Year: 2019

President Donald Trump on Tuesday held a press conference in the White House Rose Garden together with the President of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, in which he said that he plans to designate Brazil as a […]

U.S. Accuses Iran of Destabilizing Middle East by Providing Missile Weapons to Armed Groups

Senior U.S. arms control official said on Tuesday that Iran’s missile program is destabilizing the Middle East by providing the armed groups in Lebanon and Yemen with dangerous weapons. According to Reuters, Iran has been […]

Senator Warren Calls for End of Electoral College

Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren on Tuesday introduced a petition calling for an end of the Electoral College. The move comes one day after during a town hall event she stated that she thinks that only […]

Woman that Climbed Statue of Liberty Sentenced to Five Years of Probation

The woman that climbed on the Statue of Liberty as a way to protest family separations on the border last year was sentenced to five years of probation on Tuesday. According to BuzzFeed News, Therese […]

LUNCHTIME POLITICS: Tuesday Trivia – Economy – Emergency Declaration

March 19, 2019 Lisa Clayton

Your Daily Polling Update for Tuesday, March 19, 2019 TRUMP JOB APPROVAL: AVERAGE 43% Same as yesterday RON’S COMMENT: Today’s average is based on five polls, ranging from 41% (Politico, Reuters) to 47% (Rasmussen). Without […]

Kellyanne’s Husband Says Trump Is Mentally Ill

Kellyanne Conway’s husband George Conway, who is a vocal critic of President Donald Trump, has begun publicly saying the President has mental health issues. “Have we ever seen this degree of brazen, pathological mendacity in American […]

New Similarities Emerge Between Boeing 737 Max Crashes

New reports suggest there are more similarities between the two crashes involving Boeing 737 Max airplanes, the latest of which happened less than two weeks ago. According to those reports, engineers involved in evaluations of […]

UN Holds Discussions for Preventing Arms Race in Space

Government experts from 25 countries have opened a meeting to look at ways of preventing an arms race in space, amid uncertainty whether some of the world’s biggest powers will actually find it in their […]

Elon Musk Never Sought Approval for Tesla Tweets

Tesla’s CEO Elon Musk has never sought pre-approval for a single tweet about his company since striking a court-approved deal about how to communicate important information about the electric vehicle maker, the top U.S. securities […]

Senators Complain of Slowing Sanctions on Pyongyang

Two senior U.S. senators called on Monday for the Trump administration to correct a slowing pace of U.S. sanctions designations on North Korea, saying there had been a marked decline in the past year of […]

LUNCHTIME POLITICS: Voter Opinion on Climate Change – Wisconsin

March 18, 2019 Lisa Clayton

Your Daily Polling Update for Monday, March 18, 2019 TRUMP JOB APPROVAL: AVERAGE 43% Same as Friday RON’S COMMENT: Today’s average is based on five polls, ranging from 39% (Gallup) to 48% (Rasmussen). Without these […]

Joint Chiefs Chairman Says U.S. Will Not Keep 1,000 Troops in Syria

The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Joseph Dunford rejected the allegations that the United States will be keeping 1,000 troops in Syria and deemed the report inaccurate, The Hill reported. “A claim […]

RNC Criticized over St. Patrick’s Day Tweet Featuring Beto O’Rourke Mugshot

The Republican National Committee on Sunday published a tweet containing a “special message” from “noted Irishman Robert Francis O’Rourke,” by sending his mugshot with a leprechaun hat that was widely criticized as insensitive, Fox News […]

President’s Comments on White Nationalists Spark Political Debate

Following the New Zealand mosque massacre in which 50 people died, President Donald Trump claimed white nationalism was not on the rise and downplayed its role in the deadly attack. Trump said such beliefs are […]

Kansas DOT’s Official Twitter Account Calls Trump a ‘Delusional Communist’

Kansas Department of Transportation on Sunday issued a tweet calling President Donald Trump a “delusional communist” and apparently cost the unknown worker a job, Fox News informed. “You’re a delusional Communist. You know it’s Communist […]

Omar Slams Trump: ‘You Can’t #MuslimBan Us from Congress’

Democratic Representative Ilhan Omar clapped back at President Donald Trump following a re-tweet of an article that suggested that Minnesota Dems were attempting to sack her from Congress, The Hill reported. “I am sorry Mr. […]

Trump Attacks Late Senator McCain on Twitter

President Donald Trump took to Twitter on Sunday to criticize the late Senator John McCain for allegedly sharing the damaging Steele dossier with the FBI prior to the 2016 election. Trump tweeted on Sunday that […]

Trump Calls GM’s CEO Mary Barra in Push to Reopen Ohio Auto Plant

President Donald Trump increased his pressure on General Motors to reopen an Ohio manufacturing plant that recently closed and put 1,700 people out of work, Fox News informed. Trump’s arm-twisting came in a series of […]

First Lady to Add to Be Best Campaign

First lady Melania Trump will add another component to her Be Best program, highlighting government agencies’ interaction with young people and working with the groups to improve youth programs. The first lady’s office said in […]

Mulvaney Claims Emergency Declaration Won’t Affect Funding for Programs

Acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney said Sunday that the President’s emergency order to fund the U.S.-Mexico border wall would not pull money away from programs that are funded through fiscal year 2019, […]

US admin discusses raising the debt ceiling

U.S. Remains World’s Top Economic Force

The United States economy will dominate the world over the next 40 years, before its imminent decline, the chairman of the Russian Audit Chamber and former finance minister Alexei Kudrin has said, according to Vedomosti. […]

March 17, 2019 Focus Washington

Russian Billionaire Deripaska Sues U.S. Treasury, Claims Sanctions Cost him $7.5bn

Russian billionaire Oleg Deripaska has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Treasury Department in a Washington court, alleging the sanctions against him are illegal, Bloomberg reported. The powerful tycoon with close ties to the Kremlin, […]

March 17, 2019 Focus Washington

U.S., Russia in Competition for Indian Nuclear Market

The United States and India have agreed that a U.S. company, most likely Westinghouse, will construct six nuclear power plants in India, dealing a blow to Russian hopes for the lucrative nuclear deal, Russia Business […]

March 17, 2019 Focus Washington

New U.S. Sanctions Hit Russian Energy, Construction Companies over Ukraine

The United States, the European Union, and Canada on Friday imposed financial sanctions on more than a dozen officials and entities accused of supporting Russia’s occupation of south-eastern Ukraine, Russia Business Today reported. The Treasury […]

March 16, 2019 Focus Washington

Trump Offers Assistance to New Zealand Prime Minister

On Friday, President Donald Trump, in the aftermath of the New Zealand deadly shooting at a pair of mosques that killed 49 people, offered assistance to Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern. In a pair of tweets, […]

March 16, 2019 Focus Washington

Bernie Sanders’ Presidential Campaign Workers Unionize, Team Says

Sen. Bernie Sanders’ campaign team on Friday revealed that part of their employees have constituted a union, a move they labeled as a historic feat, Fox News informed. The Democratic White House contender’s team in […]

March 15, 2019 Focus Washington

O’Rourke Was Member of Hacktivist Group ‘Cult of the Dead Cow’

Presidential candidate and former Democratic Representative Beto O’Rourke was a member of a famous “hacktivism” group as a teenager. According to Reuters, O’Rourke joined the group, called the Cult of the Dead Cow, when he […]

LUNCHTIME POLITICS: Florida – New Federal Holidays – St. Patrick’s Day

March 15, 2019 Lisa Clayton

Your Daily Polling Update for Friday, March 15, 2019 TRUMP JOB APPROVAL: AVERAGE 43% Down 1 from yesterday RON’S COMMENT: Today’s average is based on five polls, ranging from 39% (Gallup) to 48% (Rasmussen). Without […]

March 15, 2019 Focus Washington

Tech Spurs U.S. Stocks to Best Week Since November

U.S. stocks joined a global advance in equities sparked by China’s renewed commitment to stimulus as investors grew more confident that central banks will remain accommodative, Bloomberg reports. The S&P 500 Index headed for its […]

March 15, 2019 Focus Washington

Concealed Jihadists Slowing Down IS Defeat

The young Syrian man crossing out of Islamic State’s last enclave in eastern Syria brought confirmation that the fight was still not over despite days of ferocious bombardment by U.S.-backed forces, Reuters writes. “There are […]