Hillary Clinton Not Running in 2020, but Will Still Have an Impact on Dems
Hillary Clinton, the Democratic party’s presidential nominee in 2016, said she is not running again in 2020 — but her influence on other candidates will be significant. ...
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More Women Buying Guns for Protection and Empowerment
The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) says that gun ownership among women has risen 77 percent since 2005, with most women purchasing guns to protect themselves. ...
Sanctuary Cities Receiving Federal Funds, Despite Trump Order to Withhold Them
Sanctuary cities across the nation have begun receiving federal funding that was blocked by President Trump’s executive order issued in January 2017. ...
Many Venezuelan Soldiers Wavering and Some Are Deserting
Venezuela’s dictator Nicolás Maduro has been using the military to stop aid coming across the border from Colombia, but some soldiers forced to stop the aid are deserting. ...
Pence Assures Venezuelan Opposition Leader Guaidó of U.S. Support
At the Lima Group meeting in Bogotá, Colombia, Vice President Mike Pence told Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó that President Trump supports him “100 percent.” ...
Customs and Border Protection Working on Upgrading Border Wall in San Diego
U.S. Customs and Border Protection is beginning construction on the San Diego Secondary Project to improve the deficient barrier along the U.S.-Mexico border. ...
President Trump Tells Venezuelan Americans in Miami: “Socialism Is Dying”
President Trump told a crowd of Venezuelan émigrés in Miami on February 18: “In Venezuela … socialism is dying, and liberty, prosperity, and democracy are being reborn.” ...
Former CBS News Correspondent Lara Logan Says News Media Mostly Liberal
Lara Logan — former CBS News chief foreign affairs correspondent — said during an interview that the U.S. and international news media is mostly liberal. ...
Politicians in High Tax States Blame New Cap on SALT Deduction for Taxpayer Exodus
Politicians in high tax states are blaming the cap on the state and local tax (SALT) deduction that hits their states hard for the thousands of their residents fleeing...
Ted Cruz Introduces Bill to Use Assets Seized From Drug Lord to Pay for Wall
Senator Ted Cruz has introduced a bill to use assets seized from convicted Mexican drug lord Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán to pay for the wall along the U.S.-Mexico border....
Venezuela’s Opposition Leader Guaidó Open to U.S. Intervention
Opposition leader Juan Guaidó does not rule out the possibility of authorizing U.S. intervention to help force President/strongman Nicolás Maduro from power. ...
Congressional Negotiators Working to Break Funding Impasse and Avoid Shutdown
Congressional conference committee members are trying to strike a deal that will satisfy both Democrats and President Trump and thereby avoid another government shutdown. ...
CBP To Use Existing Funds to Begin Border Fences and Walls In Texas
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has stated that the federal government will soon begin construction of more border barriers in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas. ...
Boy Scouts Now Welcome Girls and Even All-girls Troops
Boy Scouts has rebranded itself as “Scouts BSA,” reflecting the fact that it is no longer exclusively male and that girls between the ages of 11 and 17 are...
Trump Says Military Intervention in Venezuela Is “An Option”
During an interview with Face the Nation’s moderator Margaret Brennan, President Trump said that using the U.S. military in Venezuela is “an option.” ...
Texas Republicans Warn That Trump Could Lose Texas, and Reelection, in 2020
GOP leaders in Texas are telling national and state Republican organizations that they can no longer take Texas for granted, and the Lone Star State might turn blue in...
Iran to Change Military Status to “Offensive,” Says Chief of Staff
The chief of staff of Iran’s armed forces, Major General Mohammad Bagheri, said that Iran would change its defense strategy to “offensive” to defend its national interests. ...
CDC: Almost Two Percent of Youth Are “Transgender,” 35 Percent of Whom Have Attempted Suicide
A CDC study said that just under two percent of high school students said they were “transgender; thirty-five percent of those had attempted suicide in the previous year. ...
Pressure to Oust Maduro Grows Inside and Outside Venezuela
The leader of Venezuela’s opposition to President Nicolas Maduro, National Assembly President Juan Guaidó, is receiving support from U.S. and other world leaders. ...
Oxfam Report Notes Increasing Gap Between Rich and Poor, Fueling Anger
Oxfam asserts that governments are under-funding public services and failing to clamp down on tax dodging, supposedly increasing the income gap between rich and poor. ...
