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 […]
Sources: Oprah Actively Considering A Presidential Bid For 2020
Twenty million people watched in baited breath on Sunday as Oprah Winfrey took to the stage at the 75th Annual Golden Globes to accept the Cecile B. DeMille lifetime achievement award; “A new day is on the horizon” — could have doubled as a campaign rallying cry. Winfrey knew her oratory would be taken and […]
Week In Review: Iranian Protests Enter Second Week
Anti-government protests in Iran have entered its second week, amid clashes between protesters and police that have left more than twenty dead and dozens wounded. The protests began in Mashhad, Iran’s second largest city, before spreading to other cities including the capital, Tehran. Since December 28, protesters have taken to the streets, condemning both economic […]
UN: U.S Denounce Iran’s Crackdown On Protesters
The US ambassador to the United Nations sharply denounced the Iranian government’s crackdown on protesters, as the Security Council met in an emergency session to discuss human rights in Iran. But others on the Security Council were quick to dismiss the US concerns as hypocritical, casting doubts on the Americans’ motivations. “Let there be no […]
War of Words, Trump says Bannon “Lost His Mind”
The gloves are off, and fists were flying inside the White House on Wednesday in an extraordinary war of words between President Trump and his ex-chief strategist Steve Bannon, who made abrasive statements about the president and his family in the tell-all book, Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House, by Michael Wolff. Their […]