Sen. Bernie Sanders, who failed in his bid for the Deomcratic presidential nomination, rejected dismantling police departments, as Minneapolis seems poised to do, in an interview with The New Yorker published on Tuesday. “There’s no city in the world that does not have police departments. What you need are — I didn’t call for more […]
Category: Government
Colin Powell Trashes Trump, Says He Is Voting Biden
Former Secretary of State Colin Powell on Sunday became the latest member of the Republican Party’s old guard to announce that he will not be voting for President Trump in November’s general election. Powell’s admission comes amid rumors and speculation that a number of establishment Republican heavyweights have sworn off voting for Trump in favor […]
Republicans Concerned Trump Costing Them Senate Majority
Senate Republicans are feeling high anxiety over President Trump’s aggressive response to nationwide civil unrest, which they fear is alienating middle-of-the-road voters who are crucial to keeping their majority after Nov. 3. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) declared at the beginning of the election cycle that winning over college graduates and women in the […]
Mattis Writes Scathing Article In Rebuke Of Trump
Former Defense Secretary James Mattis condemned President Trump for his handling of the protests over George Floyd’s death in a fiery statement released Wednesday. “I have watched this week’s unfolding events, angry and appalled,” Mattis wrote in a statement to The Atlantic. “The words ‘Equal Justice Under Law’ are carved in the pediment of the […]
Iran Releases US Navy Prisoner After Two Years
Iran has released U.S. Navy veteran Michael White, who had been detained for nearly two years, his family confirmed Thursday. “I am blessed to announce that the nightmare is over, and my son is safely in American custody and on his way home,” White’s mother, Joanne White, said in a statement shared by a family […]
Pentagon Chief Publicly Voices Disagreement With Trump Over Use Of Force
Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Wednesday he does not support invoking a law that would allow President Trump to use the U.S. military for domestic law enforcement amid nationwide protests surrounding the death of George Floyd. Esper’s remarks represent a break with the president, who has threatened to deploy active-duty troops to quash protests if […]
Trump Pulling Republican Convention From North Carolina
President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he will seek another state to host the Republican National Convention because North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper, a Democrat, had refused to guarantee that coronavirus restrictions wouldn’t affect the party’s nominating convention. “Governor Cooper is still in Shelter-in-Place Mode, and not allowing us to occupy the arena as originally […]
White House Refuses To Issue Economic Forecast
The White House will not release an updated round of economic projections this summer, breaking from precedent as the U.S. faces its deepest downturn since the Great Depression, two administration officials familiar with the decision confirmed to The Hill on Thursday. The Council of Economic Advisers (CEA), the internal White House economic team, will not […]
Trump Going After Social Media Platforms
President Donald Trump tweeted on Thursday it will be a “big day” for social media companies and “FAIRNESS” as he was expected to issue an executive order aimed at the big tech firms. Later in the day Wednesday, Trump said that it’s “so ridiculous” for Twitter to make the case that mail-in ballots aren’t subject […]
Trump No Longer Taking Hydroxychloroquine
President Donald Trump said he had “just finished” taking a two-week course of the antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine, the medication he has vigorously promoted as a preventative or curative treatment for the coronavirus, even as evidence piles up that the drug may cause more harm than good. “Finished, just finished,” he said in an interview that […]
Wearing A Mask Is Not About Politics Says Governor
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine (R) said the decision whether or not to wear a mask during the coronavirus pandemic should not be political. “This is not about politics, this is not about whether you’re liberal or conservative, left or right, Republican, Democrat. We wear the mask, and it’s been very clear what the studies have […]
Trump Calls Sessions Mentally Unqualified To Be Attorney General
President Trump said in a new interview that Jeff Sessions wasn’t “mentally qualified” to be attorney general, and was a “disaster” while in office. The president told Sharyl Attkisson that Sessions “should have never” held the position. “He’s not mentally qualified to be attorney general,” Trump said during the “Full Measure” interview, which aired on […]