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[ September 18, 2019 ] Trump Picks Robert O’Brien as National Security Advisor Administration
[ September 18, 2019 ] Netanyahu Could Fall Short of a Governing Majority, Elections Results Suggest Foreign Policy
[ September 18, 2019 ] Trump Orders Additional Iran Sanctions as Saudis Displays Attack Evidence Foreign Policy
[ September 18, 2019 ] Top Intel Official Defies Subpoena for Whistleblower Complaint Administration

Administration

Trump Picks Robert O’Brien as National Security Advisor

President Donald Trump on Wednesday named Robert O’Brien, his envoy for hostage affairs, to replace John Bolton as his fourth national security advisor, elevating a relatively unknown figure in a move that appears to solidify [...]
Foreign Policy

Trump Orders Additional Iran Sanctions as Saudis Displays Attack Evidence

President Donald Trump ordered a major increase in sanctions on Iran on Wednesday as Saudi Arabia displayed remnants of drones and missiles it said were used in a crippling attack “unquestionably sponsored” by Tehran. Trump [...]
Foreign Policy

Iran Provoking Response from Donald Trump, Says Former Diplomat

Although President Donald Trump is trying to avoid war with Iran, it seems as if Tehran is daring him to respond, “testing the Trump administration,” said Gerald Feierstein, a former U.S. Ambassador to Yemen. He [...]
Administration

DHS General Counsel John Mitnick Fired by the WH

The White House has fired John Mitnick, who served as the general counsel for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), The New York Times reported on Tuesday. The White House has sacked the general counsel for the [...]
Foreign Policy

U.S. to Exchange Ambassadors with Belarus After Years of Tensions

The U.S. is ready to exchange ambassadors with Belarus, said a top-ranking State Department official on Tuesday, a step that comes after a decade of tensions between the two nations. “It is my honor to [...]

Trump Picks Robert O’Brien as National Security Advisor

September 18, 2019

President Donald Trump on Wednesday named Robert O’Brien, his envoy for hostage affairs, to replace John Bolton as his fourth national security advisor, elevating a relatively unknown figure in a move that appears to solidify [...]
Top Intel Official Defies Subpoena for Whistleblower Complaint

September 18, 2019
DHS General Counsel John Mitnick Fired by the WH

September 18, 2019

As Number of Vaping-Related Deaths Increases, Feds Warn Against Vaping

September 7, 2019

Federal officials told the public on Friday to avoid using electronic cigarettes, especially those containing the marijuana component THC until further research is being conducted into the epidemic that has taken five lives so far [...]
Bernie Sanders Proposes Canceling $81bn U.S. Medical Debt

September 2, 2019
Billionaire Philantropist David Koch Dies at 79

August 23, 2019

Netanyahu Could Fall Short of a Governing Majority, Elections Results Suggest

September 18, 2019

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appeared to fall short of a governing majority in Israel’s election, raising doubts Wednesday over whether he could maintain his decade long grip on power, NBC News reports. After 90 [...]
Trump Orders Additional Iran Sanctions as Saudis Displays Attack Evidence

September 18, 2019
Iran Provoking Response from Donald Trump, Says Former Diplomat

September 18, 2019

The New York Times: Notre-Dame’s Toxic Fallout

September 15, 2019

The April fire that engulfed Notre-Dame contaminated the cathedral site with clouds of toxic dust and exposed nearby schools, day care centers, public parks and other parts of Paris to alarming levels of lead, The [...]
Japan May Have to Dump Radioactive Fukushima Water into the Ocean

September 11, 2019
Mick Jagger Criticizes Trump over Environmental Policy

September 9, 2019

FAA Will Test Changes to Boeing Software in Simulator

September 17, 2019

The chief of the Federal Aviation Administration is preparing to test out later this week the company’s software changes to its 737 Max airplane, he announced on Monday. The Boeing 737 Max was grounded in [...]
House Committee Requests Tech Executives’ Emails in Antitrust Investigation

September 14, 2019
SpaceX Completes over 700 Tests of Crew Dragon’s SuperDraco Engines

September 12, 2019

Former Trump Adviser Offers Help to Iraqis that Trump Wants to Deport – For a Price

August 28, 2017

A former campaign adviser to Donald Trump is offering to testify in court on behalf of Iraqi Christians in the United States who suddenly face deportation under the Republican president – for a hefty fee, [...]
Marijuana Legalization Could Gain Prominence in 2020 Election

August 14, 2017
Alt-right Plans ‘Free Speech’ March against Google

August 11, 2017

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