'New party, who dis?'

“29-year-old Ocasio-Cortez mocks aging Joe Lieberman, 76, for hoping 'she's not the future' as frightened House Democrats scramble to deal with...”

Freshman lawmaker Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez dropped a hammer on Joe Lieberman on Thursday, after the onetime Democratic vice presidential candidate said he feared her brand of high-tax socialism could doom the party's chances for long-term dominance in Congress. 'I certainly hope she’s not the...

Exasperated Democrats try to rein in Ocasio-Cortez

“The effort is part carrot, part stick. But it's far from clear the anti-establishment political novice can be made to play ball.”

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is already making enemies in the House Democratic Caucus — and some of its members are mounting an operation to bring the anti-establishment, democratic socialist with 2.2 million Twitter followers into the fold. The effort, described by nearly 20 lawmakers and aides,...

THINGS DEMOCRATS HAVE FUNDED THAT COST MORE THAN THE BORDER WALL

“Lawmakers have put less thought into other, more expensive projects over the years”

After President Trump requested $5.7 billion to fund the border wall he campaigned on in 2016, Democrats have dug in, refusing to appropriate the funds that the administration says are needed to better manage the flow of immigration across the southern border. Democrats are not traditionally...

Border Agents Give Media An Education About The Border

“President Donald Trump held a surprise news conference on Thursday with members of the National Border Patrol Council (NBPC) who addressed the...”

President Donald Trump held a surprise news conference on Thursday with members of the National Border Patrol Council (NBPC) who addressed the media about the realities that Border Patrol agents face every day on the southern border. Trump started by congratulating Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) on...

Marine Corps integrates male and female platoons during boot camp for the first time

“Unlike other services, the Marines have not fully integrated female recruits.”

For the first time in its history, the Marine Corps will integrate female and male platoons during boot camp. Unlike the other services, the Marine Corps has not fully integrated women and men during recruit training. Instead, at Recruit Depot Parris Island in South Carolina, the first...

Shutdown Leaves Food, Medicine and Pay in Doubt in Indian Country

“"We're from the government and we've come to help you."”

SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. — For one tribe of Chippewa Indians in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, the government shutdown comes with a price tag: about $100,000, every day, of federal money that does not arrive to keep health clinics staffed, food pantry shelves full and employees paid. The tribe...

“Kill the Indian, and Save the Man, ” Capt. Richard H. Pratt on the Education of Native Americans.

Source: Official Report of the Nineteenth Annual Conference of Charities and Correction (1892), 46–59. Reprinted in Richard H. Pratt, “The Advantages of Mingling Indians with Whites,” Americanizing the American Indians: Writings by the “Friends of the Indian” 1880–1900 (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard...

Senate passes legislation to gather data on missing, murdered Native American women

The U.S. Senate on Friday unanimously approved Savanna’s Act, legislation that aims to gather data on missing and murdered Native American women. The act, introduced by Sen. Heidi Heitkamp, D-N.D., is named for Savanna LaFontaine-Greywind, who was abducted and killed last year in Fargo....

Ocasio-Cortez Threatens To Retaliate Against Trump Jr. Over Meme, Twitter Explodes With Accusations Of Ethics Violations

“A source close to Donald Trump Jr. says that they expect an ethics complaint will be filed.”

Socialist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez threatened to use the powers of her elected office to retaliate against Donald Trump Jr. on Friday after the president's son posted a meme trolling her on his personal Instagram account. "I have noticed that Junior here has a habit of posting nonsense about...

Court puts hold on controversial Indian Child Welfare Act ruling

A controversial ruling which struck down the Indian Child Welfare Act as unconstitutional has been put on hold pending an appeal by tribes across the nation. In an order on Monday, the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals granted a stay requested by the tribes. The decision came over the objections...