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Nov. 18, 2016
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| Good morning from Washington, where Rep. Kevin Cramer of North Dakota weighs in on the protests in his state over an oil pipeline. Nolan Peterson has an exclusive interview with a Ukrainian leader who "hopes to harness a global anti-establishment movement," like Donald Trump did, and Josh Siegel details the foreign conflicts Trump will have to make the calls on soon. Plus: Fred Lucas with a historical look back at transitions, and Rachel Zissimos on the recently deceased Melvin Laird. |
NewsTrump Cabinet Timing in Line With Past Presidents Nearly all recent presidents going back to at least Jimmy Carter made Cabinet announcements in December. Read More |
CommentaryThe Facts About the Dakota Access Pipeline That Protesters Don't Want You to Know For more than three months, thousands of protesters, most of them from out of state, have illegally camped on federal land in Morton County, North Dakota, to oppose the construction of a legally permitted oil pipeline project that is 85 percent complete. Read More |
NewsEx-Georgian President Saakashvili Says Ukraine Is 'Running Against the Clock' to Prevent Another Revolution The sometimes controversial Mikheil Saakashvili aims to rid Ukraine of corruption by installing a new generation of politicians who will set the country on an irreversible path to escape Russian influence. Read More |
NewsThe Top Foreign Conflicts Trump Will Inherit Under President Barack Obama, the U.S. is engaged militarily in various arenas throughout the world. Read More |
NewsConservatives Hopeful Pence Will Play Big Role in New Administration "He has checked all the boxes for conservatives," said Heritage's Lee Edwards. "He's been in talk radio, was a House conservative and a governor." Read More |
CommentaryRemembering Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird's Contribution to America When Melvin Laird was tapped to serve as the secretary of defense for the Nixon administration, the U.S. force commitment in Vietnam was nearing its peak. Read More |
CommentaryAfter Royally Screwing Up the Election, the Media Want Control Over Your Facebook News  The modern American media may have just had their worst year yet, and for their efforts, they have announced they'd like to reward themselves more power than they have held in decades. Read More |
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Daily on Defense: Jeffries plots end run for Ukraine aid, Austin back working from home, Ukraine donor group meets, Russian warship sunk, Putin’s poor memory
Follow us on Twitter View this as website BY JAMIE MCINTYRE ADVERTISEMENT JEFFRIES: ALL LEGISLATIVE OPTIONS ARE ON THE TABLE: The pressure is on House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) to find a way to bypass House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) to bring the $95 billion foreign aid bill that sailed through the Senate 70-29 to a vote on the House floor, where it would surely also pass with a wide bipartisan majority. "There are clearly more than 300 members of the House of Representatives, the overwhelming amount of Democrats and a significant number of Republicans, who would support the national security legislation, were it to receive an up-or-down vote on the floor of the House," Jeffries said on CNN yesterday. Jeffries’s best bet is a long shot, a rarely successful legislative maneuver known as a "discharge petition," which would require at least four Republicans