Tagged: First 100 Days

The war on illegal migration

By: vic-eldred • Op/Ed • 53 Comments • 14 minutes ago

Trump's point man on the border Tom Homan promised that the Trump administration’s mass deportations will not stop despite a federal judge illegally blocking the president from invoking the...

Trump administration guts board of US Institute of Peace. Group says DOGE arrives

Via: vic-eldred • News & Politics • 29 Comments • 2 minutes ago

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration fired most of the board of the U.S. Institute of Peace and sent its new leader into the Washington headquarters of the independent organization on...

The Justice Department is investigating whether Columbia University hid students sought by the US

Via: vic-eldred • News & Politics • 14 Comments • 14 hours ago

NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department is investigating whether Columbia University concealed “illegal aliens” on its campus, one of its top officials said Friday, as the Trump...

No, the House Should Not Impeach Judge Boasberg Over His Tren de Aragua Restraining Order

Via: vic-eldred • Op/Ed • 6 Comments • yesterday

A judge's order

By: vic-eldred • Op/Ed • 38 Comments • 9 hours ago

Link to quote: Why we disobeyed judge’s order on deportation of 200 Venezuelan gang members – White House A few days ago, an Obama judge, Chief U.S. Judge James Boasberg granted a temporary...

Appeals court lifts block on Trump’s DEI restrictions

Via: vic-eldred • News & Politics • 4 Comments • 2 days ago

An appeals court has lifted a block on executive orders seeking to end US government support for diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programmes. Friday’s ruling gave the Trump administration a...

Higher Education's rendezvous with destiny.

By: vic-eldred • Op/Ed • 15 Comments • 2 days ago

Link to quote: Trump cuts more than $400 million in grants to Columbia over antisemitism concerns, more to potentially come Recently t he Trump administration rescinded more than $400...

Schumer caves in. Another victory for Trump.

By: vic-eldred • Op/Ed • 42 Comments • 2 days ago

It seems that the Senate democrats have decided that a government shutdown would not only hurt the already suffering democrat party but also allow the President to make further cuts and determine...

Customs and Border Protection director faces charges for allegedly defrauding FEMA

Via: vic-eldred • News & Politics • 3 Comments • 5 days ago

The Schumer Shutdown

By: vic-eldred • Op/Ed • 26 Comments • 5 days ago

The House just passed a clean continuing resolution bill, which the Senate has until midnight Friday to pass it or the government will be shut down. With Republicans holding a 53-47 advantage...

The reformation of American education

By: vic-eldred • Op/Ed • 45 Comments • 5 days ago

The Department of Education was created by then president Jimmy Carter in 1979, fulfilling a campaign promise to teachers’ unions. At the time I recall a bit of a debate about the cost with one...

Friends or foes?

By: vic-eldred • Op/Ed • 86 Comments • 5 days ago

It seems that President Trump has ignited a once dormant nationalism in Canada and a bit of hostility from Mexico. It may be time now to examine what it is that Trump wants out of our two...

A Continuing Resolution

By: vic-eldred • Op/Ed • 49 Comments • 6 days ago

This week House Republicans will face another test of their unity as they attempt to pass a continuing resolution which will keep the government open until September 30th. The stop gap measure...

Harvard/Harris Poll: Trump Approval Rating at 52 Percent

Via: vic-eldred • News & Politics • 12 Comments • 3 weeks ago

One month in, a majority of those polled have a positive view of the Trump administration. A Harvard University/Harris poll had President Donald Trump’s approval rating at 52%, with voters...

The infinite war

By: vic-eldred • Op/Ed • 65 Comments • 3 weeks ago

Today marks the third anniversary of the day that Russia invaded Ukraine. The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) verified a total of 41,783 civilian...

Trump administration does not have to allow The Associated Press access yet, judge rules

Via: vic-eldred • News & Politics • 31 Comments • 3 weeks ago

A federal judge on Monday declined to issue a temporary restraining order against the White House for denying The Associated Press full access in covering the administration, asking for a fuller...

The first magnificent cabinet meeting

By: vic-eldred • Op/Ed • 31 Comments • 3 weeks ago

Today President Trump will be holding his first cabinet meeting. It comes after a busy first month of the new President enacting his agenda and getting his people in place. Trump has enacted a...

The key component: Ukraine's security

By: vic-eldred • Op/Ed • 22 Comments • 3 weeks ago

Link to quote: Trump says no security promises or NATO for Ukraine Yesterday during President Trump's first cabinet meeting, in which he took about an hour's worth of questions, he gave away...

America's business

By: vic-eldred • Op/Ed • 45 Comments • 3 weeks ago

It was another busy day for President Trump, doing America's business. President Trump hosted the British prime minister, Keir Starmer, for diplomatic talks about Ukraine, trade and more. We won't...

BREAKING: Kyiv, Washington reach agreement on minerals deal

Via: vic-eldred • News & Politics • 67 Comments • 2 weeks ago

Ukraine has reached an agreement with the U.S. on a minerals deal, Olha Stefanishyna, Ukraine’s deputy prime minister and justice minister, told the Financial Times on Feb. 25. President...

American Renewal

By: vic-eldred • Op/Ed • 100 Comments • 2 weeks ago

Tonight at 9 PM EST President Trump will address congress. The purpose of the speech is to address the President's work thus far and to present to the American people what comes next. The topics...

Suspect in Kabul airport bombing during Afghanistan pullout makes court appearance following capture

Via: vic-eldred • News & Politics • 1 Comments • 2 weeks ago

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A suspected participant in the suicide bombing at the Kabul airport that killed 13 American service members and roughly 170 Afghan civilians during the chaotic...

The scam that backfired.

By: vic-eldred • Op/Ed • 197 Comments • 2 weeks ago

For the past few weeks we have heard about a rare earth minerals deal between the US and Ukraine. It would have involved hundreds of billions of dollars in US investment in Ukraine, plus the...

The American political colossus

By: vic-eldred • Op/Ed • 86 Comments • 2 weeks ago

Last night President Trump delivered a masterful speech, full of pride and self-confidence. His record speech took us through what he already accomplished, hoped to accomplish and the real...

Dem Sen. Whitehouse in hot water over wife's nonprofit's millions in federal grants

Via: vic-eldred • News & Politics • 4 Comments • 3 weeks ago

Preliminary agreements

By: vic-eldred • Op/Ed • 44 Comments • 3 weeks ago

Any major peace deal requires a framework before the warring sides sit down at the negotiating table. In the case of the Ukraine/Russia talks it first required restoring relations between the US...

Trump's mega-MAGA month transforms America

Via: vic-eldred • Op/Ed • 24 Comments • 4 weeks ago

President Trump's first month in office has exceeded the wildest dreams of his most loyal supporters, and the darkest nightmares of his fiercest detractors. Why it matters: Both groups...

Pulling no punches

By: vic-eldred • Op/Ed • 44 Comments • 3 weeks ago

As Ukraine lies in ruin and Russia spending about 40% of its budget on the war. Food prices and inflation have soared. Interest rates have reached 21 percent. Both sides should welcome a...

Dispelling the democrat myth

By: vic-eldred • Op/Ed • 30 Comments • 4 weeks ago

There seems to be a lot of controversy over Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency. Musk was appointed as a government official. President Trump by Executive Order created DOGE as a...

The Art of the Deal

By: vic-eldred • Op/Ed • 31 Comments • 4 weeks ago

Yesterday Tulsi Gabbard and RFK Jr were both confirmed. As the US Senate confirms Trump's nominees (there are about 6 left) and democrats run to Obama judges to file lawsuits against Trump...

An unmemorable Superbowl

By: vic-eldred • Op/Ed • 140 Comments • one month ago

For those who watched it yesterday, the Superbowl showcased a very well prepared & motivated Philadelphia Eagle defense. Unfortunately, it made for a very uncompetitive game which found KC...

The National Prayer Breakfast

By: vic-eldred • Op/Ed • 56 Comments • one month ago

The National Prayer Breakfast at the Capitol, is a 70-year-old Washington tradition that brings together a bipartisan group of lawmakers for fellowship. Yesterday President Trump attended the...

USAID to be merged into State Department, 3 U.S. officials say

Via: vic-eldred • News & Politics • 5 Comments • one month ago

USAID , the United States Agency for International Development, will be merged into the State Department with significant cuts in the workforce, but it will remain a humanitarian aid entity,...

USAID debate

By: vic-eldred • Op/Ed • 44 Comments • one month ago

The agency known as USAID was founded via an executive order in 1961 by JFK. The agency which manages billions of dollars in federal humanitarian assistance around the world has always had a...

Trump does it again!

By: vic-eldred • News & Politics • 48 Comments • one month ago

Mexico President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo said her country would send 10,000 National Guard troops to its northern border, while President Donald Trump agreed to work to slow the flow of American...

The case for tariffs

By: vic-eldred • Op/Ed • 30 Comments • one month ago

Last night CBS "60 Minutes" interviewed Trump's former trade negotiator. It may have been the most important interview that CBS has done in decades. He explained the need for tariffs: Robert...

US military conducts airstrikes against Islamic State operatives in Somalia

Via: vic-eldred • News & Politics • 17 Comments • one month ago

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military has conducted airstrikes against Islamic State operatives in Somalia, the first attacks in the African nation during President Donald Trump’s second term....

Trump makes surprising firing hours after FBI agents who investigated him are 'escorted out'

Via: vic-eldred • News & Politics • 56 Comments • one month ago

The director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has been fired by the Trump administration hours after an FBI purge saw agents who investigated the President 'escorted out.' Rohit...

Time for tariffs & treaties

By: vic-eldred • Op/Ed • 47 Comments • one month ago

After a hectic first few weeks of a few hundred Executive Orders, nominations & appointments, trips to two disaster areas, proclamations & press briefings and the signing into law of his...

Kash on the line.

By: vic-eldred • Op/Ed • 110 Comments • 2 months ago

Yesterday Senate democrats used childlike tactics to try and get Kash Patel to promise not to investigate anyone that President Trump occasionally advocated to be investigated. Patel always had...

Following the money

By: vic-eldred • Op/Ed • 135 Comments • 2 months ago

President Trump placed a pause on grants and loans that was scheduled to take effect at 5 p.m. EST, one day after agencies were informed of the decision. It was to try and account for where...

Trump in overdrive

By: vic-eldred • Op/Ed • 104 Comments • 2 months ago

Has it only been a week since Inauguration Day? What a week it has been for President Trump. He no sooner was sworn in than he was signing executive orders in stages, the first of which was to...