Month: April 2018

Several civil rights groups are attempting to stop Education Secretary Betsy DeVos from rolling back an Obama-era rule on school discipline that protects black students from being punished more severely than their white peers. According […]

Trump Warns Russia: ‘Missiles Will be Coming to Syria’

Russia was warned by President Donald Trump on Wednesday of imminent military action in Syria over a suspected poison gas attack, saying that missiles “will be coming.” Trump’s statement was a response to a Russian […]

Trump Lawyer Cohen Calls FBI Agents ‘Courteous’ and ‘Respectful’ after Raid

President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer Michael Cohen said Tuesday that FBI agents were respectful and professional when they raided his home and office on Monday, CNBC informed. Speaking to CNN in his first public comments since the raid, […]

Lindsey Graham, Cory Booker to Introduce Bipartisan Bill that Would Protect Robert Mueller’s Job: Report

Just hours after President Trump reacted angrily on Monday to news that federal agents had raided the office and home of his personal attorney, a bipartisan group of four senators is planning to announce legislation Wednesday to protect […]

Schumer Calls for Legislation to Protect Mueller

Charles Schumer, the Senate Democratic Leader, on Tuesday called out to Senate GOP leaders to help bring legislation to the floor that is going to protect special counsel Robert Mueller from being fired as the […]

Democratic Senator Heitkamp Says Trump Asked Her to Switch Political Sides

Democratic Senator for North Dakota Heidi Heitkamp said that President Donald Trump at one point asked her to switch political parties during a December 2016 meeting in Trump Tower. “When I visited with him in […]

Trump Believes He Can Fire Mueller

The White House on Tuesday stated that President Donald Trump believes he has the power and authority to fire special counsel Robert Mueller from leading the Russia probe. “He certainly believes that he has the […]

Iran Threatens U.S. Will Face Consequences if Nuclear Deal Fails

Iran’s leaders warned President Donald Trump he would regret pulling out of the nuclear deal with Tehran, and vowed a strong response if the U.S. withdrew, Newsweek reported, citing Reuters. The threat was made as John Bolton, […]

FBI Raid Targets Trump’s Attorney Michael Cohen, under Scrutiny over Stormy Daniels Payments

The FBI raided President Donald Trump’s personal attorney Michael Cohen’s home, office and hotel room Monday to obtain documents — a development that Trump slammed as “a disgrace,” Fox News informed. Federal agents reportedly collected documents concerning several […]

As Trade Dispute Continues, China President ‘Significantly Lower’ Auto Import Tariff

Chinese President Xi Jinping said Tuesday he’s willing to further open his country’s markets and reduce auto import tariffs amid the exchange of economic threats between the U.S. and China. Xi said at a business conference […]

Thousands of FBI Documents Turned over to House Committees

Officials said on Monday that thousands of internal FBI documents pertaining to the bureau’s decisions emanating from the 2016 election were handed over to congressional investigators in the latest document handover in the probe. The […]

Mueller Is Reportedly Investigating $150,000 Ukrainian Billionaire Gave Trump’s Foundation

Special counsel Robert Mueller is investigating a $150,000 payment that Donald Trump’s foundation received in 2015 from a Ukrainian billionaire, CNBC informed Monday. Victor Pinchuk, a Ukrainian steel magnate, paid the amount of money to the Donald J. Trump Foundation in September 2015 when […]

Reporter Confronts Kudlow for Attacking Obama after Rejecting CBO’s Projections on Trump Budget

White House chief economic adviser Larry Kudlow took the side of Congressional Budget Office (CBO) that passed a two-year budget recently, saying that will increase the national debt and deficit even though in 2009 he […]

EPA Admits Emails About Pay Rise Exist, Denies Pruitt Knew About Them

The Environmental Protection Agency confirmed Monday the content of internal EPA emails which seem to contradict the agency administrator’s claims that he was unaware of and didn’t approve big pay rises for two of his […]

Facebook CEO to Face Tough Questions From Congress

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is undergoing a two-day congressional inquisition that will be very public — and possibly pivotal for the massive social networking company he created, NBC informs. Zuckerberg visited with senators in closed-door […]

Amid U.S. Deficit Outlook Dems Fear Cuts in Social Security, Medicaid

President Donald Trump and Congressional Republicans’ tax cuts and spending increases will have serious impacts on the U.S. deficit, a new report by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office showed on Monday. The national budget is […]

Trump Lashes out at Attorney General Sessions and Ponders Firing Special Counsel Mueller

President Donald Trump has strongly criticized his Justice Department, his Cabinet members and his former political opponents using scorching remarks Monday evening, CNBC informed. The comments were made at a round-table meeting at the White House which was set to discuss the administration’s reaction to a suspected chemical […]

Trump Administration Imposes New Sanctions on Putin’s Inner Circle

The Trump administration imposed new sanctions on seven of Russia’s richest men and 17 top government officials on Friday in the latest effort to punish President Vladimir Putin’s inner circle for interference in the 2016 […]

Cambridge Analytica Whistleblower Says Facebook Users’ Data Could Be Stored in Russia

The number of Facebook users affected by the recent data breaching scandal could surpass 87 million and the data could be stored in Russia, Cambridge Analytica whistleblower Christopher Wylie stated on Sunday, CNBC informed. Wylie […]

North Korea Prepared to Discuss Denuclearization with U.S.

North Korea has told the United States for the first time that it is prepared to discuss the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula when North Korean leader Kim Jong Un meets President Donald Trump, a […]

Kudlow Tries to Calm Trade War Fears but Says Trump ‘Not Bluffing’ about China Tariffs

The new White House economic adviser, Larry Kudlow, attempted Sunday to calm fears about an economically damaging U.S.-China trade war but made clear that President Trump is “not bluffing” about introducing tariffs on China, Fox […]

Trump National Security Spokesman Michael Anton to Leave White House

National Security Council spokesman Michael Anton is resigning the Trump administration, the White House confirmed Sunday night, Fox News reported. Anton’s resignation comes the day before incoming national security adviser John Bolton assumes his new position. […]

Manafort Attempts to Suppress Evidence Seized by Mueller

Paul Manafort filed a motion Friday to suppress evidence special counsel Robert Mueller’s team found in a storage locker in Virginia. Politico reported that the former Trump campaign head is stating that Mueller unlawfully had access […]

President Trump Prepares for Possible Interview with Mueller

A White House official, familiar with the matter, said President Donald Trump has begun the initial steps of preparing for a possible interview with special counsel Robert Mueller in a clear sign that the President’s […]

Trump Probably Won’t Attend White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner

President Donald Trump said in an interview aired Friday with “Bernie & Sid in the Morning” on 77 WABC that he would probably skip the upcoming White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, his second time not […]

Markets Drop as U.S.-China Trade War Escalates

As the trade war between the U.S. and China grows markets dropped precipitously on Friday. As White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders insisted years of Chinese policies were to blame for the tit-for-tat tariffs […]

U.S. States Send Troops to Mexican Border

Following President Donald Trump’s calls for enhanced border security, Texas and Arizona will deploy National Guard troops to the Mexican border. According to Newsweek, Arizona Governor Doug Ducey said on Friday that about 150 guard […]

April 6, 2018 Focus Washington

Trump Rejects Claims he Knew about Lawyer’s $130,000 Payment to Adult Film Star

President Donald Trump has rejected claims Thursday that he knew about his lawyer’s $130,000 payment to former adult film star Stormy Daniels, CNBC informed. Trump spoke to reporters for the first time about the payment, made shortly before […]

April 6, 2018 Focus Washington

Trump Proposes $100 billion in Additional Tariffs on Chinese Products

President Donald Trump on Thursday said he has given instructions to the United States Trade Representative to think about $100 billion in additional tariffs against China, CNBC informed. “In light of China’s unfair retaliation, I have […]

April 6, 2018 Focus Washington

USDA is Looking for Ways to Protect Farmers in Trade Dispute with China: Official

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is looking to find ways to shield farmers from the growing trade conflict between the United States and China, a department official said Thursday evening without providing details of options […]