Midland City, Ala., on the eve of election night, Kayla Moore accused "fake news" reports for falsely stating that the couple doesn't "care for Jews."

Treasury Says GOP Economic Agenda Would Pay for Tax Cuts

Tax estimate assumes that economy would grow 2.9% over long run; additional growth expected from cuts to corporate tax If the U.S. economy achieves the rapid growth the Trump administration says is possible under its economic policies, that expansion will generate enough money to pay for more than $1.5 trillion in tax cuts, according to a one-page Treasury Department memo released Monday.