Weekend Review: US/Mexico Reach Deal to Avoid Tariffs
Pres. Donald Trump announced that he will suspend tariffs on Mexico after Pres. Andrés Manuel López Obrador and the Mexican government agreed to help stifle the flow of migration from Central America to the US. The threatened tariffs were anticipated to disrupt the economies of both countries, but Trump recently made good on similar intimidation […]
Weekend Review: 12 Dead in Another Mass Shooting
The epidemy of gun violence in the US continues as a disgruntled city employee opened fire in a Virginia Beach municipal building, killing 12 people before being shot dead by police. The suspect has been identified as a public utility worker who was in the city job for 15 years. He also served in the […]
Weekend Review: UK Theresa May Bows Out
UK Prime Minister Theresa May has announced her resignation as Conservative leader, effective June 7. May tearfully shared her “deep regret” that she was not able to secure a deal for Brexit, in spite of her repeated efforts to do so. She shared that she was “the second female prime minister, but certainly not the […]
Weekend Review: Alabama Passes Near-Total Abortion Ban
Alabama Governor Kay Ivey signed a ban on almost all abortions, including in cases of rape an incest. House Bill 314 — also called the “Human Life Protection Act” — criminalizes performing the procedure and makes it punishable by imprisonment of up to nearly 100 years. This is the most restrictive anti-abortion bill to pass […]
Weekend Review: Dems May Hold Barr In Contempt Of Congress
U.S. Attorney General William Barr declined a request to testify this week before the House Judiciary Committee. Barr was scheduled to appear on Thursday and answer questions regarding the Mueller report. While he did provide several hours of testimony on Wednesday, he refused to appear again for further questioning by committee attorneys. During his testimony […]
Weekend Review: Trump Pulls U.S. Out of U.N. Arms Treaty
Trump Wants Out of U.N. treaty, Biden Gets in the Democratic primary race
Mueller’s Report Released As Trump Look for Vindication
This morning, a redacted version of the report prepared by Special Counsel Robet Mueller regarding 2016 Russian interference was made available on the website for the U.S. Department of Justice. CNN is providing live updates as the report is being analyzed. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and Democratic Senate leader Chuck Schumer have issued […]
Weekend Review: Assange Arrested in London
WikiLeaks founder and journalist Julian Assange was arrested after living in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London for seven years in order to avoid extradition to the U.S. WikiLeaks claimed in a tweet that British police were welcomed into the Ecuadorian Embassy — where Assange had political asylum — and he was immediately arrested. The organization […]
Netanyahu Re-Election And A Strengthened Alliance with Trump
With his strongest competition conceded and the odds stacked in his favor, Benjamin Netanyahu is bound for re-election as Prime Minister of Israel. On Tuesday, parliamentary elections were held to determine whether Netanyahu would remain for another term. His main rival, Benny Gantz, provided a surprising challenge and both men initially claimed victory in a […]
Weekend Review: US Says Family Reunification Could Take 2 Years
The U.S. Justice Department will need to review approximately 47,000 cases of children who were taken into government custody at the southern border between July 2017 and June 2018 in order to attempt family reunification. A Friday court filing revealed the Trump administration anticipates that sorting through those cases in order to reunite separated families […]
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