Month: January 2018

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will meet on Tuesday with U.S. allies from the Korean War to discuss the nuclear threat that North Korea poses as well as to tighten economic sanctions on the dictatorship […]

GOP Access to FBI Files Rattles Agents Caught in Political Fight

The Justice Department’s decision to allow congressional Republicans access to documents about FBI probes risks exposing sensitive sources or material and poses a critical early test for bureau Director Christopher Wray, current and former U.S. […]

Trump Accuses Durbin of Misrepresenting His Immigration Comments

President Donald Trump accused Democratic Senator Dick Durbin of undermining trust needed to strike a deal on immigrants by misinterpreting what he said about poor nations at an Oval Office meeting last week. “Senator Dicky […]

House Panel Interviewing Bannon after his Fall from Power

The House Intelligence Committee is ready to interrogate Steve Bannon, the onetime close ally of President Donald Trump, after his astounding fall from power due to his accusations that president’s son and others “treasonously” attended […]

Pentagon Plans to Develop New Nuclear Weapons

The Pentagon is making plans to develop two new sea-based nuclear weapons in order to be able to respond to Russia, China and North Korea’s growing military capabilities, a Defense Department review of nuclear strategy shows. […]

Syrian Rebel Delegation in Washington Asks for More Training and Equipment

Envoys from the Free Syrian Army (FSA) are part of talks in Washington, where they are pressuring U.S. officials to resume the suspended CIA program which was giving them military aid in the form of […]

Representative Nadler: Congress Needs to Make Resolution Censoring President Donald Trump

Democratic Representative for New York, Jerrold Nadler on Monday said that Congress needs to make a resolution censoring President Donald Trump for the racist remarks he made about Haiti and African countries in order to […]

Poll: Republican Satisfaction With U.S. Direction Highest Since 2007

According to a new poll, the Republican Party satisfaction with the direction of U.S. foreign and domestic development is at its highest point since 2007. The poll was conducted by Gallup from January 2 to […]

Russia Says U.S. Missile-Defense System In Japan Is Not Only For Defense

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Monday warned the world that the U.S. Aegis missile-defense system, which Japan approved to be deployed on their land, is a dual-purpose system and could be used for offensive […]

Turkey, Russia Accuse U.S. of Plotting to Partition Syria

After the U.S. said that plans to set up a 30,000-strong “border force” inside Syria to protect the territory held by its Kurdish allies, Syria along with Turkey and Russia reacted and accused Washington of […]

Russia Warns Trump That Changing Iranian Deal Hurts Future Dialogue with North Korea

On Monday the Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that Moscow is not going to support any attempts made by Washington to modify the Iran nuclear deal. Lavrov also added that backing off a nuclear […]

Iranian President: Trump Has Failed, Nuclear Deal Is Long Lasting Victory for Iran

Hassan Rouhani has announced that “long-lasting victory” was achieved against the U.S. and the major world powers. The Iranian President said that the U.S. had failed to undermine a nuclear deal between Tehran and the […]

States Start Introducing Their Own Net Neutrality Rules

Since they lost the battle over net neutrality in Congress, Democrats have moved to a more guerrilla tactic where they are introducing state legislatures in order to preserve the rules previously imposed by the Obama […]

South Africa with Official Diplomatic Protest after Trump’s Comments

An official diplomatic protest will be done by South Africa to the United States as a result of President Donald Trump’s referring to African nations as “shithole countries,” this was reported by the South African […]

Donald Trump, Least Racist Person Anyone Will Ever Interview

On Sunday, President Donald Trump finally responded to the comments labelling him as a racist. The remarks were made after Trump referred to and described several nations as “shithole countries,” during an official meeting. “No. I’m […]

Panama U.S. Ambassador Resigns Because He Can No Longer Serve Trump

John Feeley, the U.S. Ambassador to Panama, has resigned his post explaining that he no longer feels he is able to serve President Donald Trump. Feeley is a career diplomat, as well as a former […]

Toronto Raptors President Masai Ujiri Offended by Trump’s Comments

Masai Ujiri, who is the president of the NBA team Toronto Raptors, also criticized President Donald Trump for the offending comments he gave during the Oval Office meeting intended to find a bipartisan solution on […]

Jamie Dimon: ‘Democrats Don’t Have a Strong Presidential Candidate’

The CEO of JPMorgan, Jamie Dimon said in an interview on Friday that in his opinion, the Democratic Party has a big problem due to the fact that they still haven’t found a strong candidate […]

Paul Ryan Breaks Republican Silence on Trump’s ‘S**thole Countries’

Speaker Paul Ryan is one of the rare Republicans that criticized President Donald Trump’s unprofessional comments calling Haiti and other African countries “shithole countries.” Ryan commented on Friday on Trump’s remarks calling them “very unfortunate” […]

Senator Grassley Refuses to Answer Questions on Trump’s Fitness for Office

The Republican Senator Chuck Grassley refused to comment or to give any answers on the incident that happened during the Oval Office meeting where President Donald Trump called Haiti and other African nations “shithole countries.” […]

Senator Dick Durbin: ‘Trump Said Things That Were Hate-Filled, Vile and Racist’

The Democratic Illinois Senator Dick Durbin confronted Trump’s denying the “shithole countries” incident where he referred to Haiti and African countries with the same term. Durbin said that Trump’s denials are “not true.” “In the course […]

New Poll Says Oprah Winfrey Will Beat Trump in 2020

According to a new poll, Oprah Winfrey will be able to beat President Donald Trump in 2020 elections. Although she will win over Trump the majority of the voters expressed that they don’t actually want her […]

Reporter Behind ‘Shithole Countries’ Story: ‘We Stand by Our Reporting 100%’

President Donald Trump denied that he called El Salvador, Haiti and several African nations as “shithole countries” during an Oval Office meeting meant on finding a common ground on the new bipartisan bill that will […]

House Passes NSA Internet Surveillance Program Bill after Trump Comments

The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday passed a bill to renew the National Security Agency’s warrantless internet surveillance program, overcoming objections from privacy advocates and confusion prompted by morning tweets from President Donald Trump […]

President Trump Denies Using Term ‘Shithole Countries’ at DACA Meeting

President Donald Trump denied on Friday that he called some nations “shithole countries” during a bipartisan meeting to discuss a deal on immigrants known as Dreamers. “The language used by me at the DACA meeting was […]

Senate Internal Emails Targeted by Known Russian Hacker Group

A chain of suspicious-looking websites that are made to look exactly as the U.S. Senate’s internal email system was discovered by a Tokyo-based cybersecurity firm. By the findings of the firm the websites functioned as […]

Sadiq Khan: ‘Trump Is Not Welcome in London’

Sadiq Khan, the Mayor of London who is not very fond of Trump’s conservative politics, has embraced the news that President Donald Trump canceled the visit to London regarding the official opening of the new […]

Trump Cancels London Trip Due to Fear of Protests Against Him

President Donald Trump has announced late Thursday that he will not be traveling to London and take part in the opening ceremony of the new U.S. embassy in the British capital. The new U.S. embassy […]

CNN Host Don Lemon Says U.S. President Is Racist

After reports made it to the public where President Trump called El Salvador, Haiti and the African nations “s***hole countries” CNN’s host Don Lemon on his Thursday night show called President Trump “racist.” “The president […]

January 11, 2018 Focus Washington

Sessions Desperately Trying to Impress Trump

Jeff Sessions, the new Attorney General, commented on several occasions to his allies that he hopes media coverage of the recent moves made by the Justice Department will impress President Donald Trump. The Washington Post […]