FACT CHECK: Democrats Can Slow Down Trump Nominations, But Not Completely Block Them

Posts Share with x Democrats claim they can block all of President Donald Trump’s nominations. hang on. You’re telling me that one Democrat may have blocked Trump’s candidate this time, but were they not? https://t.co/rwkw3u7pbh – Dave Madden (@AspiringPeasant) February 4, 2025 Verdict: Misleading Democrats can slow Trump’s candidates, but they can’t block them forever […]

Trump Tells LA Mayor ‘I Know My People’ As He Slams Her For Slow Fire Cleanup

President Donald Trump pushed back on Democratic Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass during a press conference Friday evening, defending the idea that residents of Pacific Palisades shouldn’t have to wait for government aid to repair their homes. First lady Melania Trump and the president traveled to Southern California’s Pacific Palisades on Friday afternoon to visit […]

L.A. fires: Will Trump immigration crackdown slow rebuilding?

The wind was tinged with smoke from the fires that ravaged the Pacific Palisades as dozens of workers were finishing the brick facade of a sprawling home in the bustling Brentwood Park neighborhood. The meeting was conducted in Spanish, which is not surprising given that Spanish has been the lingua franca at most construction sites […]

‘There’s Other Ways’: Homan Says Countries Refusing To Take Back Their Illegal Migrants Won’t Slow Trump’s Agenda

Incoming border czar Tom Homan said Sunday that even if a foreign country’s home country refuses to return illegal immigrants, it won’t slow down President-elect Donald Trump’s deportation plans. President Trump vowed throughout the campaign to close the southern border and said his second administration would carry out the largest deportation operation in U.S. history […]

Mitchell was slow to act on Tyron McAlpin case

Maricopa County’s top prosecutor has dismissed all remaining charges against a disabled black man who was beaten and taped by a Phoenix police officer during his August arrest. The Democrat currently running against County Attorney Rachel Mitchell says her opponents had to be publicly shamed to take action. The U.S. Department of Justice said Phoenix […]

California’s work on reparations is off to a slow start

Sacramento — Gov. Gavin Newsom and California lawmakers in 2020 touted legislation that would create a “first-in-the-nation” state task force to explore and recommend solutions to amend the legacy of slavery. Four years later, their efforts toward reparations have remained incremental rather than record-breaking, frustrating supporters who packed the Capitol building on Saturday as lawmakers […]

Election distrust in Cochise County runs deep, and change is slow to come | National

In a city built next to an army base in the foothills of the Huachuca Mountains near the Mexican border, crowds gathered to watch the machines they believed were stealing votes. Chris Wlaschin, head of security for machine manufacturing company Election Systems & Software, brought equipment to the city to try to convince otherwise. In […]