Month: June 2018

The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Thursday will invite the top lawmakers from Congress, known as “Gang of Eight” in order to review the documents concerning a confidential informant that the FBI used to contact […]

U.S. Personnel in China Sent to Screening After Acoustic Incident

A number of American government personnel working in China have been sent back to the United States for screening after they suffered unexplained health issues similar to those that have hurt U.S. workers in Cuba, […]

Lawmakers Push for Congressional Oversight on Possible North Korea Deal

The consequences from the controversial congressional debate over the Iran nuclear deal made a number of lawmakers push for a more active role in President Donald Trump’s diplomatic relations with North Korea. According to Reuters, […]

DOJ Tells Court Pentagon Will Release American Detainee in Iraq

The Defense Department plans to release a U.S. citizen accused of fighting for ISIS who is currently held in Iraq, a Justice Department court filing showed. The unnamed American, who was turned over to U.S. […]

McConnell Won’t Pass Legislation to Rein on Trump’s Tariffs Authority

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell stated on Wednesday that the Senate is not going to pass a legislation meant to regulate President Donald Trump’s tariff authority, regardless of the growing frustration within the Senate about […]

Trump Condemns Media Coverage of Melania as “Vicious” and “Unfair”

President Donald Trump on Wednesday condemned the media coverage of First Lady Melania Trump, saying that the speculations made about her whereabouts in the weeks after a kidney surgery are “unfair” and “vicious.” “The Fake […]

White House Deputy Chief of Staff Might Resign after Trump-Kim Summit

The White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations, Joseph Hagin, is planning to leave Trump’s administration soon. According to a report by The Washington Post, Hagin, who was in Singapore earlier this week helping to […]

Trump Plans to Invite Kim to Mar-a-Lago for Follow-Up Summit

President Donald Trump is allegedly taking into consideration the possibility to offer North Korean leader Kim Jong-un to be his guest at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida as part of a follow-up summit that might […]

China May Have Removed Missiles from Disputed Island

China may have removed missile systems from a disputed island in the South China Sea, even as it accused the U.S. of sending “attacking weapons” to the region, CNN informed. The deployment of a number […]

Putin Calls Trump ‘Brave and Mature’ for Meeting Kim

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday said that President Donald Trump is “brave and mature” for setting up a denuclearization summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. According to Reuters, Putin also told China Media […]

EU to Hit U.S. Imports With Additional Duties from July

The European Union expects to hit U.S. imports with additional duties from July, ratcheting up a transatlantic trade conflict after the Trump administration imposed its own tariffs on incoming EU steel and aluminum, Reuters informed. […]

McCabe Seeks Immunity for Testimony Before Congressional Panel

Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe has offered to testify at an upcoming congressional hearing on the FBI and Justice Department’s handling of a probe into Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server, in […]

Lawmakers Fear That ‘Stingray’ Spying Technology Is Being Misused

New concerns about digital privacy and security are being raised in Washington, as more and more revelations of potential surveillance activity in the D.C. region appears. Several Officials with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) […]

GOP Report Says Obama Secretly Gave Iran Access to U.S. Financial System

According to a new report written by Senate GOP members, top officials in the Obama administration secretly authorized Iran to be able to convert assets to the U.S. dollar, even after the same officials repeatedly […]

Tesla Reveals New Plans at Shareholder Meeting

Tesla’s head of worldwide sales, Robin Ren, revealed on Tuesday that the company plans to build its first factory outside of the U.S. in Shanghai, CNBC reported. The Chinese government recently announced that it will […]

White House Aide Who Mocked McCain No Longer Part of Trump Administration

The White House communications aide who gave the offending comments about Republican Senator John McCain is no longer part of the White House administration, CNN reported. White House spokesman Raj Shah confirmed in a statement […]

Google Decides Not to Continue with Building AI Military Systems for Pentagon

After Google announced its decision not to continue working on a controversial artificial intelligence (AI) contract with the Pentagon, a debate sparked regarding what Silicon Valley’s role should be in using their technology for military […]

Less Then 2% of Seized Documents from Cohen Raid Are Considered Privileged

An initial review of the documents that were seized during the FBI raid of Michael Cohen’s office, home, and hotel room found that only a small number of items are to be considered privileged meaning […]

Foreign Investors Returning to Russia after U.S. Sanctions Shock

Panic among foreign investors over the latest U.S. sanctions against an array of Russian companies did not last for long, Izvestya reports citing official data that shows over 60% of Russian assets sold in April have […]

U.S. Asks OPEC to Increase Oil Production by Million Barrels a Day

The U.S. government has asked Saudi Arabia and some other OPEC producers to increase oil production by about a million barrels a day, according to people familiar with the matter, Bloomberg informs. The rare request […]

Special Counsel Accuses Manafort of Tampering With Witnesses

Prosecutors working for Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian collusion accused President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, of tampering with witnesses in a court filing Monday, Newsweek writes. Mueller asked the judge […]

Top White House Economic Adviser is Moving to Private Sector

A key White House economic adviser in the making of President Donald Trump’s tax-cut law is resigning his position, in order to join a trade group representing large banks. According to The Hill, Shahira Knight, […]

Pentagon Develops Secret AI System Which Will Anticipate Nuclear Threats

Pentagon will be increasing their spending on a secret research which uses artificial intelligence to foresee launching of a nuclear-capable missile. According to Reuters, the system will also track and target mobile launchers in North Korea […]

Trump Bans Philadelphia Eagles From Attending Super Bowl Celebration in White House

President Donald Trump on Monday stated that Super Bowl champions, the Philadelphia Eagles, will not be coming to visit the White House on Tuesday because the team participated in the national anthem protests. “The Philadelphia […]

Apple Says They Never Requested User Data from Facebook

Apple CEO Tim Cook defended the tech giant data practices on Monday after a New York Times report said that Apple was among the tech firms that had access to Facebook users’ personal information. “The […]

Melania Trump Appears in Public After Weeks of Absence

First Lady Melania Trump made her first appearance in weeks when she attended a White House event on Monday, dedicated to Gold Star military families. According to The Guardian, a brief video was shared on […]

Giuliani Defends Shifting Trump Tower Story

President Donald Trump’s attorney Rudy Giuliani on Monday dismissed the report that the White House wasn’t truthful last summer, when it denied that Trump dictated the statement about the reported meeting between his son and […]

June 4, 2018 Focus Washington

Trump Says He Has Right to Pardon Himself

President Donald Trump on Monday said that he has the right to provide himself with a pardon but insisted he won’t need to do so because he has not done anything that would require one, […]

June 4, 2018 Focus Washington

Facebook Denies Any Wrongdoing on Sharing Users’ Personal Data

Facebook responded late Sunday to a news report that accused the social media giant of giving at least 60 phone and device manufacturers extensive access to users’ personal information. Fox News reported that Facebook denied […]

June 4, 2018 Focus Washington

Trudeau Says U.S. Considering Canada National Security Threat Is Insulting

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in an interview which aired Sunday stated that the reasoning behind implementing new U.S. tariffs on Canada was “insulting and unacceptable.” “One of the things that I have to admit […]