by Jim Heath | Mar 26, 2019 | Headlines, Trump
Acting Pentagon chief Patrick Shanahan said today he had authorized $1 billion to build part of the wall sought by President Trump along the U.S.-Mexico border – prompting Donald Trump Jr. to exclaim that “Christmas has come early.” The Department of...
by Jim Heath | Mar 20, 2019 | Headlines, Trump
The U.S. Department of Defense is proposing to pay for President Trump’s much-debated border wall by shifting funds away from projects that include $1.2 billion for schools, childcare centers and other facilities for military children, according to a list it has...
by Jim Heath | Mar 11, 2019 | Congress, Headlines, Trump
President Trump on today unveiled his 2020 budget proposal, calling for domestic spending cuts of 5 percent across the federal government. The White House, in Trump’s latest budget, would turbo-charge defense spending while providing $8.6 billion to fund his...
by Jim Heath | Mar 9, 2019 | Headlines, Trump
President Trump today branded former ally Ann Coulter a “Wacky Nut Job” — less than a month after insisting he did not follow the conservative commentator and blamed journalists for exaggerating her influence over White House decision-making. Coulter is an immigration...
by Jim Heath | Feb 26, 2019 | Congress, Headlines, Immigration
The House tonight passed a resolution to overturn President Trump’s declaration of a national emergency on the southern border, as majority Democrats painted an apocalyptic portrait of a lawless chief executive out to gut the Constitution. The 245-182 tally was mostly...