Month: August 2018

Melissa Howard, the GOP candidate for a Florida state House seat who was accused of lying about her college degree and NRA rating apologized on Monday, pledging to stay in the race “and lead by example from […]

West Virginia Lawmakers Impeach 3 State Supreme Court Justices, Citing ‘over-the-top’ Spending

West Virginia lawmakers, seeking to remove every justice on the state’s four-member Supreme Court amid what they called an “over-the-top” spending scandal, impeached three justices on Monday, including Chief Justice Margaret Workman, Fox News informed. […]

NASA Administrator Supports ‘Space Force’ Proposal

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine expressed his full support for President Donald Trump’s proposed military “Space Force”, Bloomberg reported. However, Bridenstine added that the “Space Force” will have a role separate from NASA. “We want to […]

FBI Agent Strzok Fired Over Anti-Trump Text Messages

The FBI fired embattled agent Peter Strzok this past Friday reportedly amid accusations of improper conduct and repeated attacks by President Donald Trump on the bureau and the Justice Department over the handling of the […]

Washington Warns Ankara Over Detained Pastor as Lira Meltdown Drags On

President Donald Trump’s top national security aide, John Bolton, warned Turkey’s ambassador on Monday that Washington has nothing further to negotiate until a detained American pastor is freed, Bloomberg reported. Bolton delivered that message to […]

Baghdad to Respect Dollar Ban in Iran Transactions, But Not All U.S. Sanctions

Baghdad will only respect the dollar ban in transactions with Iran, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said on Monday, stepping back from his commitment to abide by new U.S. sanctions on Tehran, Reuters informs. “I […]

CNN: Trump Has No Black Senior White House Staff

None of President Donald Trump’s senior White House officials are black, while only a handful of his senior staff are of Latino, Asian or Arab descent, according to a CNN review of 48 senior White […]

Iran Foreign Minister Says Islamic Republic Won’t Change Regional Policies Because of U.S. Threats

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said that Iran won’t stop with spreading its influence in the Middle East despite President Donald Trump’s pressure on Tehran to curb its regional activities, Reuters reported. “Iran will […]

Omarosa Releases Recording of Phone Call with Trump

Omarosa Manigault Newman on Monday morning shared a recording of a private phone call with President Donald Trump that happened shortly after she was fired from the White House. During the conversation, Trump is heard […]

Trump Signs Defense Bill Named After Senator John McCain

President Donald Trump has signed a $716 billion defense policy bill named for John McCain after delivering remarks that failed to mention the ailing senator. The measure Trump signed Monday at New York’s Fort Drum […]

Trump Signs Bill Preventing Weapons Sales to Turkey

President Donald Trump attended a ceremony in Fort Drum, New York on Monday where he signed a national defense bill that will prevent U.S. weapons sales to Turkey, including the new generation F-35 fighter jets […]

Musk Confirms Saudi Fund is Potential Investor for Taking Tesla Private

Tesla CEO, Elon Musk, on Monday said that during a meeting with Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund on July 31 he was convinced that he could secure funding to take the electric car-maker private. However, […]

Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm urged major American oil refiners to increase capacity and decrease exports of refined goods ahead of the winter

Saudi Arabia Cuts Oil Production in July despite Agreement to Hike Output

OPEC’s oil production ticked higher in July, but cuts by top exporter Saudi Arabia weighed on the 15-member group’s output just one month after it agreed to start pumping more crude, CNBC informed. The Saudis throttled back […]

Turkey’s Erdogan Claims U.S. Sanctions Are a Stab in the Back

Turkish President Recep Erdogan has again attacked the United States, alleging that the use of sanctions by Washington is a “stab in the back against Turkey,” CNBC informed. Addressing reporters in Ankara on Monday, the Turkish leader […]

Police, Sessions Slam Elizabeth Warren for Calling Criminal Justice System ‘Racist’

Top police officials in Massachusetts have accused Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren of insulting rank-and-file officers when she said the criminal justice system was “racist … front to back” earlier this month, Fox News informed. Warren made […]

U.S. Ambassador Calls on U.K. to Back Trump on Iran Sanctions

The U.K. should back U.S. President Donald Trump’s plan to slap strict sanctions on Iran rather than stand by the 2015 agreement to curb the country’s nuclear program, the American envoy to London said in […]

Kellyanne Conway: ‘It’s Not a Big Ask’ for NFL Players to either Stand during Anthem, or Go Home to Protest

Just days after President Trump mocked NFL players for kneeling during the national anthem, top White House aide Kellyanne Conway told “Fox News Sunday” that high-profile athletes who want to protest should, effectively, go home, Fox […]

August 12, 2018 Focus Washington

Two New Lawsuits Against Tesla and Elon Musk

Tesla and its CEO Elon Musk receive two new lawsuits, accusing them of violating federal securities law for making false statements in order to boost the company stock price, CNN reported. The complaints accuse Musk […]

August 12, 2018 Focus Washington

President Trump Praises Boycott of Harley-Davidson

President Donald Trump said on Sunday in a tweet that the planned boycott by some Harley-Davidson motorcycle owners is “great.” “Many @harleydavidson owners plan to boycott the company if manufacturing moves overseas,” he wrote on […]

August 12, 2018 Focus Washington

NASA Successfully Launched Parker-Probe, a Seven Year Year Journey to Touch Sun

NASA had a successful launch on humanity’s first probe that will go to the sun, a seven-year mission meant to better understand the mysteries of our closest star. The Parker Solar Probe, carried on United […]

August 11, 2018 Focus Washington

Senator Blumenthal Doesn’t Support Avenatti for President

Democratic Senator Richard Blumenthal on Friday stated that he doesn’t endorse Michael Avenatti for president. Avenatti became known to the public when he represented adult film star Stormy Daniels in her defamation case against the […]

August 11, 2018 Focus Washington

NASA Aborts Parker-Solar Probe Launch in Last Minute

NASA early Saturday morning delayed its launch of the Parker-Solar probe, the first probe made by humans that will go to the sun. The launch was rescheduled for Sunday morning, BBC reported. The launch was […]

Buzz Aldrin: ‘Space Force is One Giant Leap in the Right Direction’

Buzz Aldrin, who was part of Neil Armstrong’s team that landed on the moon, praised President Donald Trump’s proposed Space Force on Friday, calling it “one giant leap in the right direction.” “One giant leap […]

Omarosa Was Offered $15,000-a-Month to Keep Quiet About Trump and Pence

Omarosa Manigault Newman, who worked as White House aide, claimed in her new book that she was offered a $15,000-a-month hush money to keep quiet about her time in the administration. According to an excerpt […]

NASA Ready to Launch Probe That Will Touch Our Sun

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is on schedule for the Saturday morning launch of the first-ever probe that will go to the sun. According to The Guardian, the launch window for the Parker […]

Trump in New Attack on NFL Players Calls for Suspension

President Donald Trump continued with his attacks on NFL players on Friday. The attack was aimed at those who protest during the national anthem, claiming they “wanted to show their ‘outrage’ at something that most […]

Kremlin Warns That U.S. Sanctions Might Start Economic War

Sanctions planned by Washington against Moscow over the nerve-agent attack of a former spy living in Britain could be treated as a declaration of an economic war, Russia’s Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev warned on Friday, […]

Petition Asks Trump to Name LeBron James New Education Secretary, Replacing DeVos

A petition calling for NBA superstar LeBron James to replace Betsy DeVos as secretary of education has attracted thousands of signatures, Fox News informed. As of early Friday, more than 23,000 people had signed the Care2 petition, […]

Trump Increases Pressure on Turkey amid Currency Crisis, Authorizes Doubling of Metals Tariffs

President Donald Trump tweeted Friday that he authorized a doubling of steel and aluminum tariffs on Turkey amid a growing diplomatic dispute between the two countries that is causing a currency crisis for Turkish President […]

U.S. Crude Sanctions against Iran Could Make Maintaining the World’s Oil Supply ‘Very Challenging,’ IEA Says

A U.S. plan to impose targeted crude sanctions against Iran could significantly impact global supply and exhaust the world’s spare oil capacity cushion, according to the latest monthly report from the International Energy Agency (IEA), CNBC informed. The […]