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After President Donald Trump recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and the warning from Washington that it will take names, Arab and Muslim states asked the United Nations General Assembly to hold an emergency […]

Trump Jokes He Could not Appoint Friends to Judgeships Because They Were too Old

President Donald Trump reportedly joked that he had to turn down friends who have asked for federal judgeships because they were too old. According to news outlets, the president has said that at a meeting […]

Jared Kushner Deserves Scrutiny in Mueller Probe, Chris Christie Says

Chris Christie, a New Jersey Governor who helped put Jared Kushner’s father in prison, encouraged Russia probe investigators to closely examine any hand Jared may have had in potential wrongdoings by the Trump campaign, Newsweek reported. […]

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 […]

Iran: Trump Cannot Cause Collapse of Nuclear Deal

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 […]

Customs and Border Protection Will Spend 300M to Hire 5,000 Guards

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 […]

Trump Unveils National Security Strategy, Blasts Former Presidents

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, Trump Judicial Nominee, Withdraws

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 […]

Cornyn Says No DACA Amnesty Before Christmas

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 […]

New York Times Columnist Praises Trump for Defeat over ISIS

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 […]

Report: Obama Administration Derailed Anti-Hezbollah Project to Secure Iran Nuke Deal

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 […]

Putin Thanked Trump for CIA Assistance in Stopping Bombings

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 […]

Trump Won’t Fire Mueller

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 […]

Republicans Confident Congress Will Pass Tax Bill

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 […]

Trump’s Administration Declines to Extend ObamaCare Sign-Up Deadline

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 […]

Pence’s Trip to Middle East Overshadowed by Trump’s Recognition of Jerusalem

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 […]

Less Than 25 Percent of Americans Think Donald Trump Made Good on Campaign Pledges

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. […]

Iran Sanctions Trial Judge Dismisses ‘Foreign Conspiracy Theory’

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 […]

Rex Tillerson Now Says North Korea Must Earn Its Way to Negotiations

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 […]

New York Woman Used Bitcoin to Launder Money to ISIS

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 […]

Department of Justice Rejects Accusations of Wrongdoing in Release of FBI Agent’s Texts

The House Judiciary Committee sent a letter to the Justice Department’s spokeswoman Sarah Flores on Thursday, asking her how texts messages exchanged between two FBI officials were obtained by the media. The text messages from […]

U.S. Fighter Jets Chase Off Russian Jets in Syria

Two Russian attack jets that crossed into U.S. coalition airspace in Syria were intercepted by two U.S. Air Force stealth fighter jets. According to Fox News, the American F-22 jets fired flares after cutting across […]

Special Counsel Requested Emails from Trump Campaign Data Firm

Special counsel Robert Mueller’s office, which is investigating the alleged Russian meddling in the U.S. presidential election and the connection between President Donald Trump’s campaign and Russians, reportedly requested information from the data company that […]

Trump and Putin Discuss How to Resolve ‘Very Dangerous’ Situation in North Korea

President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin spoke over the phone about the situation in North Korea, the White House said in the brief statement related to the call. According to the White […]

Putin: Trump’s Political Opponents Block Efforts to Improve Relations with Moscow

Russian President Vladimir Putin thinks that the political opponents of President Donald Trump are preventing him from strengthening the relations with Kremlin. According to Putin, reports about the alleged Russian interference in U.S. presidential election […]

U.S. Military Sued by Advocacy Groups over Sexual Assault Records

The U.S. military is being sued by two advocacy groups for sexual assault records as well as records pertaining to the military justice system, ABC News reports. The two groups, Protect Our Defenders and the […]

US and China will meet for the first time at a high level since Russia's attack on Ukraine as Biden tries to get Beijing's help with the war.

China Accuses U.S. of Interfering in Its Internal Affairs

After President Donald Trump signed into law an act that lays groundwork for possible U.S. navy visits to Taiwan, China got angered, blaming Washington for interfering in its internal affairs. Beijing also said it had […]

White House and Rex Tillerson at Odds over How to Deal With North Korea

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson declared that Washington was ready to open talks with North Korea without precondition, but only a few hours later, the White House distanced itself from his overture. Spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee […]

U.S. Will Provide Military Aid to Lebanon

The U.S. ambassador to Lebanon announced on Wednesday that the United States would provide a $120 million worth of military aid to Lebanon. The announcement followed a meeting with Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri. Included […]

December 13, 2017 Focus Washington

Senate Confirms Federal Judge Rated “Not Qualified”

The Senate voted to confirm President Donald Trump’s judicial nominee Leonard Steven Grasz, who has been Nebraska’s chief deputy attorney general for 11 years. There would be no problem if Grasz hadn’t earned “not qualified” […]