CNN published a story about a breastfeeding mother apprehended in an U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement raid, but a medical examination disputes the basic premise by finding the woman wasn’t even lactating. The CNN article published Aug. 19 told the story of Maria Domingo-Garcia, a mother of three of who was among 680 illegal aliens apprehended by […]
President Donald Trump told U.S. companies Friday to “start looking for an alternative” to China for business, after that country announced a 25% tariff on all U.S. automobiles and a 5% to 10% tariff on $75 billion worth of U.S. goods. Trump tweeted that bringing companies back home would be a “GREAT opportunity” for the […]
Washington state has withdrawn from Title X, the federal family funding program, rather than comply with new rules imposed by the Trump administration. The Washington Department of Health informed the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services of its decision to withdraw from the program rather than obey administration rules banning Title X grantees from […]
Some on the left celebrated the news Friday of billionaire David Koch’s death after a battle with prostate cancer. The libertarian philanthropist and political activist had contributed over $1.3 billion to public policy institutes, medical organizations, cultural institutions, and more. He was 79. Those on the left expressing happiness over Koch’s passing included American sportswriter Charles Pierce, who suggested […]
House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y., has asked House panels investigating President Donald Trump to share impeachment documents. Nadler requested the documents in a Thursday letter to fellow Democratic Reps. Adam Schiff of California, Maxine Waters of California, Elijah Cummings of Maryland, and Elliot Engel of New York. The House Judiciary Committee chairman asks in the letter that their […]
When two reporters showed up at the Wisconsin governor’s office in February for a press briefing on the new administration’s proposed budget, staffers turned them away. Although the governor’s office didn’t formally invite the reporters, they were credentialed through the Wisconsin Legislature to cover government activities. They also emailed an RSVP to the governor’s staff. […]
Remember the controversy in 2012 when President Barack Obama said, “If you’ve got a business, you didn’t build that. Somebody else made that happen.” In context, the president was trying to make the point that in addition to our own hard work, others contributed to whatever level of success we have attained. The president suggested […]
President Donald Trump said Wednesday he was considering designating masked Antifa militants as a terrorist organization because of the group’s violent actions across the country. “We’re looking at a lot of different things relative to Antifa. Antifa, in my opinion, is a terrorist organization,” Trump said of the mask-wearing group in response to a question at […]
In a breakthrough for global advocacy of religious freedom, the United Nations this year established Aug. 22 as the International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief. The U.N.’s May 28 decision was a long-overdue global recognition that violence against people based on their faith is a serious and […]
The Trump administration is moving to close what it calls a “loophole” that has stymied enforcement of immigration laws, in a change that would allow detention of illegal-immigrant minors for longer than the current 20 days. The Department of Homeland Security will seek to terminate the so-called Flores settlement agreement through executive action and replace […]
