L.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.
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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 …
Continue ReadingThe Georgia State Senate Rules Committee voted to strip a provision out of a broader bill that provided a tax exemption to Delta Airlines, the state’s largest employer. The move came two days after Georgia Lt. Governor Casey Cagle promised …
Continue ReadingWhite House Communications Director Hope Hicks announced her resignation today, it was learned. According to people familiar with the matter, Hicks had been considering leaving the White House for months. She told colleagues that she had accomplished what she …
Continue ReadingAttorney General Jeff Sessions has hit back at President Trump for criticism regarding his lack of investigation into alleged abuses by the FBI and the Department of Justice in obtaining FISA warrants to spy on member of the Trump campaign.…
Continue ReadingOfficials from four different countries have discussed ways they could possibly manipulate President Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, it was reported yesterday. The discussions centered on taking advantage of complex business arrangements, financial difficulties and lack of foreign policy experience the …
Continue ReadingA U.S. District Court Judge has ruled in favor of the Trump administration, allowing them to begin construction of a wall along the southern border of the U.S., bypassing environmental statues for its construction. The lawsuit had been brought …
Continue ReadingFederal Express, the worldwide package delivery service, has announced that it will not be severing ties with the National Rifle Association, despite public demands for it to do so. In the wake of the deadly Parkland, FL, school shooting, many …
Continue ReadingLong-time Trump confidant and adviser Roger Stone communicated directly with the cyber-activist website WikiLeaks according to obtained direct messages from the social media platform Twitter. Both Stone and WikiLeaks had denied communicating directly with each other in the past.
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Continue ReadingPresidential son-in-law Jared Kushner has had his security clearance level downgraded to Secret level, from Top Secret/SCI-level, the nation’s highest. The downgrade is in accordance with new White House policies regarding personnel who have had their security clearances pending since …
Continue ReadingRepresentative Luis Gutierrez called on the House of Representatives to take up legislation that would protect hundreds of thousands of undocumented immigrants who were brought here as young children from deportation, so-called DACA recipients.
“The President still plans to kill …
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