Senate Leaders, Democrat Chuck Schumer and Republican Mitch McConnell announced that they are close to a deal on the budget that would keep the government funded for two years, Schumer said from the floor of the Senate today. The …
Continue ReadingAccording to a new poll released Monday, 85% of voters believe lowering drug prices should be a priority for Congress. The poll, conducted by GS Strategy Group, shows that 85.5% of registered voters think that lowering the cost of …
Continue ReadingA false tsunami warning was sent out this morning after a routine monthly test was mistakenly sent out as a push notification by weather apps. The message was sent out to people on the U.S. East and Gulf Coasts at …
Continue ReadingAn upcoming report from the Justice Department’s inspector general could prove to be a bombshell. The DOJ’s inspector general, Michael Horowitz, has been investigating for almost a year, possible wrongdoing on the part of the FBI in the Hillary …
Continue ReadingFormer top Donald Trump adviser Steve Bannon’s testimony before the House Intelligence Committee has been postponed for a third time it was announced today. Bannon had been subpoenaed to appear before the committee and the hearing was scheduled for …
Continue ReadingPresident Trump has assailed Democrats for refusing to negotiate on his proposed immigration reform plan. “[Democrats]…oppose this deal, they aren’t serious about DACA-they just want open borders,” the president wrote on Twitter earlier today.
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There are special procedures at the FBI that require that all information presented in a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) application be extreme-vetted for accuracy and presented to the FISA court only if verified. A question has arisen as to …
Continue ReadingA skeleton of a dinosaur has been found in Egypt’s West Desert and could be a signal that there are more finds to come. The discovery is a new species of long-necked herbivore and is around the size of a …
Continue ReadingA man in Indiana, Mark May, filed a federal lawsuit last week saying it was his first amendment right to give an Indiana State Trooper the middle finger.
The State Trooper, Matt Ames, reportedly cut May off in pursuit of …
Continue ReadingFormer senior adviser to Donald Trump Steve Bannon is defying a subpoena issued by the House intelligence Committee to testify today. Bannon is risking being held in contempt for failing to comply.
Bannon appeared before the Committee last month …
Continue ReadingTwo days away from a government shutdown, there is still is no indication how, or when, the debate over a sweeping immigration reform bill will begin. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell promised to bring bills covering immigration, defense and other …
Continue ReadingSenators Grassley and Graham revealed their referral to the Justice Department for an investigation into former British intelligence officer Christopher Steele. They wanted the FBI and the DOJ to look into whether Steele provided misleading information to the agencies about …
Continue ReadingAdvances in surveying technology have allowed researchers to uncover what are believed to be the remains of large Mayan cities beneath the jungles of Guatemala. Sixty thousand previously undiscovered structures have discovered according to scientists.
By attaching sensors to …
Continue ReadingThe House Intelligence Committee has voted unanimously to send the Democrats’ rebuttal memo to the White House for review today. The committee had a 5 p.m. meeting on Monday in which the vote took place. The president now has five …
Continue ReadingErnst & Young, in an audit, found that the Defense Logistics Agency, one of the Pentagon’s largest agencies, has failed to properly account for hundreds of millions of dollars in spending in its annual budget. The accounting firm, conducting …
Continue ReadingThe Dow Jones industrial average plunged more than 1,100 points Monday erasing its gains for the year in a wild trading session. The average had dropped more than 1,500 points during the day before recovering and closing the day, …
Continue ReadingA group of early employees at Facebook and Google have banded together to counter the effects of the companies hey helped build. The employees are forming a consortium of experts called the Center of Humane Technology. Along with the …
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