President Trump is sticking to earlier demands for tighter border security in the ongoing negotiations over a permanent solution for those seeking protection under the DACA program. A spending bill must be passed by January 19 to avoid a government …
Continue ReadingThe home of Tina Johnson was destroyed by fire yesterday in Gadsden, Alabama. Johnson is one of the women who accused former Alabama senate candidate, Roy More, of sexual harassment in the weeks leading up to December’s special election. Arson …
Continue ReadingTwo Republican Senators have sent a criminal referral to the Justice Department asking it to look into whether a former British intelligence officer made false statements to the FBI about the way information that he compiled about Russian meddling in …
Continue ReadingThe US has requested an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council on Friday to discuss the “troubling and dangerous situation” in Iran, it was announced Thursday. Protests have roiled the country over the past week. Twenty-one people have been …
Continue ReadingPresident Trump instructed White House lawyers to persuade Jeff Sessions not to recuse himself from the Russia investigation, according to The New York Times. The lawyers attempted to persuade Sessions to remain involved in the investigation by citing two …
Continue ReadingThe list of US companies now giving bonuses to their employees because of the GOP tax plan passed last month now tops 100, according to the conservative Americans for Tax Reform. Most of the expenditures are in the form of …
Continue ReadingConservative mega donor Rebekah Mercer cut ties with Steve Bannon yesterday after Bannon and President Trump got into a very public row. Bannon called a meeting Trump family members took with Russian individuals “treasonous” and “unpatriotic” in newly-released …
Continue ReadingSpeaker of the House Paul Ryan has sided with a fellow Republican congressman in a dispute with Department of Justice officials over the surrendering of confidential information. The documents pertain to the FBI’s investigation into Russian meddling.
Chairman of the …
Continue ReadingThe US economy added 250,000 jobs last month beating estimates of 190,000 in a jobs report released this morning. It was the strongest month of job creation since March 2017.
Professional and business services accounted for the most job gains …
Continue ReadingThe FBI has opened an investigation into the Clinton Foundation focusing on whether any political favors were exchanged for contributions to the Clinton family charitable organization. Agents from the Little Rock, Arkansas office have taken the lead in the investigation …
Continue ReadingTwo Republican Congressman called on Attorney General Jeff Sessions to resign yesterday citing the DOJ’s handling of the Russia investigation and repeated leaks by intelligence sources to the media. “If Sessions can’t address this issue immediately, then we have one …
Continue ReadingThe Dow Jones Industrial Average was traded above 25,000 for the first time ever early on Thursday, breaking another record. The new height comes just five weeks after its first every close above 24,000. The index broke through five 1,000-point …
Continue ReadingA lawyer for President Trump sent a letter to a publisher instructing them to halt the publication of a new book that details life inside the Trump White House during the first 200 days of the administration. Attorney for the …
Continue ReadingAttorney General Jeff Sessions is rolling back an Obama-era policy that allowed marijuana use to become legal in states across the country. Instead, the Justice Department will let federal prosecutors in those marijuana-legal states decide how aggressive to be in …
Continue ReadingPresident Trump disbanded a voter fraud commission that he convened last year, in the face of legal battles and criticism from Republicans and Democrats alike. “Rather than engage in endless legal battles at taxpayer expense,” a statement by the …
Continue ReadingThe San Francisco Bay Area was hit by an earthquake in the early morning hours on Thursday according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS). The quake was a 4.4 magnitude event and hit just after 2:30am local time. Its …
Continue ReadingPresident Trump’s lawyer has sent former top adviser Steve Bannon a “cease and desist” letter demanding that he stop disclosing confidential and disparaging information about President Trump and his family. The letter accuses Bannon of violating an agreement …
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