National Economic Council Director Gary Cohn announced his resignation today making him the latest high-profile departure from the White House in recent weeks. Officials insisted there was no single cause for the departure, but speculation is that it is fallout …
Continue ReadingThe U.S is like to take over the top spot from Russia as the world’s largest oil producer by 2023 according to the International Energy Agency. The industry watchdog announced the estimate during an energy conference in Houston yesterday.
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Continue ReadingAn investigation conducted by the Pentagon into a deadly attack that killed four American service members in the West African nation of Niger last October concludes that the troops didn’t get approval from senior commanders to carry out a mission …
Continue ReadingLawmakers in West Virginia have announced a deal that would deliver a 5% pay raise to the state’s teachers ending a strike by educators that kept them out of classrooms, and schools closed for nine school days.
West Virginia lawmakers …
Continue ReadingSenators Pat Toomey (R-PA) and Chris Coons (D-DE) have introduced a bill that requires federal authorities to notify local law enforcement when someone prohibited from purchasing a firearm attempts to do so. The NICS Denial Notification Act would alert state …
Continue ReadingLongtime Trump adviser and billionaire investor Carl Icahn, sold tens of millions of dollars’ worth of stock in a company heavily reliant on steel weeks before the Trump administration announced hefty tariffs on steel and aluminum imports, according to an …
Continue ReadingA former member of the Trump campaign gave a series of interviews today in which he pledged to not cooperate with a subpoena issued by special counsel in charge of the Russia investigation, Robert Mueller, and that President Trump knew …
Continue ReadingA high-ranking delegation from South Korea is in North Korea today and has met with that country’s reclusive leader Kim Jong Un, the South Korean government announced. The group, a 10-member delegation, was sent to Pyongyang by South Korean President …
Continue ReadingPresident Trump wrote today on Twitter that exemptions for Canada and Mexico on steel and aluminum imports would be granted only if a more equitable version of NAFTA, the North American Free Trade Association is signed between the three countries.…
Continue ReadingAccording to Jane Mayer of The New Yorker, Christopher Steele, the former British intelligence officer and author of the now famous Steele dossier authored a second memo. That second memo alleges that it was the Russian government that persuaded …
Continue ReadingThe Department of State has spent virtually none of almost a $120 million budget to combat Russian propaganda efforts over the last two fiscal years, it’s been found. Sixty million dollars were allocated by the Obama administration at the end …
Continue ReadingDespite outcries from parents, students and lawmakers, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell will not bring gun-control legislation to the floor of the Senate this week. McConnell filed a motion to hold a procedural vote on banking reform, and after that …
Continue ReadingThe Wall Street Editorial Board has called on Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner, President Trump’s daughter and son-in-law, to leave the White House, in an op-ed published this week. “Mr. Kushner and Ivanka have to decide if they’d serve …
Continue ReadingA mix-up in the West Virginia State Senate gave the impression that the body had passed a measure giving teachers and other state personnel a 5% raise, ending a walkout that has kept teachers out of classrooms for more than …
Continue ReadingSpecial counsel Robert Mueller’s is looking into whether foreign countries have used political influence, in the form of political contributions, to gain favorable policies from the Trump administration according to sources. One country Mueller has reportedly fixed his attention on …
Continue ReadingPresident Donald Trump went after George W. Bush, Hillary Clinton and contemplated seizing power for life in wide-ranging and generally cheerful remarks to Republican donors at a lunch and fundraiser at his Florida estate, Mar-a-Lago, on Saturday.
The President said …
Continue ReadingPublic outcry from parents, students and lawmakers is causing Congress to consider stricter gun laws such as expanding the nation’s background check system to include purchases made at gun shows and over the internet.
Proponents of expanded background checks have …
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