Politics

Rick Perry’s Trump Card Fizzles

When the Republican candidates take stage in Cleveland for the first presidential debate, former Texas Gov. Rick Perry will likely be watching from his hotel room somewhere. The candidate who briefly dominated polling in the 2012 contest and began this campaign in the middle of the pack, looks to settle in 11th or 12th place when the debate cut-off is set.

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GOP Civil War Explodes in Full View

Republicans will come back to Washington in September with just 10 days to figure out how to avoid a second potential government shutdown in three years, as the right flank of the party is beginning to push to attach conservative priorities to the bill that keeps the government funded.

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Facebook to Use Drone to Increase Global Access

On Thursday, Facebook Inc., unsatisfied with its global access, announced it has built a full-scale drone to fly between 60,000 feet above ground at night and 90,000 feet during the day to allow the entire world to use Facebook.

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Ben Carson: ‘Black Lives Matter’ Is PC ‘Going Amok’

On Sunday, presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson, speaking on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” doubled down on his comments from a week before when he opined “all lives matter.” Carson stated on Sunday that all the fuss over the “Black Lives Matter” mantra is “political correctness going amok.”

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Exclusive — USA to Issue More Green Cards Than Populations of Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina Combined

The overwhelming majority of immigration to the United States is the result of our visa policies. Each year, millions of visas are issued to temporary workers, foreign students, refugees, asylees, and permanent immigrants for admission into the United States. The lion’s share of these visas are for lesser-skilled and lower-paid workers and their dependents who, because they are here on work-authorized visas, are added directly to the same labor pool occupied by current unemployed jobseekers.

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U.S. Factory Construction Hits Highest Level Since 1958

Investment in new U.S. factory plant and equipment just hit the highest level since 1958. After 100 years of economic dominance due to cheap and abundant oil, U.S. politicians turned against domestic oil production in the 1970s and the Middle East oil production took off. For the next 40 years, the budget deficit and income inequality soared as high-paying manufacturing jobs went offshore. But with fracking re-establishing America as the planet’s largest energy producer, U.S. manufacturing is back.

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Exclusive–John Boehner Embarrassed: His Whip Team Couldn’t Find Votes to Reelect Him Speaker Last Week

House Speaker John Boehner had been planning to call up on the House floor last week a measure from Rep. Mark Meadows (R-NC) that would have removed him as Speaker of the House if it succeeded—intending to embarrass Meadows—but abandoned the plan after his entire leadership structure learned that they did not have the votes to re-elect him as Speaker before the August recess.

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Molly Ball: Hillary Attempting ‘Charade of Transparency’

Sunday on CBS’s “Face the Nation,” The Atlantic’s Molly Ball discussed the Clinton campaign’s Friday documents release which  included some tax returns and health records and said Clinton is trying to create a “charade of transparency.” Ball said, “Well, I think this

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Here’s How Many Lives Were Taken in Just 8 Armed Attacks in Gun Free Zones

Calls for more gun control almost always follow a public crime or terror attack in which the attacker–or attackers–use a gun. Yet many of the most infamous attacks take place in gun free zones–places where law-abiding citizens disarm themselves to comply with the rules while criminals take advantage of disarmed masses and open fire.

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Rand Paul: Planned Parenthood a ‘Front’ for Abortion

Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union With Jake Tapper,” Republican presidential candidate Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) criticized Planned Parenthood, describing it as a “front for abortions.” Paul said, “I think we can have disputes over abortion. Our country’s divided. Some people

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Perry on Criticizing Trump: ‘I Will Not Be Quiet’

This week on “Fox News Sunday With Chris Wallace ” Republican presidential candidate former Gov. Rick Perry (R-TX)  said he will “not be quiet” when it comes to criticizing his rival Donald Trump. Perry said, “I’m not going to be

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What O’Reilly’s Black Lives Matter Segment Left Out

Fox News host Bill O’Reilly did a segment on Tuesday night’s show about the Black Lives Matter movement with Washington Times writer Kelly Riddell that was solid, highlighting some of Riddell’s work about how progressive billionaire George Soros has been

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ABC News: Strongest Signs Yet Biden Could Run for President

Sunday on ABC’s “This Week,” Cecilia Vega reported, “This morning, the strongest signs yet that Joe Biden might be ready to run. The vice president’s advisers telling ABC News, his political team has been ramping up in recent days, entering

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