POLITICS | President Trump To Be First President In History To Speak In Person At The March For Life
Mary Margaret Olohan |Social Issues Reporter . President Donald Trump will attend the March for Life in Washington, D.C., Friday, making him the first U.S. president to do so. The president will speak at the 47th annual March for Life, a pro-life demonstration following the anniversary of Roe v. Wade, March for Life President Jeanne […]
POLITICS | Guide to the Trump Impeachment Trial in the Senate
BY ZACHARY STIEBER The impeachment trial of President Donald Trump will start on Jan. 21, as all 100 U.S. senators gather in Washington to vote on initial trial guidelines. Senators will hear from Trump’s legal team and House impeachment managers as soon as Jan. 21, before submitting written questions to both sides. According to the Republican majority, the matter of […]
Trump Touts US Economy, Criticizes Climate Alarmists in Davos
BY EMEL AKAN DAVOS, Switzerland—President Donald Trump hailed his economic and trade accomplishments in his opening remarks on the first day of the economic summit in Davos on Jan. 21, saying that the United States is “winning again like never before.” “Today I am proud to declare that the United States is in the midst of an economic boom, […]
POLITICS | President Trump To Crack Down On ‘Birth Tourism’: Report
JASON HOPKINS IMMIGRATION AND POLITICS REPORTER . The Trump administration is reportedly preparing to crack down on foreign nationals who visit the United States with the explicit intention to give birth, taking advantage of the country’s birthright citizen laws. President Donald Trump is expected to roll out changes to visa requirements in the coming days in […]
‘I Want Trump Out!’: Migrants Plan To Cross US Border Once Trump Leaves Office
JASON HOPKINS IMMIGRATION AND POLITICS REPORTER . Central American migrants hoping to enter the United States have said they will wait in Mexico in the hope that President Donald Trump loses reelection, where they will then cross the U.S. border. The Center for Immigration Studies (CIS), a Washington, D.C.-based think tank that advocates for reduced immigration, visited […]
Impeachment Trial of Trump Formally Starts as Senators Are Sworn In
BY JACK PHILLIPS The impeachment trial of President Donald Trump began in the Senate on Jan. 16 with a reading of the House-passed articles of impeachment and a swearing-in of 100 senators in front of Supreme Court Justice John Roberts. After 2 p.m. Eastern time, Roberts placed his hand on the Bible and was sworn in by Sen. Chuck Grassley (R.-Iowa), […]
POLITICS | Senate Passes USMCA Deal, Sending It to Trump’s Desk
BY EMEL AKAN WASHINGTON—The U.S. Senate on Jan 16 approved the U.S.–Mexico–Canada Agreement (USMCA) in an 89 to 10 vote. The agreement now heads to President Donald Trump’s desk for his signature. With the same kind of bipartisan support, the USMCA cleared the U.S. House of Representatives 385-41 on Dec. 19. The Senate approval comes a day after […]
BUSINESS | US, China Sign ‘Phase One’ Trade Deal, Calming Trade Tensions
BY EMEL AKAN WASHINGTON—The United States and China signed a much anticipated “phase one” trade deal on Jan. 15, making an important breakthrough in the nearly 2-year-old trade war. President Donald Trump and Chinese Vice Premier Liu He signed the accord at a White House ceremony. “Together we are righting the wrongs of the past and delivering a […]
Climate Experts Suggest Trump Was Right When He Blamed California’s Wildfires On Land Management
CHRIS WHITE TECH REPORTER . Climate experts are apparently backing President Donald Trump’s repeated arguments that California’s wildfires were a result of poor land management rather than climate change, E&E reported Thursday. Roughly 75% of damage stemming from California’s wildfires was a result of “the way we manage lands and develop our landscape,” Scott Stephens, a […]
BUSINESS | Trump Unveils Plan to Speed Up Permits for Big Projects
BY IVAN PENTCHOUKOV President Donald Trump on Jan. 9 introduced a plan to expedite the permitting process for major infrastructure projects such as oil pipelines and bridges. Once adopted, the proposed rule would mark the first modification in four decades on how the executive branch interprets the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). Enacted in 1970, NEPA is a bedrock environmental […]
