May 17, 2018
Good morning from Washington, where some vocal lawmakers want Congress to stay in session this summer to put more of the Trump administration into place and take care of other business. Rachel del Guidice reports. Sensitive issues are on the agenda for President Trump's meetings with top U.N. and NATO officials. Fred Lucas previews that and has the latest on Trump's message to sanctuary cities. Plus: Star Parker on America's new embassy in Israel, Daren Bakst on what's wrong with the farm bill, and Jarrett Stepman on taking mental illness seriously.
"We have 276 nominees backlogged, waiting for confirmation hearings … this is nothing but pure, unadulterated obstructionism," says Sen. David Perdue, R-Ga.
"In spite of the federal government spending $147 billion annually, states kicking in around another $50 billion annually, 400,000 seriously mentally ill are incarcerated, 140,000 mentally ill are homeless," says DJ Jaffe of Mental Illness Policy Org.
Large family farms have a median household income of $347,000 and median household net worth of $3.8 million.
The United States and Israel are different from other nations in that both are defined by a creed and by principles.
California law enforcement and local officials gathered at the White House on Wednesday to make it clear that Sacramento doesn't speak for them on illegal immigration.
In a defining stretch of his presidency, Donald Trump will spend the next two days meeting with leaders of two international bodies he has criticized—the United Nations and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
Yet, while partisans in the political press and entertainment media work hard to stoke division against and resentment of the Trump administration, "Melania" is now among the fastest-growing baby names in the nation.
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