Year: 2018

Attorney General Jeff Sessions pressured FBI Director Christopher Wray to remove Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, which led to the FBI director threatening Sessions to resign if McCabe was removed from his post. The threat was […]

Trump: FBI Losing Texts Is One of the Biggest Stories in a Long Time

President Donald Trump commented on the recent development between the FBI and lawmakers probing if the bureau was biased or not during its investigation into Clinton’s use of private email server as well as Trump’s […]

Melania Won’t Accompany or Support Trump at Davos

First Lady Melania Trump won’t be joining President Donald Trump on his appearance at the World Economic Forum taking place in Davos, Switzerland. Stephanie Grisham, the first lady’s spokeswoman, said in an interview with CNN […]

Pence and Trump Believe Moving Israel Embassy to Jerusalem Would Improve Peacemaking Prospects

Vice President Mike Pence stated on Tuesday that the moment when the long-awaited U.S. Middle East peace initiative starts is the moment when Palestinians return to the negotiating table. Pence also added that President Donald […]

Tillerson Warns U.S. Might Miss Iran Nuclear Deal Deadline

According to Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, the U.S. will probably not be able to “fix the flaws” that President Donald Trump outlined in the Iranian nuclear accord before the White House deadline comes. Tillerson’s […]

U.S. Continues Close Border Patrols After China’s Warnings

Beijing once again protested against the Pentagon’s habit of sending patrols close to Chinese controlled reefs and islands in the South China Sea and pressured Washington to justify its presence in the disputed region. Officials from […]

Trump Gloats as Democrats Cave on Shutdown

President Donald Trump praised the end of the government shutdown as a “big win for Republicans” in a tweet he published on Monday night, implying that Democrats have lost and surrendered in the battle over […]

Trump Puts High Tariffs on Imported Solar Products, Washing Machines

Steep tariffs on imports have been signed by President Donald Trump as a first major step to lower imports and motivate the market to use American products. The first to have been affected by the […]

Trump Signs Funding Bill to End Government Shutdown

The government shutdown is officially over after President Donald Trump signed a stop-gap government funding bill. The bill was signed Monday night after Democrats made a deal on legislation with the Republican Senate. Trump did […]

Mysterious White House Visitor Questioned By Mueller

George Nader, a little-known associate to Stephen Bannon has come to Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s attention. Apparently Nader previously has boasted of his well-placed connections in the Middle East. According to a source briefed on […]

Tillerson Visited New U.S. Embassy in London

The new U.S. embassy in London was opened as Secretary of State Rex Tillerson visited the 1 billion dollars building on Monday. The visit comes only days after President Donald Trump condemned the opening of […]

Macron: ‘Trump Is Not a Classical Politician’

The French President Emanuel Macron expressed his outrage in an interview for BBC this Sunday regarding President Donald Trump’s remarks calling Haiti, El Salvador and some African nations “shithole countries.” As first reported by The Washington […]

The nation's increasingly polarized politics are instilling new concerns in lawmakers and employees, as seen by Saturday's scheduled Capitol demonstration in support of those jailed on charges connected to the Jan. 6 Capitol disturbance

New Poll Shows General Population’s Trust in U.S. Institutions at Record Low

According to a new survey, the trust in U.S. institutions by the general population has fallen to a record low since President Donald Trump took office. Reuters reported that the survey done by the annual […]

Trump Thanks Fox News Guests for Grading His Year with ‘A’

President Donald Trump expressed gratitude to two Fox News guests that gave high remarks for his first year in office. “Thank you to Brad Blakeman on [Fox News] for grading year one of my presidency […]

McConnell Wants to Proceed with Immigration Issue Next Month

Senate Majority Leader, Republican Senator Mitch McConnell, stated on Sunday that he will bring up the immigration legislation next month should negotiators from both parties fail to find a common ground and present a working […]

Senator Johnson Blames FBI for Losing Evidence Related To Hillary’s Probe

Wisconsin Senator Ron Johnson, who chairs the Senate Homeland Security Committee, claims that the Federal Bureau of Investigation lost five months worth of text messages between two staffers that were part of the probes into […]

Charity Will Pay Benefits to Fallen Soldiers While Government Remains Inactive

One of the consequences of a government shutdown is that while it lasts, families of fallen soldiers don’t receive the benefits meant for them. As a result, a charity has now pledged to pay the benefits […]

Russian Bots Taking Republican Side on Social Media Hashtag War

Sunday night the top trending topic on social media was #SchumerShutdown. However, a national security group the Alliance for Securing Democracy, an organization led by national security officials from both political parties housed at The German […]

White House Rejects Another Bipartisan Solution on Immigrant Issue

The bipartisan immigration proposal that was made by Senator Lindsey Graham and her Democratic colleague Dick Durbin was rejected by the White House on Sunday. Hogan Gidley, the White House spokesman said that the plan […]

Deutsche Bank Flags ‘Suspicious Transactions’ Tied to Kushners

A bank account tied to President Trump’s son-in-law and aide Jared Kushner has been flagged by officials at Deutsche Bank for “suspicious transactions,” The Hill reports, citing a German business magazine. Officials at the German bank told Manager Magazin, as reported by […]

Twitter Discovers over 1,000 New Russian-linked Accounts

Twitter said Friday that it has suspended 1,062 new accounts it has found to be linked to the Internet Research Agency, a Russian “troll farm” which disseminated content intended to interfere in the U.S. political […]

White House blames shutdown on ‘obstructionist loser’ Democrats

White House had put out a statement blaming the shutdown of the government on Democrats — “obstructionist losers,” CNBC informs. The statement, attributed to press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders, declared that the White House would not “negotiate the […]

Congress Looks for Way out of Government Shutdown

Congressional leaders are scrambling to wriggle their way out of a government shutdown that went into effect shortly after midnight when the Senate defeated a House-passed stopgap spending measure, The Hill reports. While both sides face risks […]

U.S. Government Shutdown Starts as GOP Spending Bill Hits Wall

The U.S. government officially entered a partial shutdown early Saturday as Senate leaders struggled to reach a deal to at least temporarily resume funding for federal operations before Americans awoke to a political breakdown, Bloomberg […]

Trump’s Administration Turns to Supreme Court for Help Regarding DACA

An appeal from the U.S. Justice Department was submitted to the Supreme Court on Thursday to swiftly overturn a lower court ruling blocking President Trump’s act to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) […]

Trump Appointee Carl Higbie Resigns After Racist Remarks on Radio

Carl Higbie, a Trump administration appointee, was forced to resign Thursday just after CNN reported his racist, sexist and anti-Muslim comments given on radio. According to a spokeswoman for the department, Higbie was chief of […]

Former Watergate Prosecutor: Presidential-Elect Privilege Does Not Exist

Former Watergate prosecutor Nick Ackerman said on Thursday that the White House has no legal ground to limit Bannon’s testimony regarding the events that happened during the presidential transition. Ackerman added that there was no […]

Trump Hosting Party at Mar-a-Lago for Inauguration Anniversary

Mar-a-Lago will be President Donald Trump’s destination for the weekend. President Trump will be leaving Washington D.C. on Friday afternoon while the negotiations in Congress are becoming more and more dramatic on how the bill […]

Senator Mike Rounds Changes Sides on House Funding Bill

South Dakota Senator Mike Rounds, one of the three GOP senators that are against the House government funding bill, said that he will give his support for the bill in question only after cutting a […]

January 18, 2018 Focus Washington

Tillerson Says Trump Delays UK Visit so Theresa May Can Focus on Brexit

On Thursday, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson commented on President Donald Trump’s delayed trip to the United Kingdom saying that the reason for it is that for the time the President avoids distracting Prime Minister […]