President Donald Trump on Sunday openly entertained the possibility that he could become friends with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un, even as he admitted it would be a strange thing if it were to happen. “I think anything is a possibility,” Trump said Sunday during a joint press conference with the president of Vietnam. […]
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Trump Believes Putin Over American Intelligence Agencies
Russian President Vladimir Putin is steadfastly denying that his country meddled in the 2016 White House race, President Trump told reporters Saturday. Trump and Putin briefly spoke several times while in Vietnam for a regional economic summit, as part of the U.S. president’s 12-day trip to Asia. “He said he didn’t meddle,” Trump afterward told […]
North Korea Says Trump Is Begging For War
Trump had warned North Korea on Wednesday not to underestimate the U.S. as he wrapped up his visit to South Korea. A North Korean spokesman said nothing would deter Pyongyang from pursuing its nuclear weapons program. North Korea said on Saturday that U.S. President Donald Trump’s first trip to Asia showed he was a “destroyer” […]
American Air Traffic Controller Had Weapons Of Mass Destruction
A North Carolina air traffic controller with access to a control tower was arrested Friday for possessing, transporting and acquiring a weapon of mass destruction, police said. Paul George Dandan, 30, was booked along with his roommate, Derrick Fells, in Charlotte, local reports said. The arrests arose out of an investigation into a Nov. 3 […]
American Who Tried To Join ISIS Released From Prison
A man convicted of attempting to join ISIS was granted supervised release from a Minnesota halfway house Thursday — fewer than three years since he tried boarding a jet to meet up with the Islamic terror group in Syria. Abdullah Yusuf, 21, has been held at the federal halfway house since November 2016. Yusuf was […]
Germany Legally Adds Third Gender Option To Birth Certificates
Germany on Wednesday became the first European nation to offer birth registration options outside of traditional gender labels, The Telegraph reported. The Federal Constitutional Court ruled that restricting identity registration to binary gender labels is discriminatory against individuals who do not fall in the categories of “male” or “female.” The case was brought forward by an “intersex” […]
Trump’s Tax Plan To Cost Middle Families More
Republicans are understandably nervous about the political position they’ve found themselves in. A year after an election that vaulted them to total dominance over the levers of federal power, GOP officials have effectively nothing to show for their efforts; Donald Trump is the least popular first-year president of the polling era; the Russia scandal is […]
Transgender Woman Wins Council Seat In Minneapolis
Andrea Jenkins became the first openly transgender woman of color to be elected to public office in the country after she won the Ward 8 seat of the Minneapolis City Council on Tuesday night. The Minneapolis Star Tribune confirmed her victory. Jenkins is also the first transgender person to be elected to any municipal office, and […]
Manhunt For Escaped Homicide Suspect Underway
A manhunt is under way in Tennessee after three people — one of them a murder suspect — escaped from a county jail Wednesday. Dylan Cecil Ferguson, a 20-year-old homicide suspect, escaped from the Macon County Jail on Wednesday, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation said. TBI warned Ferguson “should be considered armed and dangerous.” Ferguson, […]
Trump Rejects Notion Of Tougher Gun Laws
US President Donald Trump has said that “hundreds more” would have died in a Texas church mass shooting if US gun laws were more stringent. He told reporters in Seoul that such measures would have “made no difference” in Sunday’s attack, which left 26 people dead and 20 injured. Gunman Devin Patrick Kelley was found […]
Trump Urges North Korea To Find Diplomatic Solution
President Donald Trump has said it makes sense for North Korea to “do the right thing” and discuss the possibility of giving up its nuclear weapons. Speaking at a joint press conference Tuesday alongside South Korean President Moon Jae-in in Seoul, Trump said, “North Korea is a worldwide threat that requires worldwide action.” He added […]
Another Trump Campaign Adviser Lied About Russia Contacts
The House Intelligence Committee on Monday night released more than 200 pages of transcripts from its marathon interview of former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page, sprawling testimony that contained new details about the closely-scrutinized foreign policy aide’s relationship to Moscow. The at-times tense interview — which took place behind closed doors last week — also highlighted an […]