The Latest: McConnell pins possible shutdown on Democrats

A small group of senators spoke on the floor Wednesday, urging their peers to pass what they say is a bipartisan DACA solution before the looming March 5th deadline. White House chief of staff John Kelly stands to leave after appearing on Special Report with Bret Baier on Fox News in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2018.

Global Poll Shows U.S. Prestige Plummeting Under TrumpThe disdain our …

Throughout his 2016 campaign and the first year of his presidency, Donald Trump made it clear again and again than unlike his globalist predecessors he'd be an "America First" president who didn't care all that much what non-Americans thought of him and of Uncle Sam. If he was inviting disdain from those non-Americans, it seems to be working.

For rival camps in abortion debate, a weekend to mobilize Source: AP

Activists on both sides of the abortion debate will be rallying and marching over the next few days in their annual show of force, while looking ahead to the coming year with a mix of combativeness and trepidation. The events kick off Friday with the March for Life in Washington, the biggest yearly event for opponents of abortion.

GOP Strategist: Republicans Need to Watch Out Thursday, January 18

Mark Graul tells WTAQ's Jerry Bader Show that there was a reason Democrat Patty Schachtner was able to defeat Republican State Representative Adam Jarchow in the 10th district, which tends to heavily lean red. "The Democratic candidate got about 40% of the Hillary Clinton vote total , whereas Jarchow only got 17% of the Trump vote."

Trump went to Pittsburgh to fire his initial salvo in the most…

President Donald Trump fired his opening salvo on Thursday in what amounts to the biggest political race of early 2018 - a special congressional election in a heavily Republican southwestern Pennsylvania district. The race between Republican Rick Saccone and Democrat Conor Lamb is being viewed by many as a bellwether of what's to come later this fall in the midterms.

The threat of a government shutdown is soaring – so Trump is…

Conservative House members in the Freedom Caucus are currently against the Republican leadership's plan to avoid the shutdown, putting the plan in jeopardy. President Donald Trump is doing his best to avoid a government shutdown at the end of the week, but it may not be enough to dodge the political disaster.

Trump adds confusion to government shutdown concern

Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, pauses for a reporter's question at the Capitol in Washington, as Congress moves closer to the funding deadline to avoid a government shutdown, in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018. WASHINGTON - Injecting confusion into already perilous shutdown negotiations, President Donald Trump undercut his own administration's stance by tweeting Thursday that a children's health insurance program should not be part of a short-term budget agreement.

In Advance of Trump’s March for Life Speech, NARAL Releases…

Today, the day before Donald Trump's March for Life appearance, NARAL Pro-Choice America is releasing a new, comprehensive, opposition research report , The Insidious Power of the Anti-Choice Movement . In the report, NARAL Pro-Choice America details how the anti-choice movement infiltrated the Trump administration and our government to erode access to reproductive healthcare, including abortion access, and deceive women along the way.

Trump Contradicts Kelly, Claims Wall Views Have Not ‘Evolved’

President Donald Trump was up early on Thursday contradicting what his chief of staff had told lawmakers about the southern border wall on Wednesday. Contradicting his chief of staff, Donald Trump on Thursday claimed his thinking about a southern border wall has not "evolved," and returned to his vow that Mexico, one way or another, will pay for it.

One year under Trump: ‘War of attrition’ on journalists

Trump's ostensible crackdown on press has been 'much more systematic, pervasive and strategic', rights groups say [Illustration by Jawahir Hassan Al-Naimi] Right-wing US President Donald Trump 's crackdown on press freedoms started on his first day in office, January 20, 2017, according to rights groups and reporters. Aaron Cantu, an independent journalist, was one of several journalists who were arrested along with protesters, bystanders, legal observers and medics during an anti-fascist bloc march against the inauguration in Washington, DC.

Trump: Dangerous because he is effective

US President Donald Trump speaks at the "Conversation with Women of America" meeting event at the White House in Washington, DC on January 16 [Carlos Barria/Reuters] The political establishment in the US has classified him as an aberration, a coincidence of unfortunate circumstances, and a political phenomenon, certainly a nuisance and maybe even a scary, unpredictable man. In fact, he campaigned on the elite's failure to understand the depth of frustration among ordinary people hit by globalisation.

Trump to Pennsylvania, but Don’t Call it a Campaign Trip

President Donald Trump is tiptoeing around the first congressional election of the new year as he heads to southwestern Pennsylvania on Thursday to hail the Republican tax cuts he signed last year. Trump will appear with the Republican nominee for a Pittsburgh-area House seat.

Democrats dig in on immigration, shutdown risk or no

Assistant Attorney General of the National Security Division, Edward O'Callaghan, took questions at Wednesday's press briefing. He supported President Donald Trump's immigration reforms saying they will improve security and make the US safer.

Another key Trump campaign official is stonewalling the House…

Former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski testified before the House Intelligence Committee on Wednesday, but refused to answer questions about events that took place during the campaign and his conversations with President Donald Trump since then. Lewandowski is the latest official to stonewall the committee as it probes Russia's election interference and whether the Trump campaign colluded with Moscow.

WH claiming sweeping a executive privilegea in Russia probes

President Donald Trump's White House is relying on a sweeping interpretation of executive privilege that is rankling members of Congress on both sides of the aisle as current and former advisers parade to Capitol Hill for questioning about possible connections with Russia. The argument was laid bare this week during former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon's interview with the House Intelligence Committee.