This Week In Review: Reports Of Trump Mulling Over Firing Mueller
According to what is described as in “explosive” report by the New York Times, President Donald Trump ordered the firing of Special Counsel Robert Mueller in June of 2017. Apparently only going back on his decision when White House Counsel, Don McGahn, threatened to resign. Though president Trump dismisses the news as ‘fake news’ on […]
Shut Down Ends With Promise Of DACA Fix
As Republicans celebrated the end of the historical, yet brief, government shutdown, approximately 800,000 DACA recipients and countless more DREAMers (undocumented immigrants who have been living in the United States since they were children) faced their disappointment. Because, though the future of the government is insured for at least the next few weeks, their future […]
The DREAMers Take On D.C: A First-Hand Account
On a chilly Wednesday morning in Washington D.C, the Rotunda of the Russell Senate Office was filled with reporters, adjusting their appearance, looking over notes and prepping for live television. This is not unusual. The Rotunda is often used as a pseudo-pressroom for members of Congress to speak directly to news networks and, thusly, to […]
Week in Review: American Government Is Shut-Down
The Federal government shut down on Friday after the last minute stop-gap passed in the House late Thursday. The vote failed 50-49 in the Senate sixty votes needed to pass. President Trump met with Democratic Majority leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) in attempts to negotiate a deal, however, by voting time, Democrats cast firmly their refusal […]
House passes stopgap funding bill, showdown in Senate begins
After a day of meetings and lobbying to swindle votes, the House of Representatives tonight passed a short-term spending bill to avoid a government shutdown on the one-year anniversary of Trump’s Presidency. The looming resolution to fund the government through February 16th passed 230-197. Senate Democrats, enraged by President Trump’s vulgar disparaging and lack of […]
UN António Guterres Warns Trump Admin About Slashing Aid To Palestinians
The United Nations Secretary-General has warned that the Trump administration’s threat to slash funds to a UN agency to aid Palestinians will cause “a very very serious problem” and may jeopardize stability in the Middle East. Antonio Guterres told reporters at UN Headquarters in New York that he was “very concerned” about the United States […]
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 […]
Bipartisan Efforts Elicit Racist Remarks From President Trump
Speaking behind closed doors; using racist, derogatory terminology on Thursday, Trump exhibited severe disgust for immigrants from Africa, Haiti, and El Salvador. Trump referred to immigrants from countries mentioned above as immigrants from “shithole countries,” according to The Washington Post. The meeting was held with a team of senators who met with him to compromise on […]
The Rise And Fall Of Steve Bannon
One year ago, Steve Bannon was on top of the world. He was President Trump’s most trusted advisor, had successfully changed American politics through his news website Breitbart, and was poised to bring his nationalist agenda to the world stage. After Andrew Breitbart’s death in 2012, Bannon became the voice of the right-wing Breitbart news […]
U.S Ends Temporary Protection Status For Nearly 200, 000 Salvadorans
Approximately 200,000 Salvadorans who have been allowed to reside in the United States for more than a decade have been ordered to the leave the country, government officials announced Monday, in what is the Trump administration’s latest reversal of years of immigration policies most consequential to date. Putting an end to a humanitarian program, known […]