House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi held the floor yesterday for a record 8 hours and 7 minutes, in what was the longest floor speech in House of Representatives history. Pelosi was announcing her opposition to a Senate deal on …
Continue ReadingThe House Freedom Caucus, the influential group of about 30 or so conservative lawmakers has announced its opposition to the budget deal struck yesterday in the Senate. Senate leaders, Republican Mitch McConnell and Democrat Chuck Schumer announced a budget deal …
Continue ReadingIsraeli authorities have neared a consensus to recommend that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu be indicted on corruption charges it was reported today. Israeli police chiefs believe they have sufficient evidence to indict Netanyahu for taking bribes.
The police chiefs were …
Continue ReadingThe head of cybersecurity at the Department of Homeland Security Jeanette Manfra confirmed today that a significant number of U.S. states had their voter registration rolls targeted by hackers during the 2016 election. A number of states actually had …
Continue ReadingAmerican-led coalition forces have attacked Pro-Assad forces in Syria, according to U.S. officials Wednesday evening. Syrian Democratic Forces headquarters was attacked by Syrian pro-regime forces, and in response, the U.S.-led coalition conducted airstrikes.
The attack from pro-regime forces was …
Continue ReadingA newly released batch of emails between FBI agents show that long-time Hillary Clinton aide Huma Abedin threatened to invoke her 5th Amendment right if she was not granted immunity in a FBI investigation. The threat came in …
Continue ReadingEmails from FBI agents to their staff in the hours and days following the announcement that former FBI Director James Comey had been fired reveal sadness at the news and a hope that the media reports were untrue.
David Gelios, …
Continue ReadingPolish President Andrzej Duda signed into law late last night, a controversial new Holocaust bill. Under the law, it would be illegal to accuse Poland of complicity in crimes committed by Nazi Germany, including crimes related to the Holocaust. …
Continue ReadingWhite House staff secretary Rob Porter has resigned following domestic abuse allegations from his two ex-wives. Porter issued a statement after his resignation.
“These outrageous allegations are simply false. I have been transparent and truthful about these vile claims, but …
Continue ReadingNewly revealed text messages between FBI agents Peter Strzok and Lisa Page seem to imply that former President Barack Obama wanted to be made intimately familiar with the details of the FBI’s investigation into former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s …
Continue ReadingSenate Leaders Republican Mitch McConnell and Democrat Chuck Schumer have reached a deal on the budget that will keep the government funded for two years and avert a government shutdown. The deal is expected to be announced as early as …
Continue ReadingDemocrats have managed to pick up a legislative seat in a deep red district in Missouri, in a district easily won by Donald Trump in 2016. Voters in Jefferson County, a suburb of St. Louis, elected 27-year-old Democrat Mike Revis …
Continue ReadingPresident Trump has asked the Pentagon to plan a military parade showing off the U.S.’ military muscle. The Defense Department has begun planning and possible dates being explored are November 11, Veteran’s Day.
A January 18 meeting with top …
Continue ReadingAn undocumented immigrant has been charged in the deaths of two people, one of them an NFL player, as a result of a drunk driving incident. The man, 37-year-old Manuel Orrego-Zavala is facing federal immigration charges after re-entering the country …
Continue ReadingThe United States is on pace to become a net exporter of energy by the year 2022, according to new data released by the U.S. Energy Information Association. The primary cause the report says, is the continued growth of U.S. …
Continue ReadingSpaceX, the pioneering rocket firm run by billionaire Tesla CEO Elon Musk launched the world’s most powerful operational rocket into space today. The rocket, called Falcon Heavy, launched Tuesday at about 3:45 p.m. EST from Kennedy Space Center in Florida.…
Continue ReadingA recent Gallup survey shows a wide discrepancy between President Donald Trump’s approval rating among voters of different political parties. The president’s approval rating among Republicans is an exceptionally high 90%, while among Democrats it is a low 6%. …
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