Year: 2017

President Barack Obama was spending Christmas Eve in Hawaii with his family when he was surprised by a group of women singing Christmas carols outside the residence he was staying at. The group which surprised […]

Carl Bernstein: Trump Is Doing Grave Disservice to Our Democracy

Carl Bernstein, a famous veteran journalist, openly criticized President Donald Trump for the president’s attacks on the FBI. Trump previously attacked several FBI agents on Twitter saying that the integrity of the agency has been […]

Michael Flynn’s Brother Says Trump Should Pardon Former Adviser

Joseph Flynn, the brother of former national security adviser Michael Flynn, said in a tweet that Trump should pardon Michael for his guilty plea as he “has taken the biggest fall,” Newsweek informs. “About time you pardoned General […]

Trump Allows Putin to Outflank U.S., Adriano Espaillat Says

Representative Adriano Espaillat said President Donald Trump was allowing his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to “outflank” the United States around the world while the American president kept himself busy tweeting. The Democrat expressed his concerns related […]

Speier Criticizes Trump for Repeated Attack on ‘Institutions that Keep Us Free’

President Donald Trump was seriously criticized by Democratic Representative Jackie Speier due to Trump’s continuous attacks of Deputy FBI Director Andrew McCabe as well other FBI agents who are part of the Mueller investigation. Speier […]

U.S. Navy Sent Cryptic Tweet About Julian Assange

WikiLeaks founder’s Twitter account mysteriously vanished without warning or explanation but appeared again on Christmas morning, although that was not the only inconvenience Julian Assange had. The U.S. Navy posted a cryptic tweet containing only […]

Trump’s Christmas Tweet Less Popular Than Obama’s

President Donald Trump’s tweet wishing people a “Merry Christmas” this Monday wasn’t half as popular as his predecessor’s tweet that came a couple of hours later, Newsweek says. The tweet included a video in which […]

Trump Lawyer Says They Look Forward to Expeditious End to Russia Probe

President Donald Trump’s legal team is certain that a central part of the probe into the alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election will conclude quickly. Jay Sekulow, Trump’s lawyer, thinks that the parts […]

Trump Not Getting the Credit He Believes He Deserves

President Donald Trump is convinced he doesn’t get the praise he deserves for all the achievements of his turbulent first year in office. But, according to the CNN, it would be wrong to judge his […]

Barack Obama’s CIA Offered to ‘Zap’ Russian Websites, Trump Reluctant

Before leaving office, former President Barack Obama ordered spy agencies to plan possible responses to cyber threats from Russia, but Trump’s administration has been reluctant to pursue any of those responses, The Washington Post reported. The […]

Scotland Takes away Right for Tax Break from Trump’s Golf Course

Trump Turnberry is one of the President’s luxury hotel and golf complexes in Scotland that got stripped of a lucrative tax break this year. Newsweek reported that Scotland Finance Secretary Derek Mackay stripped Trump Turnberry of […]

Judge Rules in Favor of Democratic Member Suing Trump Voting Commission

A judge has ruled in favor of a member of President Donald Trump’s voting commission who sued the panel for hiding its activities from view. The Democratic member of the voting commission who is tasked with […]

Woman Pushes for Change to U.S. Gun Laws after Being Pardoned by Governor Christie

Shaneen Allen could have spent many years in prison after she was caught with a handgun on a New Jersey highway, but Republican Governor Chris Christie pardoned her. Allen’s legal saga inspired a measure that could […]

North Korea Would Look to Open Negotiations with U.S., South Korea Predicts

South Korea predicted that North Korea would look to open negotiations with the United States next year, Reuters reports. “North Korea will seek negotiation with the United States while continuing to pursue its effort to be […]

Kasich Says ‘Waging a War of Words a Distraction from the Serious Task at Hand’

Ohio’s Republican Governor John Kasich expressed a strong opinion on Trump’s way of dealing with North Korea, maintaining that the war with North Korea can be avoided if Trump and his administration take a lesson […]

ObamaCare Turns out to Be Surprisingly Resilient

ObamaCare is showing its resilience after a year where in which it took a beating but survived. A surprisingly high number of people signed up under the law in the enrollment period that ended last […]

The White House, The Middle East and 2017

Throughout the years all that fighting in Iran took a different path, from opposing and different parts of the war-torn Levant, parties, and groups linked up in a meeting that ended a long nightmare. Now, […]

Future of CHIP Uncertain

States across the entire country are struggling to find a way to continue the Children’s Health Insurance Program after long-term funding for it was not renewed by Congress. A short-term $2.85 billion funding extension was […]

NATO: Russia Submarine Activity Highest Since Cold War

Russian submarine activity in the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea has increased, NATO officials have warned. According to them, this is the highest-level of undersea activity from Moscow since the Cold War. Jens Stoltenberg, […]

Judge Partially Lifts Trump’s Ban on Refugees

A federal judge in Seattle partially lifted a Trump administration ban on certain refugees, which came after two groups argued that the policy prevented people from some mostly Muslim countries from reuniting with their families […]

Pope Frances: ‘Peace for Jerusalem and for all the Holy Land’

While making his speech this Christmas, Pope Frances took the opportunity to call for a dialogue between Israelis and Palestinians over the Jerusalem dispute. He asked for a “negotiated solution… that would allow the peaceful […]

American Fighting for ISIS to Get Legal Counsel

A federal judge ordered the Defense Department to allow the American held in custody in Iraq as an “enemy combatant” immediate access to legal counsel, CNN reports. The unnamed U.S. citizen was detained by the […]

Trump Tweets ‘Merry Christmas’

President Donald Trump Christmas Eve was composed of the President playing golf, making calls to the troops and his standard tweeting in which he took credit for people saying Merry Christmas again. As usual, the […]

NYPD Officers Fired Guns in 23 Incidents for Record Low This Year

Newest figures show that this year police officers from New York City have shot fewer people than ever. There have been 23 incidents in which cops fired their weapons, compared to 37 in all of […]

Analysts Say 2017 Best Year Yet for North Korea

Almost a year ago Kim Jong-un declared in his speech that North Korea had entered the final stage of testing intercontinental ballistic missile. Even though the international community did not take him seriously, months later […]

North Korea: It Is a ‘Pipe Dream’ for U.S. to Think We Will Give up Nuclear Weapons

Official Pyongyang said that it was a “pipe dream” for the United States to think it would give up its nuclear weapons, saying that the latest sanctions, approved in response to the launch of a ballistic missile […]

U.S.-Russia Relations Getting Chilly

The Trump administration has recently worsened relations with Russia as a result of a number of moves, including naming Moscow a “rival power,” sanctioning a close ally of Putin’s and providing Ukraine with anti-tank weapons […]

U.S. Negotiated Reduction of Over $285M in UN Budget

The United States’ Mission to the United Nations managed to negotiate a major reduction in the UN’s budget, cutting over 285 million dollars off the 2016-2017 final budget, the mission’s statement shows. “In addition to these […]

Trump Tweets Criticism of Two FBI Officials

President Donald Trump has once again lashed out at FBI officials, this time at two top leaders, using Tweeter to aim his criticism at the agency. “How can FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, the man […]

December 23, 2017 Focus Washington

Federal Appeals Court Rules Against Latest Travel Ban Policy

A federal appeals court ruled Friday the latest version of President Donald Trump’s controversial travel ban policy should be partially blocked because the president appears to have exceeded his authority in issuing the directive, The […]