President Trump is breaking with Justice Department officials in calling for the release of a classified memo that alleges abuses by the FBI in the execution of FISA, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. The DOJ had previously told House Intelligence …
Continue ReadingThe Justice Department has sided with conservative groups in their lawsuit against the University of California, Berkeley, which alleges discrimination against conservative speakers.
The Berkeley College Republicans and the Young America’s Foundation have brought suit against the University of …
Continue ReadingTwitter revealed to Congressional lawmakers this week that Russian bots, or automated accounts, retweeted the president nearly 470,000 times during the final weeks of the presidential election. The company had reported that it has identified 201 accounts linked to …
Continue ReadingPresident Trump’s first State of the Union address will tout his first-year accomplishments such as the tax overhaul passed last month, while also calling for major initiatives to be tackled this year. The president will call for immigration reform, a …
Continue ReadingCasino mogul Steve Wynn has announced he is resigning as Republican National Committee finance chairman. The move follows a bombshell report in the Wall Street Journal Friday alleging a pattern of sexual harassment of his employees over a period of …
Continue ReadingThe Home Depot has announced that it will be giving employees a bonus because of the tax overhaul passed by the GOP-led Congress last month. The company will be giving bonuses of up to $1,000 to each of its 400,000 …
Continue ReadingGoogle and Twitter told Congress that they have found no evidence of Russian influence efforts in the handful of U.S. special elections held last year. The companies responded to written questions from the Senate Intelligence Committee. The questions were a …
Continue ReadingIn a surprise decision, the U.S. International Trade Commission has sided with Bombardier, the Canadian jet-maker, in a case brought by rival Boeing over planes sold to Delta. The case involved the sale of planes to Delta Airlines that …
Continue ReadingSixty-three people were killed and 151 others injured in a deadly attack in which an assailant detonated explosives at a police checkpoint in Kabul, Afghanistan today. The attacker used an ambulance to bypass a police checkpoint, and then detonated …
Continue ReadingThe entire board of USA Gymnastics (USAG) will resign as a result of the scandal involving former USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar. Nassar was convicted of abusing over 150 women and young girls over a span of twenty years under …
Continue ReadingPresident Trump’s first year in office has seen a record number of generic drugs approved for sale, according to a new report from the Department of Health and Human Services. The Food and Drug Administration approved 1,027 generic drugs in …
Continue ReadingThe revelation that Russian hackers broke into U.S. computer systems and used the information to meddle the U.S. elections may have come from Dutch intelligence services, Dutch media reported today.
The Vokskrant newspaper reported that Dutch intelligence officials were …
Continue ReadingSenator Marco Rubio of Florida, once a strong advocate for comprehensive immigration reform, has largely stayed on the sidelines of the current immigration debate. Rubio says because Republicans are in full control of Washington, any immigration bill that passes …
Continue ReadingPresident Trump called recent reports that he tried to fire special counsel Robert Mueller “fake news” today. The story was first reported by The New York Times last night. “Fake news, folks, fake news,” President Trump said. …
Continue ReadingSenator Ted Cruz of Texas has come out against a pathway to citizenship for DACA recipients one day after it was revealed the president would be calling for one in an upcoming immigration plan. “I do not believe we should …
Continue ReadingPresident Trump addressed the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, today and delivered a simple message: America is open for business. “There has never been a better time to hire, to build, to invest and to grow in the United …
Continue ReadingThe nation’s top marine told a Washington think tank yesterday that planning is underway for possible war with North Korea. “I think the biggest thing everybody’s done is just look at, get familiar with the geography, get familiar with …
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