US President Donald Trump has warned Iran of “big problems” if it resumes the nuclear programme it agreed to curb in a 2015 international accord. Speaking at the White House as he hosts French President Emmanuel Macron, Mr Trump called the Iran deal “a disaster” and “insane”. The US president has been threatening to reject […]
Category: Domestic
Trump Suggests VA Nominee Should Not Continue Process
US President Donald Trump has offered lukewarm support to his pick to lead the Veterans Affairs department, Ronny Jackson, amid claims of impropriety. Mr Trump said at a news conference that he will “stand behind” the embattled White House doctor, but added: “If I was him, I wouldn’t do it”. Dr Jackson is facing allegations […]
White House Considering Pardon For Trump Attorney
White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Monday refused to discuss whether President Trump is considering a pardon for his embattled personal attorney, Michael Cohen. “It’s hard to close a door on something that hasn’t taken place. I don’t like to discuss or comment on hypothetical situations that may or may not ever happen,” […]
Police Give Elderly Man Ride To Visit Wife In Hospital
When an elderly Pennsylvania man found himself in a bind, local police officers stepped up. As Scranton, Pa., affiliate WNEP reports, the nearby Montoursville Borough Police were called to act last week when they learned that an 84-year-old local man named Roger Baker had no way of getting to an area hospital to visit his […]
Waffle House Shooter Apprehended Near Apartment After Manhunt
Nashville Travis Reinking is accused of killing four people at a Waffle House restaurant in Tennessee; Jonathan Serrie reports from Antioch, Tennessee. The man who cops believe gunned down four people at a Waffle House restaurant in Tennessee was arrested Monday, just over an hour after cops admitted he led police on a chase in […]
ISIS Suicide Bomber Kills 57 Outside Voter Registration Center
An Islamic State suicide bomber carried out an attack at a voter registration center in the capital Kabul on Sunday, killing 57 people and wounding more than 100 others, said officials from the Afghan interior and public health ministries. Public Health Ministry spokesman Wahid Majro said that among 57 who were killed in the attack, […]
Social Security Reform Leaves More Than 25 Dead In Nicaragua
MANAGUA, Nicaragua — In a grainy, nighttime video, journalist Angel Gahona, clad in jeans and a blue shirt, holds up a cellphone and narrates as he approaches the facade of city hall in Bluefields, Nicaragua, reporting live via Facebook on protests that have rocked the Central American nation for four days. Seconds later a gunshot […]
Hero Snatched Gun Away From Waffle House Shooter
Man who tackled Waffle House shooting suspect speaks at news conference with Nashville law enforcement. A 29-year-old man was hailed a hero Sunday after he seized the opportunity to wrestle the gun away from the shooter at a Tennessee Waffle House, saving countless lives during a rampage that left at least four people dead and […]
Sessions Threatened To Resign If Rosenstein Is Fired
Attorney General Jeff Sessions warned the White House recently that he could resign if President Trump were to fire Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein. The Washington Post reported Friday that Sessions told White House counsel Don McGahn in a phone call last weekend that he could leave the Justice Department in the event of Rosenstein’s […]
School Bus Driver Removed For Leading Children In Prayer
A Minneapolis-area church pastor who also drives a school bus says his rights to free speech and religion were abridged when he got taken off his route for leading students in prayer. And it’s not the first time prayer on the bus has gotten him in hot water, either. The Associated Press reported that the […]
Democrats File Lawsuit Over Trump-Russia Collusion
The Democratic Party in the US is suing Russia, the Trump campaign and the whistle-blowing website Wikileaks for conspiring to disrupt the 2016 presidential election. Documents filed in court allege that the campaign “gleefully accepted Russia’s help” to win the election. President Donald Trump has repeatedly denied collusion, and Russia has also denied the allegations. […]
2,000 Schools Stage Student Walkouts Calling For Gun Reform
Schoolchildren across the US are walking out of school on Friday to demonstrate against gun violence. The National School Walkout marks the 19th anniversary of the Columbine High School massacre in Colorado. Connecticut high school pupil Lane Murdock set up the event in the wake of the Parkland shooting in Florida. Students are leaving schools […]