Year: 2018

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

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

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

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’

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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’

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

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

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

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’

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

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

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

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 […]

Trump Considers Withdrawing Troops from South Korea

President Donald Trump has asked the Pentagon to look at options for reducing the number of U.S. troops stationed in South Korea as he prepares to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. According to […]

Kilauea Volcano in Hawaii Erupts, Families Evacuated

Kilauea volcano in Hawaii erupted Thursday, releasing lava into a residential area, which led to mandatory evacuations of nearby residents. According to the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, Leilani Estates, a subdivision in the lower East Rift Zone […]

Trump Believes Kelly Is Hiding Information from Him

President Donald Trump thinks that his Chief of Staff John Kelly is concealing information from him, particularly about the pasts of White House staffers. According to a New York Times report, the President has on […]

First Guantanamo Bay Detainee Transferred Since Trump Took Office

A Guantanamo Bay detainee was sent to his home country of Saudi Arabia, which makes the first transfer out of the detention facility since President Donald Trump took office. The detainee, Ahmed al Darbi, was […]

Avenatti Says Trump’s Outright Lie Should ‘Outrage’ All Americans

Michael Avenatti, Stormy Daniels’s lawyer said on Wednesday that he was left “speechless” by Trump confirming that he reimbursed Michael Cohen for a secret payment that the adult-film actress alleges was meant to keep from […]

Trump Claims Payment to Daniels Wasn’t From Campaign Money

President Donald Trump on Thursday defended the $130,000 given to adult-film actress Stormy Daniels as hush money, saying that nondisclosure agreements are “common among celebrities and people of wealth” and that none of the money […]

Trump’s New Lawyer Giuliani Calls for End of Russia Probe

Rudy Giuliani, who is the newest member of President Donald Trump’s legal team, as well as former New York City Mayor, said on Wednesday that Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein […]

State Department Calls North Korean Regime ‘Abusive’

Only days after President Donald Trump called North Korean leader Kim Jong-un “honorable” the State Department issued a rebuke of the regime, saying it was “one of the most repressive and abusive governments in the […]

Trump Adds Bill Clinton’s Impeachment Lawyer to His Legal Team

President Donald Trump is going to replace his lawyer Ty Cobb with Emmet Flood, who represented former President Bill Clinton during his impeachment proceedings. The White House announced on Wednesday that Cobb will retire at the […]