A top diplomat has announced his retirement in what is being described as a heavy blow to the Department of State. Tom Shannon, the Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs, is the department’s third-highest ranking official. His rank is …
Continue ReadingA top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee has requested documents from the Treasury Department as well as the National Rifle Association detailing any financial dealings between Russia and the NRA.
It was revealed last month that the FBI …
Continue ReadingA federal judge in Florida has ruled that a state law prohibiting former convicted felons from voting is unconstitutional. “A person convicted of a crime may have long ago exited the prison cell and completed probation,” U.S. District Judge Mark …
Continue ReadingRepublican Chairman of the Oversight Committee Trey Gowdy said he doesn’t believe that the controversial Nunes Memo discredits the ongoing investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election. Gowdy stated the importance of learning relevant facts laid out in …
Continue ReadingMaryland Attorney General Brian Frosh said last week that he plans sue the federal government over the GOP-passed tax law put into effect in January. Maryland will become the fourth state, joining New York, New Jersey and Connecticut planning …
Continue ReadingFormer Trump campaign foreign policy adviser Carter Page touted his credentials as an adviser to the Russian Kremlin in 2013, according to a letter obtained by TIME. The letter was sent by Page to academic press about an unpublished …
Continue ReadingSpeaker of the House Paul Ryan was heavily criticized on social media yesterday after he tweeted about the benefits of the GOP-passed tax overhaul, saying that a Lancaster, PA woman was pleasantly surprised to see an extra $1.50 in her …
Continue ReadingAltria Group Inc., a tobacco giant, will give its non-executive employees $3,000 each because of the GOP-passed tax plan the company announced. According to the company, over 7,000 employees will receive the benefit. The benefit will amount to a …
Continue ReadingFormer Trump campaign staffer Carter Page said that he is going to be updating his slander lawsuits against media companies in light of the revelations made in the recently released Nunes memo. In a statement to the Washington Examiner, …
Continue ReadingExtinction may be closing in on polar bears faster than previously believed according to new research by the US Geological Survey. The USGS, along with UC Santa Cruz, followed nine polar bears over a three-year period for their research.…
Continue ReadingA teacher in Colorado has allegedly assaulted one of her students wouldn’t stand for the Pledge of Allegiance. Karen Smith, a physical education teacher at Angevine Middle School in Lafayette, was placed on administrative leave in the incident. The …
Continue ReadingNine states are considering instituting their own healthcare mandates less than two months after Congress repealed Obamacare’s individual mandate as part of their tax overhaul package. Proposals being considered in California, Connecticut, Hawaii, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Vermont …
Continue ReadingA Russian fighter jet was shot down in Syria yesterday over Idlib province, the northwest region of the state, according to Russian state media. The jet was shot down in an area controlled by al-Nusra fighters. Nusra fighters are aligned …
Continue ReadingThe Department of Justice has backed special counsel Robert Mueller in a lawsuit brought by former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort. Manafort sued the DOJ claiming that the Department overstepped its authority by appointing Mueller.
The lawsuit states …
Continue ReadingPresident Trump claimed that the controversial Nunes Memo that was released yesterday proves that there has been no collusion between the Trump campaign and members of the Russian government. “This memo totally vindicates ‘Trump’ in probe,” the president wrote.
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North Korea has earned nearly $200 million in 2017 from exports that violated sanctions according to report written by U.N. monitors.
The report, which has been sent to a U.N. Security Council sanctions committee, said North Korea had shipped coal …
Continue ReadingAn Arizona man has charged in connection to the Las Vegas shooting last October that left fifty-eight people dead and wounded hundreds of others. The shooter, 64-year-old Stephen Paddock fired on a crowd of concert goers from his hotel room …
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