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The booming economy could grow even more if Senate Democrats would stop obstructing President Donald Trump’s nominees, two Cabinet secretaries said Thursday. “One thing that has slowed us up a little bit is getting the nominations [through the Senate],” Energy Secretary Rick Perry said at the Conservative Political Action Conference. “Our friends on the Democratic…

Soon to serve a prison sentence for, among other things, lying to Congress, Michael Cohen took a parting shot Wednesday at his old boss, President Donald Trump, in testimony on Capitol Hill. “He’s a racist, he’s a con man, and he’s a cheat,” Cohen told the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. Democrats on the…

First daughter and senior White House adviser Ivanka Trump tore into New York Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s “Green New Deal,” in an interview with Fox News’ Steve Hilton that will air Sunday. “I don’t think most Americans, in their heart, want to be given something,” Trump said. “I’ve spent a lot of time traveling around this country…

Democrats in the House of Representatives introduced a resolution to block President Donald Trump’s national emergency that could allow him to build a wall on the southern border. Democratic Texas Rep. Joaquin Castro introduced the resolution, which he said will pass the House, as 222 co-sponsors have jumped on board. Castro sent out a tweet saying…

President Donald Trump weighed in on Twitter after actor Jussie Smollett was arrested Thursday and charged with felony disorderly conduct for filing a false police report following an alleged hate crime hoax. “[Jussie Smollett]—what about MAGA and the tens of millions of people you insulted with your racist and dangerous comments!? #MAGA,” Trump wrote on Twitter Thursday….

President Donald Trump predicted the Supreme Court will ultimately vindicate his declaration of a national emergency for constructing a wall on the southern border. “I’ll sign the final papers as soon as I get into the Oval Office, and we will have a national emergency, and we will then be sued, and they will sue…

The Senate passed an omnibus spending bill Thursday that conservative lawmakers expressed disappointment over, citing the legislation’s immigration provisions and rushed process. The White House announced Thursday President Donald Trump would sign the legislation. The House is expected to pass the legislation imminently. “President Trump will sign the government funding bill, and as he has…

A new book by the FBI’s one-time No. 2 official seems to support suspicions of a Justice Department bias against President Donald Trump, said Senate Judiciary Chairman Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., who wants to put the former deputy director under oath. Andrew McCabe, ousted from the FBI last year after an internal investigation, talks about his…

Democratic Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar responded to President Donald Trump’s calls to resign over her anti-Israel comments. “You have trafficked in hate your whole life—against Jews, Muslims, Indigenous, immigrants, black people and more. I learned from people impacted by my words. When will you?” the first-term congresswoman tweeted Wednesday morning. Hi @realDonaldTrump– You have trafficked in hate your…

President Donald Trump said Tuesday he’s “not happy” with the agreement reached by congressional appropriators on border security, but predicts there won’t be another partial federal government shutdown. “Am I happy, at first glance? I just got to see it. The answer is, no, I’m not,” Trump said at the start of a Cabinet meeting…

Ivanka Trump detailed what “infuriated” her about a “sexist” art exhibit featuring a look-a-like model vacuuming up crumbs that viewers throw at her, during an interview that aired Friday. “Well, I think it’s a very sexist representation of a woman, but what bothered me about this image is they hired a 16-year-old girl to stand…

This is the full text of President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address, as prepared for delivery. Madam Speaker, Mr. Vice President, members of Congress, the first lady of the United States, and my fellow Americans: We meet tonight at a moment of unlimited potential. As we begin a new Congress, I stand here ready…

Federal district judges who preside over a portion of a single state have been able to block President Donald Trump’s actions 30 times through nationwide injunctions—far more than any other administration in history, according to the Justice Department. The trend has prompted the Trump administration’s Justice Department to seek an end to nationwide injunctions, following…