Jan 11, 2019
Happy Friday from Washington, which President Trump left behind for a day to go to the U.S.-Mexico border again as part of his fight with congressional Democrats for secure barriers. Fred Lucas reports on the president’s visit, and Kelsey Harkness shows how the San Diego experience makes his point. Conservative lawmakers see the merits of Trump’s case, Rachel del Guidice reports. Plus: Lucas on Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s message to Iran in Cairo, and Jarrett Stepman and Daniel Davis on the left’s fear of the Knights of Columbus. Have a great weekend.
CNN Accidentally Proves Why Walls and Fences Work
Here’s what CNN isn’t reporting: After building a wall, the San Diego sector went from a peak of over 600,000 illegal border crossers in 1986 to 26,290 in 2015.
These 2 Democrats Are Finally Standing Up to Anti-Christian Bigotry in Their Party
The charge against the Knights of Columbus, and a judicial nominee affiliated with them, seems to be that their true religion is Catholicism and not progressivism.
During Trump Visit to Border, Families of Slain Officers Call for Border Wall
“The way he was killed, what my family’s going through right now, I do not want any other family ... to go through,” says Reggie Singh, whose police officer brother allegedly was killed by an illegal immigrant.
What 3 Conservative Lawmakers Want Trump to Do on Wall, National Emergency
“If Democrats can get past this position they’ve taken, which is they’re more concerned about stopping the president than they are with helping the country, we can get to a solution and address the terrible things that are going on” at the border, says Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio.
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Podcast: House Conservatives Weigh in on the Wall, Shutdown, and National Emergencies
Does President Trump have the authority to declare the situation at the border a national emergency? What should happen at the border? Reps. Jim Jordan of Ohio, Mark Green of Tennessee, and Chip Roy of Texas join us to share their views.
In Egypt Speech, Pompeo Repudiates Obama’s Mideast Policies
“America is a force for good in the Middle East,” Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says in an address in Cairo.
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Jan. 9, 2019
A lawsuit brought by gun owners challenges a law requiring them to “certify” their “assault weapons” or remove those firearms from city limits.
A new law in Maui prohibits food vendors or providers from choosing single-use Styrofoam containers to package prepared food.
On average, consumers pay 97 percent of the tax of 1.75 cents per fluid ounce of sugary drink, according to a new report.
The conservative nonprofit argues that YouTube’s restrictions on many of its educational videos violate California law in four ways.
Like the president, Civil Rights Commissioner Peter Kirsanow says black Americans are disproportionately affected by illegal immigration.
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