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Hillary Clinton took a veiled swipe at President Trump and urged Americans to defend democracy, a calculated remark likely referencing her 2016 loss, during a eulogy for the late Elijah Cummings. Trump must truly haunt this woman’s nightmares. The former Secretary of State praised Cummings as a “great man, moral leader, and a friend,” while equating him to the biblical prophet Elijah. “Our Elijah, like the prophet, could call down fire from heaven,” Clinton gracefully said. “But he also prayed and worked for healing. He weathered storms and earthquakes but never lost his faith.” All well and good until Trump,...

During a town hall event Thursday, Rep. Ilhan Omar was asked if she would support a home guarantee and make a commitment to “building millions of social housing units.”Ilhan Omar replied that when she first came to America she was shocked to see homeless people. “It is a moral stain on our country that we have half-a-million or more people facing homelessness,” Omar said. She added, “In a few weeks, we are going to introduce our Homes For All legislation, which will, hopefully, guarantee a home for everyone by investing federal dollars in the creation of millions of homes.”Omar...

Stocks rose Friday as traders cheered strong quarterly earnings from Intel along with apparent progress on the U.S.-China trade front. The S&P 500 climbed 0.4% and traded near its record close of 3,025. The broad index also was close to reaching an intraday record set in July. The Dow traded 155 points higher, while the Nasdaq advanced 0.6%. The indexes hit their highs of the day after the office of the U.S. Trade Representative said China and the U.S. were close to finalizing parts of a phase one trade deal. Intel shares jumped 7.4% after the chipmaker’s results topped analyst...

The U.S. Treasury on Friday said that the federal deficit for fiscal 2019 was $984 billion, a 26% increase from 2018 but still short of the $1 trillion mark previously forecast by the administration. The gap between revenues and spending was the widest it’s been in seven years as expenditures on defense, Medicare and interest payments on the national debt ballooned the shortfall. The government said corporate tax revenues totaled $230 billion, up 12%, thanks to a rebound in the second half of the year. Individual tax revenues rose 2% to $1.7 trillion. Receipts totaled $3.4 trillion, up 4% through...

By ALVEDA KING Published on October 24, 2019 This isn’t the neighborhood bully mocking me — I could take that. This isn’t a foreign devil spitting invective — I could tune that out. It’s you! We grew up together! You! My best friend! Those long hours of leisure as we walked arm in arm, God a third party to our conversation — Psalm 55:12-14 MSG President Trump is draining the swamp. He said he would. President Trump is keeping America great. He promised. His “frenemies” are not happy. They will do anything to block and stop his trajectory. Even lynching....

The Trump Organization is "exploring" selling the rights to the Trump International Hotel in Washington, Eric Trump, the president's son and an executive vice president of the Trump Organization, told The Wall Street Journal in a Friday report. "Since we opened our doors, we have received tremendous interest in this hotel and as real-estate developers, we are always willing to explore our options," the younger Trump told The Journal in a statement. The company leased the historic Old Post Office building in DC, which houses the hotel, for 60 years beginning in 2013. The Trump Organization is reportedly looking to...

Democratic Sen. Chuck Schumer is preparing to spend hundreds of billions of taxpayer dollars on a plan that would fast-track the elimination of nearly every gas-powered vehicle in the country. The senate’s top Democrat wants to spend a massive amount of money enticing Americans to exchange their gas-guzzling vehicles for an electric car. Schumer’s proposal, which he announced in a New York Times editorial Thursday, shows Democrats are lurching leftward on the issue. “That’s why I am announcing a new proposal designed to rapidly phase out gas-powered vehicles and replace them with zero-emission, or ‘clean,’ vehicles like electric cars,” Schumer...

The Justice Department has now opened up a criminal investigation into the Russia probe based on Donald Trump's insane conspiracy theories. #ctl #p2 #maddow pic.twitter.com/JdRpN5tiUz — PoliticusUSA (@politicususa) October 25, 2019 Flustered Rachel Maddow defends Russia investigation as Durham probe shifts to criminal inquiry MSNBC star Rachel Maddow was on the defensive Thursday night after multiple reports said the Justice Department investigation into the origins of the Russia inquiry had shifted into a criminal probe. Maddow, who was the face of MSNBC’s coverage of the two-year investigation into alleged collusion between Russia and the Trump campaign, was baffled at the...

LOS ANGELES — Firefighters were scrambling Thursday night to stop the spread of several wildfires as dry, windy conditions fanned flames throughout southern California. Tens of thousands of residents were forced out of their homes near Los Angeles and in wine country to the north. Widespread blackouts were expected to prevent trees from falling on power lines and starting additional fires as forecasts for the weekend showed the potential for strong winds gusting up to 80mph.

Mr. Soros’s bet is that Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts will become the Democratic nominee to compete against Mr. Trump. “She has emerged as the clear-cut person to beat,” he said. “I don’t take a public stance, but I do believe that she is the most qualified to be president.” He quickly added that he was not endorsing Ms. Warren, perhaps realizing that any comment construed as an endorsement is likely to be used by her opposition.

One of the constant media themes over the past couple of years has been the story of how terrible Donald Trump’s trade wars with various countries – particularly China – have been for farmers in the midwest. They are allegedly further angered by the President’s “favors” to the oil and gas industry in the form of waivers granted to smaller refineries under the Renewable Fuel Standard, leading to lower prices for corn. This, if you believe what’s regularly repeated on CNN and other outlets, has led to Trump’s support among those in the agricultural community declining. The farmers are angry...

Pastor John Hagee is calling on Congress to define and root out "very vocal and very aggressive" anti-Semitism in the country, accusing Reps. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., and Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich. of "spouting" "poison." The founder and chairman of Christians United for Israel, which boasts over seven million members, is hitting back at anti-Semitism head-on in three areas across the nation: Congress, the media and college campuses. JOHN HAGEE: ANTI-SEMITISM HAS BEEN DANGEROUSLY REBRANDED – AND IT’S NOT JUST A JEWISH PROBLEM "Anti-Semitism is not just a Jewish problem," Hagee told Fox News. "Anti-Semitism is everyone's problem. Anti-Semitism is evil and,...

Accompanied by the image of a blood-splattered cross and star of David Billboards belonging to the traditionalist Muslim Justice and Development Party (AKP) municipality are on public display in Konya, central Turkey, featuring the verbatim text of Koran 5:51 (in accurate Turkish translation). Accompanied by the image of a blood-splattered cross, and star of David, the text simply re-states Koran 5:51: O you who believe! Take not the Jews and the Christians as Auliya' (friends, protectors, helpers, etc.), they are but Auliya' to one another. And if any amongst you takes them as Auliya', then surely he is one of...

The latest report from the U.S. Census Bureau puts to rest concerns that the U.S. economy might be heading into recession. It showed not only that the average wage earner is enjoying strong net after-inflation wage gains, but that the vast majority of those gains are being enjoyed by workers in the bottom 80 percent of households. This closes significantly the “income inequality” gap that progressives have been using as a weapon against the president and his economic policies. After reviewing the report financial author and analyst Aaron Brown called it “very good.” He noted that real median earnings were...

President Trump announced on October 22nd that Turkey’s government, under the leadership of President Erdogan, had agreed to stop its offensive against the Syrian Kurds and to make the ceasefire negotiated by Vice President Mike Pence and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo “permanent.” Although the president said that he would be lifting the economic sanctions that he had imposed on Turkey, he also issued a warning to Turkey. Crippling sanctions and tariffs would be re-imposed if Turkey does not honor its obligations, “including the protection of religious and ethnic minorities,” the president said. President Trump credited the negotiated ceasefire for...

President Trump is set to deliver remarks on criminal justice reform on Friday afternoon. The president will speak at the Second Step Presidential Justice Forum in Columbia, S.C. The speech is scheduled for 2:15 p.m. Trump speaks about criminal justice reform/a>

President Donald Trump will join South Carolina’s U.S. Sen. Tim Scott and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris when he receives the Bipartisan Justice Award on Friday ahead of his remarks at Benedict College, an historic black college in Columbia. A White House official said Friday that Trump will receive the Bipartisan Justice Award, “the highest honor given yearly to a public servant who demonstrated the ability to work across the aisle to achieve meaningful progress reforming” the federal criminal justice system. The award - presented to Trump by the 20/20 Bipartisan Justice Center, the organization in charge of this week’s...

The FBI under James Comey "unilaterally" made the decision to interview retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, excluding input from the Justice Department, ignoring the White House counsel and leading Flynn to believe agents were arriving as friends to discuss terrorism, his lawyer says. ... "When the Director of the FBI, and a group of his close associates, plot to set up an innocent man and create a crime -- while taking affirmative steps to ensnare him by refusing to follow procedures designed to prevent such inadvertent missteps -- this amounts to conduct so shocking to the conscience and so inimical...

The Trump Organization is reportedly looking into selling the lease rights to its Washington, D.C., hotel, which has been scrutinized over whether President Trump is profiting off of the presidency. Eric Trump, the president’s son and executive vice president of the Trump Organization, told the Wall Street Journal the company has tasked JLL, a commercial real estate firm, with marketing the Trump International Hotel, which opened in 2016 and is located down the road from the White House in the Old Post Office. “Since we opened our doors, we have received tremendous interest in this hotel and as real estate...

As President Trump's speech at the Shale Insight Conference in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on Wednesday noted, Joe Biden's mythical claim that Trump inherited a booming economy from President Obama falls flat in the face of the reality that this is Trump's economy, fueled by deregulation, tax cuts, cutting of EPA shackles, and a booming energy industry allowed to use the latest technology to free a seemingly endless supply of oil and natural gas from the earth under our feet. The conference was staged by some very appreciative energy groups such as the Marcellus Shale Coalition, the Ohio Oil and Gas Association,...