Washington state will no longer ask residents to list their place of birth on documents given to obtain driver’s licenses the state said. The move comes after it was revealed that the state’s licensing department was providing residents’ personal information …
Continue ReadingRussian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was arrested in Moscow today, while on his way to a protest against Russian President Vladimir Putin. The protests were organized by Navalny to encourage Russians to boycott the presidential election in March. Putin …
Continue ReadingA federal judge has rejected a request by companies connected to President Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, to keep details of their ownership secret in a lawsuit claiming Maryland apartment complexes owned by the companies collected illegal fees from tenants.
The …
Continue ReadingPresident 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. …
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