Year: 2019

Damascus has rejected a report by an international chemical weapons watchdog that found chlorine most likely was used in an attack on the rebel-held city of Douma last year, Voice of America reported. According to […]

Jimmy Carter Would Go to North Korea to Help President Trump

Democratic Representative Ro Khanna said Thursday that he has been told by former President Jimmy Carter he would be willing to travel to North Korean and meet with the country’s leader if that helped President […]

Manafort Sentenced to Almost 4 Years in Prison

Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort was sentenced Thursday to 47 months in prison on charges including cheating on his taxes and bank fraud. The sentence is far from the 20 years he had faced […]

Washington Urges New UN Sanctions On Tehran For Missile Launches

The United States has urged the United Nations Security Council to impose sanctions on Iran over its recent ballistic-missile test and launches of two satellites, noting they violate the world body’s resolutions, Radio Free Europe […]

Ilhan Omar Highlights Islamophobia in Statement Celebrating House Resolution

Democratic Representative Ilhan Omar co-wrote a statement Thursday evening praising the resolution approved in the House of Representatives that condemned many forms of hate, Fox News informed. The resolution emerged after critics labeled some of […]

LUNCHTIME POLITICS: Florida – Cohen’s Testimony – Mueller Investigation – Impeachment

March 7, 2019 Lisa Clayton

Your Daily Polling Update for Thursday, March 7, 2019 TRUMP JOB APPROVAL: AVERAGE 43% Same as yesterday RON’S COMMENT: Today’s average is based on five polls, ranging from 38% (Quinnipiac) to 48% (Rasmussen). Without these […]

Trump Revokes Order on Reporting Civilian Casualties in U.S. Airstrikes

President Donald Trump signed a new executive order Wednesday revoking an Obama-era one which required that U.S. intelligence officials publicly disclosed the number of civilians killed in U.S. airstrikes against terrorist targets “outside areas of […]

Trump in 2017 Received $140,000 in Gifts from Foreign Leaders, while Obama in 2014 Got Over $1.5 Million

President Donald Trump’s family got more than $140,000 in gifts from foreign leaders during the first year of his term. According to NBC News, the gifts included a $1,880 portrait of the President made out […]

North Korea Continues with its Activities at Long-Range Nuclear Missile Facility

South Korea on Thursday stated they have detected activity at a North Korean long-range missile facility. According to Reuters, two South Korean newspapers, citing lawmakers briefed by the nation’s spy agency, reported movement around a […]

Cohen Asked Attorney to Seek Trump Pardon After FBI Raid

President Donald Trump’s former personal attorney allegedly asked his lawyer to contact the President’s lawyers about the possibility of obtaining a pardon, The Hill writes. Cohen’s attorney Lanny Davis said Wednesday that Cohen had directed […]

DNC Bars Fox News from Hosting Presidential Primary Debates

The Democratic National Committee has denied Fox News the right to host presidential primary debates, causing the network to call out for the party to reconsider this decision, Fox News informed. “We hope the DNC […]

North Korea Shows Film Glorifying Kim-Trump Summit

North Korea’s state TV has aired a documentary glorifying leader Kim Jong-un’s recent visit to Vietnam that omitted the failed nuclear negotiations with President Donald Trump, Politico reported. The film’s release comes amid reports that […]

Huawei to Challenge U.S. Government’s Security Law in Lawsuit

Chinese tech giant Huawei announced Wednesday that it would sue the American government in response for its efforts to limit the company’s access to Western markets by labeling it a security risk. Huawei, which filed […]

DOJ Appoints Former Mueller Prosecutor as Head of Foreign Influence Unit

The Justice Department said on Wednesday that it would step up its crackdown of illegal foreign influence operations in the United States, appointing a former prosecutor on special counsel Robert Mueller’s team to head a […]

Daesh Militants ‘Trying to Escape’ Last Syria Enclave

About 400 Islamic State militants have been captured trying to escape the last piece of land the group holds in Syria, a U.S.-backed militia says. A Syrian Democratic Forces commander said the jihadists were caught […]

LUNCHTIME POLITICS: Impeachment – Role Model – Taxes for Healthcare – North Korea

March 6, 2019 Lisa Clayton

Your Daily Polling Update for March 6, 2019 TRUMP JOB APPROVAL: AVERAGE 43% Down 1 from yesterday RON’S COMMENT: Today’s average is based on five polls, ranging from 38% (Quinnipiac) to 48% (Rasmussen). Without these […]

Amid Venezuela Crisis U.S. Increases Import of Russian Oil

Russian companies sent nine ships carrying more than 3 million barrels of crude oil and petroleum products to the United States last week, the highest amount since 2011, McClatchy reports citing a review of the […]

Request for Trump’s Tax Returns Could Come in a Matter of Weeks

Democratic Representative Bill Pascrell said Tuesday that House Democrats would most likely request the President’s tax returns from the Treasury Department within a couple of weeks. “My prediction would be the next couple of weeks,” […]

Trump Nominates Liu as Associate Attorney General

President Donald Trump nominated federal prosecutor Jessie Liu to be associate attorney general. Liu, a U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, will reportedly monitor the department’s anti-trust and civil rights work, as well as […]

Judge Napolitano Says the House Judiciary Probe into Trump ‘Is Almost Literally a Witch Hunt’

Judge Andrew Napolitano, a Fox News senior judicial analyst, stated on Tuesday that the new House Judiciary investigation into President Donald Trump is “almost literally a witch hunt,” Fox News informed. Napolitano appeared on Fox News’ […]

Maduro Vows to Defeat ‘Crazed Minority’ in Venezuela

Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro has vowed to defeat a “crazed minority” that wants to remove him from power. In a challenge to opposition leader Juan Guaido, he called for “anti-imperialist marches” on Saturday to coincide […]

Trump Bashes Billionaire Steyer for Need to Impeach Campaign

President Donald Trump on Tuesday bashed Tom Steyer in a series of late-night tweets in which he shared messages from his defenders criticizing Democratic investigations. “Weirdo Tom Steyer doesn’t have the ‘guts’ or money to […]

Former Trump Aide Refuses to Cooperate with House Judiciary Committee

A former aide to President Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign stated that he might not collaborate with the House Judiciary Committee after the House Democrats demanded his testimony. According to The Hill, Michael Caputo’s attorney, […]

President Reportedly Demanded His Daughter Be Given Security Clearance

A new report suggests President Donald Trump pressured White House officials, including his former chief of staff John Kelly and counsel Don McGahn, to give his daughter and senior adviser Ivanka Trump security clearance, despite […]

Trump’s Space Force Would Be by Far Smallest Military Service

The Trump administration’s proposed Space Force, which faces an uncertain fate in Congress, would be by far the smallest military service, AP/Air Force Times reports. Details of the Pentagon’s proposal released Friday show the new […]

House Democrats Introduce Paid Family Leave Bill

A group of House Democrats on Tuesday introduced a bill that would require the federal government to offer employees 12 weeks of paid family leave. The bill was introduced by Representative Carolyn B. Maloney, House […]

North Korea Allegedly Restoring Nuclear Facilities

North Korea is allegedly restoring facilities at its long-range rocket launch site that it had dismantled as part of disarmament steps last year, Politico informed. The latest development came after a high-stakes nuclear summit last […]

LUNCHTIME POLITICS: Tuesday Trivia – Third Party Support Higher – Dems Want Major Change

March 5, 2019 Lisa Clayton

Your Daily Polling Update for Tuesday, March 5, 2019 TRUMP JOB APPROVAL: AVERAGE 44% Same as yesterday RON’S COMMENT: Today’s average is based on five polls, ranging from 41% (Reuters) to 47% (Rasmussen). Without these […]

March 5, 2019 Focus Washington

SpaceX’s Crew Dragon Spacecraft Successfully Docks with International Space Station [Video]

SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft headed to space atop one of its own Falcon 9 rockets early Saturday morning as part of a test of the crew module that will soon ferry astronauts to and from […]

March 5, 2019 Focus Washington

House Democrats to Look into Trump’s Communications with Putin

Three House Democratic chairmen demanded in letters Monday that the White House and the State Department provide documents and witness interviews pertaining to communications between President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin. The […]