Year: 2019

Former Vice President Joe Biden blasted President Donald Trump, saying that he is “unhinged” amid Trump’s answer to the impeachment inquiry and the President’s own allegations of wrongdoing by Biden and his son, Fox News […]

Beto O’Rourke Calls for Tough Gun Laws and Inclusive Immigration Policies in Arizona Rally

Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke took his calls for tough gun laws and inclusive immigration policies to Arizona on Sunday, looking well beyond the early primary states as he campaigned in a conservative but changing […]

Trump Turns His Back on U.S. Allies in Syria

The United States has been accused of turning its back on its allies by the Kurds and risking the gains made by fighting ISIS, due to the pulling back on Monday from several positions in […]

Pope Opens Debate on Celibacy Requirement for Catholic Priests

The Wall Street Journal reported that Pope Francis formally opened a 3-week Vatican meeting of bishops that will debate whether the Catholic Church should allow married men in South America’s Amazon region to be ordained, […]

October 6, 2019 Focus Washington

Trump: ‘Democrats are Lucky That They Don’t Have any Mitt Romney Types’

President Donald Trump tweeted early on Sunday that Democrats are “lucky” they don’t have any “Mitt Romney types” after the Republican senator said Trump’s call for China and Ukraine to investigate Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden was “wrong and appalling.” “The […]

October 6, 2019 Focus Washington

U.S. and North Korea Postpone Working-Level Talks

The United States and North Korea have decided to end the working-level talks in Stockholm, for now, CNN reported citing officials of Washington and Pyongyang. Painting different pictures of the meeting, U.S. officials said they […]

October 6, 2019 Focus Washington

Joe Biden Says Trump is Unfit for His Position

President Donald Trump is absolutely unsuitable for this position, says former Vice President Joe Biden in an OP-ED he wrote for The Washington Post. Biden made this statement amid the scandal surrounding the request of […]

Rudy Guiliani Says His Mission is to ‘Disrupt the World’

Rudy Giuliani, the personal lawyer of President Trump said that he was on a mission to “disrupt the world” as he was standing in defense of the President’s interactions with Ukrainian officials. “My mission is […]

Impeachment Inquiry Escalates with WH Being Subpoenaed by House Dems

The White House was subpoenaed by House Democrats on Friday over Ukraine-related documents, further escalating the Democratic impeachment inquiry into President Trump, CNN reported. The subpoena comes following the three committees that are in charge […]

Trump’s Visa Ban for Uninsured Immigrants will Cause ‘Complete Chaos’

Critics have asserted that President Trump will face many problems for the implementation of his new plan to decline visas to immigrants who cannot prove they will be able to afford health care within 30 […]

‘Everything’s a Question of Priorities’ Says Ivanka Trump about Father’s Impeachment

White House adviser and daughter of President Donald Trump, Ivanka Trump said that “everything’s a question of priorities,” responding to a question regarding her father’s impeachment inquiry, The Hill reported. “I think everything’s a question […]

U.S. Investor Michael Calvey’s Assets Frozen by Moscow Court

The Basmanny district court in the Russian capital has frozen assets of U.S. investor Michael Calvey and several other employees of his company Baring Vostok, increasing the pressure in a case that has rocked the foreign […]

LUNCHTIME POLITICS: Impeachable Offenses – Foreign Investigation of Rivals – Ohio – Trump vs. Generic Democrat

October 4, 2019 John Ganjei

Your Daily Polling Update for Friday, October 4 TRUMP JOB APPROVAL: AVERAGE 44%Same as yesterday RON’S COMMENT: What we said yesterday still applies: President Trump’s base is holding but his opposition is solidifying….Today’s average is based on […]

Ivanka Trump on Impeachment: ‘Everything’s a question of priorities’

Ivanka Trump, who acts as White House adviser when asked for her reaction to Democrats’ impeachment inquiry into her father she answered that “everything’s a question of priorities”. “I think everything’s a question of priorities. […]

U.S., UK Push Facebook for Backdoor to Encryption as they Fight Child Trafficking Rings

Facebook has been under pressure from the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia, as they require the tech giant to change its end-to-end encryption policies in order to fight against terrorism and child abuse. […]

Ukraine’s Prosecutors to Probe Gas Company Linked to Biden’s Son

Ukraine will reevaluate a probe into an energy company associated to Hunter Biden, son of former Vice President Joe Biden, the Ukraine’s prosecutor general informed on Friday. According to CNN, Ruslan Riaboshapka informed that prosecutors would […]

U.S. Diplomat Threatens to Resign Amid Ukraine Scandal

U.S. Embassy’s chargé d’affaires to Ukraine said he would quit his post amid scandals with President Donald Trump who was reported to be withholding military aid to Ukraine over political reasoning, The Hill reported citing text […]

Sanders Backs Cortez after Trump Calls Her a ‘Wack Job’

Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders stood in defense of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez following President Trump’s offensive remarks for the freshman Democrat, calling her a ‘wack job’. “It’s going to be a real pleasure defeating you,” Sanders tweeted […]

Signs of Electoral Fraud Add Tension to Afghan Vote Count

By early afternoon on Election Day for the president of Afghanistan, officials began to fret. At many polling stations, including some in the capital, Kabul, only the occasional voter had shown up. To allow for […]

France Wants to Get Iran-U.S. to Negotiating Table Over Nuclear Deal

Tehran and Washington have one month to get to the negotiating table, France’s foreign minister warned, suggesting that Tehran’s plan to increase its nuclear activities in November would spark renewed tension in the region, Reuters informs. […]

Trump Says North Korea Negotiations Going Ahead Despite Missile Test

President Donald Trump on Thursday brushed off North Korea’s test of a sea-launched ballistic missile, saying that planned nuclear talks with Pyongyang will go ahead, Channel News Asia informs. “They want to talk and we’ll […]

Syrian Opposition Leader Warns Iranian Activity Reaches Dangerous Level

After more than eight years of war and bloodshed in Syria, the Iranian presence in the nation is at an all-time high, warned the top Syrian opposition figure, Fox News reported. “Iranian influence is getting […]

Pentagon Says North Korean Missile Test was Medium-Range Ballistic Missile

A top Pentagon spokesman issued a statement on Thursday in which he said that the most recent North Korean missile test was short – to a medium-range ballistic missile fired from a sea-based platform. Joint […]

South Africa, Nigeria Improve Relations and Start Making Trade Deals

On Thursday, 30 trade and cooperation agreements had been signed between Nigeria and South Africa after the relationship between the two countries had been disturbed due to the violence that happened toward Nigerian nationals in […]

LUNCHTIME POLITICS: Warren Tops New National Polls, Plus California – Trump Base Holding, Opposition Solidifying

October 3, 2019 John Ganjei

Your Daily Polling Update for Thursday, October 3, 2019 TRUMP JOB APPROVAL: AVERAGE 44%Up 1 from yesterday RON’S COMMENT: Since yesterday, President Trump’s job rating bounced back up a point, but his negative rating went […]

Ireland’s Prime Minister says Boris Johnson’s Brexit Plans is Missing the Main Thing

Leo Varadkar, Ireland’s Prime Minister stated that U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s new Brexit plans “fall short.” According to The Irish Times, Varadkar on Thursday said that he doesn’t understand how Johnson’s plans would deal […]

Trump Supporters Torment Elizabeth Warren in Nevada: ‘Don’t impeach!’ ‘Go home!’

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-MA., was faced with a small group of Donald Trump supporters who followed her through Reno-Tahoe International Airport on Wednesday, with shouts of “Don’t impeach!” and “Go home!”, Fox News informed. A […]

Tesla Sets Another New Delivery Record

Tesla delivered “approximately 97,000” cars around the world in the third quarter of 2019, slightly edging out the previous record of 95,356 the company set in the second quarter, according to a press release issued […]

Erdogan Claims Turkey’s Presence in Syria Due to Terror Threat

The only reason for Turkey’s presence in Syria is the terror threat towards the country’s borders, Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday. “Turkey backs the territorial integrity of Syria and the political and […]

Jeff Sessions Still Praises Trump for Policy and Agenda

Jeff Sessions reportedly said that he was still supportive of the President even though he was removed from his post and mocked by Trump for over a year. The former attorney general applauded Donald Trump […]