Author: Margaret Marie

After yet another weekend of violence in Chicago where 63 people were shot (11 fatal), Illinois Democratic state lawmaker La Shawn Ford called out Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Fox News for naming Chicago a “Trump-Free zone.” Ford said that the shootings could only be stopped by a unified effort between Chicago and the federal government. […]

Protests in Iran over worsening economic conditions and government oppression have now reached over 80 cities in Iran, and in recent weeks have involved crowds of thousands of people as the effects of reinstated US sanctions kick in. Iranians have been experiencing worsening economic conditions and are angered by their government’s inaction and corruption. The […]

The White House re-imposed harsh economic sanctions on Iran August 7 to put the final nail in the coffin of the Obama nuclear deal, which had lifted previous sanctions in 2015 so long as Iran promised to dismantle most of its nuclear production sites. President Trump said that he still hopes to negotiate a new […]

The Trump bump is very real. Soon after Florida Representative Ron DeSantis was endorsed by President Donald Trump in his state’s gubernatorial race, the Congressman shot up to a double-digit lead in the polls over his primary opponent, Florida Commissioner of Agriculture Adam Putnam. The Republican Fabrizio-Lee poll taken July 8-12 found that DeSantis jumped […]

In four Republican primary races that took place August 7 in Kansas, Michigan, Missouri, and Washington, the candidates with an endorsement from President Trump were victorious. The President was also able to declare victory in Ohio’s 12th District where Republicans sought his help in a House special election. The win meant that the Republican Party […]

The US House of Representatives focused on health care reform in the last week of July. Republicans were able to pass bills that would suspend the health insurance tax for two years, allow looser restrictions on consumer health savings accounts, and repeal the tax on medical devices. All three bills received bipartisan support and are […]

Countless American newspapers, large and small, have ruthlessly called out the Trump administration for directing the Commerce Department to start collecting retaliatory tariffs of 4 to 9 percent on newsprint imports from Canada. The agency also started charging Canadian paper producers and exporters over 22 percent anti-dumping duties. According to the Los Angeles Times, this […]

On July 16, the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the Federal Housing Finance Agency would not be granted special immunity from reform, but would be subject to oversight from the President – in accordance with the principle of separation of powers. Collins v. Mnuchin found that Congress unconstitutionally “insulated” the FHFA from being […]

When Chick-fil-A President and COO Tim Tassopoulos announced on July 25 that his chain will open its first international location in Toronto, Canada in 2019, he was immediately met with hostility from LGBT supporters. Tassopoulos said that he plans to open 15 more of the famous chicken sandwich restaurants within five years in the Ontario […]

On July 31, Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL) attempted to ram through a gun control bill by unanimous consent that would have made the publishing of blueprints for 3D-printed guns illegal. But that wasn’t going to happen if Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) had anything to say about it. Lee took to the Senate floor to lambast […]