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Trump urged to delay State of the Union address until after impeachment: ‘No games’

By Marisa Schultz | Fox News President Trump should tell House Speaker Nancy Pelosi he’ll refuse to give his State of the Union address until after the cloud of impeachment is lifted, one GOP representative urged Tuesday. “President Trump should tell her ‘no games’ and tell her he’ll deliver the State of the Union only after our country clears the […]

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Ted Cruz says outcome of Senate impeachment trial will be ‘acquittal,’ not dismissal

By Talia Kaplan | Fox News Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, said on “America’s Newsroom” on Tuesday that he thinks the outcome of Trump’s impeachment trial “will not be dismissal, it will be an acquittal.” Cruz, a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, noted that “those are different outcomes.” “Dismissal throws the case out without reaching a verdict,” Cruz told anchor Bill Hemmer. “We’re going to reach […]

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Feds used FISA, possible stingray to spy on Giuliani-connected businessman, filing says

By Gregg Re | Fox News One of the businessmen accused of conspiring with associates of Rudy Giuliani to make illegal campaign contributions argued Thursday in federal court that the government is trying to cover up the “warrantless and unlawful electronic surveillance” it conducted in its investigation, including possible “stingray” technology to track cellphones. Saying it now “appears to be the case” that the […]

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Tucker Carlson: Biden believes America’s chief mission is to admit as many poor people as possible

By Tucker Carlson | Fox News Here in Washington, our leaders spent the week focused on the Middle East, on Iran. But out there and the rest of the country, there are plenty of more pressing concerns — tangible concerns. For example, many of our cities are starting to fail. Infrastructure is aging; both crime and the cost of living are surging, and […]

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AOC riles Dems by refusing to pay party dues, bankrolling colleagues’ opponents

By Marisa Schultz | Fox News EXCLUSIVE: Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has already topped the fundraising charts in her short time in Congress, but the liberal darling won’t donate a cent of her millions to Democrats’ House campaign organization — a position that has rankled some of her colleagues, Fox News has learned. Instead, Ocasio-Cortez is building her own fundraising operation for fellow […]

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House Approves Iran War Powers Resolution, Seeking to Limit Trump’s Military Options

BY Jack Phillips and Zachary Stieber The House of Representatives voted to approve the War Powers resolution aimed at restraining President Donald Trump’s ability to use military action against Iran without the approval of Congress, coming a week after a U.S. airstrike killed Iranian General Qassem Soleimani in Baghdad amid escalating tensions between Tehran and Washington. The vote, a day […]

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Omar claim of PTSD ‘offensive’ to US veterans, Indiana congressman says; Squad member responds

By David Aaro | Fox News An Indiana congressman who served in Afghanistan as a member of the Navy Reserve spoke out on behalf of America’s military veterans Wednesday after U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., claimed she suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder. U.S. Rep. Jim Banks, a Republican, said Omar’s comments were a “disgrace,” calling the remarks “offensive to our nation’s veterans who really do have PTSD […]

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Andy McCarthy: Soleimani was ‘a legitimate target’ for drone strike that killed him

By Joshua Nelson | Fox News Former federal prosecutor Andrew McCarthy asserted Tuesday that the U.S. drone strike that killed Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani was “legal under the laws of war,” countering suspicions raised by critics questioning intelligence that reported an “imminent threat” against American assets in the Middle East. “Once in the laws of war, imminence is not a […]

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GOP senators move to dismiss articles of impeachment amid battle with Pelosi

By Brooke Singman | Fox News Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri joined with a host of fellow Republicans Monday to introduce a resolution allowing the chamber to dismiss articles of impeachment against President Trump for lack of prosecution, as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi delays sending the case for trial. The resolution specifically would update Senate rules to allow the chamber to bring a motion […]

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Rep. John Ratcliffe slams Ilhan Omar, Dems criticizing Soleimani strike

By Yael Halon | Fox News Rep. John Ratcliffe, R-Texas, fired back at Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., Sunday after the congresswoman doubled down on her criticism of the airstrike ordered by President Trump that killed Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani in Iraq early Friday. “It’s disappointing but it’s not surprising,” Ratcliffe told Maria Bartiromo on “Sunday Morning Futures.” Omar was among the many Democrats who went after President Trump on Friday. The “Squad” […]