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Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen confirmed Tuesday that her department has asked federal prosecutors to see if they can lodge criminal charges against sanctuary cities that refuse to cooperate with federal deportation efforts. “The Department of Justice is reviewing what avenues may be available,” Ms. Nielsen told the Senate Judiciary Committee. Her confirmation came after California’s new sanctuary law went into effect Jan. 1, severely restricting cooperation the state or any of its localities could offer. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director Tom Homan says those policies put his officers and local communities at more risk because they have to...

President Donald Trump asked the White House doctor to perform a cognitive exam during his physical last week, despite the doctor's determination that such testing wasn't necessary. "I have no concerns about his cognitive ability," Dr. Ronny Jackson told reporters on Tuesday. He said the testing was conducted at the President's wishes, and the results were normal.

DJIA crosses 26,000 for the first time Dollar rebounds after three-year low Bitcoin selloff accelerates The Dow Jones Industrial Average crossed 26000 for the first time Tuesday, with U.S. stocks echoing broad-based gains in Europe and Asia-Pacific as they continued their speedy leap higher. The Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 221 points, or 0.9%, to 26025 shortly after the opening bell. The S&P 500 added 0.5%, and the Nasdaq Composite rose 0.7%. Meanwhile, the dollar rebounded from Monday’s three-year low. Tuesday’s historic rise builds on the Dow’s 25% gain last year and its seemingly unstoppable climb to start 2018. The...

Who deserves credit for the booming economy? This is not a petty argument. How voters answer the question could well determine whether Democrats retake the House of Representatives come November. Trump and Obama (and their admirers) are slugging it out, both claiming that it is their policies that have led to the ongoing economic expansion, steady job growth and higher stock prices. Happily for President Trump, the pros agree with him. A recent survey of economists suggest it is President Trump, and not Obama, who should be taking a bow. The Wall Street Journal asked 68 business, financial and academic...

WASHINGTON — Last summer, President Donald Trump publicly pinned much of the blame for his administration’s woes on its communications efforts. The White House and his broader administration could do better at communicating his agenda in one unified voice, he conceded in a Fox News interview, giving himself a “C or a C plus” on messaging. But Trump’s leaked remarks during an immigration meeting Thursday calling Africa a bunch of “shithole countries,” coupled with his contradictory tweets that same day about a House bill authorizing foreign surveillance on U.S. soil, underscored his administration’s continued struggle with public messaging nearly one...

Is President Trump mentally ill, suffering from dementia, or both? Some mental health professionals and others are arguing that he should be removed from office because the answer to at least one of those questions is “yes.” I believe this is a dangerous course to follow. A Yale psychiatry professor has suggested the possibility that President Trump might be involuntarily committed to a mental hospital. Others have proposed that he be required to undergo psychiatric or psychological testing. Still others have suggesting invoking the 25thAmendment to the Constitution and declaring the president incompetent. For more than 25 years, I taught...

A bipartisan group of senators appears to be on the verge of clinching a deal on immigration, signaling an agreement could be released as soon as Thursday. "We've got this bipartisan group. We are at a deal. ... It's the only game in town," Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) told reporters. Asked what was the biggest remaining hurdle, Flake pointed to a border security package "and what's sufficient. That's what we're working on but we've pretty much got a bill." A spokesman for Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) immediately downplayed Flake's comments, noting the group of senators were close but did yet...

Build the wall, build the wall! Remember how Trump supporters were chanting those three words constantly whenever their Great Leader gave a speech? Well, guess what? Trump is having second thoughts. [TWEET FROM MANU RAJU] Twitter Ads info and privacy You'd think that a presidential candidate would consult with experts before or at least during the campaign, but clearly, Trump begged to differ. He only did so after he became president and had told his base hundreds of time that "the wall" would be built, that it wouldn't be a mere "fence," and that technology wouldn't suffice either. No, no,...

She seems pissed. IF TRUMP WAS FDR: "We have nothing to fear but fear itself. Butnothing against fear. Fear is good too, believe me."— Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) January 10, 2018 IF TRUMP WAS JFK: "Ask not what your country can do for you.Unless you want to. Then ask away."— Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) January 10, 2018 IF TRUMP WAS REAGAN: "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall.Or leave it up. Your call, I'm good either way."— Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) January 10, 2018 She’s annoyed about the exchange between Trump, Dianne Feinstein, and Kevin McCarthy at the big amnesty huddle in the...

Senior White House officials and congressional leadership are scrambling to save the Iran nuclear deal and convince President Donald Trump to again waive key sanctions on the Islamic Republic despite opposition, according to multiple sources working on the matter who spoke to the Washington Free Beacon. The White House is facing down a weekend deadline by which it must waive key economic sanctions on Iran in order to preserve the nuclear accord. While Trump has expressed frustration about the need save the deal, senior national security officials are working to convince him that waiving these sanctions is the best course...

President Donald Trump has been besieged by allegations, rather ludicrous ones, that he’s somehow unstable and mentally unfit to be president. Michael Wolff’s new book, Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White, has been a public relations nightmare, despite multiple media figures and officials calling out its inaccuracies. Well, what happened today dispelled all of that. Cortney wrote it up earlier today. Trump held a bipartisan meeting with Democrats and Republicans on the subject of immigration. There was agreement that something had to be done for the DACA recipients, everyone was for border security, and there might be something on...

Donald Trump held an extraordinary public negotiation on immigration reform with congressional leaders, during which he declined to commit himself to any particular policy but affirmed that he would sign off on whatever Congress sends him.

President Donald Trump unveiled an agriculture initiative to bring broadband Internet to rural areas of the United States during a speech Monday in Tennessee. Trump signed two executive orders after addressing the American Farm Bureau Federation's annual convention in Nashville in response to a report by the Interagency Task Force on Agriculture and Rural prosperity. "Those towers are going to go up and and you're going to have great, great broadband," Trump told the crowd.

Nearly 200,000 people from El Salvador who have been allowed to live in the United States for more than a decade must leave the country, two government officials familiar with the decision said on Monday. It is the Trump administration’s latest reversal of years of immigration policies and one of the most consequential to date.The officials, who declined to be identified because they were speaking before an official announcement on the decision later Monday morning, said that the administration was ending a humanitarian program, known as Temporary Protected Status, for Salvadorans who have been allowed to live and work legally...

It’s not about “draining the swamp.” It’s about crossing the swamp—and overcoming the bog in a bold bout much like George Washington’s surprise attack in the Battle of Trenton after crossing the Delaware on Christmas Day, 1776. Our first president was a good man. He led by example, enduring the cold alongside his men unlike generals of lesser mettle, who shouted commands from a warm tent out of range of fire. Washington took pride in keeping his commitments, personal and professional. Recently, I finished reading “Killing England” by Bill O’Reilly. I learned a great deal that I never knew...

Today’s Campaign Update (Because The Campaign Never Ends) - The Golden Globe Awards were held last night, and Oprah was apparently elected president. At least, that’s what NBC’s official Twitter feed appeared to indicate early in the evening. So it must be official, or something. - I didn’t watch the Golden Globes, which I know comes as a gigantic shock to all of you, but I do watch Twitter, and on that platform I see that Oprah told the assembled Hollywood phonies that “There is nothing more important than speaking your truth.” Note to President Oprah: There is no such...

The Talk Shows Jan 7, 2018 Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows: FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): CIA Director Mike Pompeo; Corey Lewandowski, onetime manager of Donald Trump's presidential campaign.MEET THE PRESS (NBC): Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.; author Michael Wolff.FACE THE NATION (CBS): Pompeo; Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky.; former Gov. Haley Barbour, R-Miss.THIS WEEK (ABC): To be announced.STATE OF THE UNION (CNN): Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif.

When David Norquist came to the Senate for his confirmation hearing to be Defense Department comptroller in May, he declared, “It is time to audit the Pentagon.” He laid out a get-tough approach to members of the Armed Services Committee who were eager after years of delays for the military to finally get its financial books in order. The new push would include “calling out” individuals in the Pentagon who were creating weaknesses in the financial reporting of an estimated $2.4 trillion in assets. Norquist, the brother of Republican tax activist Grover Norquist, was quickly confirmed the same month and...

There were two big money-and-politics stories in the first week of the new year: The Dow Jones soared 577 points and Steve Bannon ended his political career. Are these two events related? Perhaps more than you might think. Bannon’s peculiar notions of populism were essentially anti-growth. He believed higher taxes, ultra-protectionism, and a cheap dollar would help the middle class. Supply-siders like me know these policies only damage the economy, with the middle and lower classes suffering the most. And though Bannon was pushed out of the White House months ago, he apparently still had the president’s ear. So his...

B‏ @B75434425 #qanon Camp David attendee list for this weekend. Participants: President Donald J. Trump Vice President Mike Pence Senators/Members: Senate Majority Leader McConnell Senate Majority Whip Cornyn Speaker Paul Ryan House Majority Leader McCarthy House Majority Whip Steve Scalise Cabinet Arriving Saturday Morning: Secretary Rex Tillerson, Department of State Secretary Jim Mattis, Department of Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, Department of Homeland Secutiry Secretary Betsy Devos, Department of Education Director Mike Pompeo, Central Intelligence Agency Director Mick Mulvaney, Office of Management and Budget Administrator Scott Pruitt, Environmental Protection Agency Dep Sec Jeffrey Rosen,...