Militias, Iraqi Government Try to Retake City From ISIS
After the Iraqi government’s security forces retreated from the city of Ramadi on May 17 — abandoning the important city of half a million people to the Islamic State...
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McConnell Bill Would Extend PATRIOT Act Powers Through July
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on May 14 introduced a bill that would extend until July 31 — without changes — the expiring surveillance authorities of the PATRIOT Act. McConnell...
Rubio Promotes Interventionist Foreign Policy In Speech at the CFR
Speaking before the internationalist Council on Foreign Relations in New York on May 13, Senator and presidential candidate Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) defended “America’s role as a security guarantor” for...
L.A. County Ends Cooperation with ICE on Immigration Enforcement
On May 12, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted 3-2 to abolish a program known as 287(g) — which allows federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents...
Jeb Bush Would Not Rescind Obama’s Executive Amnesty if Elected President
During a recent interview with Megyn Kelly on Fox News, former Florida Governor Jeb Bush said that — were he to be elected president — his first order of...
Putin and Xi Meeting in Moscow Reflects Increased Russian-Chinese Cooperation
Russian President Vladimir Putin sat side-by-side with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Moscow’s Red Square on May 9, as the leaders of two of the world’s most powerful nations...
Court Rules NSA Spying Is Illegal, but McConnell Defends Patriot Act’s Section 215
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in New York ruled on May 7 that the National Security Agency’s (NSA) bulk collection of U.S. call records is...
McConnell Delays Debate on Legislation, Tries to Save Complete Patriot Act
In a last-ditch bid to save the Patriot Act, which has been condemned by many members of Congress for its overreaching authorization of domestic spying in the name of...
Clinton Promotes “Full and Equal Path to Citizenship” for Illegal Aliens
Speaking in Las Vegas on May 5, presidential candidate Hillary Clinton said that her plan for immigration reform included a way to provide illegal aliens with a way to...
House Bill Introduced to Keep Marriage Cases Out of Federal Courts
As the Supreme Court considers how to rule on Obergefell v. Hodges — a case challenging marriage bans in Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, and Tennessee, for which it heard oral...
GOP Senators Isakson and Sessions Duel Over TPP “Trade” Scheme
Senator Johnny Isakson recently advocated passage of Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) while Senator Jeff Sessions posted a “Critical Alert” articulating his concerns with TPA. ...
USA Freedom Act to End NSA Records Collection Clears Committee
On April 30, the House Judiciary Committee approved the USA Freedom Act by a vote of 25-2. A description of the legislation on the Judiciary Committee website notes that...
Bernie Sanders Announces Run for Presidency in 2016
Independent Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont announced on April 30 that he will seek the Democratic nomination for president in 2016. A self-described “Democratic socialist,” Sanders generally caucused with...
Strong Downturn in Deportations Under Obama Administration
As of April 20, federal immigration officials had deported 127,378 illegal aliens, which works out to a little over 500,000 deportations a year. In contrast, a report from the...
Immigration Bills Stalled in Texas Legislature
Several immigration-related bills have largely stalled in the Texas legislature, including one to end in-state college tuition rates for illegal aliens. ...