Year: 2017

The Air Force is facing a shortage of at least 2,000 pilots, Newsweek reports. President Donald Trump’s latest order allows the Air Force to recall up to 1,000 retired pilots to active duty to ensure […]

Trump Promises to Strike Bilateral Agreements Unlikely to Happen

During his trip to Asia, President Donald Trump boasted that he would reach multiple business deals and multibillion-dollar military sales with the countries he visited, promising to reveal more when he comes back, even though […]

Jeff Sessions Says He Never Lied Under Oath, Just Clouded His Recollections

Attorney General Jeff Sessions said that he never lied under oath about the alleged Russian meddling in the U.S. presidential election, but explained that because of the lack of sleep and the exhausting campaign, he […]

Senate Republicans to Add ObamaCare Individual Mandate Repeal in Tax Plan

Senate Republicans linked on Tuesday their tax plan to a repeal of the ObamaCare mandate which demands that people buy health insurance, or otherwise pay a penalty. This, however, may prove to be a hurdle […]

Democrats to Introduce New Articles of Impeachment Against Trump

A group of House Democrats will introduce new articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump in front of the House of Representatives on Wednesday. The move was announced by the office of Representative Steve Cohen, […]

Senate Committee Questions Trump’s Authority to Launch Nuclear Weapons

Amid fears that war with North Korea may erupt, a congressional hearing was held on Tuesday, for the first time after forty years, to discuss the authority President Donald Trump has to launch a nuclear […]

Appeals Court Allows Trump’s Travel Ban Go Partially into Effect

A court in California allowed President Donald Trump’s travel ban go partially into effect. The court ruled that the government can bar entry of people from six Muslim-majority countries with no connections to the U.S., […]

White House Says Trump and Duterte Discussed Human Rights, Philippine Spokesman Denies

President Donald Trump and his Philippine counterpart Rodrigo Duterte did talk about human rights and Duterte’s bloody drug war when they met behind closed doors a few days ago, the White House stated. At the […]

Top Democrat Criticizes Trump for Accepting Putin’s Word

President Donald Trump “basically saying” he accepts Russian President Vladimir Putin at his word on election interference is “remarkable and remarkably bad,” Representative Adam Schiff said Monday, Newsmax reports. “Here you have the president of […]

Second Accuser Comes Forward in Roy Moore Case

A second woman emerged Monday to accuse Roy Moore of sexually assaulting her as a teenager in the late 1970s, this time in a locked car, further undermining the Alabama Republican’s candidacy for an open […]

Sanders Calls on Trump to Help Iran after Deadly Earthquake

Senator Bernie Sanders has called on President Donald Trump to offer assistance to Iran after the country was hit Sunday by what’s become the deadliest earthquake of the year, Newsweek reports. With casualties having reached […]

Trump to Nominate Azar as Next Health Secretary

President Donald Trump on Monday said he would nominate Alex Azar as his next health secretary, The Hill reports. Azar seems unlikely to see his nomination blocked, given the GOP’s 52-seat margin and a simple […]

U.S. to Fight the Islamic State in Syria as Long as They Want to Fight, Mattis Says

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said the U.S. military will fight the Islamic State in Syria as long as they want to fight. While ISIS is losing ground and the forces backed by the U.S. and […]

Donald Trump Jr. Communicated with WikiLeaks during Presidential Campaign

President Donald Trump’s eldest son had contacts with WikiLeaks during the 2016 presidential campaign, four congressional officials confirm. The communication happened while the anti-secrecy group was publishing hacked emails from officials from the Democratic Party. […]

Biden Hopes That Trump Will Be ‘Single Exception in American History’

Former Vice President Joe Biden criticized President Donald Trump’s time in office, saying he hopes it will be the only example of such a U.S. leader when asked about the president’s future legacy, The Hill […]

GOP Donor Adelson Splits with Bannon over 2018 Efforts

GOP megadonor and Las Vegas casino owner Sheldon Adelson is reportedly breaking with former Trump adviser Stephen Bannon and switching his support to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell over Bannon’s push to challenge Republican incumbents […]

FIFA Bribery Trial Starts in New York Courtroom

A corruption trial started Monday in New York against former FIFA Vice President Juan Angel Napout, former president of Peru’s soccer federation Manuel Burga and former head of Brazil’s soccer federation Jose Maria Marin, The […]

Mnuchin: Trump Won’t Bend on Corporate Tax Rate of 20 Percent

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said the Trump administration wouldn’t support tax legislation with a corporate tax rate of more than 20 percent, as a possible compromise between the House and the Senate, The Wall Street […]

House Says U.S. Role in Yemen Civil War Unauthorized

The House of Representatives passed a resolution stating that the U.S. military assistance provided to Saudi Arabia in the war in Yemen is not authorized under legislation passed by Congress to fight terrorism or invade […]

Sessions Weighs Second Special Counsel to Investigate Clinton-Related Matters

A letter from the Justice Department sent to the House Judiciary Committee confirms that U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions is considering naming a special counsel to lead an investigation into a few things connected to […]

Third Week of Record ObamaCare Sign-up

The ObamaCare open enrollment is beginning its third week, after about 600,000 people signed up in the first four days, according to the Trump administration. Compared to 2016 that is almost twice as many on […]

Joe Biden: I Don’t Believe Vladimir Putin, They Did Meddle

Former Vice President Joe Biden, unlike President Donald Trump, does not believe the Russians did not meddle in the U.S. presidential election. Biden has contradicted Trump, who said that he believes Russian President Vladimir Putin’s […]

Trump’s Greatest Strength Is Economy, New Poll Shows

President Donald Trump’s greatest strength is the economy, new Gallup poll has shown. About 45 percent of the surveyed approve of how the president handles the economy in his job as president, while 51 percent […]

California Senate Announces Change in Handling Sexual Harassment Claims

The California Senate said on Sunday that from now on all sexual harassment claims will be investigated by an outside legal team, which will also give discipline recommendations. The announcement follows new allegations of sexual […]

Voters Rejecting Trumpism Has Nothing to Do with Trump, Huckabee Says

Former Arkansans governor and father of White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Mike Huckabee, blamed the Congress for Democrat election wins. He said that voters turned away from Donald Trump last week because they […]

Moore Denies Allegations, Threatens to Sue

Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore once again called fake the Washing Post story that over thirty years ago, he had sexual contact with a teenage girl. Moore also said that he would file a lawsuit. […]

Three U.S. Carriers Conduct Military Drills in Show of Force

The USS Ronald Reagan, USS Theodore Roosevelt and USS Nimitz, three navy aircraft carriers began a four-day military exercises in the Western Pacific on November 11. This has been the first such show of strength […]

Ex Trump Aides Frustrated by Release of Carter Page Transcript

Former Trump campaign aides Michael Caputo and Roger Stone both say they’re at a loss as to why the testimony of fellow aide Carter Page was released by the House Intelligence Committee, but their testimonies […]

Trump to Make ‘Major’ Trade Announcement

During a summit in Manila, President Donald Trump said that immediately after he ends his visit to Asia, he would make a “major” trade announcement. “We’ve made some very big steps with respect to trade, […]

Trump Is Being Manipulated by Putin, Former Intelligence Officials Say

Former intelligence officials fear that President Donald Trump is manipulated by his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. The fears come after Trump said that he believes that Putin is sincere when he says that Russia did […]