Category: Trump Administration

Mike Pence Joins Think Tank to Help ‘Lead the Conservative Movement Into the Future’

Former Vice President Mike Pence will join the Heritage Foundation, where he will advise on public policy issues and help propel the conservative movement forward, the think tank said in a statement. “I am profoundly honored to join them as a distinguished visiting fellow to advance conservative policies that will benefit every American,” Pence said on…


Trump Appointee Sues Biden Administration, Alleges Illegal Termination Threat

An official appointed to his post by former President Donald Trump is suing the Biden administration over a termination threat he alleges is illegal. Trump appointed Roger Severino, a former Heath and Human Services official, to the Administrative Conference of the United States in August 2020 and reappointed him last month. Severino’s term was supposed to…


Palm Beach Town Attorney Sides With Trump in Mar-a-Lago Residency Controversy

The attorney for Palm Beach said in a memo this week that former President Donald Trump can live full time at his Mar-a-Lago resort. John Randolph said in the document that Trump can be considered a bona fide employee of the resort. Employees are defined in the town’s code as including business owners and partners….


Trump Residency at Mar-a-Lago Backed by Palm Beach Town Attorney

The town attorney for Palm Beach, Florida, said in a memo this week that Donald Trump can continue to live full time at the former president’s Mar-a-Lago resort. John Randolph said in the document that Trump can be considered a bona fide employee of the resort; employees are defined in the town’s code as including business…


Pence Announces Creation of Post-White House ‘Transition’ Office

Former Vice President Mike Pence on Wednesday announced the opening of a new post-White House “transition” office in the Washington D.C. area.


Scottish Parliament Rejects Proposal to Investigate Trump’s Finances

The Scottish Parliament on Wednesday rejected a motion calling for the government to use the court to investigate the source of former U.S. President Donald Trump’s funding that allowed him to purchase of two properties in Scotland. Patrick Harvie, co-leader of the Scottish Green Party, brought forward a motion calling on ministers to seek an…


Biden’s ‘Smarter Approach’ to China Crashes Into the Reality of Chinese Aggression

Commentary In a Nov. 16, 2020 New York Times article, Ana Swanson used numerous interviews with unnamed sources advising Joe Biden to sum up his “smarter approach” to China: “He [Biden] and his advisers view many of Mr. Trump’s measures, which were aimed at severing ties between the Chinese and American economies, as clumsy, costly…


Trump’s Impeachment Defense Lawyers Expected to Argue Trial Is Unconstitutional

The two attorneys who will lead former President Donald Trump’s impeachment defense legal team, David Schoen and Bruce L. Castor, Jr., are expected to argue that the Senate impeachment trial of the former president is unconstitutional. Trump on Jan. 31 announced that Alabama attorney Schoen and Castor Jr., a former prosecutor in Pennsylvania, will represent…


Beijing Tells Biden Administration to Play by CCP’s Rules

China’s top diplomat Yang Jiechi warned the Biden administration not to cross Beijing’s “red line” in a half-hour speech on the evening of Feb. 1. “The United States should stop interference in the affairs of Hong Kong, Tibet, and Xinjiang,” Yang said, calling the issues regarding the three regions China’s “internal affairs.” He made the…


EXCLUSIVE: Former CBP Commissioner: Biden’s Border Strategy Is ‘Release, Protect, Reward’

WASHINGTON—Former Acting Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Commissioner Mark Morgan left his role at noon on Jan. 20. He had been in the position since early July 2019. During the final months of the Obama administration, Morgan also served as the Border Patrol chief. Morgan talked to The Epoch Times about the flurry of border…