Trump Budget Director: We Are ‘Dead Serious About the Wall’
President Donald Trump’s budget director Mick Mulveney reassured supporters that the White House would build a wall, previewing it to reporters at the White House press briefing.
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Cornell University Students, Faculty Demand College Provide Funding to Illegal Immigrants
Students from Cornell University hosted a protest to demand that the college provide funding to illegal immigrants.
Planned Parenthood Asks Judge to Block Medicaid Cuts by Texas
Lawyers for Planned Parenthood filed an application for a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction late Friday night asking the judge in the litigation over Medicaid cuts to prevent Texas from defunding Medicaid to the abortion provider. Officials in Texas took action after gruesome videos filmed at various Planned Parenthood facilities, including the mega-abortion facility in Houston, Texas were released.
China Condemns NDAA Proposal for ‘Senior Military Exchanges’ with Taiwan
The Chinese Foreign Ministry and the nation’s state-run media have condemned Congress’s approval of new high-level military talks between the United States and Taiwan. The rebuke follows a month of vocal dismay in Beijing over President-elect Donald Trump’s questioning of the “One China” policy, which denies Taiwan’s sovereignty.
Texas Aborts Planned Parenthood’s Medicaid Funding
The State of Texas gave Planned Parenthood final notice on Tuesday that it would no longer allow it to participate in the Medicaid program in the Lone Star State. The letter from the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) said it was “not qualified to provide medical services in a professionally competent, safe, legal, and ethical manner.”
$590M in Zika Money Disappears Into Big Government’s Black Hole of Suck
In April, the Obama Administration made a great show of moving $590 million in taxpayer funds from an account to fight Ebola over to an account for fighting the Zika threat.
50 Million Reasons Why The WWF Wants Britain to Remain In The EU
The WWF – the world’s richest environmental lobby group – has announced that Britain should remain in the European Union. “The safer option for our wildlife and environment is for the UK to remain within the EU,” it says in a
No, Stephen Hawking, Science Doesn’t Need Any Help From The European Union
Stephen Hawking and 150 other distinguished scientists – all fellows of the Royal Society – have written a letter to the (London) Times saying that if Britain leaves the European Union it would be a “disaster for UK science.” No it
Donald Trump: ‘Unwise’ For Paul Ryan To Fund Obama’s Refugee Resettlement Program
Billionaire Donald Trump says it is “unwise” for newly elected House Speaker Paul Ryan to fund President Barack Obama’s efforts to resettle Syrian refugees across America.
Would Obama Sign A Bill that Partially Defunds Planned Parenthood?
White House press secretary Josh Earnest consistently vows that President Obama would veto a bill from House Republicans that fully defunds Planned Parenthood. But he remained open to the idea that Obama might sign a bill that partially defunds the abortion corporation.
CA High-Speed Rail Strikes Out in Pitch for International Funding
Governor Jerry Brown’s pet project, the $68-billion bullet train, is finding it difficult to attract any outside investors willing to contribute the vital funds needed to complete the high-speed rail project.
Republicans Plan to Blast Democrats for Blocking DHS Funding
For the past week, President Obama and Senate Democrats have spent the past two weeks blasting Republicans after the House passed a bill which included two different proposals to defund Obama’s executive actions on immigration. Republican leaders in Congress, however, haven’t been as aggressive in their messaging strategy.
