Imposing Tariffs on Countries Importing Venezuelan Oil

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) (IEEPA), the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.), and section 301 of title 3, United States Code, and in view of the national […]

Senate confirms Trump’s pick to lead Navy and Marine Corps

John Phelan is set to take the helm as secretary of the Navy after the Senate confirmed him for the job Monday by a vote of 62-30. The SECNAV is the top civilian responsible for leading the Department of the Navy, which also includes the Marine Corps. Phelan, a businessman and co-founder of MSD Capital, […]

Today’s Fun Fact: Chief Justice John Roberts Nominated Trump-Hater James Boasberg to the DC FISA Court – And the Two Belonged to Same Elitist, Invite-Only Lawyers’ Club | The Gateway Pundit

Renegade Trump-hating Judge James Boasberg and pal Chief Justice John Roberts Investigative journalist Bad Kitty Unleashed reported on Thursday that Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts is involved in an invite-only club for elite judges in Washington, DC. The elitist club America Inns of Court also includes the radical America-hating judges James Boasberg, Beryl Howell, […]

Rising anger among Democrats fuels talk of Tea Party-style backlash

Democrats are seeing signs of growing energy on the grassroots level, raising questions about the possibility of a Tea Party-style movement from the party’s progressive flank. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) drew tens of thousands on stops for their “Fighting Oligarchy Tour” over the weekend, illustrating what progressives say is their […]

GOP heads into key stretch for ambitious Trump tax cut plan 

Republicans on Capitol Hill are staring down a key three-week stretch in their effort to enact President Trump’s ambitious tax agenda, with hopes that the House will be able to advance a compromise budget resolution at its conclusion to keep pace with the party’s aggressive timeline. Senate Republicans last month adopted a budget resolution for […]

Military Plans to Investigate GIs for “Symptoms” of Being Trans

The court filing signals a shift from targeting openly trans troops to potentially investigating those who are closeted. According to a newly filed document in Talbott v. Trump — the court case that will determine whether transgender people can continue to serve in the U.S. military — the military now plans to ask all service […]

Trump Fires Nearly the Entire Civil Rights Branch of D.H.S.

Just this week, the Trump administration stonewalled a federal judge seeking information about the use of an 18th-century wartime law to deport immigrants with little to no due process to a prison in El Salvador.“It’s a demonstration of their total contempt for any checks on their power,” said Deborah Fleischaker, a former civil rights office […]