By: Eli Yokley – morningconsult.com – January 10, 2019 Three Republican senators who could face primary challenges next year are beginning 2019 on the upswing with their party’s base after playing pivotal roles in the successful confirmation of President Donald Trump’s controversial Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh. Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, whose fiery speech defending Kavanaugh at a...

By: Carrie Severino – nationalreview.com – January 9, 2019 The 116th Congress has officially begun, and it has a lot of work to do on the judicial nominations front. The 115th Congress confirmed an impressive 85 new federal judges—including two Supreme Court justices and a record-breaking 30 circuit court judges. But thanks to former Senator Jeff Flake’s hold at the...

By: Victor Davis Hanson – townhall.com – January 10, 2019 Estimates suggest that there are 11 million to 13 million Mexican citizens currently living in the United States illegally. Millions more emigrated previously and are now U.S. citizens. A recent poll revealed that one-third of Mexicans (34 percent) would like to emigrate to the United States. With Mexico having a...

By: the Editors – nationalreview.com – January 10, 2019 President Trump says he is considering declaring an emergency at the border to unlock military funds to build a fence (a.k.a. wall). It’s not clear how serious he is, although anonymous White House aides have been quoted saying they believe this will be his ultimate way out of the shutdown fight....

By: the Editorial Board – wsj.com – January 9, 2019 The U.S. Senate is back in session, and therefore so is the Democratic nominations blockade. Minority Leader Chuck Schumer demanded Wednesday that President Trump withdraw his nomination of Bill Barr as Attorney General, even though Mr. Barr served with distinction as President George H.W. Bush’s AG. The question is whether...

By: Eliana Johnson & Gabby Orr – politico.com – January 10, 2018 The White House is reaching out to political allies and conservative activist groups to prepare for an ailing Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s possible death or departure from the Supreme Court — an event that would trigger the second bitter confirmation battle of President Donald Trump’s tenure. The outreach...

By: Katie Pavlich – townhall.com – January 09, 2019 President Trump made his first address to the nation from the Oval Office Tuesday night. He spoke directly to the American people about the ongoing crisis at the southern border and touched on everything from national security to U.S. communities impacted by crime and drugs. Donald J. Trump ✔ @realDonaldTrump The...

By: Jarrett Stepman, Rachel del Guidice, & Fred Lucas – dailysignal.com – January 09, 2019 President Donald Trump made the case Tuesday night for the $5.7 billion he wants Congress to approve for a wall expanding the physical barrier along the southern border to stop the flow of illegal immigrants and drugs. The Daily Signal examined five of the president’s...

By: afaAction.net Staff – afa.net – December 27, 2018 In December 2017, President Trump re-nominated Chai Feldblum to serve as Commissioner of the EEOC. Feldblum is the same anti-religious liberty and pro-LGBT zealot whom President Barack Obama nominated in 2010. Her previous term ended July 1, 2018. It is time that President Trump withdraw Feldblums nomination and replace her with...

  By: Saagar Enjeti – dailycaller.com – 1/7/2019 Quiet preparations are underway within conservative legal circles and the White House counsel’s office in the event that Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg retires, two sources familiar with the process tell The Daily Caller. The 85-year-old Ginsburg did not appear for oral arguments at the Supreme Court on Monday, missing the...