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The president reiterated his backing despite slamming the agency for apparent bias in the Clinton email investigation and ongoing Russia probe; Kevin Corke has more for 'Special Report.' As a presidential candidate, Donald Trump praised the virtues and sacrifice of law enforcement officers in his many campaign speeches. To beleaguered cops, the president's inauguration signaled the welcome end of eight years of unwarranted criticism from the Obama administration.
Organizers have stashed bullhorns in apartments and offices near Manhattan's Times Square. They've stockpiled hot chocolate mix and sleeping bags in Salt Lake City.
Robert Delaney says bold moves from the US and China, on tax cuts and internet controls, require political support to thrive. But while popular opinion is unlikely to significantly influence Beijing, Trump may well face a reckoning for selling out his base The Chinese and US governments have each recently made bold moves that align more with the interests of their respective ruling parties than with rank-and-file citizenry.
Last week the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate passed a GOP tax bill that rewards profitable corporations and wealthy families while putting middle-class and low-income families across the country at risk. All but one of New Jersey's 14 members of Congress -- including four of the state's five Republican House members -- voted against the bill.
Metro Orlando was ranked as one of the nation's hardest places to find affordable housing before Hurricane Maria slammed into Puerto Rico three months ago, and tens of thousands of residents started leaving the island for Central Florida. Many are now living temporarily with family or friends, but are understandably impatient to move into their own homes.
On the subject of clemency: Color us confused about President Trump's decision to free Brooklyn-born Sholom Rubashkin, in the pen for bank fraud after sneaking payments to undocumented immigrant workers in an Iowa kosher meatpacking plant. To quote the President's inaugural address on his credo for the country: "We will follow two simple rules: Buy American and hire American."
There's a valid argument against federal tax reform an argument that didn't apply to North Carolina's path-breaking reforms but congressional Democrats and their ideological allies are spending most of their time repeating misleading talking points about the bill. Will the legislation raise the federal tax burden on most Americans in order to pay for tax cuts for the wealthy? With regard to the final deal, the Left's standard allegation is valid only for some non-wealthy Americans, only in the very long run almost all Americans clearly pay less for the next few years and only if one assumes that tax breaks slated to expire in 2025 won't be extended.
Mr. Trump faced more than 100 judicial vacancies when he entered the Oval Office, including one on the U.S. Supreme Court. You might not know it from the sea of negative press coverage involving the White House, but President Donald Trump can tout some significant accomplishes as 2017 draws to a close.
With an annual defense budget of $700 billion, shouldn't America join in keeping America on the cutting edge of science? It is unfortunate that the Review-Journal's editorial policy has not changed with the newspaper having new ownership. The editorials at the state's largest newspaper continue to be denigrating and rarely positive.
For the most part, I agree with Victor Davis Hanson's column on President Donald Trump and his tweeting . But I disagree that the president needs to stop.
Why do some people continue to attack the Affordable Care Act for insurance costs going up when "for profit" health insurance companies have their profits and their shareholders as their main concerns? Reportedly, a large "for profit" health insurance company will raise premiums by 42 percent in 2018. Is their main concern the people paying premiums? Is there any real concern for your health? Who could answer "yes"? Why shouldn't all people have health insurance? No matter the age, accidents happen.
At the close of 2017, no less than seven prominent male hosts and editors of influential government-sponsored radio and television shows are out of work amid claims of sexual harassment. According to their accusers, the alleged Malevolent Seven are powerful pervs and creeps who've been running wild at NPR and PBS for decades, sponsored and subsidized by taxpayers and corporate donors.
Gov. Rick Scott talks about his decision to file a public records request with the Florida Supreme Court over a case with big implications for the court's future. Gov. Rick Scott talks about his decision to file a public records request with the Florida Supreme Court over a case with big implications for the court's future.
This week, Sholom Rubashkin, the imprisoned Lubavitch Jew and former head of Agriprocessors, was released from prison after President Donald Trump commuted his sentence. Upon the urging of bipartisan leaders, from Orrin Hatch to Nancy Pelosi, President Trump released Rubashkin twenty years earlier than planned, though he wasn't pardoned.
Here's a sad commentary about the state of the Democrat-controlled Legislature these days: It would be a big win for Democrats if they were able to make it through a month without one of their members being linked to an FBI investigation. It would certainly be an improvement over December, when two Democrats found themselves linked to federal probes due to allegations of abuse of power or worse.
Looking west across a portion of Banning Lewis Ranch from Highway 24 Wednesday, March 6, 2013. Photo by Mark Reis, The Gazette As reported in Dec. 18 Gazette, there is a move underfoot to change the terms of the Banning Lewis Ranch annexation agreement.
What a dumpster fire of a year, especially for those who reside and operate in the world of politics and policy. Who will mourn the passing of 2017? Not, presumably, President Donald Trump.
Three of Trump's previous accusers reiterated their allegations against him. A group of more than 50 Democratic congresswomen requested that the House take up an investigation into Trump's conduct.