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Over the past 10 presidential elections , Republican candidates have won more votes in Connecticut than Democrats in just three elections: the victories for Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush . Since that time, Republican candidates have garnered fewer votes than every Democratic candidate, mustering just 40 percent of the votes in Connecticut, on average.
This past weekend, President Donald Trump suggested that his presidential campaign may have been the victim of spies or moles who were FBI informants or undercover agents. He demanded an investigation to get to the bottom of the matter.
Domenico Maceri says contrary to the opinions of US President Donald Trump and his chief of staff, America's decline will begin when newcomers stop flocking to the country "They don't speak English a They don't integrate well." This is how John Kelly , Donald Trump's chief of staff, described his reasons for the need to block Mexican immigrants from coming into the United States.
Think about this a significant portion of our country, including a majority of its elite, thinks that it's A-OK for a Democrat administration to spy on a Republican candidate. Think hard about that.
Bernie Sanders speaks to crowds at a rally at Key Arena in Seattle March 20, 2016. He has lately pitching a measure that guarantees a job at a liveable wage to Americans.
A supporter of President Donald Trump raises his fist during a Republican campaign rally May 10 in Elkhart, Ind. Journalist are always surprised that Trump supporters back him, but, duh, they are supporters - and even that is weakening.
This is the undocumented immigrant our nation should welcome: the Lawrence, Kansas, chemist whom immigration officials attempted to deport this year, much to the dismay of his family, neighbors and even strangers who came to know the story of Syed Jamal. This immigrant's presence should be questioned: a man who was deported multiple times and who kept re-entering the country.
To continue reading this premium story, you need to become a member. Click below to take advantage of an exclusive offer for new members: On Sunday, via Twitter, Trump demanded that the Justice Department concoct a transparently political investigation, with the aim of smearing veteran professionals at Justice and the FBI and also throwing mud at the previous administration.
To continue reading this premium story, you need to become a member. Click below to take advantage of an exclusive offer for new members: When President Franklin D. Roosevelt famously said, "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself," he could not have foreseen today's Republican Party.  A bill authored by Sen. Rand Paul that would require the federal government to balance the budget each year was soundly defeated last week in the Senate.
G. Bin Zhao says the strengthening of Xi Jinping's leadership will make further reform and opening possible - by removing the obstacles to change This year marks the 40th anniversary of China 's economic reform and opening up. As Confucius said: "At 40, I had no doubts."
First the good news: Homelessness in the U.S. is down. In the mid-2000s, President George W. Bush's "housing first" program made substantial inroads against the problem.
Investigators looking into President Donald Trump and his top associates' dealing with foreign governments have an embarrassment of riches. For Americans, Trump is simply an embarrassment - and a figure increasingly seen as indifferent to foreign interference in our election.
Traveling through Florida over the past few years, I have marveled at the beauty of Ormond Beach compared to so many other communities. Our landscaping and setback requirements are second to none.
With so much division and distrust in Washington, D.C., regarding ways to fix U.S. immigration policy, actual action by lawmakers has been slim to none. But one local congressman, at least, continues to push legislation that appears to be making some difference and is actually getting passed.
The annual cost of the business of doing criminal justice in the United States is $270 billion dollars. That's higher than the gross domestic product of Finland.
The hum of obsessive and counterproductive worry is rising: President Trump's approval has crept up from abysmal to merely awful! Candidates from the party's progressive wing have won some House primaries! Republicans have not, in every single case, chosen candidates who are unelectable! The Russia investigation is a year old, and still nobody has been frog-marched out of the West Wing in chains! And Trump is still president! Get a grip, people. Try to focus.
With critical support from Florida's Bill Nelson and five other Democratic senators, Gina Haspel has been confirmed as director of the Central Intelligence Agency. A career employee for 33 years and most recently the deputy director, she is highly suited in every respect but one.
Few express this more eloquently than Republican pollster Kristen Soltis Anderson, a writer for The Weekly Standard. Author of "The Selfie Vote: Where Millennials are Leading America," Anderson discussed the issue with a panel Friday at The Weekly Standard Broadmoor Summit.
Anyone expecting President Donald Trump supporters to soften up on their allegiance to the president heading into the November midterm elections is sadly mistaken. This past week, Democrats, the FBI and the liberal elite media gave Team Trump strong reasons to remain solidly behind the Republican commander-in-chief and his "drain the swamp" cause.