Year: 2017

Trump’s cabinet is set to decide whether it will continue a 30-year, $1 trillion program to remake America’s atomic weapons, as well as its bombers, submarines and land-based missiles. The newly elected US President has […]

White House to Activate $1 Trillion Infrastructure Plan in Upcoming Week

The White House is set to ramp up infrastructure efforts next week, to show progress on the $1 trillion rebuilding package, which President Donald Trump broadly outlined in his budget proposal last week, The Hill […]

US Still Believes in NATO’s Article 5

United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley said the US still supports Article 5 of NATO’s founding treaty, which stipulates that a threat to one member nation is a threat to all nations. “Of course we believe […]

States Struggle to Prevent Insurers Leaving amid ObamaCare Uncertainty

Insurance commissioners are struggling to retain insurers by offering new flexibilities amid uncertainty over ObamaCare’s future. Insurers are pleading for certainty from Washington, expecting reassurance of any kind that they will continue to receive cost-sharing […]

Democrats Say Hillary Clinton is Hurting the Party With Election Loss Remarks

Democrats want former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton to step out of the spotlight because her remarks on the November election loss are hurting the party, The Hill Reports. A dozen Democrats were interviewed about Clinton’s […]

Trump Administration to Announce Plan For Privatization of Air-Traffic Control

The Trump administration is set to introduce a plan to privatize the air traffic control functions of the Federal Aviation Administration, as a part of wider infrastructure reforms. US Head of State Donald Trump will […]

‘Slowest Transition in Decades’ Leaves US Cabinet Agencies Stuck in Limbo

According to the Partnership for Public Service’s Center for Presidential Transition, as of May 3, President Donald Trump had nominated only 73 of more than 1,100 political appointees requiring Senate confirmation and won approval for […]

Democrats Angered by Trump Ban on Info Requests

A new Trump administration policy to ignore information requests from members and senators unless they come from committee or subcommittee chairs has angered Hill Democrats, Politico reports. According to the Democrats, this is all“a part […]

US Unemployment Rate Notes 4.3 Percent Fall

The U.S. economy added 138,000 jobs last month, the Department of Labor said Friday, with the unemployment rate now being 4.3 percent, Politico reports. Additionally, the average hourly wage grew by 0.2 percent, climbing 2.5 […]

Penn State Ex-President to Face Jail Time over Sandusky Scandal

Former Pennsylvania State University President Graham Spanier received a minimum sentence of two months in jail, followed by two months of house arrest on Friday, after failing to report a 2001 allegation that the university’s […]

Trump Administration Returns CIA Detention Reports to Congress

Congress officials said Friday that the Trump administration had begun returning copies of a 6,700-page Senate report from 2014 about the CIA program on detention and interrogation of prisoners in secret jails, The New York […]

Comedian Kathy Griffin Investigated by Secret Service over Trump Mask

The Secret Service is investigating comedian Kathy Griffin over a photoof her holding what looks like a decapitated head of President Donald Trump, her lawyers disclosed on Friday, The New York Times reports. “We’re going […]

White House Budget Chief Mulvaney Apologizes to CBO Analyst

White House budget chief Mick Mulvaney apologized Friday to a Congressional Budget Office (CBO) analyst, stating that his criticism of the group should have targeted the director, because as he said “it is the Director […]

Kellyanne Conway’s Husband Drops Out of DOJ Consideration

The husband of White House counselor Kellyanne Conway, George Conway said that he is pulling himself out of consideration for a Justice Department job. Conway said in a statement that he could not take the […]

Trump Warned to Refrain from Blocking Comey Testimony

US President Donald Trump has received warning from Democratic lawmakers to give up attempts to block former FBI Director James Comey’s testimony before Congress next week, The Hill reports. In a letter to White House […]

More Ethics Waivers to Be Released for Federal Officials

The Office of Government Ethics (OGE) is reportedly set to release copies of more than twenty ethics waivers next week that will enable senior officials to tackle issues related to their time in office in […]

US Withdraws From Paris Climate Agreement, Trump Wants Better Deal

US President Donald Trump announced Thursday that the United States is withdrawing from the Paris climate agreement, weakening efforts to combat global warming, The New York Times writes. Trump said the landmark 2015 deal “imposed […]

African-American Women Call Out Democrats on New Strategy

Over twenty African-American women, political activists and elected officials, have signed an open letter to Democratic National Committee (DNC) Chairman Tom Perez in which they are openly criticizing him for seeming to take for granted […]

White House Competition Council to convene Monday for second time

Agencies Ordered to Ignore Democrats’ Oversight Requests

The Trump administration is telling federal agencies to ignore Democratic lawmakers’ oversight requests, as Republicans fear the information could be used against President Donald Trump, Politico reports. White House lawyer Uttam Dhillon recently told agencies […]

RNC Head Warns of Negative Effects If They Fail to Fulfill Campaign Promises

Ronna Romney McDaniel, the head of the Republican National Committee (RNC), warned on Thursday that voters will reject Republican lawmakers if they don’t fulfill campaign promises, The Hill reports. “I have to bring the grassroots […]

U.S. President Exempts Officials from White House Ethics Rules

The ethics pledge in the White House has been waived at least 11 times since the Trump administration came into office in January, a White House online statement cites. Hence, waivers allow senior staff to […]

GOP Congressman Walberg Says God Will “Take Care” of Climate Change

During a speech in Coldwater, Michigan, Republican Congressman Tim Walberg said that he believes “that if climate change is a real problem, God can fix it”. “I believe there’s been climate change since the beginning […]

Effort to Crowdfund Access to NSA Leaks Withdrawn over Legal Issues

A bid by researchers to crowdfund access to a leak-of-the-month club from the group that leaked the tool used in the Wanna Cry ransomware has been rejected due to legal issues, The Hill reports. The […]

Trump’s Legal Team Requests Restoration of Travel Ban

The Trump administration has asked the US Supreme Court to reinstate the ban on travelers from six Muslim-majority countries, a bill that has been repeatedly blocked in the lower courts. The Department of Justice filed […]

Ex-CIA Chief Claims that Flynn Offered Him His Old Job

Former CIA Director James Woolsey said that the then-incoming national security advisor Michael Flynn offered him his old job, only six days after November’s US presidential election. Woolsey told The Wall Street Journal that he […]

LeBron James: No Matter How Much Money You Have, Being Black in America is Tough

LeBron James was the victim of an apparent hate crime Wednesday morning when a racial slur was written in graffiti on the front gate of his L.A. home, the Los Angeles Police Department confirmed. The […]

US Conducts Successful Missile Defense Test

The US military has conducted a missile defense test that took place at the Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The test was successful according to U.S officials, after an upgraded long-range interceptor missile directly […]

Support for Trump, Support for Impeachment About the Same

At least 43 percent of Americans want President Donald Trump to be impeached by Congress, which is a five-point increase from the 38 percent who felt that way last week, recent poll launched by Politico/Morning […]

Former FBI Director James Comey to Testify in Senate about Encounter with Trump

Former FBI Director James Comey is to testify before Senate to confirm accusations that President Donald Trump pressured him to end his investigation into a top Trump aide’s ties to Russia, a source close to […]

Republican Congressman Refuses to Say If All Americans Are Entitled to Eat

In an interview published by NPR, Republican representative Adrian Smith of Nebraska refused to say whether he believed that all U.S. citizens are entitled to eat. When host Scott Simon turned the subject of the […]