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President Trump finds himself in the center of more controversy this week, this time for weighing in on the sentencing of former political confidant Roger Stone. Last year, Stone was convicted on charges of obstruction, making false statements, and witness tampering as part of the Mueller investigation into alleged Russian collusion with the Trump campaign during the 2016 campaign. Earlier this we...

Bernie Sanders wants government-run health care for all. He also wants a Green New Deal, college debt forgiveness, universal child care, universal preschool and more. Former Clinton administration Treasury Sec. Larry Summers says the whole agenda would cost $60 trillion over ten years - more than doubling all current government expenditures. Sanders has plans to raise $20 trillion in new taxes but...

The Chinese government is reporting more than 1,000 deaths related to coronavirus but China expert Gordon Chang says it's clear from how officials are reacting with mass quarantines and other tactics that the problem is much worse than reported. "The severity is much greater than China is officially reporting," said Chang. "There are stories that Wuhan, the epicenter of the virus, is cremating hun...

Democrats in Congress and in Virginia are pursuing legislation they say protects the right of workers to organize but critics say it's nothing more than an effort to compel union membership for workers whether they want to belong or not. This week, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Protecting the Right to Organize Act, also known as the PRO Act.  Supporters claim it paves the way for em...

The U.S. Senate acquitted President Trump of allegations of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress Wednesday. But what is the aftermath? Critics of the president contend the Senate did not allow for a fair trial with witnesses and documents. Supporters of the president say Democrats used the Constitution to abuse it. So how did the Constitution hold up to the actions of the House and Senate? F...

Tuesday night President Trump touted historically low unemployment rates in a litany of categories. He also says his tax cuts are creating economic opportunities in struggling communities and that he wants to give parents the option of moving their kids out of failing schools. Near the beginning of his speech, Trump noted the unemployment rate is the lowest in 50 years. He also stated the unemploy...

The 2020 presidential campaign comes at a time when Americans appear more politically divided than ever.  Many analysts contend very few minds are capable of changing.  Either you like President Trump or fear what one of the Democrats would do in office or you want virtually anyone but Trump and you'll side with whoever the Democrats nominate. But authors Bruce Eberle and Vernon Robinson believe T...

Good luck finding a cable news outlet, newspaper, or online news site that doesn't have a fairly obvious bias on issues ranging from impeachment to the strike that killed Gen. Soleimani to the state of our economy. Bias has been an issue for decades but now objectivity seems to be an endangered species. How did we get this way? In this interview with Greg Corombos, Accuracy in Media Pres. Adam Gui...

On Wednesday, the Senate impeachment trial of President Trump shifted to a new phase, with senators asking questions of the lawyers on both sides of the case. But did we get some insightful and pertinent questions or was it mostly political grandstanding? And did we learn anything new? In this podcast, former federal prosecutor Andrew C. McCarthy tackles those questions and also dives into the con...

It's been a busy stretch for highly touted trade deals. The Trump administration already completed new trade agreements with Japan and South Korea. Last week, the Senate followed the House of Representatives in approving the U.S.-Mexico-Canada agreement, also known as USMCA, which President Trump signed on Wednesday. In addition, President Trump also signed phase one of a new trade framework with...

Washington is abuzz with the news that former National Security Adviser John Bolton plans to state in his upcoming book that President Trump ordered him not to release military aid to Ukraine until it agreed to conduct the investigations he requested into the 2016 campaign. But while some in the nation's capital say this amounts to a smoking gun of a quid pro quo, former Justice Department officia...

Friday wraps up the opening statements from the House Democrats serving as impeachment managers, and while they argue President Trump must be removed from office on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress, one expert contends the rationale given for not leaving the matter up to the voters is far more frightening than anything Trump allegedly did. On Wednesday, lead impeachment manage...

Pro-life activists flocked to Washington on Friday for the 47th Annual March for Life.  And those in attendance witnessed the first ever in-person appearance at the march by a sitting U.S. president. What is the significance of Trump appearing to speak at the rally?  Just how far have Democrats tacked to the extreme on abortion?  And where does the public actually stand? New Jersey Rep. Chris Smit...

During an interview with Fox Business Network this week, President Trump promised a middle class tax cut within the next ninety days, but what does he have in mind and what is politically possible? In this podcast, National Taxpayers Union President Pete Sepp tells Greg Corombos what Trump can do by executive action and what would require the cooperation of Congress.  He also explains what unilate...

On January 22, 1973, the U.S. Supreme Court legalized abortion nationwide through the Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton decisions. The plaintiff in the second case was known as "Mary Doe." Her real name was Sandra Cano. Only Sandra Cano had no idea she was the plaintiff. Cano passed away in 2014, but in this interview from 2013, she explains how she got entangled in the fight to legalize abortion, how...

While Washington focuses on the impeachment process, President Trump is taking another step on immigration policy, this time targeting what's known as "birth tourism." Current U.S. law, through the 14th amendment to the Constitution, confers citizenship on anyone born in the United States. Center for Immigration Studies Executive Director Mark Krikorian says this is not just a matter of people tim...

On Thursday, President Trump issued nine rules designed to protect religious organizations from discrimination by the federal government.  He's also taking steps to protect free religious expression in the public schools. What is the current law concerning religious expression in government-funded schools? How closely are those laws currently being followed?  What are Trump's orders designed to do...

On Thursday, the U.S. Senate overwhelmingly approved the USMCA, the new North American trade compact among the U.S., Mexico, and Canada, and a leading small business advocate says there are plenty of changes to make life easier for American businesses and entrepreneurs. What regulatory changes will help business owners keep costs down? How does the agreement give small business a much bigger voice...

Less than a week after attracting worldwide attention with their massive protests against their own government, the Iranian people continue their demonstrations, even as the media turn to impeachment and other matters closer to home. Iranian opposition groups believe there is tremendous momentum towards ending the current Iranian regime.  Alireza Jafarzadeh is deputy director of the Washington off...

Businessman and activist Tom Steyer remains in the Democratic presidential race and on the debate stage long after other party hopefuls exited the race. But why is he there?  What does he bring to the campaign that other Democrats do not? In a conversation with Greg Corombos, Steyer explains what compelled him to run after initially deciding not to be a candidate.  They also dive into Steyer's sig...

Virginia's House of Delegates approved the Equal Rights Amendment Wednesday, with supporters hailing the vote as the final step for ratification and critics pointing out the opportunity to enact it ended 38 years ago. The Democratic-led chamber voted 59-41 to approve the amendment, also known as ERA. The problem for supporters is that Congress gave the states until 1982 to reach the 38-state thres...

While the American media portrays the U.S. strike killing Iranian Gen. Qasem Soleimani as controversial and deeply destabilizing to the region, terrorism expert Brigitte Gabriel says throughout the Middle East the news is being cheered by people and nations increasingly worried about Iranian ambitions in the region. Gabriel is the chairman of ACT for America, the largest grassroots national securi...

Many Democrats and some Republicans are furious that administration officials did not offer more specifics on what led to President Trump ordering the drone strike that killed Iranian Gen. Qasem Soleimani and several high-ranking figures of Iranian proxy militias in the Middle East. In response, the House of Representatives spent much of Thursday approving a proposed update to the War Powers Act f...

As of Wednesday, Democrats now control the governor's office and both chambers of General Assembly in Virginia, and the new majorities are promising an aggressive progressive agenda over the next couple of months. Democrats plan to pursue legislation on gun control, abortion, the environment, the Equal Rights Amendment, the minimum wage and many other issues. In this podcast, GOP Del. Nick Freitas...

Last week, a U.S. drone strike killed the commander of the Iranian Quds Force Gen. Kassem Soleimani and several other high-level figures connected to Iran's deadly efforts in Iraq and beyond. Iran is vowing revenge and is even putting a bounty on the head of President Trump. But what are the short and long-term impacts on the Iranian regime of Soleimani's death? Are the Iranian people distraught a...