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Video Judge voids Paul Manafort’s plea deal Judge says Manafort ‘intentionally’ lied to Mueller investigators. A federal judge on Wednesday found that Paul Manafort, President Trump’s former campaign manager, “intentionally” lied to Special Counsel Robert Mueller in response to some, but not all, of their inquiries — a ruling that voids his plea deal and exposes Manafort, at a minimum, to a harsher sentence. In her decision, U.S. District Judge Amy Berman…

Video Judge voids Paul Manafort’s plea deal Judge says Manafort ‘intentionally’ lied to Mueller investigators. A federal judge on Wednesday found that Paul Manafort, President Trump’s former campaign manager, “intentionally” lied to Special Counsel Robert Mueller in response to some, but not all, of their inquiries — a ruling that voids his plea deal and exposes Manafort, at a minimum, to a harsher sentence. In her decision, U.S. District Judge Amy Berman…

Video Graham: We need to take border deal as a down payment and build this damn wall Congressional bargainers late Wednesday completed a 1,159-page border security compromise that gives President Trump less than a quarter of the $5.7 billion he wanted to build a wall with Mexico. Democrats say they are confident about having the votes to pass the bill — but not everyone is at ease. House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer,…

Video New California governor kills plans for a new high-speed rail Chuck Devore, former California assemblyman, says the cost of high-speed rail tickets would cost twice as much as an airline ticket. California Gov. Gavin Newsom, under budgetary pressure to provide more government health care for illegal immigrants and more housing for the working poor, just threw the Green New Deal’s nationwide train network under the bus by canceling the…

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador says his takeaway from the conviction of Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman is that “money doesn’t buy true happiness.” “I would like that those who choose those paths, reconsider and think that liberty is a precious gift,” López Obrador said Wednesday, according to Proceso. “Danger should not be caused to another and there shouldn’t be harm done to oneself and to their families because it…

Rep. Adam Kinzinger was deployed to the U.S.-Mexico border with his Air National Guard unit, according to his spokeswoman. (Rep. Adam Kinzinger) Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill., has been deployed to the U.S.-Mexico border with his Air National Guard unit and is on active duty as a lieutenant colonel, his spokeswoman said Wednesday. The spokeswoman, Maura Gillespie, said in a statement that Kinzinger would not leave the U.S. while on deployment….

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President Trump and California Gov. Gavin Newsom traded tweets Wednesday over federal funding for the state’s scaled-back bullet train project. “California has been forced to cancel the massive bullet train project after having spent and wasted many billions of dollars,” Trump said. “They owe the Federal Government three and a half billion dollars. We want that money back now.” California Gov. Gavin Newsom discusses the results of an investigation that…

Video Todd Starnes and Rep. Doug Collins After Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., apologized for her widely condemned anti-Semitic tweets Monday, many Republicans continued to criticize the newly elected congresswoman, doubting her sincerity. “It’s sort of interesting to me, and from a perspective of apology that I’ve never seen a true apology, for the most part ever come with a but,” Rep. Doug Collins, R-Ga., said on Fox News Radio’s “Todd…

Lawmakers are rushing to pass a bipartisan border deal that would prevent a looming government shutdown and resolve the long-standing impasse over President TrumpDonald John TrumpSchultz won’t say if he will sell all Starbucks shares if he becomes president Sarah Sanders cites El Chapo in push for border security Pence rips Omar’s ‘inadequate’ apology for tweets criticized as anti-Semitic MORE’s border wall. The Senate will go first and vote Thursday….

Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) won reelection to his fourth term in November and is frequently featured on cable TV to offer his views on national security matters. Congress By BRENT D. GRIFFITHS 02/13/2019 08:50 PM EST Rep. Adam Kinzinger was deployed to the U.S.-Mexico border earlier this week with his Air National Guard unit, his office announced on Wednesday evening. “The Congressman is humbled to serve his IL-16 community here…

Video Judge voids Paul Manafort’s plea deal Judge says Manafort ‘intentionally’ lied to Mueller investigators. A federal judge on Wednesday found that Paul Manafort, President Trump’s former campaign manager, “intentionally” lied to Special Counsel Robert Mueller in response to some, but not all, of their inquiries — a ruling that voids his plea deal and exposes Manafort, at a minimum, to a harsher sentence. In her decision, U.S. District Judge Amy Berman…

Video Judge voids Paul Manafort’s plea deal Judge says Manafort ‘intentionally’ lied to Mueller investigators. A federal judge on Wednesday found that Paul Manafort, President Trump’s former campaign manager, “intentionally” lied to Special Counsel Robert Mueller in response to some, but not all, of their inquiries — a ruling that voids his plea deal and exposes Manafort, at a minimum, to a harsher sentence. In her decision, U.S. District Judge Amy Berman…

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Karoun Demirjian February 13 at 7:59 PM The House on Wednesday passed a resolution to end U.S. military support for the Saudi-led coalition operating in Yemen, a repudiation of President Trump’s continued cooperation with and defense of the kingdom and its crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman. The measure passed 248 to 177, and was supported by 230 Democrats and 18 Republicans. It marks the end of a months-long campaign from…

The endless series of Russia investigations were always about politics for Democrats. But, unfortunately for them, their utility is running out just in time for the 2020 election. Without the probes, none of which after two years and millions of dollars have turned up proof that President Trump’s 2016 campaign colluded with the Russian government, what are Democrats going to say? “We tried?” NBC reported Tuesday that the Senate Intelligence…

Rain fell in Sacramento on Wednesday, as an atmospheric river delivers moisture up and down the state. Photo: AP California gets most of its rain during the winter, but this wet season has proven especially juicy so far. The moisture parade continued on Wednesday with a major atmospheric river descended on the Golden State, raising concerns of flooding and mudslides as it dumps heavy rain and snow across a wide…

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Video El Chapo faces mandatory life sentence after conviction in drug trial El Chapo convicted on all charges; former DEA director Derek Maltz and former prosecutor Randy Zelin react. Even a prison escape artist like drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman has no chance of breaking out of the special hellhole where he’s expected to be caged once he’s transferred to the custody of the U.S. Bureau of Prisons. Guzman was…