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Issa calls for special prosecutor

Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Vista, said on Friday that a special prosecutor needs to lead an investigation into the alleged ties between President Donald Trump’s campaign and Russian leader Vladimir Putin’s regime.

Issa Calls for Special Prosecutor on Russia Ties

Rep. Darrell Issa called for a special prosecutor to oversee the investigation into Trump associates’ contacts with Russia, the San Diego Union Tribune reports. Said Issa: “You cannot have somebody, a friend of mine Jeff Sessions, who was on the campaign and who is an appointee.

ManTech International Corporation (MANT) Rating Lowered to Sell at Zacks Investment Research

According to Zacks, “ManTech International Corporation delivers a broad array of information technology and technical services solutions to U.S. federal government customers, focusing primarily on critical national defense programs for the intelligence community and Department of Defense. They design, develop, procure, implement, operate, test and maintain mission-critical, enterprise information technology and communication systems and infrastructures for federal government customers in the United States and worldwide.

Prescreening program at Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Airport speeds things up travelers

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Analysts at the Homeland Security Department’s intelligence arm found insufficient evidence that citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries included in President Donald Trump’s travel ban pose a terror threat to the United States. By Alicia A. Caldwell and Vivian Salama.

Newt Gingrich warns of new threat underlying ‘fake news’

Newt Gingrich is calling for a new national debate on “fake education,” which he says is “underlying” the “fake news” that President Trump has fought against. ” President Trump is on to a very big historic dialogue about fake news,” Gingrich, an adviser to Trump during and after the campaign, tweeted Saturday morning, “Underlying fake news is fake education.

Jessica Marais looks effortlessly chic in flared denim

Mr Manhattan! Barack and Malia catch a star-studded play on Broadway as the former President is cheered by crowds at every turn during trip to New York Two ‘assassins’ reveal all: Women arrested over nerve gas killing of Kim Jong-nam tell police they were ‘good time girls hired in Malaysian massage parlors for $90 and told to carry out baby oil prank’ The secret of happiness? Live life in the slow lane, says Buddhist monk. Savor supermarket lines, take three days to make decisions and listen more than you talk ‘I have locked her at home, chased her around, grabbed her off the streets.

Fifty Shades Darker’s Bella Heathcote all smiles in Sydney

Mr Manhattan! Barack and Malia catch a star-studded play on Broadway as the former President is cheered by crowds at every turn during trip to New York Two ‘assassins’ reveal all: Women arrested over nerve gas killing of Kim Jong-nam tell police they were ‘good time girls hired in Malaysian massage parlors for $90 and told to carry out baby oil prank’ The secret of happiness? Live life in the slow lane, says Buddhist monk. Savor supermarket lines, take three days to make decisions and listen more than you talk ‘I have locked her at home, chased her around, grabbed her off the streets.

Trump Takes His Vision To Congress, The Country And An Audience For The Ages

On Tuesday night, President Trump will address a joint session of the Congress for the first time, laying out his case for making the agenda of his campaign the law of the land. He will talk about controlling immigration, cutting taxes, abolishing regulations, repealing the Affordable Care Act, pulling out of multinational trade agreements and spending more on defense and homeland security.

Oh Good: NY Times Publishes Screed By Illegal Alien Who Vows To Not Leave

Have you heard the case of Jeanette Vizguerra, a person who is unlawfully present in the United States and has taken refuge in a church, which puts the church in violation of 8 US Code 1324 ? She stretches the truthok, breaks itin this opinion piece This year is my 20th in Denver, but I may have to spend it in the basement of the First Unitarian Church instead of my own home. When I wake up in the room set up for me here, my first thought every day is who will pick up my children from school.

David Brooks Wants to Make America Great Again

Apart from being a police officer, firefighter, or soldier engaged in one of this nation’s endless wars, writing a column for a major American newspaper has got to be one of the toughest and most unforgiving jobs there is. The pay may be decent , but the pressures to perform on cue are undoubtedly relentless.

Pence: Administration backs Israel abroad, business at home

Vice President Mike Pence is assuring the Republican Jewish Coalition that he and President Donald Trump will work tirelessly on foreign and domestic issues important to the group, such as enacting business-friendly policies at home and supporting Israel abroad. “If the world knows nothing else, the world will know this: America stands with Israel,” Pence told the group Friday night.

At town halls, GOP caught between Trump, angry voters

In this Feb. 21, 2017 file photo, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., speaks at the Anderson County Chamber of Commerce luncheon at the American Legion Post 34, in Lawrenceburg, Ky. President Donald Trump has been in the White House only a little more than a month and already he’s making things awfully uncomfortable for some of his fellow Republicans.

Le Krewe d’Etat presents a menagerie of political satire

Le Krewe d’Etat rechristened President Donald Trump as the “800-pound orangutan” on Napoleon Avenue on Friday, Feb. 24, 2017. While the political developments of the past year came as a shock to some Americans, Le Krewe d’Etat clearly welcomed the upheaval – at least as an opportunity to skewer both the famous and the infamous in this year’s “Zoo D’Etat.”

AP Exclusive: Analysts downplay threat from 7 nations in ban

In this June 5, 2015 file photo, a view of the Homeland Security Department headquarters in Washington. Analysts at the Homeland Security Department’s intelligence arm found insufficient evidence that citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries included in President Donald Trump’s travel ban pose a terror threat to the U.S. less FILE – In this June 5, 2015 file photo, a view of the Homeland Security Department headquarters in Washington.

GOP proposal aims to end insurance mandate in ‘Obamacare’

A draft Republican bill replacing President Barack Obama ‘s health care law would end its Medicaid expansion, scrap fines on people not buying insurance and eliminate taxes on the medical industry and higher earners. Instead, it would create tax credits worth up to $4,000, allow bigger contributions to personal health savings accounts and impose a new levy on expensive health coverage some employees get at work.

As party rebuilds, Democrats seek a new DNC leader

Democrats are beginning the process of rebuilding their party by choosing a new national chairman charged with turning widespread opposition to President Donald Trump into more election victories. With the outcome of Saturday’s vote uncertain, former Labor Secretary Tom Perez and Minnesota Rep. Keith Ellison are making a final push to cajole support from the hundreds of state party leaders, donors and activists who make up the Democratic National Committee.

Democrats inviting immigrants to Trump’s speech to Congress

In this Feb. 10, 2016 file photo, Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington during a House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee hearing on The Flint Water Crisis. Dr. Hanna-Attisha came to the U.S. with her parents, who were fleeing the regime of Saddam Hussein, has been invited by Rep. Dan Kildee, D-Mich.

Mexico warns of tariffs, spurns US aid

Mexico has hardened its opposition to President Donald Trump by saying it would retaliate if the United States imposed a border tax and that it can afford to lose financial aid that might be pulled to pay for a border wall. Foreign Minister Luis Videgaray said Mexico could respond to any tax the US were to unilaterally impose on imports from its southern neighbour to finance the wall with levies on select goods, aimed at US regions most dependent on exports south of the border.

High Honor

One morning in July, Lieutenant Benjamin Stone finds himself scheduled to flay at a funeral. The site is Arlington National Cemetery, on the outskirts of Washington, D.C. Ben Stone is assigned to VFA-81, which is stationed at Naval Air Station Oceana in Virginia–four hours away as the interstate runs.

Aerojet Rocketdyne Coleman Aerospace Opens New Facility on Cape Canaveral

Pictured LtoR: Colonel Matthew Wallace ; Stan Thomas ; Dan Kelly ; Tyler Evans ; Angelique Rinaldi ; Patrick Gavin ; and Jim Kuzma “With the opening of this innovative facility, we are building on our expertise as a premier launch vehicle provider for missile defense testing,” said Dan Kelly, who will serve as interim general manager of Aerojet Rocketdyne Coleman Aerospace. “We are excited to officially establish our Space Coast presence today, marking the culmination of years of collaboration that brought this facility and its needed capabilities to fruition,” said Aerojet Rocketdyne CEO and President Eileen Drake.

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After a brutal election loss in November, Democrats will choose a new leader on Saturday to begin the daunting task of rebuilding the party and heading the political opposition to Republican President Donald Trump. The 447 members of the Democratic National Committee, the administrative and fundraising arm of the party, will gather in Atlanta to pick a new chairman in one of the most crowded and competitive party leadership elections in decades.

DHS report disputes threat from banned nations

Analysts at the Homeland Security Department’s intelligence arm found insufficient evidence that citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries included in President Donald Trump’s travel ban pose a terror threat to the United States. A draft document obtained by The Associated Press concludes that citizenship is an “unlikely indicator” of terrorism threats to the United States and that few people from the countries Trump listed in his travel ban have carried out attacks or been involved in terrorism-related activities in the U.S. since Syria’s civil war started in 2011.

‘Deep state’ is real – ‘alt right’ is fake

As outlined in Foreign Policy, the concept of the deep state is nothing new. But the Trump presidency may serve as the galvanizing force that links some of the formal established Democratic opposition forces, including MoveOn.org, government unions and Black Lives Matter with the informal deep-state cadre of disgruntled liberal bureaucrats, the hostile mainstream media and the usual suspects on the left.