Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday said that the United States has reached an “understanding” with the Taliban on a reduction of violence across Afghanistan, paving the way for a peace agreement between both sides to be signed on February 29. Pompeo said in a statement early in the morning that, after discussions in Doha, Qatar, U.S. and […]

The new Democratic majority is making a major push to outlaw states from asking their voters to show ID at the polls, arguing that such laws push minorities and older people from voting. According to a major new study, they’re wrong — strict voter ID laws have no significant effect on voter turnout, don’t keep […]

The acting attorney general also told lawmakers he won’t discuss his ‘private conversations’ with the president. Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker told the House Judiciary Committee on Friday that he has never interfered with special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election, but he declined to discuss any conversations he’s had […]