13 Russians Indicted By Mueller Team For 2016 US Election Meddling
Special Counsel Robert Mueller on Friday indicted 13 Russian nationals and three Russian companies with “illegally trying to disrupt the American political process, including efforts designed to boost the presidential candidacy of Donald Trump and hurt that of his opponent, Hillary Clinton.” The indictment describes a three-year elaborate plot carried out on social media and […]
Florida School Massacre Leaves 17 People Dead
A gunman opened fire at a South Florida high school Wednesday afternoon, killing at least seventeen and injuring dozens more. The suspect, 19-year old Nikolas Cruz, was a former student who had been expelled from the school for disciplinary reasons. He is being held in police custody. The shooting took place at Marjory Stoneman Douglas […]
Israeli Police Say They Have Evidence To Indict Trump Ally Benjamin Netanyahu
Israeli police recommended today that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu be charged with bribery, fraud, and breach of trust. Netanyahu responded with a live video posted on Facebook. “Many of you are asking, what will happen? So I want to reassure you: There will be nothing because I know the truth. I’m sure that at the […]
US Govt Is Open As 2yrs Bipartisan Spending Bill Is Signed By President Trump
President Trump signed a massive spending bill early Friday morning, ending a five and half hours government shutdown. After a brief government shutdown starting at midnight, the bill received the necessary votes by both the House and Senate around 5:30 am. Senator Rand Paul (R-Kentucky) repeatedly took to the Senate floor Thursday night to protest […]
Controversial GOP-Nunes Memo is released Despite FBI ‘Grave Concerns’
The White House ordered the release of an FBI memo Friday morning, ending the debate over whether releasing such classified information was overstepping the bounds of the Republican party. President Trump’s security advisors advised against releasing the memo because it contains sensitive national security information. Even the FBI, a nonpartisan agency that would typically rarely […]
Trump Campaign To Discredit FBI Reaches New Peak
President Trump’s criticism of the FBI is threatening to turn this nonpartisan agency into chaos. This week, it was reported that Trump attempted to fire Special Counsel Robert Mueller after he was appointed to lead an investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. Trump attempted to fire Mueller in June 2017 according to […]
Trump’s Visit To Davos Temporarily Calms World Leaders
President Trump’s visit to Davos this week received a mostly positive response from the world’s economic and political leaders. Despite running on an “America first” campaign and continuing this rhetoric during his tenure, he insisted the world would benefit from his stance. “As president of the United States, I will always put America first, just […]
US And Turkey Threading A Thin Line To Avoid Major Conflicts
The US attempted to calm relations with Turkey on Thursday after previously announcing a new border security force to protect a Kurdish enclave which borders Syria. After the plan was announced, Turkish president Tayyip Erdogan threatened to “drown this army of terror before it is born…The United States has admitted that it has created a […]
How Trump Is Becoming A Nightmare For The Dreamers (DACA)
The fate of DREAMers or the undocumented children of immigrants currently protected by the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) seemed bright under President Obama. They were allowed to pursue higher education and work legally and were promised a way to become legal citizens in the near future. However, recent weeks have shown that lawmakers […]
False Alarm In Hawaii Left Residence And Tourist In Total Chaos
A mistaken alert sent to residents of Hawaii warning of an imminent ballistic missile attack alarmed Hawaiians for thirty-eight minutes before a detraction was issued in the morning hours of Saturday, July 13. The Hawaiian Emergency Management Agency blamed the false alert on an employee pushing the wrong button on routine testing of the alert […]
