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Trump Team Prepares to Take the ‘Beachhead’

Published January 20, 2017

Vice President-Elect Mike Pence boated of a successful transition operation Thursday even as Senate Democrats launch unprecedented attacks on the Cabinet nominees of President-Elect Donald Trump. The attacks culminated on Thursday, when U.S. Sen. Pat Roberts (R-Kansas), fed up and visibly peeved that one Trump nominee had been accused of creating the last recession, asked […]

‘El Chapo’ Extradition: Mexican Drug Lord Joaquín Guzmán En Route

Published January 20, 2017

Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán is going to face U.S. authorities as it has been confirmed he is being extradited from his current location, ABC News reports. Although the spokesperson did not confirm where the criminal was headed to, citing “security concerns,” Mexican journalist Carlos Loret de Mola said he was going to New York. He […]

Gambia: Yahya Jammeh gets a final deadline to step down

Published January 20, 2017

West African leaders have given Yahya Jammeh, who lost elections last month, until midday on Friday to hand over power and agree to leave The Gambia or face military action carried out by the regional bloc ECOWAS. West African troops entered the country to bolster its new President Adama Barrow – who was sworn-in on […]

Ideas for the New Administration: Two K-12 Federal Education Strategies

Published January 19, 2017

Ideas for the New Administration: Two K-12 Federal Education Strategies Max Eden / January 18, 2017 / Manhattan Institute Abstract The United States has long been in the middle of the pack among developed nations in K–12 education. In 2015, scores on America’s National Assessment of Education Progress—a nationwide report card of student achievement—fell nearly […]

Trump’s Personnel Challenge

Published January 19, 2017

Trump’s Personnel Challenge Ensuring the loyalty of his appointees is no small task—but there is a roadmap. E. S. Savas / January 18, 2017 / City Journal An incoming president’s most important task is staffing his administration with allies who understand and share his policies, and are dependably loyal. Because of his surprise victory, […]

Donald Trump: ‘I don’t want the celebrities — I want the people’

Published January 19, 2017

President-elect Donald Trump says he wants “the people” – not the celebrities – at this week’s inaugural events and that there will be crowds “rarely seen before.” “Many of the celebrities that are saying they’re not going – they were never invited,” Mr. Trump said in an interview that aired Wednesday on “Fox & Friends.” […]

Trump Transition’s Focus: Be All Substance, Little Show

Published January 19, 2017

On Wednesday morning in an office lobby not too far from the U.S. Capitol, media members lined up for a morning “gaggle” at the office of the Presidential Transition. Security was tight, and delayed some familiar faces: Even top reporters such as CBS News’ Major Garrett waited. “[The media] attempted in every way they could […]

Nikki Haley vows return to strong leadership at U.N.

Published January 19, 2017

South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley will tell a Senate panel Wednesday that if confirmed as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, she will fight to restore America’s leadership role in the world and stand up to bias against close ally Israel. “My job – our job – is to reform the UN in ways that […]

Senate committee confirms Trump’s Defense Secretary

Published January 19, 2017

A Senate committee on Wednesday overwhelmingly approved James N. Mattis, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for Secretary of Defense, according to The Los Angeles Times. Mattis thus became the first of Trump’s Cabinet picks to clear the crucial hurdle. The GOP-led Senate Armed Services Committee voted 26-1 in favor of Mattis on Wednesday, according to the […]

Obama authorized destruction of liberty

Published January 19, 2017

On Jan. 3, outgoing Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch secretly signed an order directing the National Security Agency (NSA) – America’s 60,000-person-strong domestic spying apparatus – to make available raw spying data to all other federal intelligence agencies, which then can pass it on to their counterparts in foreign countries and in the 50 states […]

How Obama’s CIA Manipulated the Media

Published January 19, 2017

How Obama’s CIA Manipulated the Media by Cliff Kincaid on January 19, 2017 at Accuracy in Media The CIA and its media allies have thrown everything but the proverbial kitchen sink at President Donald J. Trump. Media bias, anonymous sources, and intelligence “garbage” have been on display. But the 25-page Intelligence Community report on […]

Obama’s Legacy is Dismal but Forgettable

Published January 19, 2017

Obama’s Legacy is Dismal but Forgettable Daniel J. Mitchell – at FEE / Monday, January 16, 2017 President Obama gave his farewell speech last night, orating for more than 50 minutes. As noted by the Washington Examiner, his remarks were “longer than the good-bye speeches of Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton and George W. Bush […]

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