The halls of Congress witnessed high drama Thursday as House Republicans, clinging to their razor-thin majority by their fingernails, managed to defeat a bipartisan resolution that would have handcuffed President Donald Trump's military options in Venezuela. The final tally tells the story: 215 to 215, with the measure falling one vote shy of passage. In the world of … [Read more...] about House Republicans Narrowly Defeat War Powers Resolution on Venezuela
Speaker Johnson Backs Judicial Impeachment Push as GOP Targets District Court Judges
Courage, as they say, is not the absence of fear but the willingness to act despite it. And right now, House conservatives are showing they have the courage to take on what they see as a fundamental threat to constitutional governance. Speaker Mike Johnson has given his blessing to a renewed effort to impeach federal judges accused of overstepping their authority in blocking … [Read more...] about Speaker Johnson Backs Judicial Impeachment Push as GOP Targets District Court Judges
Trump Suggests NATO Should Have Been Called to Defend Southern Border
There are moments in American politics when a president says something that makes the whole world sit up and take notice. This is one of those moments. President Donald Trump threw a curveball at the international community Thursday, suggesting the United States should have considered invoking NATO's sacred Article 5 defense clause to address the ongoing crisis at America's … [Read more...] about Trump Suggests NATO Should Have Been Called to Defend Southern Border
Trump Administration Ends Federal Funding for Fetal Tissue Research
The courage of conviction sometimes takes years to fully materialize, and what happened this week in Washington represents the kind of policy shift that separates campaign promises from governing reality. President Donald Trump's administration has pulled the plug on federal funding for research involving human fetal tissue from aborted babies. This is not a half-measure or a … [Read more...] about Trump Administration Ends Federal Funding for Fetal Tissue Research
Appeals Court Hands Trump Administration Win on ICE Enforcement in Minnesota
The wheels of justice turned in favor of federal immigration enforcement this Wednesday when the 8th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals temporarily lifted restrictions that had handcuffed Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents operating in Minnesota. This is a story about power, protests, and the question of who gets to decide how America's immigration laws are enforced on the … [Read more...] about Appeals Court Hands Trump Administration Win on ICE Enforcement in Minnesota
