Trump Again Threatens Shutdown After Border Wall Meeting With Pelosi And Schumer
On Tuesday, United States President Donald Trump made a previously private meeting with incoming House Majority Leader, Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) open to the public. The main focus of the meeting was Trump’s proposed border wall, which he previously falsely claimed would be fully funded by Mexico. Trump is […]
Detained Huawei Executive Receives Bail
Meng Wanzhou who was arrested in Canada at the Vancouver International Airport on December 1st. Wanzhou is the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the Chinese company Huawei. Her detention came at the request of the United States who claims she used her position in Huawei to filter business deals with Iran through shell company Skycom […]
Irish Senate Takes Stand Against Illegal West Bank Settlements
The Jerusalem Post reported last week: The Irish senate on Wednesday night advanced a bill to criminalize business transactions with Israeli entities and citizens in east Jerusalem and Area C of the West Bank. The private member bill submitted by Senator Frances Black in opposition to the Irish minority government was approved by a vote […]
California Wildfires Linked To Climate Change
“Across California this week, more than 12,000 firefighters were battling several major wildfires. The Carr Fire, in Shasta County, has already become the state’s sixth most destructive blaze, leveling 1,067 homes as of Friday. Temperatures were reported to be 113 degrees, at least 13 degrees above average for the week, when the fire tore into […]
United States Midterm Election Recap
As of the writing of this piece, the United States Democratic Party won a net gain of 28 US House of Representatives seats, enough to retake control of the body from the Republicans. It’s likely they will pick up several more, meaning it will be extremely difficult for President Trump to pass legislation which limits […]
United States Midterm Closing Arguments
The 2018 United States midterm general elections take place throughout the day tomorrow. Over the past week, polarizing political figures have taken to the campaign trail to deliver final pitches in their get out the vote efforts. President Donald Trump plans to attend three rallies throughout Monday. According to CNN he will first attend an […]
President Trump’s Racial Charged Comments Towards Abrams And Gillum
Over the weekend United States President Donald Trump stated Flordia Gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum was a “thief” and was “not equipped” to do the job of Florida Governor, without providing any evidence for either. The President has also recently taken to Twitter to attack Gillum, leading to a response from the ladder. On Twitter there […]
How Big Of A Problem Is The Police Use Of Excessive Force Within The United States?
Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke was recently found guilty of second-degree-murder from a 2014 shooting of teenager Laquan McDonald. In the now infamous incident, Van Dyke shot the unarmed McDonald — who was seventeen at the time, sixteen times as he was walking away from the officer. A viral dashcam video captured the incident […]
How Kavanaugh Could Change The Supreme Court
After a contentious and controversial confirmation process, Brett Kavanaugh was confirmed as a Supreme Court Justice; despite numerous allegations of sexual assault, a hurried Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) background check into those allegations, and uproar from millions of United States citizens. Kavanaugh has also led to massive fundraising boosts for both Democrats and Republicans. […]
Hurricane Florence Pounds North Carolina
Over the past several days North Carolina and parts of South Carolina have seen catastrophic damage due to Hurricane Florence. The death toll attributed to the storm currently sits at 17 or 18 depending on the source. Over 900 water rescues have been reported in North Carolina alone according to Governor Roy Cooper’s office. The […]