Joshua Mercer

GOVERNMENT BACK OPEN  Despite a weekend of blustering, Senate Democrats caved on their demand to resolve DACA in order to reopen the federal government. The Senate voted…

GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has set a Monday noon vote to reopen the partially shuttered federal government in exchange for a promise to vote…

MARCH FOR LIFE  Hundreds of thousands of Americans will take to the streets of the nation’s capital to protest abortion today. Ahead of the March, Vice President…

DEMS FLIP FLOP  For months, Democrats accused Republicans of opposing health care funding for children. So Republicans put forward a bill to fund the Children’s Health Insurance…

SANCTUARY CITIES PUNISHED?  Federal authorities are considering lodging criminal charges against the leaders of sanctuary cities, said Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen during the Senate Judiciary Committee. http://cvote.it/2mD4fCW…

BANNON, LEWANDOWSKI TO TESTIFY  Steve Bannon is set to testify today before the House Intelligence Committee’s Russian investigation. Corey Lewandowski is also scheduled to testify this week. “I…

TRUMP: DACA ‘PROBABLY DEAD’  President Trump said that Democrats’ refusal to deal on immigration means that special deferred action for childhood arrivals (DACA) might expire permanently. “DACA is…

TRUMP’S SALTY LANGUAGE  In a closed-door meeting with lawmakers, President Trump expressed frustration with people coming to the United States from “s***hole countries” like Haiti, El Salvador,…

MARCH FOR LIFE  Speaker Paul Ryan will headline the 45th March for Life, which is taking place on January 19th. Paul Ryan has spoken at the annual…