Month: September 2017

The U.S. Gulf Coast moves closer to recovery from Hurricane Harvey on Monday when the biggest American fuel system restarts a key segment shut down by devastating rains and officials weigh how to pay for […]

Sanders Medicare Bill Seen as ‘Litmus Test’ for 2020 Democrat Hopefuls

The Medicare For All plan proposed by Senator Bernie Sanders has become a major test for Democrat hopefuls who want to run for president in 2020, The Hill reported. Energizing liberals last year with his […]

Seoul Conducts Military Exercises after North Korea Nuclear Test

South Korea has reportedly conducted military exercises after Pyongyang’s latest nuclear test, according to multiple news outlets. The training exercises, led by South Korea’s Army and Air Force, simulated a strike against its neighbor with […]

Trump Decides to Scrap DACA Programme

President Donald Trump has decided to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) programme that grants work permits to undocumented immigrants who arrived in the country as children, Politico reports. Politico writes that senior […]

Chief of Staff Kelly Reportedly Monitors Trump’s Access to News

White House chief of staff John Kelly is restricting the amount of conservative news President Donald Trump sees, as well as from which news outlets he sees them, The Hill reports. Kelly is reportedly able […]

UN Security Council to Hold Emergency Meeting Regarding North Korea

UN Security Council to Hold Emergency Meeting Regarding North Korea The United Nations Security Council will meet on Monday on North Korea’s nuclear test at the request of the United States, Japan, Britain, France and […]

Mattis Says North Korea Could Face ‘Massive Military Response’

Defense Secretary James Mattis on Sunday said that North Korea could face a “massive military response”, should Pyongyang threaten the U.S. or its allies, The Hill reports. After a meeting with President Donald Trump, Mattis […]

Republicans Introduce Bill for White House Hurricane Relief Funding

The House Appropriations Committee has introduced a new legislation corresponding to the President Donald Trump’s initial request for relief funding in the wake of Hurricane Harvey, The Hill reports. “Families and communities affected by Hurricane […]

The Hill’s Bob Cusack Says Trump Wall Unlikely in 2017

The Hill’s Editor in Chief Bob Cusack says that there is a little chance that President Donald Trump will get funding for the Mexico border wall by the end of this year. “I think that […]

Trump Makes Round of Key Ambassador Nominations

President Donald Trump capped off Friday with a round of nominations for key administration posts, including naming his picks to be ambassador to India and Germany, The Hill reports. Trump nominated Fox News contributor and […]

Mueller Allegedly Has Unreleased Trump Letter on Comey Ousting

The Justice Department has provided Special Counsel Robert Mueller with an early draft of a letter detailing President Donald Trump’s rationale for firing former FBI Director James Comey, The New York Times reports. The letter, […]

Ryan, McConnell Pledge to Quickly Approve Trump’s Harvey Aid Request

Speaker Paul Ryan and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Friday that Congress will “act quickly” on President Donald Trump’s request for a $7.85 billion down payment for disaster relief in the aftermath of […]

White House Asks for over $14bn in Emergency Harvey Aid

The White House on Friday requested an initial $7.85 billion in emergency relief funding from Congress, followed by a request for another $6.7 billion as the Trump administration races to respond to the devastation left […]

Trump to Visit Storm Victims of Texas and Louisiana

President Donald Trump will meet with victims and of Texas and Louisiana affected by Hurricane Harvey on Saturday, The Hill reports. White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders said on Friday that Trump will “visit with […]

House to Vote Next Week on Hurricane Harvey Funding

House Republicans could vote on a short-term funding bill to support disaster response efforts for Hurricane Harvey as soon as next week, congressional sources tell CNN. Leaders on Capitol Hill are still awaiting a specific […]

Post-Harvey Fuel Shortage Hampers Labor Day Travels

Travelers and fuel suppliers across the United States braced for higher prices and shortages ahead of the Labor Day holiday weekend as the country’s biggest fuel pipelines and refineries curb operations after Hurricane Harvey, Reuters […]

Treasury Watchdog Reviews Steve Mnuchin’s Eclipse Trip

A federal watchdog is reviewing the circumstances surrounding a controversial flight taken by Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and his wife to Kentucky, where he spoke to business leaders and viewed the solar eclipse, Reuters reports, […]

Trump’s Would-Be Russian Partner Faces Homebuyers’ Fury

Demonstrators plan to gather Saturday beneath a thicket of concrete apartment towers rising from the mud in the unfashionable eastern outskirts of Moscow. Their families are supposed to be living inside but are among the […]

NTSB Seeks Video to Document Mysterious Transit Rail Crashes

U.S. safety investigators, frustrated by engineers who can’t recall their actions prior to several recent rail accidents, are seeking crash-proof video recorders on all trains used on transit systems, Bloomberg reports. The National Transportation Safety Board […]

‘Texas Will Be back Tomorrow’ Trump Says in Tweet

President Donald Trump tweeted out Friday morning that he will return to Texas Saturday and praised “all of the great men & women who have been working so hard” after Harvey wreaked devastation there, Newsmax […]

Sanders: It’s ‘Pretty Dumb’ Not to Ask about Climate Change after Harvey

Democratic Senator Bernie Sanders said that the unparalleled rainfall which resulted in floods from Hurricane Harvey should spark a debate about climate change. “I think it is pretty dumb not to ask some hard questions […]

Donald Trump Demands Initial $6bn in Aid for Harvey

President Donald Trump has announced his plan to request an initial $5.95 billion in relief following Hurricane Harvey, The Hill reported Friday. The president said that he was planning on attaching the emergency relief request […]

Mattis Calls Reports He Contradicted Trump on North Korea ‘Ludicrous’

Defense Secretary James Mattis said Thursday that calling his recent comments on North Korea contradicting to President Donald Trump is “ludicrous”, The Hill reported. President Trump said in a tweet that the United States “has […]

Week after Harvey Hurricane, 44 Dead, 1 Million Displaced

Large pockets of land remained under water, one week after Hurricane Harvey hit the Texas shore, one of the costliest and worst natural disasters that ever hit the United United States, Reuters reported. The hurricane […]