President 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 …
Continue ReadingA Monster snow storm is slamming the Northeast and has already caused tens of thousands to lose power. The storm is expected to dump as much as 14 inches of snow on parts of New England.
School systems from …
Continue ReadingThe East Coast of the US is bracing for a powerful storm that’s being called a “bomb cyclone,” because its pressure is predicted to fall very fast, causing it to strengthen rapidly. The storm could rank as the most intense …
Continue ReadingNew York Governor, Andrew Cuomo, said in his annual State of the State address that NY would sue the federal government over the new tax law, which he said, harm his state through the limiting of a tax provision. …
Continue ReadingFormer Trump campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, has filed a lawsuit against the special counsel’s investigation into Russian meddling. The lawsuit challenges the authority of special counsel Robert Mueller, and alleges the appointment of Mueller by the Justice Department violated the …
Continue ReadingRepresentative Mark Meadows (R-NC) made it clear yesterday that there will be no deal on amnesty for so-called DREAMers in the spending bill that needs to pass Congress later this month. He said there will be no “last minute scenario” …
Continue ReadingPresident Donald Trump fired back at former adviser Steve Bannon on Wednesday, saying that when Bannon was fired, “he not only lost his job, he lost his mind.” “We have many great Republican members of Congress and candidates…[who] like me, …
Continue ReadingA government watchdog group is suing the Justice Department over its decision to share private text messages between two FBI agents in which they made disparaging comments about Donald Trump. Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) filed a …
Continue ReadingFormer Trump campaign adviser, Steve Bannon, has called a June 2016 meeting between Trump campaign officials and individuals representing the Russian government “treasonous” according to excerpts from a forthcoming book. “Even if you thought that this was treasonous, or …
Continue ReadingThe heads of Fusion GPS, the political research firm responsible for the now infamous “Steele Dossier,” have called on Republicans to release their congressional testimony to the public. In a strongly-worded op-ed in The New York Times, Glenn R. …
Continue ReadingRepublicans in Congress say that for the first time they have documentary evidence that the FBI believed that laws were broken when former Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, and some of her aides, used a private email server to communicate …
Continue ReadingPresident Trump criticized Palestine in a tweet last night, pointing out that the US gives them hundreds of millions of dollars in aid but that we get no “appreciation or respect” in return. He also criticized them for not wanting …
Continue ReadingThe GOP’s longest-serving senator announced his retirement today. Orrin Hatch (R-UT), in a social media message, said that “after much prayer and discussion with family and friends I’ve decided to retire at the end of this term.” He cited …
Continue ReadingThe President attacked The New York Times this morning in a series of tweets, congratulating it’s new publisher, A.G. Sulzberger, but then warning that this may be the newspaper’s last chance to fulfil the vision of its founder of “impartially.” …
Continue ReadingUsers on Twitter mocked the President after he appeared to take credit for zero aviation deaths worldwide in 2017. Last year was the safest year on record for commercial aviation according to a new study. The President appeared to …
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