President Trump and Chief of Staff John Kelly are furious over a leak of details of a recent phone call between President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin. The President, according to briefing materials, was instructed not to congratulate Putin …
Continue ReadingThe House of Representatives has passed a bill giving patients the ability to try experimental drugs and treatments that have not been approved by the FDA, this week. The so-called right-to-try bill gives very ill and terminally ill patients the …
Continue ReadingThe Trump administration has announced that the European Union, Australia, Argentina, Brazil and South Korea will be exempt from the 25% steel and 15% aluminum tariffs the President announced earlier this month.
The President’s tariff announcement angered many longstanding allies …
Continue ReadingCitibank has announced that it will request its clients observe certain gun control measures in order to become clients, or partner with the bank. The regulations will apply only to new customers.
Citibank will require new retail clients to not …
Continue ReadingThe government of China announced retaliatory tariffs against the U.S. for levies signed by President Trump yesterday that raise duties on Chinese made goods entering the U.S. The President signed penalties that amount to $50 billion, and may equal as …
Continue ReadingPresident Trump has announced that he will be replacing Gen. H.R. McMaster as National Security Adviser with former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton. The President made the announcement on Twitter.
“I am pleased to announce that, effective …
Continue ReadingAttorney General Jeff Sessions fired FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe last week in a surprising but not entirely unexpected move. Similarly, we’ve learned more about the role big data has played in the 2016 election, especially on the social media …
Continue ReadingPresident Trump announced his administration would be imposing $50 billion on Chinese made goods entering the U.S. The measures, the President said, are aimed at correcting what he called, “the largest deficit of any country in the history of our …
Continue ReadingPresident Trump’s lead lawyer in the Russia investigation has resigned today it was announced, citing strong differences in strategy in the President’s defense. John Dowd who has been part of the President’s personal legal team since last summer said he …
Continue ReadingCongressional leaders unveiled a massive $1.3 trillion budget that will keep the government funded through the end of September. Negotiations had been going on for weeks and leadership from both parties announced they reached a deal last night. The catch …
Continue ReadingThe suspect in a series of bombings that terrorized Austin, TX, this month left a video confessional on his cell phone, Austin police Chief Brian Manley said. The 25-minute video detailed the challenges the young man faced but didn’t …
Continue ReadingFacebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg addressed recent revelations that a data research firm inappropriately accessed and harvested personal data on 50 million Facebook users in the run up to the 2016 presidential election today.
The Facebook CEO denied culpability for the …
Continue ReadingAttorney General Jeff Sessions has directed federal prosecutors to pursue the death penalty in cases involving drug traffickers he announced today. In a memo written to U.S. Attorneys, Sessions said the drug epidemic and specifically the opioid epidemic, has inflicted …
Continue ReadingRevelations continue to be made about Facebook’s relationship with a data research company that bills itself as a company that help sway votes and win elections for politicians all over the world.
Cambridge Analytica, a subsidiary of Strategic Communications Laboratory, …
Continue ReadingA Pennsylvania state representative has introduced a resolution to impeach state Supreme Court Justices who voted redraw Pennsylvania’s congressional district map over the objections of Republicans in the state legislature. The new map is largely seen as a boon to …
Continue ReadingThe suspect in a series of bombings that have terrorized Austin, TX, is dead, authorities say, blowing himself up with an explosive device as law enforcement authorities closed in on him. The suspect’s death brings to a close a …
Continue ReadingPresident Trump, contrary to advice given to him by his national security advisers, called Russian President Vladimir Putin and congratulated him on his election victory today. Putin won reelection Sunday, ensuring he will remain Russia’s president for the …
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