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FPI / January 7, 2019 German Cardinal Walter Brandmuller insists that gay men are more responsible for the abuse scandal than the Catholic Church. In a Jan. 4 interview with the DPA news agency, Brandmuller said public debate on the sexual abuse scandal “forgets or silences the fact that 80 percent of the cases of […]

FPI / January 6, 2019 By Peter J. Pitts The Trump administration unveiled its “American Patients First” strategy to lower patient spending on prescription drugs. This isn’t the first time the president has taken aim at the nation’s drug spending. FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb previously announced a Drug Competition Action Plan to speed up the […]

FPI / January 6, 2019 The grandson of longtime communist dictator Fidel Castro is flaunting his family’s wealth on social media with posts of him driving around in a BMW and enjoying lavish vacations while much of the population in Cuba struggles to find basic necessities such as bread and eggs, reports say. South Florida-based […]

FPI / January 4, 2019 Rep. Steve Scalise ended a Twitter debate over taxes with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez after several of the Democrat socialist’s followers made references to the 2017 shooting of Scalise by left-wing activist James Hodgkinson. Scalise, Louisiana Republican, had engaged in the debate with the New York Democrat after reports that she […]

FPI / January 6, 2019 Turkey must commit to not target U.S.-backed Kurdish forces before American troops are pulled from Syria, national security adviser John Bolton said on Jan. 6. President Donald Trump’s order to withdraw U.S. troops is a “cause and effect mission” that requires assurances from Turkey and other players in the region […]

FPI / January 6, 2019 The United States has been silent on reports by Italian media that North Korea’s ambassador to Italy has sought to defect to the U.S. The alleged request for asylum by Jo Song-Gil could be a sticking point for a second summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader […]

FPI  / January 4, 2019 The State of California and County of Los Angeles have agreed to being the process of removing as many as 1.5 million inactive registered names from its voter rolls, a government watchdog group announced. The state and county agreed to remove the potentially invalid voters from their rolls in a […]

FPI / January 4, 2019 The first two Muslim women elected to the House of Representatives were sworn into office on Jan. 3 using the Quran. The leftist, taxpayer funded Public Radio International (PRI) reported that Reps. Rashida Tlaib, Michigan Democrat, and Ilhan Omar, Minnesota Democrat, used the Quran as a rebuff to President Donald Trump’s […]

FPI / January 4, 2019 A barrier modeled after the structure used by Israel would be acceptable on the U.S.-Mexico border, columnist Ann Coulter said. “I would like exactly what Israel has. I wish Israel would build it. … Israel is a country that has to be concerned about security, and a country with some […]

FPI / January 4, 2019 Democrats, as predicted, wasted no time in calling for the impeachment of President Donald Trump as they assumed control of the House on Jan. 3. In filing articles of impeachment against Trump, Rep. Brad Sherman, California Democrat, accused the president of obstructing justice for firing FBI Director James Comey and […]

FPI / January 4, 2019 By Ed Martin ​While there are many nuances and sub-text to the drive-by shooting of President Donald Trump by incoming junior Senator Mitt Romney, three primary messages come through that are likely to define politics in America for the foreseeable future. First and foremost, Romney was expressing the outrage by […]

FPI / January 4, 2019 Netflix has warned fans of its hit movie Bird Box against participating in an online challenge inspired by the film in which people attempt to complete tasks while blindfolded. In the movie, which had a record 45 million viewers during its first week of release last month, Sandra Bullock (Melanie) […]

FPI / January 4, 2019 Geostrategy-Direct After months of investigating, the Japanese government announced on Dec. 10 a comprehensive ban of any government purchase of products by China’s top two electronics giants Huawei and ZTE. Within hours, all three of Japan’s main cellphone carriers issued the same ban on using Huawei and ZTE products, dealing […]

FPI / January 3, 2019 In continuing to press Congress to approve $5 billion in funding for a wall at the U.S. southern border, President Donald Trump reminded critics that walls “work 100 percent.” “Look at all of the countries that have walls, and they work 100 percent,” Trump said on Jan. 2 during a […]

FPI / January 3, 2019 Some two years after it was published, the unverified anti-Trump dossier authored by ex-British spy Christopher Steele remains “the cornerstone” of the case for collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia, a columnist noted. The intricate fabric of media reports, redacted intelligence documents and opposition research paid for by the […]