'He had a massive literacy program. Is that a bad thing? '...
(Claire Russel, Liberty Headlines) Democratic frontrunner Bernie Sanders doubled down on comments he made in the 1980s when he praised the late Cuban dictator Fidel Castro, arguing he still supports some elements of Cuba’s communist regime.
In an interview...
'I can think of no law that would be more dangerous to our officers and our agents...'
(Claire Russel, Liberty Headlines) The Trump administration’s top immigration official implored the State of New York to reverse its Green Light Law, which prohibits state and local law enforcement officials from sharing motor vehicle data with...
'Director, we need to get it right because I am not white...'
(Claire Russel, Liberty Headlines) Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., accused the U.S. Census Bureau and its director, Steven Dillingham, of “erasing” Middle Eastern and North African immigrants.
During a House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing, Tlaib asked Dillingham why the...
'I think that we have to let the system work its way out...'
(Claire Russel, Liberty Headlines) Former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid pushed back on Bernie Sanders’s argument that a “plurality” of pledged delegates would be enough to win the Democratic Party’s nomination.
"Here is how I feel about this:...
'How can you not choose her?'...
(Claire Russel, Liberty Headlines) Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was awarded the DVF Awards’ Lifetime Achievement Award this week for promoting gender equality and supporting women’s issues, and she was given the award by none other than failed presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.
The event...
'As elected representatives of Utah’s citizens, we commend the President for his accomplishments...'
(Claire Russel, Liberty Headlines) Utah’s state House and Senate issued a citation thanking President Trump on behalf of the state’s citizens, just weeks after Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, voted to impeach Trump.
The citation was sent directly to...
'It can't be the case that a bunch of people keep them and only one or two don’t...'
(Claire Russel, Liberty Headlines) Elizabeth Warren suddenly reversed her opposition to super PACs this week as she struggles to keep her presidential campaign afloat.
Warren, who publicly denounced big money donations and super...
'A huge part of it — there's a fantasy element of it...'
(Claire Russel, Liberty Headlines) Former Rep. Katie Hill, D-Calif., who resigned after it was discovered that she had a sexual relationship with a subordinate in violation of House ethics rules, blamed “biphobia” for pushing her out of office.
Hill told ABC...
'The same people who chastise the progressive movement regularly traffic in anti-Muslim smears...'
(Claire Russel, Liberty Headlines) After a man who claimed to be an old family friend accused Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., of marrying her brother, the Muslim congresswoman slammed the accusation as “fake news” and an “anti-Muslim smear.”
The...
'Judges are explicitly prohibited from doing this, according to their own rules...'
(Joshua Paladino, Liberty Headlines) After a three-judge panel of the North Carolina Court of Appeals blocked enforcement of the state's voter ID law on Feb. 18, a conservative group filed an ethics complaint that claims two biased judges should have...
'This is a life-altering decision that educators have no business making...'
(Claire Russel, Liberty Headlines) A group of parents filed a lawsuit against the Madison, Wisconsin school district this week, alleging the district’s transgender policy infringes on parents’ constitutional rights by prohibiting teachers and faculty from informing parents of their...
Jones has called these pro-life policies 'draconian...'
(Claire Russel, Liberty Headlines) When a constituent tried to ask Sen. Doug Jones, D-Ala., about whether abortion restrictions were necessary, Jones laughed off the question and called it “stupid.”
“Do you think abortion should be banned after five months?” the man asked Jones as...