Walmart announced today that it is closing 63 Sam’s Club stores. The move will affect some 11,000 employees in the US, who will be laid off. Employees and customers say the move came suddenly. Some stores stopped business today, …
Continue ReadingThe president decried immigration from certain countries in an oval office meeting today on immigration, when someone suggested restoring protections for immigrants from Haiti, El Salvador and African countries as part of a bipartisan deal on comprehensive immigration reform.
“Why …
Continue ReadingSpecial Counsel Robert Mueller has added a veteran cybercrimes prosecutor to his team of special investigators investigating the Russian hacking of the 2016 presidential election. The addition potentially signals a focus on cybercrimes of the investigation going forward.
The prosecutor, …
Continue ReadingIn their latest video, Project Veritas and James O’Keefe publish a report suggesting that Twitter employees downgrade, if not ban altogether, content from a specific viewpoint they don’t agree with. More often than not it is content from a …
Continue ReadingThe House of Representatives is set to vote on renewal of the controversial 702 section of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance (FISA) Act. That section is what authorizes the U.S. intelligence community to collect conversations of non-U.S. citizens on foreign …
Continue ReadingThe Trump administration announced this morning that it will allow states to require that able-bodied Medicaid enrollees work, volunteer or enroll in classes to receive benefits. The administration characterized it as a states issue rather than a directive from the …
Continue ReadingDeadly mudslides hit parts of California this week devastating entire communities and wreaking havoc on areas still recovering from deadly wildfires. The death toll from the slides currently stands at 17.
The mudslides were triggered by a heavy downpour early …
Continue ReadingThe FBI released two documents today relating to the firing of former director James Comey. The first was an email from Attorney General Jeff Sessions to the FBI informing them that the decision had been made. The second was …
Continue ReadingImmigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents raided nearly 100 7-Eleven stores early Wednesday morning in a crackdown on illegal workers. Twenty-one people were arrested in the sweep.
Ninety-eight stores in states including, Indiana, Illinois, Maryland, California, Florida, as well …
Continue ReadingNew York City has announced that it will divest $5 billion from fossil fuels and bring lawsuits against the world’s largest oil companies for their contribution to global warming. “New York City is standing up for future generations by becoming …
Continue ReadingConservative commentator Ann Coulter tweeted yesterday that nothing Fire and Fury author Michael Wolff has said about President Trump has hurt him as much the DACA lovefest happening right now. Coulter was referring to a meeting taking place at …
Continue ReadingThe DC City Council has voted to rename the street in front of the Russian Embassy “Boris Nemstov Plaza.” Nemstov was an activist to who spoke out against what he saw as rampant corruption and other abuses by …
Continue ReadingRepresentative Ed Royce of California, chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, announced his retirement on Monday. Royce’s announcement had brought the number of Republicans who are either leaving the House or seeking office elsewhere, to 30.
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Continue ReadingThe US is still unprepared to deal with foreign election meddling, a full year after the US intelligence community found with high confidence that Russia attempted to interfere in US elections in 2016. A new report, put together by Democrats …
Continue ReadingSouth Korean President Moon Jae-in commended President Trump for the beginning of talks between North and South Korea, today. “I think President Trump deserves big credit for bringing about the inter-Korean talks, I want to show my gratitude. It …
Continue ReadingA judge in California has placed a nationwide injunction on the ending of the DACA program, mandating that it stay in place for now. The judge, William Alsup of Federal District Court in San Francisco, wrote that the Trump …
Continue ReadingSteve Bannon, former Trump campaign manager and White House strategist, is leaving Breitbart.com, the conservative news site he helped turn into a news powerhouse. Bannon had taken over as executive chairman of Breitbart News after the founder Andrew Breitbart’s …
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