By Gregg Re | Fox News Former United Nations ambassador Nikki Haley on Sunday condemned prominent Democrats for staying mum after protesters demonstrating outside a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility last week pulled down the American flag and flew the flag of Mexico in its place. Crews in Aurora, Colorado, restored the American flag Friday evening. The protesters also removed a “Blue Lives Matter” […]
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Jim Hanson: Reported $5B Facebook settlement is well-deserved punishment for abuses of user privacy
By Jim Hanson | Fox News According to a report in The Wall Street Journal, the Federal Trade Commission has approved a settlement under which Facebook will pay a record $5 billion fine for violating an FTC order regarding its privacy practices. The settlement, which still needs Justice Department approval, shows that Facebook is finally getting a well-deserved punishment for […]
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The “FLAG CODE”
Previous to Flag Day, June 14, 1923 there were no federal or state regulations governing display of the United States Flag. It was on this date that the National Flag Code was adopted by the National Flag Conference which was attended by representatives of the Army and Navy which had evolved their own procedures, and […]
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Pence still won’t divulge reason for abrupt NH trip cancellation: ‘I can’t discuss it’
By Alex Pappas, Mark Meredith | Fox News Vice President Pence said Friday he still can’t discuss the reason for his last-minute decision earlier this month to abandon plans to fly to New Hampshire and return to the White House. “Facts came to our attention that made it no longer appropriate for us to make the trip,” Pence told Fox News during […]
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Trump administration asks for Supreme Court intervention over border wall construction
By Shannon Bream, Bill Mears | Fox News The Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court to lift an injunction imposed by a lower court that blocks the administration from using $2.5 billion in military funds to construct a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border. The filing went to Justice Elena Kagan, who has given environmental groups who brought the original lawsuit until 4 […]
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Pence slams CNN for ‘dishonest’ coverage of detention center visit; says America ‘deserves the full story’
By Joseph A. Wulfsohn | Fox News Vice President Mike Pence blasted CNN late Friday night for what he described as the network’s “dishonest” coverage of his trip to a migrant detention center near the U.S.-Mexico border. Pence, along with reporters and a group of GOP lawmakers, flew to McAllen, Texas, where he participated in a roundtable discussion with Border Patrol agents and toured a […]
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High-tax state SALT exodus: Experts reveal how many frustrated taxpayers call each week
By Brittany De Lea FOX Business The fallout from the NYC wealthy high-tax exodus The Hill columnist Kristin Tate on the economic impact on New York City from the high-tax exodus of wealthy residents. Lawmakers in high-tax states are engaged in an ongoing fight against the $10,000 cap imposed on state and local tax (SALT) deductions – as […]
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Trump administration investigates proposed French tax on US tech firms
By Thomas Barrabi FOX Business Lawmakers want big tech to disclose how much your personal data is worth; app helps fulfill your selfie needs Morning Business Outlook: Lawmakers set to introduce new legislation to require big tech companies to calculate and disclose the actual worth of their users’ data; new app Depalo helps users find all […]
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Ross Perot echoed populist sentiments 25 years before rise of Trump, presidential historian says
By Charles Creitz | Fox News Billionaire businessman and 1992 independent presidential candidate Ross Perot may have been President Trump’s predecessor in terms of offering a populist, anti-establishment message to voters, according to a presidential historian. Perot, who died Tuesday at age 89, also was not the spoiler in the election that figures in the George H.W. Bush re-election campaign […]
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Ted Cruz: Citizenship question on census is ‘basic common sense’
By Julia Musto | Fox News A citizenship question on the 2020 census is “basic common sense,” Republican Senator Ted Cruz, R-Texas, said on Tuesday. Appearing on “America’s Newsroom,” Cruz told anchor Sandra Smith that the Supreme Court’s decision to temporarily block the question was a disappointment. The Supreme Court argued that President Trump’s administration’s justification “seems to have […]
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Billionaire Ross Perot, who ran twice for president, dead at 89
By Fox News Self-made billionaire Ross Perot, who ran for president in 1992 and 1996, has died at age 89 after a five-month battle with leukemia, the Dallas Morning News reported. Perot, who won19 percent of the vote as a third-party candidate in 1992, died early Tuesday at his home in Dallas surrounded by his family, family […]
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CBP official supports pentagon troop surge at southern border, calls for criminal loopholes to be closed
By Nick Givas | Fox News Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Deputy Commissioner Robert Perez said he supports sending 1,000 more National Guard troops to the U.S. southern border and advocated for closing immigration loopholes to discourage criminal activity. Perez said the request was based on a humanitarian need to stem overcrowding and will provide relief for overworked border patrol officers, who are currently guarding the […]
