Month: October 2017

President Donald Trump took to Twitter to blast Tom Steyer on Friday, using the words “wacky” and “totally unhinged” to describe the Democratic megadonor, Politico informs. “Wacky & totally unhinged Tom Steyer, who has been […]

Bob Corker: Trump Administration Moving Ahead on Delayed Russia Sanctions

The State Department is scheduled to start implementing new Russia sanctions after congressional lawmakers from both parties raised some doubts about the weeks-long delay, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Corker said in a statement […]

Rosenstein Doubts Foreign Ads Would Sway American Voters

The Justice Department official who is supervising the special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into possible complicity of the President Donald Trump’s campaign in Russian efforts to meddle into last year’s election claimed that he doubts […]

Venezuelan Officials Blame Trump as Country Nears Bankruptcy under Maduro

As Venezuela edges closer towards bankruptcy, which could further accelerate the nation’s chaos under president Nicolas Maduro, government officials have started to blame U.S. President Donald Trump for the potential crisis, Newsweek reports. “We are […]

Trump Appoints First Openly Gay Ambassador during Tenure

The first openly gay ambassador pick during President Donald Trump’s tenure was narrowly appointed to be the U.S. envoy to Germany on Thursday, as the Foreign Relations Committee recommended the appointment of Richard Grenell in […]

Poll: Number of Voters Who Consider Kneeling during National Anthem Appropriate Increases

The number of U.S. citizens who think that kneeling during the performance of the national anthem is appropriate has increased over the past month, a new Fox News poll released Thursday shows. Forty-four percent of the registered […]

Richard Blumenthal: Trump-tied Data Firm Reaching Out to WikiLeaks ‘Significant’

Senator Richard Blumenthal claimed on Thursday that it is “significant” that a data research firm related to the Trump campaign allegedly tried to connect with the WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange during the 2016 elections, The […]

Ryan: FBI Will Hand over Documents from Trump-Russia Dossier

House Speaker Paul Ryan said Thursday that the FBI has vowed to hand over documents related to a controversial dossier linking President Donald Trump to Russia, The Hill reports. “The FBI got in touch with […]

Top Democrat Blocks Two Trump Trade Nominees over Tariff Delay

Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer said that he will block the nominations of Gilbert Kaplan and Nazakhtar Nikakhtar to the Commerce Department until the Trump administration imposes the tariffs meant to protect U.S. manufacturers from […]

Trump Releases 2,800 Classified Kennedy Files

President Donald Trump’s decision to release 2,800 classified documents offered plenty of new details about the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in November 1963 by Lee Harvey Oswald, The Wall Street Journal reports. The […]

Senate Expects Clinton’s Documents This Week

Documents from Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign are expected to be handed over to the Senate Intelligence Committee next week, two unnamed people familiar with the matter confirmed. The documents were requested as part of the […]

Trump, Republicans at Odds over Using 401(k)s to Help Finance Tax Cuts

President Donald Trump had some disagreements with Republicans over changing the 401(k) retirement program to help finance tax cuts. Trump insisted that the middle-class favorite would remain untouched. The chairman of the House’s tax-writing panel, […]

Iraqi Leader Wants Close Ties with Both U.S. And Iran

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi insisted he would keep close ties with United States and Iran, warning them both away from competing on Iraq’s turf as he reclaims it from the retreating forces of Islamic […]

Assange Confirms WikiLeaks Rejected Request by Firm Tied to Trump

Julian Assange said that he had rejected a request for help last year from the head of a data firm that worked for President Donald Trump and is now facing congressional investigation, The New York […]

Kushner to Take Diminished Diplomatic Role in Trump’s Asia Tour

White House senior adviser Jared Kushner will attend only the first half of the President Donald Trump’s upcoming trip to Asia, taking a less prominent diplomatic role than usual, The Hill reports. Kushner and his […]

U.S. Cuts Military Aid to Myanmar over Rohingya Displacement

The U.S. announced it will end military aid to several Myanmar units involved in the forced displacement of the Rohingya minority, Foreign Policy writes. The State Department has announced that units and officers involved in […]

Value of U.S. Passport Drops Under Trump

The value of American passports has dropped behind those of 18 countries in terms of global mobility, according to a survey released Wednesday by international finance firm Arton Capital, Newsweek reports. According to the rankings, […]

Staffing shortage at airlines cause delays

U.S.-Bound Passengers Could Face Additional Security Measures

U.S.-bound passengers could face interviews before boarding their flight, as part of additional screening requirements that authorities are demanding because of continued terrorism concerns, The Wall Street Journal reports. Several airline companies, including United Continental […]

Democrats Are Preparing Bill Barring Trump from Preemptive Strikes without Congress Consent

Senator Chris Murphy together with two other Democratic senators are planing to introduce a bill barring President Donald Trump from launching a preemptive strike on North Korea without congressional consent. According to Murphy, the aim […]

FBI Informant in Russian Nuclear Bribery to Testify Before Congress

The Justice Department lifted a gag order on a former FBI informant and allowed him to testify before Congress about the uranium deals made between U.S. and Russia while Barack Obama was president. The informant […]

Kaspersky Admits: We Obtained Suspected NSA Hacking Code

Russian multinational cybersecurity and anti-virus provider Kaspersky Lab confessed that its security software had taken source code for a secret American hacking tool from a personal computer in the U.S. The company’s statement describes the […]

Democrats Are Contacting Psychologists to Help Them Remove Trump From Office

Jackie Speier, member of the House Intelligence Committee, contacted mental health professionals to ask them for their opinion on President Donald Trump’s mental health so that she could get a professional opinion whether the president […]

Federal Appeals Courts Halt Access to DACA Cancellation Files

Two federal appeals courts, the New York-based 2nd Circuit and the San Francisco-based 9th Circuit, have blocked orders that would have required the Trump administration to present more details about why officials decided to shut […]

Senate Kills Rule That Made it Easier for Americans to Sue Their Banks

The Senate voted to kill a controversial rule that made it easier for Americans to band together and sue their banks and credit card companies to resolve financial disputes. Vice President Mike Pence cast the […]

Republicans Probe Controversial Top Russian Executive

GOP-led congressional committees are investigating a top Russian nuclear executive who was granted a U.S. visa by the Obama administration after the FBI had already gathered substantial evidence he was involved in a racketeering scheme, […]

Manafort Reportedly Under Another Money-Laundering Investigation

The Manhattan U.S. attorney’s office is pursuing an investigation into possible money laundering by former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort, adding to the federal and state investigations on the matter, The Wall Street Journal reports. […]

FBI Releases New Documents on 2012 Sandy Hook Shooting

According to documents released by the FBI, Sandy Hook shooter Adam Lanza “was a pedophile who thought he was saving children by killing them,” Newsweek reports. The documents have also shown that Lanza was in […]

Flake and Corker Revealed War Inside Republican Party

At least two Republican senators criticized President Donald Trump and revealed a Republican Party at war with itself. Jeff Flake declared he would not be complicit with Trump and announced his retirement, and Bob Corker, […]

Trump Administration Won’t Release Classified Clinton-Benghazi Emails

The Trump administration won’t release two emails from Hillary Clinton’s private account concerning the 2012 Benghazi attacks, a federal judge has confirmed, citing that a “significant risk to national security” was at stake should the […]

Research Leading to Russia Dossier Paid by Hillary Clinton Campaign and DNC

The funding of the political research into President Donald Trump that produced a dossier of allegations about his links with Russia was helped by Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign and the Democratic National Committee. This will probably […]