Trump Touts Passage of Tax Bill in Senate
President Donald Trump touted the passage of the GOP tax bill in the Senate. He tweeted that it is the largest such bill in history and celebrated the repeal of the ObamaCare individual mandate, The […]
President Donald Trump touted the passage of the GOP tax bill in the Senate. He tweeted that it is the largest such bill in history and celebrated the repeal of the ObamaCare individual mandate, The […]
Iran said that United States President Donald Trump cannot cause the collapse of its nuclear deal with six major powers, Reuters reports. “The nuclear deal will not collapse… Those who hope that Trump will cause […]
President Donald Trump decided to remove climate change from the list of worldwide threats menacing the United States. According to the Associated Press, this is a shift that underscores the long-term ramifications on the “America […]
A federal judge ruled on Monday that the Trump administration cannot block two undocumented teenagers currently in U.S. custody from seeking abortions, CNN reports. US District Judge Tanya S. Chutkan required in her order that […]
After facing pressure from President Donald Trump to hire five thousand new Border Patrol agents, Customs and Border Protection started to take desperate measures at a high cost to hire agents. The agency will no […]
President Donald Trump unveiled his national security strategy on Monday which mirrors his “America First” approach, stressing the economic security of the U.S. “America is in the game and America is going to win,” Trump […]
Matthew Petersen, a Trump administration judicial nominee, who had trouble answering basic questions about courtroom procedure, withdrew his name from consideration and said in his letter to President Donald Trump that his nomination had become […]
Senate Republican John Cornyn said on Monday that the year-end legislation won’t include an immigration bill, adding that a measure to protect Dreamers will be dealt with in January. “The president has given us enough […]
After Politico released its shocking report that the Obama administration obstructed a Project Cassandra campaign intended to curtail Hezbollah’s criminal activities, Representative Robert Pittenger called on the House to look into the report. The lawmaker, who […]
Washington publicly blamed Pyongyang for unleashing the so-called WannaCry cyber attack which caused massive disruptions earlier this year through a computer virus that affected more than 300,000 computers in over 150 countries. “The attack was widespread and cost billions, and […]
White House lawyers are expected to meet with Robert Mueller’s office by the end of the week, seeking affirmation that the special counsel’s investigation will soon come to an end with President Donald Trump being […]
A New York Times columnist wrote a piece on Sunday, praising President Donald Trump for successfully winning the war over the Islamic State, while at the same time criticizing the media for failing to report […]
Democratic Senator-elect Doug Jones, who defeated Republican opposite Roy Moore in last week’s Alabama special election, expressed Sunday his belief that President Donald Trump doesn’t have to resign over allegations of sexual misconduct made against […]
Senator Cory Booker’s protection has been strengthened following death threats he and his family received, Newark Mayor Ras Baraka said in a statement. “The Newark Police Division has been notified by the United States Capitol Police (USCP) […]
Senator Chuck Schumer said on Sunday that the Transport Security Administration should speed up the testing and deployment of screening devices which detect suicide vests like the one recently used in the attempted attack on […]
Hezbollah’s drug trafficking and money-laundering operations were allegedly allowed by the Obama administration in order to make sure the Iran nuclear deal remained intact, a Politico report said on Monday. The report says that an anti-Hezbollah […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed gratitude Sunday to President Donald Trump for a CIA tip which helped stop several ISIS-inspired terror attacks in St. Petersburg, according to the Kremlin. The Kremlin noted that thanks to […]
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday the country intends to open an embassy in Jerusalem, a response to President Donald Trump’s recognition of the holy city as the capital of Israel. Erdogan’s comments came […]
President Donald Trump asserted he would not fire Special Counsel Robert Mueller even though he pointed out his “people” were “very upset” due to the special counsel’s decision to obtain tens of thousands of the […]
President Donald Trump’s daughter, Ivanka, and her husband and fellow White House adviser, Jared Kushner, are sued due to alleged illegal omissions on their public financial disclosure forms, Politico reports. Washington lawyer Jeffrey Lovitky filed […]
Top Republicans expressed confidence on Sunday that the Congress will pass a tax overhaul this week, with the Senate voting as early as Tuesday. Republican Representative Kevin Brady pointed out that he believed they have […]
President Donald Trump’s administration did not want to extend the ObamaCare sign-up period amid the last-minute surge of enrollees, a break with the practice under the Obama administration, The Hill reports. The enrollment period ended […]
United States Vice President Mike Pence will take a trip to the Middle East next week where he will underscore the U.S. partnership with Israel while seeking to shore up U.S. relations with the Arab […]
A poll by Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research shows that less than a quarter of Americans think President Donald Trump has made good on the pledges he made to voters during his campaign. […]
A judge dismissed on Friday a Turkish official’s claim that a Pennsylvania-based Turkish cleric is behind a banker’s trial in an Iran economic sanctions conspiracy, saying it was an “illogical foreign conspiracy theory.” U.S. District […]
A few days after offering to talk to North Korea without precondition, U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson changed his mind and said that Pyongyang must stop its nuclear threats and earn its way to […]
A Long Island woman is accused of laundering bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies and wiring the money overseas to help the Islamic State (ISIS) terror group, according to the Justice Department. Zoobia Shahnaz, a 27-year-old Pakistani-born […]
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission voted on Thursday to repeal rules relating to net neutrality, which Democrats hope could prompt millennials to vote for them in next year’s elections. Democrats may try to present the […]
Ron Wyden, a Democratic Senator, said that a proposal in the GOP tax bill allowing churches and charities to engage in partisan politics has been blocked by a Senate parliamentarian, The Hill reports. According to Wyden’s […]
For the first time the United States presented pieces of what it said were Iranian weapons supplied to the Houthis in Yemen, including charred remnants of what Pentagon claimed to be an Iranian-made short-range ballistic […]
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