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A retired U.S. Marine Corps gunnery sergeant prominent veterans advocate is fuming after new revelations that the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Washington is failing to meet even the most basic medical standards. Employees at the center are imploring new Veterans Affairs Sec. Robert Willkie to take immediate action to change practices there. They cite rusty medical instruments and bacteria-infected water being used to sterilize equipment. The employees also report,...

The Trump administration began reapplying economic sanctions against Iran Monday, the latest consequence of President Trump withdrawing the U.S. from the Iran nuclear deal. Trump withdrew the U.S. as a signatory of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action in May, and the new round of sanctions is the first of two rounds of crippling sanctions designed to deter Iran from pursuing nuclear weapons and grant more liberties to its people. "There's the difference between the Obama administration and...

All sides of the Trump-Russia debate see the recently released application for a FISA warrant against a former Trump campaign figure as confirming their previously held opinions on the matter, but a former federal prosecutor says that's because some are conflating two very different matters and reaching a faulty conclusion. Over the weekend, the FBI released a redacted version of the FISA warrant request it sought against former Trump aide Carter Page. The paperwork shows the FBI did rely...

For the first time in the 2018 political season, one of the nation's leading political forecasters is predicting Democrats will take control of the House of Representatives following the midterm elections. On Tuesday, Sabato's Crystal Ball, led by University of Virginia political scientist Larry Sabato, moved 17 House races more favorable to Democrats. The report also shows 33 of 36 seats labeled as toss-ups are currently held by Republicans. Seven other GOP-held seats are considered even...

Congressional Republicans are once again embracing pork-barrel spending, more than doubling the amount spent on earmarks since the last fiscal year. Citizens Against Government Waste, or CAGW, publishes "The Congressional Pig Book," which chronicles spending on earmarks each year. According to the book, 232 earmarks are part of the appropriations process for Fiscal Year 2018, a 42 percent increase from 2017. Those earmarks total $14.7 billion, a 116 percent jump from just a year ago. For...

One of most prominent hosts in cable news says President Trump and his campaign did not collude with Russia during the 2016 campaign, but Democrats and the media keep chasing the story to distract from what she considers the real conspiracy inside the Obama administration to make sure Trump either would not get elected or would remain mired in scandal. Former Westchester County, New York, prosecutor and judge Jeanine Pirro hosts "Justice with Judge Jeanine" on the Fox News Channel. She is...

A former high-ranking CIA official says President Trump's refusal to stand by the U.S. intelligence community while on stage with Russia's Vladimir Putin is "devastating" and believes Trump's efforts to walk back those words on Tuesday was thoroughly meaningless. Herbert E. Meyer served as special assistant to Reagan-era CIA Director William Casey and also as vice chairman of the CIA's National Intelligence Council. He's also an accomplished producer and author, most recently writing the...

Prominent conservative Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, is battling allegations that he helped cover up sexual abuse at Ohio State University, and a longtime conservative activist believes the controversy is simply an effort to tarnish Jordan and block him from becoming Speaker of the House. "The deep state strikes again," said Richard Viguerie, who pioneered direct mail in political campaigning. He is also chairman of conservativehq.com and author of "Takeover: The 100-Year War for the Soul of the...

Special Counsel Robert Mueller indicted 12 Russians, accusing them of hacking key individuals and institutions and even, stealing the information of some 500,000 voters. However, a former federal prosecutor says while it's vital to know how Russia tried to interfere in the 2016 campaign, there's still no connection to the Trump campaign and still no basis for why a special counsel is on this case. Andrew C. McCarthy served as a prosecutor in the Southern District of New York and led the...

A law professor who clerked for both Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and retiring Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy says President Trump made a terrific selection and is confident that Kavanaugh would be a justice who is faithful to the text of the law and not any policy agenda. Justin Walker teaches at the Brandeis School of Law at the University of Louisville. He clerked for Kavanaugh in 2010-2011, and was thrilled to hear Trump nominate him to the high court. "He's impeccably...

North Korea is bristling at American the verification demands for the dismantling of its nuclear program, but one prominent expert believes the Trump administration's hardball tactics got Kim Jong-Un to the negotiating table and will likely lead to him truly abandoning his nukes as well. Over the weekend, North Korea accused Secretary of State Mike Pompeo of engaging in "gangster" tactics for making a number of unilateral demands for North Korean disarmament. The negotiations themselves...

Authorities in four European nations foiled a terrorist plot against an Iranian resistance rally in Paris, and a key figure in the resistance says Iran is right to be worried about regime change, hinting all the pieces are in place for the mullahs to be toppled within the next year or two. Earlier this week, the Wall Street Journal and other sources reported multiple arrests were made in connection with an attempted terrorist attack against last weekend's "Free Iran" rally. An Iranian...

President Trump plans to announce his choice to fill a vacancy on the Supreme Court Monday, and grassroots activists are ready to promote and defend whomever Trump chooses from his public list of potential nominees. On Monday, Trump reportedly interviewed four people for the job, including Judge Amy Coney Barrett of the Seventh U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Raymond Kethledge and Amul Thapar from the Sixth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, and Brett Kavanaugh of the Court of Appeals for the...

A growing number of elected Democrats are now on record in wanting to abolish Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, a development that one immigration law expert believes has exposed the desire among many liberals to have fully open borders. The trend started on Wednesday after avowed socialist Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez defeated 10-term Rep. Joe Crowley, D-N.Y., in a stunning congressional primary. Reporters discovered Ocasio-Cortez wants to abolish ICE. She publicly defended that...

As Washington gears up for one of the most contentious Supreme Court nominations in recent memory, many political figures and pundits are applauding the tenure of retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy, but Liberty Counsel Chairman Mathew Staver says Kennedy leaves a dark legacy on the moral fabric of America. Shortly after the news of Kennedy's retirement was announced, President Trump lavished praise on Kennedy. "He's been a great justice of the Supreme Court," said Trump. "He is a man who has...

The U.S. Supreme Court Wednesday rendered a sweeping decision that frees non-members from having to pay dues to public sector unions, a ruling that overturns a previous decision and could be financially lethal to organized labor. In a 5-4 decision in Janus v. AFSCME, Justice Samuel Alito said the ruling had to be broad because of the fundamental free speech questions involved. "States and public-sector unions may no longer extract agency fees from nonconsenting employees," wrote Alito. "This...

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of a pro-life crisis pregnancy center, shooting down part of a California law that had required such centers to inform patients about abortion services, a mandate the court rejected as compelled speech. It was a 5-4 decision, with the court's four liberals opposed.. In the case of National Institute of Family and Life Advocates v. Becerra, Justice Clarence Thomas pointed out the state was requiring the clinics to deliver a message they explicitly oppose....

Republicans and even top Democrats are condemning Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., for urging Trump administration critics to gather crowds to confront cabinet officials in public places, a call that a prominent political and media commentator sees as on the brink of "incitement." As the intense debate over family separation at the U.S.-Mexico border unfolded, protesters chased Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen and Trump adviser Stephen Miller from separate restaurants. More...

Grassroots activists and state officials are making another push to "repeal and replace" Obamacare, and a leading figure in the effort believes there is a 50-50 chance it can get passed before the midterm elections. "Health reform is not dead," said Galen Institute President Grace-Marie Turner, who has been working with other activists to revive the effort ever since the Senate failed to advance legislation last summer. They plan to hold a press conference outlining their reform principles...

While Washington digests the long-awaited report on the performance of the FBI and Justice Department during the 2016 campaign, separate revelations convince former federal prosecutor Andrew C. McCarthy that Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein must recuse himself from the Mueller investigation over a clear conflict of interest. McCarthy's conclusion follows a Fox News report that Rosenstein has threatened to subpoena emails, phone records, and other data from lawmakers and congressional...