Noting the Obama Administration stonewalled an earlier request, two United States Senators are demanding family immigration histories for those suspected of connections with radical Islamic terror, including the husband-and-wife team alleged to have killed 14 and injured 21 in San Bernardino, California, this week. “A response is not only long overdue, but urgent in light […]
Late Thursday evening, the U.S. Senate voted 52-47 in favor of the Republican-backed bill, the Restoring Americans’ Healthcare Freedom Reconciliation Act (H.R. 3762), which repeals parts of the Affordable Care Act and cuts millions of dollars from the Planned Parenthood budget, according to the Associated Press. Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom (CCHF) says the passage
WASHINGTON (RNS) Republican candidates tried to impress the audience by speaking of their commitment to Jewish values and Israel at the Republican Jewish Coalition forum on Thursday (Dec. 3), but some felt that Donald Trump crossed a line and trafficked in stereotypes. And while several at the forum, which featured all 14 of the Republicans running
In our increasingly polarized society, it’s often difficult for conservatives and progressives to find common ground. It’s even rarer for policy experts on the left and the right to find proposals that they can jointly agree on. So it’s rather remarkable that just such a diverse group has created a detailed plan for reducing poverty
Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders on Thursday urged the funding of gun violence studies at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), two decades after he voted against funding research into firearms injuries. “We must authorize resources for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to study and research the causes and
Family Research Council (FRC) commended the U.S. Senate for giving approval today to a budget reconciliation bill dealing with funding for Planned Parenthood and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, commonly known as Obamacare. The bill would remove for one year most funding under several mandatory programs such as Medicaid to abortion entities, including
Americans always have welcomed those fleeing danger and oppression abroad. Some of the earliest Americans crossed the Atlantic to escape religious persecution in Great Britain. We should continue to offer sanctuary to those in need. Christians, especially, should be compassionate to those who face death for their beliefs. But in today’s world, we must
House Speaker Paul D. Ryan (R-Wisconsin) returned to familiar territory Thursday morning following the mass shooting in San Bernardino: Mental illness is at the core of the problem. “What we have seen—and a common theme among many of these mass shootings—is a theme of mental illness,” Ryan told CBS This Morning early Thursday. “And
Republican presidential candidate Lindsey Graham blasted rivals Donald Trump and Ted Cruz for what he called “garbage” anti-immigration ideas on Thursday, saying they would lose the 2016 election. Graham, a South Carolina senator considered a long shot for the Republican presidential nomination for 2016, delivered a blistering speech to the Republican Jewish Coalition blasting
U.S. Republican presidential candidates said on Thursday a recent mass shooting in California was a sign that Americans are at risk from homegrown radicals and vowed, if elected, to destroy Islamic State militants. Speaking to the Republican Jewish Coalition conference in Washington, Texas Senator Ted Cruz said President Barack Obama failed to take steps
Senator John McCain knows something about winning over New Hampshire’s Republican voters. He won the state’s first-in-the-nation primary in both of his unsuccessful races for the Republican presidential nomination, in 2000 and 2008. So when the state’s influential newspaper, The Union-Leader, recently endorsed New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, for the 2016 nomination, McCain took notice.
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump taunted CNN during a rally Monday in Georgia, complaining about what he deemed unfair coverage and threatening to skip an upcoming debate to be hosted by the news network unless CNN donated money to charity. “How about I tell CNN that I’m not going to do the next debate?”
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