Fresh off a meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un that saw history-making images plastered on screens around the globe, President Trump is zeroing in on another headline-making summit — one with Russian President Vladimir Putin. National security adviser John Bolton is heading to Moscow next week to discuss a potential meeting between the […]
Category: Domestic
Trump Says Ship The Invaders Back Without Due Process
President Trump tweeted Sunday that people who “invade” the U.S. must get sent back to their home countries immediately, without any court action. Trump wrote that the U.S. immigration system is “laughed at all over the world,” and is “very unfair” to those who use legal avenues to gain entry. “We cannot allow all of […]
Walgreens Pharmacist Refuses To Give Medication Due To Personal Beliefs
An Arizona woman said she was deeply upset after a Walgreens pharmacist refused to provide her with miscarriage medication because it went against his personal beliefs. Nicole Mone took to Facebook Friday to explain that just days earlier, her doctor had said she was going to suffer a miscarriage. “Unfortunately on Tuesday we found out […]
Democrat Calls For ICE To Be Abolished
Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.) on Sunday called for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to be abolished, citing the controversy over the detention of immigrant children on the U.S. southern border. “We should abolish ICE and start over, focusing on our priorities to protect our families and our borders in a humane and thoughtful fashion,” Blumenauer wrote in a […]
Comey Says He Is “Ashamed” To Be American
During a visit to Ireland, fired FBI Director James Comey said Friday that he was so ashamed of current U.S. immigration policies that he considered telling Irish customs officials that he was Canadian when he arrived. Comey made the remark during a public interview in Dublin, the Irish Times reported. “I am ashamed of the […]
Sarah Sanders Asked To Leave Restaurant Because She Works For Trump
White House Press Secretary Sanders was thrown out of a Virginia restaurant on Friday because she works for President Trump — the latest Trump official to be hounded out of a restaurant because of their political affiliation. TMZ reported that she was kicked out of the restaurant — The Red Hen in Lexington, Virginia — […]
Majority Of Cohen’s Seized Documents Not Protected By Attorney-Client Privilege
Most of the documents seized by FBI investigators during an April raid of the offices and home of President Trump’s longtime former attorney Michael Cohen will be handed over to prosecutors and are not protected by attorney-client privilege, a judge said Friday. In a written order obtained by Reuters, U.S. District Judge Kimba Wood confirmed […]
GOP Members Say Trump Tweet Killed Immigration Bill
President Trump on Friday may have doomed the chances for a House GOP immigration bill after urging Republican lawmakers to abandon the compromise effort they have been working on for weeks. The legislation was already on life support, with party leaders deciding on Thursday to postpone a vote to the following day as they struggled […]
Supreme Court Rules Warrant Need To Access Cell Phone Data
The Supreme Court ruled Friday that law enforcement in most cases has to obtain a warrant in order to search and seize long-term cell phone records that would show a person’s location. In a 5-4 ruling, the court held that the Fourth Amendment’s protections against an unreasonable search protects people from having the government acquire […]
Hardline Immigration Bill Fails To Get Out Of House
The House on Thursday rejected a hard-line immigration bill — introduced by Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) — after leadership postponed a second vote on a compromise measure written with centrists. The 193-231 vote came a day after President Trump signed an executive order ending the controversial practice of separating children from parents who […]
The First Lady Visits With Immigrant Children Separated By Husband’s Policy
First lady Melania Trump on Thursday made a surprise trip to Texas to meet immigrant children separated from their families due to the Trump administration’s “zero-tolerance” immigration policy. The visit comes one day after President Trump signed an executive order intended to end the practice of separating families who illegally cross the U.S. southern border, […]
NASA Reveals New Plan To Stop Asteroids Crashing To Earth
NASA has updated its plans to deflect potentially hazardous Earth-bound asteroids — and none of them involve Bruce Willis. The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy released a new report Thursday titled the “National Near-Earth Object Preparedness Strategy and Action Plan.” The 18-page document outlines the steps that NASA and the Federal Emergency […]