Year: 2018

In his first State of the Union speech, U.S. President Donald Trump urged lawmakers to work toward bipartisan compromises, gave no ground on the contentious issue of whether to protect young immigrant known as Dreamers […]

Pompeo Met with Top Russian Spies

CIA Director Mike Pompeo recently met with Russian top spies, including Sergey Naryshkin, head of the Russian service, known as SVR, U.S. ambassador to Russia Jon Huntsman said. Russian media reported that talks between Russian […]

DOJ Provided Documents to Mueller Regarding Sessions’s Resignation

The Department of Justice (DOJ) allegedly provided documents to Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s team, concerning Attorney General Jeff Sessions’s proposed resignation last year, The Hill informs. The documents were handed over before Mueller interviewed Sessions […]

Trump Signs Order to Keep Guantanamo Open

President Donald Trump Signed on Tuesday an executive order to keep the Guantanamo Bay detention facility open and ready for new prisoners, in what has been described as a major reversal of his predecessor’s policy. […]

U.S. Citizens Report Symptoms Experienced by Diplomats in Cuba

Nineteen American travelers who visited Cuba have reported symptoms similar to those suffered by U.S. diplomats in Cuba, following a travel warning for the country posted several months ago. These cases are not thought to […]

U.S., Mexico May Place Armed Air Marshals on Cross-Border Flights

The United States and Mexico are looking into whether armed U.S. federal air marshals could be deployed on commercial cross-border flights, Reuters reports citing a document seen by Reuters and a Mexico official. Since Donald Trump […]

McConnell Accuses Pelosi of ‘Racial Invective’ on Immigration

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell accused Monday Democrat Nancy Pelosi of “irresponsible racial invective” which, he says, is hurting the chances for a bipartisan immigration deal. “The type of irresponsible racial invective used yet again […]

Pruitt Prepares for Questioning from Senate Democrats

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt will most likely face harsh questioning from the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on Tuesday when he is scheduled to testify for the first time before the committee. “There […]

Republicans Vote to Release Memo Detailing FBI Surveillance Abuses

The House Intelligence Committee voted to release a memo detailing alleged surveillance abuses by the FBI and the Justice Department, The Washington Post reports. The vote means that Trump now has up to five days to […]

U.S. to Resume Accepting Refugees from 11 ‘High-Risk’ Countries, Pledges Tougher Scrutiny

The United States announced that it will resume admissions for refugees from 11 countries identified as presenting a high-security risk, but with extra vetting for these mostly Middle Eastern and African nations. From now on, […]

U.S. Issues ‘Putin List’ of Russian Politicians, Oligarchs but Doesn’t Impose Sanctions

Washington identified 114 Russian politicians and 96 oligarchs in lists mandated under last year’s sanctions law, adding pressure over alleged Kremlin interference in the U.S. presidential election, The Washington Post reports. More than a dozen are already […]

Pompeo Warns Russia May Target U.S. Mid-Term Elections

CIA Director Mike Pompeo expects Russia to target U.S. midterm elections as part of its attempts to influence domestic politics across the West, Reuters reports. He thinks that the threat from Russia would not go away, […]

Freedom Caucus Likely to Oppose Next Stopgap Measure

Freedom Caucus Chairman Mark Meadows said on Monday that the group may withhold support for the next stopgap spending bill, thus creating headaches for Republican leaders trying to come up with a strategy to keep the government […]

Senate Rejects Bill to Ban Abortion After 20 Weeks of Pregnancy

The Senate blocked on Monday a proposed federal bill that would have banned abortions after 20 weeks, a vote that highlights the division between Democrats and Republicans. The Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act didn’t earn the […]

Poll: Americans are Satisfied With U.S. Military, Security and Economy

A poll released on Monday shows that Americans are more satisfied with the state of the country’s military, security and economy, than they were a year ago. According to a Gallup Poll, most Americans are satisfied […]

Trump Says He Tweets U.S. Policy From His Bed

President Donald Trump regularly uses Twitter as an official media to announce new policies, mock his adversaries, or complicate diplomatic relations with countries like North Korea. Trump’s Twitter account @realDonaldTrump has 47.2 million users. Trump […]

Melania Trump Trips on Air Force Jets Cost More Than $675,000

While First Lady Melania Trump still lived in New York for her travel to Washington using Air Force jets cost more than $675,000. The first lady reportedly used Air Force jets to take 21 flights in […]

Indonesia Warns Trump Not to Ruin World With Protectionist Trade Measures

Indonesian finance minister said Monday that the United States needs to resist protectionist trade measures that could “ruin the world” and destroy progress made in reducing global poverty. Sri Mulyani Indrawati stated that she remained […]

Memo Says Rosenstein Approved Extended Surveillance of Carter Page

A secret Republican memo claims that Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein last year approved an application that extended surveillance of former Trump campaign associate Carter Page. According to the New York Times, which cited three […]

Senator Warner Says They Have New Information in Senate’s Russia Probe

The Senate Intelligence Committee received a number of “extraordinarily important new documents” late last year that could further expand the investigation into alleged collusion between President Donald Trump’s campaign and Russia and keep the probe […]

New Defense Spending Bill in Its Final Stages Before Being Voted

Next week House lawmakers will once again vote on the new bill meant to fund the Pentagon for 2018. House Appropriations Committee reintroduced an FY-18 defense appropriations bill on Thursday, and it is expected to […]

Five Goals Trump Wants to Achieve on His State of the Union Address

President Donald Trump will give his first State of the Union address Tuesday. This is the chance Trump had been waiting for to increase his popularity points since the chaotic January he had. Trump’s popularity […]

U.S. Security Officials Want to Build Nationalized 5G Wireless Network

As an effort to protect the U.S. wireless systems from China and Russia, several top national security officials from the Trump administration are pressuring their bosses to build a nationalized mobile wireless network. A PowerPoint deck […]

Two Republican Senators Support Bill to Protect Mueller

Two Republican Senators urged Congress to revisit the proposed legislation mean to protect special counsel Robert Mueller after President Donald Trump attempted to fire him last June regarding his investigation into Trump’s campaign and Russia […]

Trump Blames Schumer for Making DACA’s Future Increasingly Difficult

Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer was accused of President Donald Trump on Friday for trying to scramble the deal meant to help the young immigrants that are protected by the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals […]

Trump Says Report of Him Attempting to Fire Mueller is Fake News

In August of last year, shortly after FBI agents raided the home of President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman, the president was asked in a news conference whether he had considered firing Robert Mueller, the special counsel leading the […]

Clinton Kept Campaign Adviser After He Was Accused of Sexual Harassment

Hillary Clinton kept a top adviser on her 2008 campaign, although he was previously accused of sexual harassment by another staffer in Clinton’s campaign, The New York Times reported. Clinton responded with several tweets where […]

ObamaCare Slowly Probed and Poked by Congress

ObamaCare has been slowly dismantled with Congress removing the unpopular parts of the law and leaving the popular ones. The law’s mandate to have insurance has been already repealed by lawmakers while some controversial taxes […]

Tillerson Blames Russia for Syrian Use of Chemical Weapons

The United States is holding Russia responsible for the chemical attacks against the civilian population that was launched by the Syrian government on its citizens. Reuters reports that Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, during his […]

January 26, 2018 Focus Washington

Trump: Davos Looks Like Academy Awards But With More Photographers

As U.S. President Donald Trump arrived at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland he commented to the reporters that whole event looks like the Academy Awards but “but with more photographers.” In an interview […]