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A new poll revealed that 60 percent of Americans who watched the State of the Union approved of President Donald Trump’s speech.

Nancy Pelosi urged Paul Ryan to remove Rep. Devin Nunes as House Intel Committee chairman for his decision to release the FISA memo.

The RNC announced on Wednesday that it has fundraised a record $132.5 million in 2017, the most for any off-year election cycle.

President Donald Trump credited the American spirit and work ethic for building the nation’s infrastructure in his State of the Union speech on Tuesday and called on Congress to craft legislation to modernize it.

A poll revealed that business leaders overwhelmingly approve of President Trump’s tax reform bill and infrastructure package.

White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders mocked celebrities for hosting an Anti-State of the Union Address in New York City, pointing to their waning influence in the realm of politics.

Home Depot co-founder Bernie Marcus slammed Democrats who have chided the Republican-passed tax reform bill, saying, “Use your brains.”

TEL AVIV — Carter Page, a former foreign policy adviser to President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign, praised the House Intelligence Committee’s decision on Monday evening to release a classified memo purportedly revealing government surveillance abuses under the Obama administration.

Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) endorsed Montana rancher and state auditor Matt Rosendale to challenge Sen. Jon Tester in the 2018 midterm election.

TEL AVIV — Glenn R. Simpson, the co-founder of the controversial opposition research firm Fusion GPS, admitted in testimony he was not “convinced” that any “specific crime” was committed by Donald Trump’s presidential campaign when ex-British spy Christopher Steele approached the FBI about the contents of the infamous, 35-page anti-Trump dossier produced by his company.

FedEx announced Friday it will commit to more than $3.2 billion in wage increases, bonuses, and other perks, thanks to tax reform.

Rep. Lou Barletta’s (R-PA) campaign rebuked a CNN hit piece on the Pennsylvania congressman in an exclusive statement to Breitbart News, calling it “baseless” and “outrageous.”

Sen. Perdue questioned the Congressional Budget Office’s (CBO) political bias during a Senate Budget Committee hearing on Wednesday.

Former Democratic National Committee (DNC) chairwoman and Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) argued on Thursday that $1,000 bonuses as a result of tax reform don’t amount to much help. She said, “I’m not sure that $1,000 goes very far for anyone.”

Home Depot announced on Thursday that their workers can receive up to $1,000 bonuses thanks to the recently passed Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.

House Rep. Darrell has endorsed California Franchise Tax Board Chair Diane Harkey for the 49th district U.S. House seat that he will vacate after 2018.

AT&T called for an “Internet Bill of Rights” and argued that Facebook and Google should also be subjected to rules that would prevent unfair censorship on their platforms.

As President Trump told mainstream media reporters that he is open to caving on his immigration commitments and willing to give a pathway to U.S. citizenship to nearly 800,000 illegal aliens, open borders activists were hurling insults at the president and members of his party.

TEL AVIV — Glenn R. Simpson, the co-founder of the controversial opposition research firm Fusion GPS, admitted in testimony that he is not sure whether some of the most controversial claims inside the infamous, 35-page anti-Trump dossier produced by his company are true or false.

Illegal alien activists held a mock funeral on Wednesday in the U.S. Senate rotunda, saying that because Congress and President Trump have not given them amnesty, “they are killing our dreams.”

Thirty-nine House Democrats flip-flopped in favor of funding the government after the “Schumer Shutdown” failed.

A small group of 15 to 20 amnesty activists blocked the entrance to the Disneyland theme park in Anaheim, California, on Monday, calling for passage of a “clean” Dream Act that would give legal status to millions of illegal aliens.

Illegal alien activists stormed the home of Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and the offices of Democrats demanding immediate amnesty for all 12 to 30 million illegal aliens in the United States, as well as the release of all illegal aliens who are in detention centers for crossing the U.S.-Mexico border illegally.

Twenty-Seven Senate Democrats flip-flopped in favor of funding the government after the “Schumer Shutdown” failed.

The House quickly passed a three-week stop-gap spending bill on Monday, ending the “Schumer Shutdown.”

The Senate approved a three-week spending bill to fund the government for three weeks after Senate Democrats caved on the “Schumer Shutdown.”

Illegal alien activists say they are “outraged” after Senate Democrats did not leave the federal government shut down in order to force a deal whereby millions of illegal aliens are given amnesty at the expense of American citizens.

Senate Democrats caved on the “Schumer Shutdown,” on Monday, agreeing to a three-week spending bill that funds the government until February 8.

Danny Tarkanian told Breitbart News that Sen. Dean Heller once “said he would do anything to get DACA passed.”

A disputed derogatory remark about the poor state of African countries attributed to U.S. President Donald Trump during a recent private Oval Office meeting sparked a global political, diplomatic, and media firestorm.

Paul Ryan declared at the March for Life rally in Washington, DC, on Friday that the pro-life movement “is on the rise” because truth, science, and love are “on our side.”

Republican leadership will send House lawmakers home this weekend, calling Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s (D-NY) bluff on a potential government shutdown.

The government continues to barrel towards a shutdown as it appears increasingly unlikely that a spending bill will pass through both the House and the Senate before this Friday’s government funding deadline.

President Donald Trump backed the House leadership’s short-term spending bill to avert a government shutdown.

Sixty-four percent of Americans approve of work requirements for Medicaid, according to a Rassmussen poll released this week.