WASHINGTON EXAMINER — President Trump is on the cusp of the greatest diplomatic victory of his presidency, and probably of the decade. By threatening tariffs against Mexico, he has persuaded its government to take action.... (more)

WASHINGTON EXAMINER — President Trump's use of tariff threats against Mexico to induce concessions on migration policy was a counterproductive exercise in "threats and temper tantrums," according to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.... (more)

WASHINGTON EXAMINER — Alan Dershowitz criticized Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi after she reportedly said she wants to see President Trump in prison. "As a liberal Democrat, I am appalled at Nancy Pelosi," Dershowitz, a civil liberties advocate and former Harvard law professor, said Thursday on Fox News. "The idea of her weaponizing the criminal justice system and calling for the imprisonment of the President of the United States without him being charged with any crime, without him being charged with any impeachable offense. It's just outrageous."... (more)

WORLDNETDAILY — At a time when suicide rates among Marines are rising, two senior officers in the military branch are encouraging their rank and file members to get well spiritually. First was Commandant Gen. Robert Neller, who noted that more than 200 Marines have ended their lives since he took over command in 2015. He said "collective mental wellness" and spiritual fitness need to be sought to stop the epidemic.... (more)

WORLDNETDAILY — Special counsel Robert Mueller left a "game-changer" out of the report of his investigation into Democrat claims that the 2016 Trump campaign colluded with Russia. It was a key piece of evidence Mueller had concerning a Ukrainian businessman, Konstantin Kilimnik, who worked for Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort, reported investigative journalist John Solomon for The Hill.... (more)

NBC NEWS — The Trump administration is rejecting requests from U.S. embassies to fly the rainbow pride flag on embassy flagpoles during June, LGBTQ Pride Month, three American diplomats told NBC News. The U.S. embassies in Israel, Germany, Brazil and Latvia are among those that have requested permission from Trump's State Department to fly the pride flag on their flagpoles and have been denied, diplomats said.... (more)

FOX NEWS — President Trump paid stirring homage Thursday to the brave Allied fighters who "stood in the fires of hell" to help turn the tide of World War II, speaking at the edge of Omaha Beach in Normandy, France, where thousands of men stormed the shore 75 years ago in a relentless onslaught that was both a suicide mission and a historic triumph of good over evil.... (more)

WORLDNETDAILY — Christopher Steele, the author of the now-debunked anti-Trump dossier that spurred the Russia probe, will tell investigators that the FBI lied to a top-secret court and to Congress regarding the former British spy's infamous document, says a former U.S. attorney.... (more)

WASHINGTON EXAMINER — A former intelligence official predicted British ex-spy Christopher Steele's intention to meet with Justice Department investigators "will be a car wreck" and a "hot mess."... (more)

POLITICO — Speaker Nancy Pelosi told senior Democrats that she'd like to see President Donald Trump "in prison" as she clashed with House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler in a meeting on Tuesday night over whether to launch impeachment proceedings.... (more)

NEWSMAX — Fifty-four percent of Americans believe President Donald Trump will be re-elected in 2020, according to a CNN poll released Wednesday. Trump is set to formally announce his re-election campaign on June 18.... (more)

WORLDNETDAILY — After a nine-month review of all research involving fetal tissue harvested from elective abortions, the Trump administration has canceled a contract that provides government funding to the University of California, San Francisco.... (more)

WASHINGTON EXAMINER — On Wednesday, the Department of Health and Human Services announced it would end the use of human fetal tissue from elective abortions for medical research. This is yet another victory for the Trump administration in the never-ending battle to protect human life.... (more)

WASHINGTON EXAMINER — The UN deputy high commissioner for human rights, Kate Gilmore, said the increasingly stringent abortion laws and provisions in the U.S. are "deeply distressing" and equated them to torture.... (more)

REUTERS — The U.S. government is gearing up to investigate whether Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google misuse their massive market power, sources told Reuters on Monday, setting up what could be an unprecedented, wide-ranging probe of some of the world's largest companies.... (more)

NEWSMAX — Freshman Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York says any plan to adequately address climate change would cost at least $10 trillion. The Democrat is the lead author in the House of the Green New Deal, a plan to dramatically cut the nation's dependence on fossil fuels. While acknowledging the figure "is a ton" of money, she said Wednesday, "I think we really need to get to $10 trillion to have a shot" at slowing climate change.... (more)

WASHINGTON EXAMINER — The former school resource officer widely branded as a coward for failing to intervene during the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting has been arrested for failing to act during the massacre.... (more)

NEWSMAX — Pope Francis officially approved changes to the most famous prayer in Christianity so that it can better reflect the original intent of the widely-read bible verse. The phrase "lead us not into temptation" in The Lord's Prayer will officially change to "do not let us fall into temptation" as cited in the gospel of Matthew 6:13, Fox News reported.... (more)

WES VERNON — Bernie Sanders and his bride spent their honeymoon in the Soviet Union in June 1988, when he was serving as mayor of Burlington, Vermont, a city of about 40,000. The newlyweds traveled to the USSR to establish a "sister city" relationship with the city of Yaroslavl, a community on the Volga River of about 500,000.... (more)

BRYAN FISCHER — Donald Trump is getting some bad advice from somebody. That's on the "somebody," whoever that is, but the president has taken their advice, and that's on him. Trump is already running for reelection, although the formal announcement won't come for a couple of weeks. But somebody (Javanka?) has convinced him that it will help him in 2020 to launch a global campaign for homosexuality today.... (more)

BYRON YORK — One of the more unfortunate effects of the Trump-Russia investigation -- and there have been many -- is the weakening of traditional standards of argument and proof in the public debate over allegations that the Trump campaign conspired with Russia to fix the 2016 election. (Just for the record: It didn't.)... (more)

DAILY CALLER — Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador suggested Mexico might be ready to step up migration control measures in response to President Donald Trump's tariff ultimatum. Lopez Obrador said Mexico could be ready to strike a deal with the United States by helping prevent illegal border crossings into the U.S. during a news conference, Reuters reported.... (more)

RED STATE — On January 5, 2017, a meeting of senior Obama administration officials was held in the Oval Office. The topic -- the Russia collusion investigation. Among the participants were President Obama, Vice President Biden, FBI Director James Comey, Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates, National Security Advisor Susan Rice and several others.... (more)

NEWSMAX — China's defense minister warned Sunday that its military will "resolutely take action" to defend Beijing's claims over self-ruled Taiwan and disputed South China Sea waters. Speaking at an annual security conference in Singapore, Gen. Wei Fenghe did not direct the threat at the U.S. but loaded his address with criticism of activities by Washington, including support for Taiwan and leading so-called freedom of navigation operations in the strategic waterways that China virtually claims as its own.... (more)

DAILY SIGNAL — Climate isn't the same as weather -- unless, of course, weather happens to be politically useful. In that case, weather portends climate apocalypse. So warns Elizabeth Warren as she surveyed Iowan rainstorms, which she claims, like tornadoes and floods, are more frequent and severe. "Different parts of the country deal with different climate issues," Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-Malthusia, cautioned as she too warned of extreme tornadoes. "But ALL of these threats will be increasing in intensity as climate crisis grows and we fail to act appropriately."... (more)