The Trump administration has called on Russia to remove forces from Crimea, a peninsula in southeastern Ukraine, that was annexed by Russia in 2014. The statement was made yesterday by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
“Russia, through its …
Continue Reading
President Donald Trump is considering revoking the security clearances of up to half a dozen former national security officials, it was revealed this week.
The list of former officials includes: former CIA Director John Brennan, former Director of National Intelligence …
Continue Reading
The Department of Justice released several hundred pages of application materials it used to obtain warrants to spy on former members of the Trump campaign. The release came as the result of a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit filed …
Continue Reading
President Trump sought to clarify remarks he made during a joint news conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday during a meeting with Republican lawmakers at the White House yesterday.
“So I’ll begin by stating that I have …
Continue Reading
President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin met in Helsinki, Finland, yesterday for the first ever summit between the two leaders. The men discussed a variety of issues including nuclear proliferation, energy and the Syrian Civil War.
“I have …
Continue Reading
The U.S. Department of Justice has indicted twelve Russians for interfering in the 2016 presidential election. The charges were announced by Deputy Attorney Rod Rosenstein Friday in Washington, D.C.
The twelve individuals identified in the indictment were all officers …
Continue Reading
Stuffed teddy bear retailer Build-A-Bear’s was forced to shut a promotion down early after an overwhelming response.
On Thursday, Build-A-Bear implemented a “Pay Your Age Day” event: customers could purchase one of their stuffed animals and only pay their age. …
Continue Reading
A jury in St. Louis has awarded twenty-two plaintiffs $550 million in damages in a lawsuit against consumer products giant Johnson & Johnson. The suit alleged asbestos contained in the company’s talcum powder gave the plaintiffs cancer.
The jury …
Continue Reading
An oversight hearing on FBI and DOJ actions ahead of the 2016 presidential election devolved into partisan bickering and political shouting matches on Capitol Hill yesterday. Testifying was FBI agent Peter Strzok.
Strzok, it was discovered in May of last …
Continue Reading
The Trump administration has successfully reunited all eligible immigrant children under the age of 5 it was announced today. The heads of Health and Human Services, the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Justice issued a joint …
Continue Reading
A former employee of Apple has been charged in federal court with stealing company secrets, authorities say. The charges were first reported by The Mercury News.
Xiaolang Zhang, a hardware engineer, was charged in the U.S. District Court …
Continue Reading
There is a total of $1.3 trillion of outstanding student debt in the U.S. right now. Nearly 44 million Americans carry some debt from tuition related expenses. The average student now carries $37,000 in debt. A new game show hopes …
Continue Reading
Individuals who enlisted in the army through a program that expedited their citizenship have been quietly discharged in recent weeks leading to speculation that the Trump administration is slowly revoking their status in addition to having suspended the program in …
Continue Reading
The government agency responsible for granting citizenship to immigrants has created a task force to strip those individuals of their citizenship. The group, a so-called denaturalization task force, has as its aim stripping individuals who are found to have …
Continue Reading
Illegal border crossings were down 18% in June compared with May according to the Department of Homeland Security. The agency credits its zero-tolerance policy for the drop in migration numbers.
“Following the implementation of the Administration’s zero-tolerance policy, the …
Continue Reading
Embattled administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency Scott Pruitt has resigned. President Donald Trump made the announcement on Twitter.
“I have accepted the resignation of Scott Pruitt as the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. Within the Agency Scott has …
Continue Reading
Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced the rescission of twenty-four guidance documents written by previous administrations yesterday, in an effort to do away with regulations he says skirt the rule of law or are otherwise incorrect.
In November 2017 Sessions issued …
Continue Reading