Attorney General Jeff Sessions fired Deputy FBI Director Andrew McCabe last night in a surprising, but not completely unexpected move. McCabe was set to retire with his full pension on Sunday, his fiftieth birthday. It is unclear how much of …
Continue ReadingA framework for combating the nation’s opioid crisis crafted by the Trump administration has leaked and it includes reimbursement restrictions to help curtail opioid prescriptions, an easing of regulations allowing for addiction treatment and controversially, the death penalty as punishment …
Continue ReadingRussians who have worked at Russia’s infamous “troll factory” corroborate much of what was written in Robert Mueller’s indictment of thirteen Russian individuals and three entities last month for meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.
Operatives working at the …
Continue ReadingDemocrats on the House Oversight Committee have written a letter to the White House and the State Department requesting documents they say relate to a concerted effort to rid the Department of career officials deemed to be insufficiently supportive of …
Continue ReadingSpecial counsel Robert Mueller has subpoenaed financial records from the Trump Organization it was learned yesterday. The organization is the umbrella company for President Trump’s real estate holdings and other business ventures. Some of the requested documents are said …
Continue ReadingPresident Trump, in naming Larry Kudlow to be the next director of the National Economic Council is picking someone who can command a television audience, someone who has been loyal to Mr. Trump over a period of many years and …
Continue ReadingA special congressional election in Pennsylvania’s eighteenth district has captured the attention of the nation but is still not final, and likely won’t be, until next week at the earliest. Thirty-three-year-old Democrat Conor Lamb has declared victory however. A Marine …
Continue ReadingStudents across the nation walked out of class yesterday demanding action on the part of lawmakers in Washington D.C., and in state capitals, to stem the tide of gun violence on school campuses across the country.
A 17-minute walkout began …
Continue ReadingThe U.S. announced new economic sanctions against Russia this morning for their role in meddling in the 2016 presidential election as well as other acts of aggression having to do with cyber-espionage.
“Treasury sanctions Russian cyber actors for interference with …
Continue ReadingU.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley blamed Russia for a chemical attack carried out against a Russian ex-patriot living in England since 2010 and said that U.S. is standing in unity with its long-time ally, Great Britain.
“Let me …
Continue ReadingSenator Rand Paul (R-KY) has vowed to block the nominations of Mike Pompeo to be the next Secretary of State and Gina Haspel to be the next CIA Director he announced today. Pompeo is the current CIA Director and Haspel …
Continue ReadingAttorney General Jeff Sessions is reviewing a recommendation to fire Deputy FBI Director Andrew McCabe. The embattled deputy is set to retire on Sunday and firing him would make ineligible for a pension. McCabe has been with the Bureau …
Continue ReadingThe United Kingdom responded forcefully to a suspected chemical attack carried out against a Russian ex-patriot living in England since 2010, today. Sixty-six-year-old Sergey Skripal and his 33-year-old daughter Yulia, were found slumped on a bench in Salisbury, a cathedral …
Continue ReadingNewly released emails seem to contradict HUD Secretary Dr. Ben Carson’s claim that neither he nor his wife had any knowledge of the cost of office furniture ordered for the Department’s executive dining room. The total cost of the furniture …
Continue ReadingSenator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) said today that Democrats will be making a major push on gun control this spring and warned lawmakers in Congress that they planned to make it a major issue in the upcoming elections.
“We’re going to …
Continue ReadingPresident Donald Trump characterized his decision in making a change at the State Department today as being one of compatibility. “For whatever reason, chemistry…for whatever reason, why do people get along?” the President asked rhetorically, in talking about CIA Director …
Continue ReadingUndersecretary of State Steve Goldstein was fired today by the White House in the wake of a high-level shake up that saw Secretary of State Tillerson unceremoniously dismissed from his role as the nation’s top diplomat.
The President made Tillerson’s …
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