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Trump Seeking $15 Billion Cut in Unspent Federal Funds, Official Says

May 8, 2018 Focus Washington

President Donald Trump’s administration is urging Congress to halt $15 billion in unspent government funds, including $7 billion from the Children’s Health Insurance Program, a senior administration official said Monday, Bloomberg informed. The suggestion is a Republican effort to claim […]

World on Edge While Waiting for Trump’s Iran Deal Decision

May 8, 2018 Focus Washington

President Donald Trump will announce on Tuesday his final decision regarding the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, threatening a global crisis if he decides to pull out of it. The upcoming decision will provide Trump with […]

Melania Trump Announces New Agenda Addressing Children Issues

May 8, 2018 Focus Washington

On Monday, Melania Trump announced a new platform for combating multiple issues related to American children, showing that she is becoming more active in her role as the First Lady. “I am very excited to […]

NY Democrat Eric Schneiderman Resigns as State Attorney General

May 8, 2018 Focus Washington

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced his resignation Monday night, hours after The New Yorker magazine published allegations of physical abuse and controlling behavior by four women who had romantic relationships or encounters with him, […]

EPA Documents Reveal Threats to Pruitt

May 8, 2018 Focus Washington

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has 33 ongoing threat investigations as of mid-March out of which 10 involve Administrator Scott Pruitt, who justified his use of first-class travel and heightened security as result of safety […]

CIA Delivers Congress Documents Related to Haspel’s Controversial Past

May 8, 2018 Focus Washington

The CIA has supplied Congress with a portion of classified documents that are part of the controversial undercover background of President Donald Trump’s choice for a director of the spy agency. The documents are meant […]

Sessions’ New Immigration Policy Separates Children from Their Parents

May 8, 2018 Focus Washington

On Monday, Attorney General Jeff Sessions said that the Department of Justice (DOJ) is going to enforce the previously mentioned “zero-tolerance” policy for individuals who cross the border of Mexico illegally. Sessions also stated that children […]

Oil Prices Reaching Their Highest Since 2014 on U.S.-Iran Tension

May 7, 2018 Focus Washington

Oil rose to its highest level since late 2014 in Asia-Pacific trading amid rising tension between the U.S. and Iran, according to an article in the Financial Times. Meanwhile, global stocks are firming in the wake […]

Anger in France, UK over Trump’s Gun Law Speech

May 7, 2018 Focus Washington

U.S. President Donald Trump incited anger in France and Britain by stating that looser gun laws could have helped prevent deadly attacks in Paris in 2015 and linking knife crime in London to a handgun ban, CNBC informed. […]

Israels Puts up Road Signs for United States Embassy in Jerusalem

May 7, 2018 Focus Washington

U.S. Embassy road signs were put up in Jerusalem on Monday prior to next week’s opening of the mission in accordance with President Donald Trump’s recognition of the city as Israel’s capital, Reuters reported. Trump […]

Lava Flow Continues to Threaten Hawaii Residents

May 7, 2018 Focus Washington

After a day of relative calm, the Kilauea volcano erupted again Sunday, spewing lava 300 feet in the air and destroying nearby homes, bringing the number to 26. Hawaii’s Civil Defense Agency said that since […]

Devin Nunes: AG Jeff Sessions should be held in contempt of Congress

May 7, 2018 Focus Washington

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes will try to push Congress to hold Attorney General Jeff Sessions in contempt of Congress, Fox News informed. The Californian Republican’s committee has been reviewing allegations that the Justice Department and […]

House Dems Intend to Release Thousands of Russian-Linked Facebook Ads

May 7, 2018 Focus Washington

Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee are preparing to release 3,000 Russia-linked Facebook ads, people familiar with the matter said. The release would offer the broadest picture yet of how the social network was manipulated […]

White House: Gina Haspel CIA Nomination ‘Won’t Be Derailed by Partisan Critics’

May 7, 2018 Focus Washington

The White House has just supported President Trump’s nomination of Gina Haspel as the head of the CIA, stating Sunday that “partisan critics” would not torpedo the president’s pick, Fox News informed. The White House’s response came after multiple reports claimed Haspel offered […]

Trump Would Not Have to Comply with Mueller Subpoena, Giuliani Says

May 7, 2018 Focus Washington

President Donald Trump’s lawyer Rudy Giuliani made another attempt on Sunday to put straight the President’s story, raising instead a number of questions as to whether Trump had paid hush money to other mistresses as […]

China Softens Tone on Trade After U.S. Leaves Empty Handed

May 7, 2018 Focus Washington

China made an attempt to give a positive assessment of the U.S. trade talks after Donald Trump’s negotiators left Beijing Friday with no agreement on the horizon, while claiming that the U.S. shouldn’t make unreasonable demands, Bloomberg informed. State media over […]

Iran Warns U.S. Against Abandoning Nuclear Deal

May 7, 2018 Focus Washington

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani warned the United States on Sunday that leaving the 2015 nuclear deal would be a “historic mistake.” The warning came only days before President Donald Trump decides whether to scrap the […]

Biden, McCain Discussed How Trump is Damaging U.S. International Reputation

May 5, 2018 Focus Washington

Former Vice President Joe Biden visited Republican Senator John McCain at his Arizona ranch earlier this week as the senator is recovering from his brain cancer treatment. During the visit the two apparently talked about […]

Giuliani Says There is a Good Chance North Korea Will Release U.S. Hostages

May 5, 2018 Focus Washington

Rudy Giuliani, who is the newest addition to President Donald Trump’s legal team, gave a hint on Saturday that the Trump administration is working to secure the release of three U.S. citizens currently held in […]

U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Resigned Her Post

May 5, 2018 Focus Washington

The United States ambassador to Mexico left Mexico City on Saturday for the last time as part of an official visit, marking a nearly two-year occupation of the position. The U.S. Embassy in Mexico first […]

White House Condemns China For Pressuring Airlines Not to List Taiwan as a Country

May 5, 2018 Focus Washington

The White House condemned China on Saturday after the country’s aviation authority sent letters to several major airlines preventing them from referring to Taiwan as a country. “This is Orwellian nonsense and part of a […]

France Condemns Trump For His Comments on 2015 Terrorist Attacks in Paris

May 5, 2018 Focus Washington

The French government criticized President Donald Trump on Saturday for saying that civilians with guns would have stopped the terrorists of the 2015 attacks in Paris. France 24 reported that Trump’s comments came during a […]

Giuliani: ‘There Is a “50/50” Chance Mueller Subpoenas Trump’

May 5, 2018 Focus Washington

Rudy Giuliani, the newest member of President Donald Trump’s personal legal team, says that there is a “50/50” chance special counsel Robert Mueller subpoenas the President to testify. “I think it’s 50/50,” Giuliani told ABC […]

Trump Asks China to Reduce $200 Billion Trade Deficit by 2020

May 4, 2018 Focus Washington

President Donald Trump’s trade representatives on Friday presented the Chinese officials with a document asking China’s government to reduce its trade deficit with the U.S. by $200 billion by the end of 2020. According to […]

Unemployment Rate Falls to Lowest Point in Two Decades

May 4, 2018 Focus Washington

The unemployment rate in the U.S. fell to 3.9 percent in April after the economy added 164,000 jobs, representing the lowest point in almost two decades, according to the government’s employment report issued Friday. This […]

Trump and Giuliani’s Admission Surprises White House Staff

May 4, 2018 Focus Washington

President Donald Trump and his newest lawyer, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, disclosed that Trump had reimbursed his personal attorney Michael Cohen for the $130,000 hush payment to adult-film star Stormy Daniels without […]

Bolton Calls Times Report of Trump Reducing Troops in South Korea ‘Utter Nonsense’

May 4, 2018 Focus Washington

The White House on Friday issued a statement rejecting New York Times story that claimed that President Donald Trump’s administration was in talks with South Korea over the possibility of reducing the size of the […]

Former Trump Campaign Aide Leaving USDA

May 4, 2018 Focus Washington

Former President Donald Trump’s campaign aide Sam Clovis is going to resign his role in the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) at the end of the week. According to Politico, Clovis worked at the USDA […]

US and China will meet for the first time at a high level since Russia's attack on Ukraine as Biden tries to get Beijing's help with the war.

‘Big Differences’ Still Remain After U.S.-China Talks

May 4, 2018 Focus Washington

Following two days of talks in Beijing, China said that top officials made progress with the U.S. but that some “big differences” on certain issues remain nonetheless. According to CNN, the two sides agreed to […]

Only Call Logs Obtained from Cohen’s Phone

May 4, 2018 Focus Washington

NBC News on Thursday corrected its report that federal agents placed a wiretap on President Donald Trump’s personal attorney, Michael Cohen. According to NBC News, Cohen’s phones were subject to a “pen register,” which allows investigators […]

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