01.16.2019

By Robert Romano “[I]t’s strange to have a counter intelligence investigation of a President but I’m not — I just don’t know what the predicate is and if I’m confirmed I assume I’ll find out.” That was Attorney General nominee William Barr’s answer to a question from Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) […]
01.15.2019

By Rick Manning As originally published at Foxnews.com. Will Democrats find a way to obstruct his confirmation or will it be smooth sailing? GOP strategist Chris Turner weighs in. The Senate Judiciary Committee opens its confirmation hearing Tuesday for former Attorney General William Barr to become attorney general again. Is there no […]
01.11.2019

By Robert Romano Getting the southern border wall approved by Congress may have just gotten slightly harder from a negotiating standpoint. On Jan. 10, the U.S. Senate unanimously passed legislation with no roll call , S. 24 , that guarantees that all furloughed, “non-essential” federal employees will ultimately be paid after partial government […]
01.11.2019

By Robert Romano In his national address on Jan. 8 , President Donald Trump made the case that the cost of not building the southern border wall will be the human lives lost by not stemming the flow of illegal immigration and the crime that is brought as a result. “In the last two […]
01.10.2019

By Robert Romano “I think we might work a deal and if we don’t, I may go that route. I have the absolute right to do [a] national emergency if I want.” That was President Donald Trump’s response to a reporter asking why he has not declared a national emergency at […]
01.10.2019

By Rick Manning The hardest part about any government shut down is that it is generally about a relatively abstract, but critical principle, while the negative impacts are somewhat immediately felt. In Washington, D.C., the federal government is the only employer who truly matters. While the federal […]
01.09.2019

By Rick Manning After President Donald Trump’s national address on the crisis at the nation’s southern border, it is stunning that the Democrats in Congress refuse to provide the basic border security tools, including a steel barrier that covers the top ten places that the Border Patrol […]