A teacher in Colorado has allegedly assaulted one of her students wouldn’t stand for the Pledge of Allegiance. Karen Smith, a physical education teacher at Angevine Middle School in Lafayette, was placed on administrative leave in the incident. The …
Continue ReadingNine states are considering instituting their own healthcare mandates less than two months after Congress repealed Obamacare’s individual mandate as part of their tax overhaul package. Proposals being considered in California, Connecticut, Hawaii, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Vermont …
Continue ReadingA Russian fighter jet was shot down in Syria yesterday over Idlib province, the northwest region of the state, according to Russian state media. The jet was shot down in an area controlled by al-Nusra fighters. Nusra fighters are aligned …
Continue ReadingThe Department of Justice has backed special counsel Robert Mueller in a lawsuit brought by former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort. Manafort sued the DOJ claiming that the Department overstepped its authority by appointing Mueller.
The lawsuit states …
Continue ReadingPresident Trump claimed that the controversial Nunes Memo that was released yesterday proves that there has been no collusion between the Trump campaign and members of the Russian government. “This memo totally vindicates ‘Trump’ in probe,” the president wrote.
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North Korea has earned nearly $200 million in 2017 from exports that violated sanctions according to report written by U.N. monitors.
The report, which has been sent to a U.N. Security Council sanctions committee, said North Korea had shipped coal …
Continue ReadingAn Arizona man has charged in connection to the Las Vegas shooting last October that left fifty-eight people dead and wounded hundreds of others. The shooter, 64-year-old Stephen Paddock fired on a crowd of concert goers from his hotel room …
Continue ReadingThe Trump administration has approved a request by the state of Indiana to require able-bodied Medicaid recipients to either work or volunteer at least twenty hours a week in order to receive benefits, it was announced yesterday.
The Trump administration …
Continue ReadingSixteen deaths were reported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this week that were flu-related. The total number of pediatric flu-related deaths this year has reached fifty-three.
So far this year, the cumulative rate of hospitalizations is …
Continue ReadingRepublican Senator John McCain assailed the efforts of fellow Republicans Friday, to undermine the FBI’s and the Department of Justice’s investigations into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election. “If we continue to undermine our own rule of law, …
Continue ReadingRepublican Congressman Paul Gosar of Arizona said the allegations outlined in the Nunes Memo released today constitute treason. He also said that he is co-authoring a letter to Attorney General Jeff Sessions seeking “criminal prosecution against these traitors to our …
Continue ReadingHouse Republican members of the Intelligence Committee released the controversial Nunes Memo today, named after the committee’s chairman, and memo author, Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA). The memo highlights alleged abuses by the FBI and the DOJ in obtaining warrants …
Continue ReadingA poll shows that NFL fans are following the sport less closely than they have in the past even among key demographics. Just 51% of men aged 18-49 follow the NFL closely, compared to 75% who said they did …
Continue ReadingThe economy added 200,000 jobs in January and unemployment held at 4.1% according to the January jobs report released by the Labor Department. November’s and December’s totals were revised upward by an additional 24,000 jobs.
The unemployment rate has dropped …
Continue ReadingPunxsutawney Phil saw his shadow this morning, portending another six weeks of winter. The annual weather-predicting ritual took place in the small Pennsylvania borough this morning.
Every February 2, eyes turn to Groundhog Day celebrations in the part of …
Continue ReadingFidel Castro’s eldest son has committed suicide Cuban state media announced this evening. Fidel “Fidelito” Castro Diaz-Balart died in Havana. He was sixty-eight years old.
Castro Diaz-Balart had been treated for depression for months. He was one of Fidel Castro’s …
Continue ReadingThe White House has announced its list of delegates to attend the opening ceremony of the 2018 Olympic Winter Games that are set to begin in South Korea in a little more than one week.
In addition to Vice President …
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