National Politics
National politics news: the White House, Congress, the Supreme Court, elections and policy debates, reported with a focus on Hispanic Americans.
It took a new president and three years for the U.S. government publicly designate Cuban strongman Raul Castro and his family, banning them from ever entering the U.S. for “his involvement in corruption and gross violation of human rights.”
As Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D) is said to be “all out of options” over whether or not to impeach President Donald Trump over the recent allegation that he pressured Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to look into vice president Joe Biden and his son Hunter.
Today, Reps. Donna Shalala (FL-27), Ayanna Pressley (MA-7), and Rashida Tlaib (MI-13) introduced the Protecting Student Aid Act of 2019 (PSA Act), as a response to fraud and federal student aid programs.
“Investing in STEM institutions that educate underrepresented populations will create a larger, more diverse STEM talent pool."
Americans are about to witness an epic Democratic senatorial primary slugfest between one of most liberal members of Congress, Rep. Joe Kennedy III, and with one of the most Socialist-minded Senators, Ed Markey.
Air Force veteran and former Turning Point USA spokesperson Anna Paulino Luna has just announced she is running for the U.S. Congress against Democratic Congressman Charlie Crist in Florida’s 13th congressional district.
2020 Democrats told to "get real" over impeaching Judge Kavanaugh
All the candidates made their best effort to be the most anti-Trump candidate, calling the president a racist whenever they could. But while all of the candidates believe Trump is a racist, Mayor Pete Buttigieg went as far as to call millions of Americans who support Trump, racists.
2020 presidential hopeful Sen. Kamala Harris continues to receive pushback after agreeing with a supporter that President Trump was “mentally retarded.”
Controversial Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D) took a defensive swipe at Rep. Steve King (R) after the Iowa congressman called her past claim that detained illegal aliens were drinking out of toilets “FakeNews.”
"Congress has failed to fully secure our southern border which has invited hundreds of thousands of illegal crossings per month.”
The U.S. Customs and Border Patrol continues its efforts to thwart the waves of illegal immigration that have flooded the nation and to combat the illicit trade that is directly tied to illegal immigration.
Former FBI agent Peter Strzok, who was as the center of the Trump-Russian collusion investigation, has once again been thrust onto the political stage an accused of “political espionage.
Arizona Senator Kyrsten Sinema (D) took a trip to visit the Yuma Border Patrol Station to meet with agents as she continues to tackle immigration reform and growing issues with illegal immigration.
“The act advances Georgia’s unique and substantial constitutional interest in protecting unborn human lives."
"Expect the numbers to start moving when these two fundraising juggernauts start spending heavy and hard.”
“Apparently her hate for Israel overcomes her love for her grandmother.”
"I commend President Trump for acting decisively to advance this transfer.”
President Donald Trump continued his all-out assault against Muslim-American Reps. Ilhan Omar (D) and Rashida Tlaib (D), after Israel, denied them entry into the country.
Arizona Senator Martha McScally (R) has recently announced that she will be filing a bill that makes acts of domestic terrorism a federal crime, giving federal law enforcement agencies like the FBI the ability to charge terror suspects accordingly.
Much like the U.S. has done, Israel has decided to impose its immigration right to allow, or prevent, whoever they wanted from entering the country. Israel has taken the recommendation of President Donald Trump and has blocked Reps. Ilhan Omar (D) and Rashida Tlaib (D) from entering the country.
After the recent mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton were deemed domestic terrorist attacks, Arizona Senator Martha McSally (R) has penned a bill that will make domestic terrorism a federal crime.
"Making Arizona citizens of EVERY Race, religion and sexual orientation 2nd class citizens to illegal immigrants is about as anti-American as it gets.”
“Principal finding is that recreational marijuana access significantly decreases opioid mortality, with the most pronounced effects for synthetic opioids.”
The news that the Trump administration is planning to revise the Endangered Species Act of 1973 has caused wildlife advocates, 2020 presidential candidates, and Democratic members of Congress to all-but blow a gasket over the potential wildlife protection “rollbacks.”
The efforts of U.S. Senators Marco Rubio (R) and Rick Scott (R) urging President Donald Trump to recertify Colombia’s efforts to eradicate its drug trade have paid off.
“Biden… plans to lob more irresponsible accusations in Iowa that will only inflame divisions in this country.”
“all property and interests in the property of the Government of Venezuela that are in the United States... are blocked and may not be transferred, paid, exported, withdrawn, or otherwise dealt in.”
The days of the “Cocaine Cowboys” are long gone, Harrison Ford is not fighting drug lords with the CIA, Colombia is no longer considered to be the epicenter of the illicit drug trade (it still is), and the Pablo Escobars of the world have been replaced by organized Marxist guerrilla groups.
Before the 2020 Democratic presidential debate that included Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Kamala Harris took place, no one expected that the attacks against Biden would be attacks against President Barack Obama’s entire presidential legacy.
"Republicans have been wrapping themselves in the Venezuelan flag and claiming to be champions for the restoration of Venezuelan democracy."
Big-name Florida Democrats hold off from Backing Biden
“The idea that we’re being sued for enforcing existing laws and cracking down on illegal immigration is simply unbelievable.”
Rep. Brian Mast (D) was booed and jeered on the floor of the House last week when he spoke out against the Boycott, Divest and Sanctions (BDS) movement, in particular, a pro-BDS bill introduced by Rep. Ilhan Omar (D).
Homestead, FL –Reps. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell (D-FL) and Veronica Escobar (D-TX) held a press conference shortly after touring the Homestead immigrant detention facility this past weekend, describing the immigrant living conditions they saw, before casting blame on the Trump administration for the current humanitarian border crisis along the U.S. southern border with Mexico. This was Rep. […]






