Month: July 2018

When North Korea returned over 55 boxes of what it said were the remains of American soldiers killed in the Korean War, they came with only one military dog tag. A U.S. defense official, speaking […]

Vice President Pence Warns Russia That Future Interference Won’t Be Tolerated

Vice President Mike Pence confronted Russia on Tuesday for meddling in the 2016 presidential election, describing foreign interference efforts as an “affront to our democracy” that will not be tolerated. The Vice President’s support of […]

Facebook Detects New Russian Interference, Deletes Fake Accounts and Pages

A coordinated political influence campaign has been detected and dealt with ahead of November’s U.S. congressional elections by Facebook Inc. The company said on Tuesday that it has taken down dozens of fake accounts on […]

Sessions Announces Creation of ‘Religious Liberty Task Force’

Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Monday announced the Department of Justice’s creation of a “religious liberty task force,” which aims to help the department fully implement religious guidance, CNN writes. He noted that the goal […]

Experts Warn U.S. May Retaliate Against UN Agencies

A United Nations group representing two-thirds of UN membership handed a victory of sorts to Palestinian causes last week. Namely, Palestinian diplomat Riyad Mansour was selected by the Group of 77 to be the 2019 […]

Giuliani says Trump Team Leaning towards Ignoring Mueller Questions: ‘We Don’t Think they Have a Legitimate Investigation’

President Trump’s legal team is becoming more and more convinced it should ignore questions by Special Counsel Robert Mueller, Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani told Fox News’ “Hannity” on Monday night, saying it’s “highly unlikely” the […]

Pentagon To Start Creating Space Force Even Before Congress Approves It

During this week the Defense Department will take the first steps to create the Space Force, a new branch of the military ordered up by President Trump but not yet fully backed by Congress, Defense […]

ICE Agents Accuse Oregon Mayor of Abetting ‘Abolish ICE’ Protesters

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents on Monday cast blames on an Oregon mayor of violating the Constitution after emboldening “Abolish ICE” protesters by ordering the police to stand down and openly expressing support for their […]

North Korea Possibly Working on New Missiles

North Korea appears to be building new intercontinental ballistic missiles at a factory in Sanumdong, where the country’s first missiles capable of reaching the United States were produced, satellite images show. According to evidence obtained […]

President Trump Says He Would Talk to Iranian Leader Without Preconditions

President Donald Trump expressed willingness on Monday to meet Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in order to discuss how to improve ties between Washington and Tehran after he withdrew the United States from the 2015 Iran […]

Top Tennessee Dem Party Official Snubs ‘Reaching out’ to Trump Voters, Calls them ‘Idiots’

A top Tennessee Democratic Party’s communications official made disparaging comments about President Donald Trump and lashed out against a suggestion to reach out to his voters, describing them as “idiots,” Fox News informed. Mark Brown, […]

Pence Praises ‘Dramatic’ Economic Growth, Warns Reporters Who Breach ‘Decorum’ at the White House

Vice President Mike Pence praised the Trump administration’s economic progress and blasted reporters who forgo “decorum” at the White House in a wide-ranging interview with Fox News’ Maria Bartiromo on “Sunday Morning Futures,” Fox News […]

Cohen Finds Himself in Trump Allies’ Crosshairs

Allies of President Donald Trump sought to discredit his former personal lawyer Michael Cohen after he said last week he was willing to divulge information about Trump. After Cohen recently claimed Trump knew in advance […]

Saudi Arabia Reassures Arab Allies on Mideast Peace Plan

Saudi Arabia has reassured Arab allies it will not endorse any Middle East peace plan that fails to address Jerusalem’s status or refugees’ right of return, easing their concerns that Riyadh might back a Washington-sponsored […]

Prankster Puts Putin’s Portrait in Trump’s Place at Colorado Capitol

An unidentified prankster on Thursday placed a portrait of Russian President Vladimir Putin on an easel below a blank space on a wall in the Colorado Capitol where presidential portraits are hung, Fox News informed. […]

Facebook Faces New Privacy Challenge

Facebook is struggling with a new challenge – to tighten privacy practices, which puts its European advertisers on the front lines of its efforts to do so and causes frustrations among them. According to the […]

Trump Threatens Government Shutdown if Democrats Don’t Support Immigration Reform

President Donald Trump urged Congress to adopt sweeping immigration reform which includes a border wall, and threatened to shut down the federal government if he did not get support from the Democrats, CNBC informed. The President took […]

General Michael Hayden Talks Trade, National Security, Intelligence…

July 30, 2018 Sara Corcoran

An Interview with National Courts Monitor Publisher Sara Corcoran As the former head of the CIA, NSA and with his extensive military experience, General Michael Hayden has had an illustrious career in the shadowy world […]

Trump Criticizes Mueller, Cites Conflict of Interest

President Donald Trump took to Twitter on Sunday to once again lash out on the special counsel and former FBI director, maintaining his Russia probe represents a “conflict of interest.” In the series of tweets, […]

Trump’s Scottish Golf Course Destroys Ecosystem

President Donald Trump’s golf course in Scotland, opened in 2012, “partially destroyed” a nature conserve widely regarded as crucial to the area’s ecosystem, a Sunday report alleges. An environmental agency has obtained documents, using the […]

July 29, 2018 Focus Washington

Pentagon is Working on “Do Not Buy” List of Software Vendors Compromised by Russia, China

High ranking officials from the Defense Department said that the Pentagon is working on a technology that will block vendors who use software code that is originating from Russia and China According to Reuters, Ellen […]

July 29, 2018 Focus Washington

Mueller Submits List of 35 Potential Witnesses for Manafort’s Trial

Special Counsel Robert Mueller this Friday submitted a list of 35 potential witnesses for the trial of Paul Manafort, the former campaign chief of President Donald Trump. The list includes bankers and accountants that will […]

July 28, 2018 Focus Washington

GOP Representative Issa Says Trump is Not First Politician to Misrepresent Things

Republican Representative for California, Darrell Issa, stated on Saturday that it won’t be a surprise if there is any evidence proving that President Donald Trump knew in advance about his son’s meeting with a Russian […]

July 28, 2018 Focus Washington

Bannon Says Midterm Elections Are Trump’s First Reelection Campaign

On Friday former White House chief strategist Stephen Bannon stated that the 2018 midterm elections are President Donald Trump’s first reelection campaign because if Democrats manage to get the majority in Congress they will try […]

July 28, 2018 Focus Washington

Dershowitz and Avenatti Had a Heated Discussion

Alan Dershowitz, a respected legal analyst, had a heated discussion with the attorney representing Stormy Daniels, Michael Avenatti, over whether and when Avenatti had conversations with Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump’s former attorney and “fixer”. […]

38 Lion Trophy Permits Issued Since Trump Rolls-Back Protections of Endangered Species

Since President Donald Trump roll-backed bans on lion trophies, more than thirty permits to import lion trophies have been issued. The advocacy group Friends of Animals obtained documents showing that thirty-eight permits have been granted […]

Manafort Called His Work for Ukrainian Viktor Yanukovych as ‘Most Satisfying’ in His Career

The former campaign head of President Donald Trump, Paul Manafort, at one time stated that his work on Ukrainian politician Viktor Yanukovych’s presidential campaign in 2010 was the “most satisfying” in his career, Manafort’s statement […]

Defense Chief Mattis Hints of Possible Meeting with His Russian Counterpart

U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis on Friday stated that he was considering the possibility of meeting the defense chief of Russia, a possibility first reported by Reuters on July 17. If these talks happen it […]

White House Says Trump is ‘Open’ to Visit Moscow Again

The White House announced on Friday that President Donald Trump is “open” to visiting Moscow, but only if he receives an official invitation from Russian President Vladimir Putin, Reuters reported. “He is open to […]

Senate Passes Bill to Cut Tariffs on Chinese Goods

The Senate passed on Thursday legislation that would cut tariffs on hundreds of items made in China, thus lowering trade barriers with Beijing. The bill, which would cut or eliminate tariffs on roughly 1,660 items […]