Fabricio Alvarado, a socially conservative nationalist, has won the first round of the Costa Rican presidential election with 25% of the vote, according to provisional results. He narrowly beat progressive candidate Carlos Alvarado, who won 22% of the vote. Carlos Alvarado and Fabricio Alvarado are now set to go on to the second round, which
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American military forces killed as many as 100 Russian mercenaries during an assault on a US-held base in Syria last week, based on a report Tuesday. Scores of soldiers, largely a mixture of Russians and Ukrainians fighting on the side of Syrian strongman Bashar al-Assad, stormed the base held by US and Kurdish forces within
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President Trump’s long-awaited infrastructure plan requires selling off federal government interests in the two main Washington, DC, area airports. Ronald Reagan Washington National and Dulles International airports have been targeted for potential divestiture under the plan released Monday. “The Federal Government owns and operates certain infrastructure that would be more appropriately owned by State, local,
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Donald Trump Jr.’s spouse was rushed to a Manhattan hospital Monday when she opened an envelope addressed to her husband that had a mysterious white powder inside — which turned out to be cornstarch, law enforcement sources informed The New York Post. Vanessa Trump opened the envelope — postmarked from Boston — at 10 a.m.
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White House budget director Mick Mulvaney on Sunday mentioned the Trump administration will roll out a budget on Monday that will include funds to construct the president’s long-promised wall alongside the Mexican border. He mentioned the plan would come with $3 billion for the barrier and a contingency for $25 billion over two years if
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Trump’s latest real estate venture – space. The Trump administration is proposing ending federal financing of the International Space Station to permit private business to take over funding the orbiting laboratory, according to the Washington Post. After a transition period, the federal government would cease direct financing after 2024, the newspaper stated, citing NASA documents.
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A California politician — who has been a vocal supporter of the Me Too movement — is reportedly under investigation after a former male staffer accused her of groping him. Assemblywoman Cristina Garcia allegedly cornered the then-25-year-old staffer within the dugout in 2014 after the annual state assembly softball game and squeezed his butt, based on a
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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi has ended an eight-hour filibuster-esque speech aimed at forcing a vote in the House of Representatives on protections for illegal immigrants who Democrats have branded as “Dreamers.” The leftist California Democrat took to the House floor at about 10:04 a.m. Eastern standard time on Wednesday and only yielded at 6:11
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President Trump wants to celebrate the troops with an enormous, beautiful military parade through Washington D.C. The Pentagon and White House officials are in discussions to carry out a grand event this year that includes soldiers marching and tanks rolling down the streets of the nation’s capital to spotlight America’s armed forces, the Washington Post reported
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President Trump continued lashing out at critics of a controversial memo that aimed to shoot holes in special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia probe, mocking the highest Democrat on a House committee as “Little Adam Schiff” and calling him certainly one of Washington’s “biggest liars and leakers.” “Little Adam Schiff, who is desperate to run for higher
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House Republicans charge that the FBI used info from a file on Russia’s supposed links to President Trump to obtain a warrant to spy on a former Trump aide without disclosing that Hillary Clinton’s campaign and the DNC paid for it. “The ‘dossier’ compiled by Christopher Steele on behalf of the Democratic National Committee and the Hillary
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The father of three daughters who had been all molested by Larry Nassar charged at the sicko former USA Gymnastics physician in a Michigan courtroom Friday in a chaotic scene that ended with the dad tackled on the ground, in handcuffs. “You son of a bitch!” Randall Margaves yelled to Nassar throughout his sentencing hearing
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President Trump on Friday will “probably” give Congress the OK to release a memo that accuses the feds of illegally spying on one of his ex-advisers, a senior administration official stated Thursday. The official stated the choice was made after the president and White House officials examined the memo over the previous few days
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The Cato Institute has been a fixture of Washington D.C. politics for many decades now. It has claimed to push libertarian and free market viewpoints, but has stood staunchly in favor of policies that have robbed America of its sovereignty and liberty such as NAFTA and open borders. But Cato may finally be getting cut
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Republican Rep. Trey Gowdy, chairman of the House Oversight Committee, stated Wednesday he is not going to seek re-election — the 34th GOP House member to head for the exit before the 2018 midterm elections. “There is a time to come and a time to go. This is the right time, for me, to leave
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President Trump illicited boos from Democrats when discussing his proposal to limit immigration during Tuesday evening’s State of the Union. “The fourth and final pillar protects the nuclear family by ending chain migration — under the current broken system, a single immigrant can bring in virtually unlimited numbers of distant relatives,” Trump claimed. “Under our
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Rep. Joe Kennedy III insisted on Wednesday that it was a copious quantity of ChapStick — not drool — on his lips when he delivered his response to the State of the Union. “Oddly enough, I decided to go a little bit light on the ChapStick this morning,” Kennedy joked when asked on ABC’s “Good Morning
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An Uzbek man who rammed a stolen truck right into a crowd in downtown Stockholm in April, killing 5 and injuring 14, was charged Tuesday with terrorism, attempts to carry out a terror act and endangering others. Rakhmat Akilov is the one suspect and has already confessed. He was arrested hours after he drove a stolen beer
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The Senate has rejected a proposed bill designed to ban abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy. But the bill succeeded at placing susceptible Democrats on the record for that issue, which was one of the Republicans’ goals. The GOP is defending its 51-49 majority in the upcoming 2018 midterm elections.
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The House Intelligence Committee voted Monday to make public a Republican memo that reportedly reveals abuses by the FBI and Department of Justice in launching the Russia investigation in opposition to President Trump. Democrats tried to thwart the release of what they imagine is an exposing political document that aids Trump, however Republicans argued the general public ought
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United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley showed some of her own fire and fury after Hillary Clinton and numerous celebrities read parts of a tell-all book critical of the Trump administration at the Grammy Awards. “I have always loved the Grammys but to have artists read the Fire and Fury book killed it,” Haley wrote on Twitter late Sunday in
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U.S. President Donald Trump says he would take a “tougher” angle towards Brexit negotiations than the strategy now being utilized by British Prime Minister Theresa May. Britain is getting ready to depart European Union in March 2019. The complicated negotiations have moved slowly and May’s Cabinet appears divided over how best to separate Britain from
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President Trump is making a behind-the-scenes push to release a classified House Intelligence Committee memo – regardless of Justice Department warnings that doing so could be “extraordinarily reckless.” Trump’s interest in making the memo public was conveyed Wednesday to Attorney General Jeff Sessions by White House Chief of Staff John Kelly, in response to a report within the
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The former presidential candidate and secretary of state appears in a brand new video message “directed to activist bitches supporting bitches.” “Hey everyone, I just wanted to say thanks,” Clinton stated into a cellphone camera, seated at a crimson banquette in what seemed to be a restaurant. “Thanks for your feminism, for your activism, and
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Hillary Clinton insisted Bible-thumping “faith adviser” to her 2008 presidential campaign be kept on board regardless of accusations that he repeatedly sexually harassed a younger lady who worked for him, a brand new report stated. Clinton’s campaign manager advised that she boot the adviser, Burns Strider, however the former first lady declined, opting instead to
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President Trump reportedly ordered that special counsel Robert Mueller be fired in June however backed off from the controversial move when the White House chief counsel threatened to resign, it was revealed on Thursday. The episode has come to the attention of Mueller as he interviews numerous White House officials through the probe into
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Comedian Jim Jefferies is apparently desperate to perform damage control after an audio clip surfaced of the liberal comedian boasting about having sexual relations with a 17-year-old girl under the influence of illegal drugs. In a podcast with comedian Jay Mohr, Jefferies openly boasted about giving illegal drugs to actress Georgina Baillie and fornicating with
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North Korea is getting ready to stage a significant event to mark the 70th anniversary of the founding of its military, just one day before the opening ceremony of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics in South Korea. Pyongyang residents have been assembling each day to practice with drums and plastic bouquets, while satellite imagery suggests troops
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The government shutdown wasn’t long enough to delay the nomination hearing for an economist who could be considered to be one of the “worst Fed nominees of all time.” While most of the headlines generated from Marvin Goodfriend’s testimony before the Senate today focused on the grilling he received from Senate Dems, there is one curious part of
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An FBI agent involved within the Russia investigation in spring 2017 expressed hesitation about whether or not he ought to be part of the special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe because “there’s no big there there,” based on emails made public on Tuesday by a Republican senator. Agent Peter Strzok exchanged messages with FBI lawyer Lisa Page, with whom he
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Leftist comedian Jim Jefferies has been cashing in on the anti-Trump craze in recent months. His Comedy Central program, “The Jim Jefferies Show” focuses primarily upon deriding the President of the United States. But a clip from Jefferies’ past shows him to be a hypocrite at best, and a predator at worst. On a podcast
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Steve Bannon dressed down President Trump’s daughter Ivanka within the early days of the administration, reminding her that she was simply one other staffer within the White House. “My daughter loves me as a dad,” Bannon informed Ivanka, based on Howard Kurtz’s ebook, “Media Madness: Donald Trump, The Press and the War Over the Truth.” “You love
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As federal negotiations between the White House and the Senate descend into the high-pressure environment of a government shutdown, the contributions of Arkansas Republican Senator Tom Cotton have been recognized by pro-America immigration patriots as a decisive presence in blocking the attempted amnesty of up to a million DACA illegal aliens. Senator Cotton, viewed by
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President Trump on Sunday continued to blast Democrats over immigration throughout the showdown and urged Republicans to make use of the “Nuclear Option” to achieve a long-term resolution. “Great to see how hard Republicans are fighting for our Military and Safety at the Border. The Dems just want illegal immigrants to pour into our nation unchecked,”
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The White House traded salvos with Senate Democrats Saturday as each side dug into opposing positions as the first day of the federal government shutdown dragged on. “[Senate Minority Leader Chuck] Schumer is going to have to up his game and become more honest with the president of the United States,” Office of Management
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President Trump trolled the 200 women’s marches held around the world Saturday by saying protesters should support his agenda. “Beautiful weather all over our great country, a perfect day for all Women to March,” he tweeted at 1:51 p.m. “Get out there now to celebrate the historic milestones and unprecedented economic success and wealth creation that has taken
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The Senate didn’t approve a temporary spending bill in a tense standoff late Friday evening — forcing an embarrassing government shutdown on the eve of the first anniversary of President Trump’s inauguration. Last-minute negotiations failed because the stopgap funding measure fell well short of the 60 Senate votes needed to maintain the federal government in operation.
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The federal government shutdown is a present from Democrats, President Trump joked amid a string of early Saturday tweets, pinning blame for the stalemate on Democrats and pushing for more Republicans to be elected. “Democrats are far more concerned with Illegal Immigrants than they are with our great Military or Safety at our dangerous Southern Border. They
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A Kentucky man accused of attacking U.S. Senator Rand Paul outside his residence has agreed to plead guilty to a charge of assaulting a member of Congress, however he has informed investigators his reasoning was not politically motivated, officials stated on Friday. The Republican Paul’s neighbor, Rene Boucher, 58, was charged with assaulting a member of Congress resulting in personal
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Rep. Justin Amash (R-MI) voted in favor of a resolution urging crippling sanctions against the Iranian people while calling for the United Nations to play a role in toppling the Islamic Republic of Iran. House Resolution 676 (H.Res.676) was approved by every House member except for Reps. Walter Jones (R-NC) and Thomas Massie (R-KY). Those
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Senate Democrats stated Thursday that they had sufficient votes to stiffle a GOP short-term budget deal — increasing the probability of a government shutdown as Friday’s midnight deadline loomed. A senior Senate Democratic aide informed the Washington Post it was “almost certain” spending extension doesn’t have the votes to pass the upper chamber. The Democrats need the bill to
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Syrian Government authorities stated on Thursday U.S. military presence in Syria represented an “aggression” towards Syrian sovereignty, and vowed to free the nation from any “illegitimate” international presence. The Syrian Foreign Ministry assertion was a response to a speech by U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Wednesday through which he signaled that U.S. forces would
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House Speaker Paul Ryan tried pressuring Democrats on Wednesday to support legislation stopping a government shutdown this weekend — but additionally confronted resistance from conservative Republicans, casting doubt on any deal. Ryan gave little ground within the partisan battle over the destiny of the Dreamers, an issue many Democrats say have to be resolved prior to
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The Trump administration will ban immigrants from Haiti — which the president included in his “s–thole countries” comment — from making use of short-term visas given to low-skilled workers, the Department of Homeland Security stated. The department stated it will remove Haiti, Belize and Samoa from a list of greater than 80 nations whose residents are eligible
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President Trump insisted on Thursday that his concept of a border wall hasn’t “evolved,” a day after his chief of staff informed lawmakers that the president’s campaign pledge to construct the barrier was not “fully informed.” “The Wall is the Wall, it has never changed or evolved from the first day I conceived of it,” Trump tweeted.
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Departing Sen. Jeff Flake on Wednesday ripped President Trump for his criticism of the media referring to them as “enemy of the people,” comparing Trump’s remarks to Russian dictator Josef Stalin and stated they ought to be a “source of great shame.” “It is a testament to the condition of our democracy that our own president uses
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President Trump on Twitter Monday blasted Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin, who stated the president used the phrase “s–thole countries,” referring to him as “Dicky” and blaming him for scuttling a deal to assist younger immigrants. “Senator Dicky Durbin totally misrepresented what was said at the DACA meeting. Deals can’t get made when there is no
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President Trump lashed out at Sen. Dianne Feinstein on twitter for unilaterally releasing the complete transcript of an interview between congressional investigators and the founder of Fusion GPS, the opposition research agency that commissioned the controversial file on Trump in the course of the 2016 campaign. In a tweet, Trump referred to the the top
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Michael Wolff, writer of “Fire and Fury”, disputed Steve Bannon’s claim that he meant his “treasonous” remark for former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort and not Donald Trump Jr. “I like Steve, I’m grateful for the time he gave me, the insights he gave me, and I don’t want to put him in more hot water than he
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Former U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo, a leading 2018 candidate for Governor of Colorado, elaborated on his vision for limited government and stronger border controls in an exclusive interview with The Liberty Conservative. Tancredo previously ran for Governor in 2010 as the Constitution Party candidate, coming in second place, with 36.4% of the vote. Now, he
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