President Donald J. Trump’s State of the Union Address January 30, 2018 Remarks as prepared for delivery TO THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES: Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, Members of Congress, the First Lady of the United States, and my fellow Americans: Less than 1 year has passed since I first stood at this podium, in this majestic chamber,...

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By: Edward-Isaac Dovere – politico.com  – January 23, 2018 Tony Perkins head of the Family Research Council says that evangelicals are willing to overlook Trump’s past behavior so long as he delivers for them on policy. Donald Trump is still the answer to many conservative evangelical leaders’ prayers. Or at least to their continuing grievances. They embrace Trump the policymaker, despite...

By: Ethan Stoetzer – insidesources.com – January 22, 2018 As midterm elections approach in 2018, both Republicans and Democrats are going to work to activate their bases, but what about the millennials? As midterm elections approach in 2018, many question the ability of Republicans to hold on to their majorities in the House and Senate, and wonder whether or not...

By: Zack Stanton – politico.com – January 23, 2018 Tony Perkins head of the Family Research Council says that evangelicals are willing to overlook Trump’s past behavior so long as he delivers for them on policy. Donald Trump is still the answer to many conservative evangelical leaders’ prayers. Or at least to their continuing grievances. They embrace Trump the policymaker,...

By: Scott Wong – thehill.com – January 18, 2018 Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) delivered a stern warning to Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) and his fellow Senate Democrats on Thursday night, minutes after the House voted to avert a government shutdown. “Sen. Schumer, do not shut down the federal government. Do not jeopardize funding for our military and for our...

By: Haley Byrd – weeklystandard.com – January 17, 2018 Republicans are scrambling to pass a short-term spending bill to keep the government up and running, just 72 hours before a shutdown deadline. House Republicans revealed their strategy for the stopgap funding bill during a GOP conference meeting Tuesday night, and they plan to whip support for the measure throughout the...

By: Ed Stetzer – washingtonpost.com – January 12, 2018 When my ancestors came to America from Ireland, they left what many people considered a “s‑‑‑hole” country. A potato famine, combined with Ireland’s bad reputation in much of Europe, led many to call for an end to the immigration of the unwashed Irish. “Filthy,” they called my family. But, let’s face it,...

By: Thomas Kaplan, Noah Weiland and Michael D. Shear – nytimes.com –  January 14, 2018 After three days of denunciations from around the world, President Trump declared that he is “not a racist” on Sunday, even as the uproar over his vulgar remarks on immigration overshadowed critical issues facing the capital, including efforts to protect young undocumented immigrants and avert...

By: Victor Davis Hanson – nationalreview.com – January 11, 2018 By cutting off hundreds of millions in American aid to the Palestinian Authority, President Trump could radically alter the Middle East. President Trump set off another Twitter firestorm last week when he hinted that he may be considering cutting off hundreds of millions of dollars in annual U.S. aid to...