Oct 5, 2017 – Last week President Trump rolled out the framework for his tax reform plan and sent it to Capitol Hill to be made into legislation.  According to a POLITICO/Morning Consult poll released this week, voters across the board are open to the plan and support many of its key elements....

Oct 5, 2017 – As the drum beat for new gun control laws continues to get louder on Capitol Hill, former prosecutor and Chairman of the House Oversight Committee Trey Gowdy is taking a different approach to the situation.  During an interview with Fox News Dana Perino this week, Gowdy called on gun...

Oct 5, 2017 – House Whip Steve Scalise made it back to work last week on Capitol Hill after being shot and gravely injured during a congressional baseball practice in June. He was greeted with a standing ovation and roaring applause on the House floor.  During an interview earlier this week Fox News,...

Oct 4, 2017 – President Trump visited Las Vegas on Thursday and made a stop at the Las Vegas Police Department command center to pay his respects to victims of Sunday night's attack and to thank first responders who stopped the bloodshed.  "Every hero saved so many lives and believe me, a grateful...

Oct 4, 2017 – South Carolina Republican Senator Lindsey Graham will introduce the Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, which bars abortion after 20 weeks, on the Senate floor Thursday morning. The House version of the bill passed Wednesday afternoon 237-189 with two Democrats voting in favor of the legislation.  "I am very...

Oct 4, 2017 – Body camera footage from Sunday night's massacre has been released by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department.  The intense video shows the initial shots ringing out from above, with police yelling at concert goers to get down and take cover. One officer shielded a woman, telling her he was...

Oct 3, 2017 – A number of news reports out this afternoon claim Speaker of the House Paul Ryan shelved a vote on legislation which includes the deregulation of firearm suppressors in response to the attack in Las Vegas Sunday night. The reports also imply Ryan pulled the bill in response to criticisms from...

Oct 3, 2017 – Initial photos of two of firearms used by Stephen Paddock (there were 17 found in his Mandalay Bay hotel room) in Las Vegas Sunday night to kill 59 people and injure hundreds more, have been released.  EXCLUSIVE: 2 of the 23 guns found in #LasVegas suspect's Mandalay Bay hotel room....

Oct 3, 2017 – Caution: This might bring tears to your eyes.  Just an hour prior to gunshots reigning down on the crowd at the Route 91 Harvest Country Music festival in Las Vegas Sunday night, the audience belted out God Bless America after country artist John Rich invited U.S. active duty servicemen...

Oct 2, 2017 – Speaking from the White House briefing room Monday afternoon, Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders pushed back on a number of questions from the press corps about the need for more gun control in the wake of the Las Vegas massacre.  Standing at the lectern, Sanders repeatedly stated today isn't...

Oct 2, 2017 – President Trump has issued an official declaration in honor of those killed in Las Vegas, ordering all U.S. flags to be flown at half-staff.  "Our Nation is heartbroken.  We mourn with all whose loved ones were murdered and injured in last night's horrible tragedy in Las Vegas, Nevada.  As...

Oct 2, 2017 – Speaking from the White House Monday morning, President Trump called the massacre in Las Vegas an "act of pure evil" and called on Americans to unite in a time of deep tragedy.  "We are joined together today in sadness, shock and grief," Trump said. "It was an act of...

Oct 2, 2017 – UPDATE 11:43 am EDT: An FBI agent in Las Vegas is denying any link.  "We have determined at this point no connection to any international terror group."  ***Original post*** ISIS has claimed responsibility for the massacre in Las Vegas Sunday night, leaving at least 50 dead and 400...

Oct 2, 2017 – President Trump will make a statement from the White House Monday at 10:30 am EDT about the massacre in Las Vegas.  The President was briefed on the situation early Monday morning and issued an initial statement about the situation on Twitter.  My warmest condolences and sympathies to the victims...

Oct 2, 2017 – Country music superstar Jason Aldean has released a statement after 64-year-old Stephen Paddock opened fire on a crowd of his concert goers in Las Vegas Sunday night.  "Tonight has been beyond horrific. I still dont know what to say but wanted to let everyone know that Me and my...

Oct 2, 2017 – President Trump has been briefed on the massacre in Las Vegas which took place late Sunday night at a Jason Aldean concert.  “The President has been briefed on the horrific tragedy in Las Vegas. We are monitoring the situation closely and offer our full support to state and local...

Oct 20, 2017 – Gold Star mother Karen Vaughn lost her son, Navy SEAL Aaron Vaughn, after his Chinook helicopter was shot down on August 6, 2011 in Afghanistan. All 38 people on board were killed. Seventeen Navy SEALs died, making it the worst day for casualties in SEAL Team Six history.  I've...

Oct 19, 2017 – Earlier this week The Hill published a story showing Russian nuclear officials made the Clintons richer after Secretary of State Hillary Clinton approved a deal allowing for the Kremlin to gain significant control over the U.S. nuclear program.  Before the Obama administration approved a controversial deal in 2010 giving Moscow control...

Oct 19, 2017 – Republican Ed Gillespie, who is running for governor of Virginia against Democrat Ralph Northam, is being criticized for portraying MS-13 members as "heavily tattooed Latino men" who want to "KILL, RAPE, CONTROL."  From Yahoo News:  Ed Gillespie often insists that the gubernatorial election in Virginia should mainly be...

Oct 19, 2017 – Testifying in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee this week, Attorney General Jeff Sessions defended President Trump's decision to fire FBI James Comey and slammed his handling of the criminal investigation into Hillary Clinton's mishandling of highly classified information on her private email server.  "I don't think it's been...

Oct 17, 2017 – In 2009 Russian President Vladimir Putin wanted more control over U.S. nuclear capability and the Clintons helped him get there.  According to a bombshell report published today in TheHill the corruption surrounding the sale of Uranium One when President Obama was in the White House, which overwhelmingly and personally benefited...

Oct 17, 2017 – UPDATE: The White House has responded.  "Today’s dangerously flawed district court order undercuts the President’s efforts to keep the American people safe and enforce minimum security standards for entry into the United States.  The Department of Justice will vigorously defend the President’s lawful action.  The proclamation restricting travel was...

Oct 17, 2017 – The final murder suspect in the 2010 killing of Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry has finally been arrested. Jesus Rosario Favela was detained by authorities in Mexico this week and will await expedition to the United States where he will receive a trial. He is charged with first degree...

Oct 17, 2017 – Failed democrat presidential candidate Hillary Clinton proved once again this week why she lost the White House to Donald Trump last year.  Speaking during an interview at the Southbank Centre's London Literature Festival, Clinton praised NFL players who kneel during the National Anthem and argued the move isn't disrespectful...

Oct 17, 2017 – The Department of Justice announced a series of indictments Tuesday morning against Chinese nationals who have been trafficking fentanyl, the potent drug at the center of the opioid crisis, into the United States. The indictments are the first of their kind and were returned by grand juries in Mississippi, Oregon...