Weekend Review: Trump Grants Controversial Pardons
With only weeks left in office, President Trump carried out 20 questionable pardons and sentence commutations this week, including one for his son-in-law’s father, Charles Kushner. Four former Blackwater guards convicted of killing 14 innocent Iraqis in a 2007 Baghdad massacre were also among the pardons. The company held a $1 billion government contract to […]
Boris Johnson To Try And ‘Get Brexit Rolling’
Conservative Plans Multiple reports out of the United Kingdom suggest Boris Johnson will host a meeting with newly elected Conservative Members of Parliament (MPs) after last week’s sweeping victory for his party. The reasoning for the conversation will be to whip agreement for his latest Brexit agreement strategy. The Conservative party gained 66 seats, giving them a […]
Possible Prime Minister Boris Johnson Has Ties To White Supremacist
Boris Johnson is the odds on favorite to be the successor to Theresa May, who announced her resignation as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom on May 24th. May is currently acting Prime Minister after officially stepping down on June 7th. Johnson was the overwhelming favorite during the first four stages of the leadership selection […]
Brexit Continues To Cause Chaos In The United Kingdom
“Lawmakers seeking a way out of the country’s Brexit morass on Monday rejected four alternatives to the government’s unpopular European Union divorce deal that would have softened or even halted Britain’s departure,” the Associated Press (AP) reported after the British Parliament rejected a new wave of Brexit proposals earlier in the week, continuing the years-long […]
The Turbulent Brexit Week For Theresa May
“MPs voted by 432 votes to 202 to reject the deal, which sets out the terms of Britain’s exit from the EU on 29 March. Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has now tabled a vote of no confidence in the government, which could trigger a general election,” reported BBC earlier in the week explaining the ongoing […]
The May Chronicles: Theresa May Continues To Struggle With Brexit
British Prime Minister, Theresa May was recently able to defeat an internal Conservative Party no-confidence vote 200-117. However, analysts and commentators like BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg say the vote margin shows how little authority May currently has. “For Tony Blair to go to Brussels and seek to undermine our negotiations by advocating for a second referendum […]