The Executive Director of the National Rifle Association’s legislative arm contended that neither the President nor the Vice President want gun control after meeting with them earlier this week.
Chris Cox, head of the organization’s lobbying unit, took to Twitter …
Continue ReadingMurals depicting the confederate flag have been removed from an elementary school in Crossville, Tennessee, after a local man complained that they represent racist symbols. “They are both in one public school elementary gym where all the children go …
Continue ReadingSpecial counsel in charge of the Russian investigation, Robert Mueller, is reportedly looking into whether presidential son-in-law Jared Kushner influenced White House policy in attempts to secure financing for his real estate business.
According to sources investigators are looking into …
Continue ReadingHope Hicks, the former White House Communications Director and President Trump’s “surrogate daughter” as she has been described, has racked up hundreds of thousands of dollars in legal fees according to a source close to the White House. “This …
Continue ReadingPhilippine President Rodrigo Duterte ordered security officers in his country to ignore United Nations human rights investigators in a speech this week. Addressing investigators at a security conference in his hometown of Davao City, the Philippine president said, “You’re investigating …
Continue ReadingPresident Trump’s decision to impose tariffs on foreign imports of steel and aluminum has drawn both harsh criticism and loud praise from lawmakers, corporations and unions.
Republican Governor Scott Walker urged the president to reconsider his decision to impose tariffs …
Continue ReadingThe latest rumors in staff shakeups at the White House are revolving around H.R. McMaster, the National Security Adviser, with sources saying the three-star general could be out as early as next month.
McMaster, who has had a storied …
Continue ReadingHouse Intelligence Committee Chairman, Republican Devin Nunes, has alleged crimes were committed in the FBI’s obtaining of FISA warrants to spy on former members of the Trump campaign. In a letter written to the Justice Department, Nunes asks Attorney …
Continue ReadingIn a memo sent to employees this morning, Delta CEO Ed Bastian sought to clarify that the airline’s decision to end a popular discount program with the National Rifle Association was to remain neutral in the debate, rather pick a …
Continue ReadingL.L. Bean has become the latest company to discontinue sales of firearms to anyone under the age of twenty-one. The company made the announcement yesterday on Twitter.
The Maine-based outdoor apparel company has become the fourth high-profile retailer to …
Continue ReadingRussian President Vladimir Putin painted a chilling picture when during his annual state-of-the-nation speech, he announced the development and deployment of several weapons systems that would render defense systems “useless” against them, he said.
Intercontinental ballistic missiles systems, with …
Continue ReadingDemocrats on the House Intelligence Committee have released their long-awaited rebuttal memo to the Republican memo alleging abuses by the FBI in obtaining FISA warrants. We cover some of the main takeaways in today’s episode. We also discuss the departure …
Continue ReadingThe leaders of the Senate Intelligence Committee allege that leaked messages between one of them and a lawyer claiming to have connections with Christopher Steele came from Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee it was reported today.
Senate Intelligence Committee …
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The Trump administration has announced sweeping new tariffs on steel and aluminum imports in an effort to protect struggling U.S. industry from drastically cheaper foreign imports. According to the President the new tariffs would be 24% …
Continue ReadingA Russian model has posted messages on her Instagram account pleading with U.S. journalists to help get her out of a jail in Thailand, where she’s being held for running so-called “sex training” sessions. In exchange, she says, she can …
Continue ReadingA meeting the President had on guns with members of Congress at the White House yesterday has left Democrats optimistic and Republican flummoxed, on what, if any legislative fixes Congress can pass to address gun violence. The President flouted Republican …
Continue ReadingAn international feel-good story of cross-border and cross-government cooperation has turned into a public relations nightmare for the Russian government, as questions swirl around a large cocaine shipment that found its way into the Russian Embassy in Argentina.
Six suspects …
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