President Trump called on the nation to “heal” in a wide-ranging speech to an American Legion convention in Reno, Nevada, on Wednesday, hours after delivering divisive remarks at a campaign-style rally in Arizona. “It is time to heal the wounds that have divided us, and to seek a new unity based on the common values […]
Category: Domestic
Trump To Send Thousands More American Soldiers To Afghanistan
President Trump has signed off on sending an additional 4,000 troops to Afghanistan, ahead of his address to the nation Monday night, Fox News has learned. Trump is set to unveil his strategy for Afghanistan, becoming the third commander-in-chief to attempt to stabilize the war-torn country and forge a victory in what is now America’s […]
GOP Leader Says “Zero Percent Chance” Debt Ceiling Does Not Get Raised
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Monday insisted the U.S. government will raise the debt ceiling and avoid defaulting on its debt. “There is zero chance — no chance — we won’t raise the debt ceiling. No chance,” McConnell said at an event in Kentucky with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin. “America’s not going to default. […]
Four Confederate Statues Removed From The University Of Texas’ Campus
The University of Texas has removed four Confederate monuments overnight in the wake of violent clashes in Virginia earlier this month. A statue of General Robert E Lee was among those taken down from the Austin campus early on Monday. Monuments to Confederate figures are symbols of “modern white supremacy and neo-Nazism”, the college said. […]
Secret Service Lacks Funding To Protect Trump And Family
The U.S. Secret Service is facing money problems — but that’s not President Donald Trump’s fault, the agency’s director said Monday in response to a report that the First Family was straining protective resources. Secret Service Director Randolph “Tex” Alles said funding for roughly 1,100 agents working overtime in 2017 is not an issue “that […]
Trump Takes In Eclipse From White House Balcony With Family
President Trump and first lady Melania Trump viewed Monday’s once-in-a-generation solar eclipse from the White House. The couple stood with their son, Barron, on the Blue Room Balcony — while wearing special protective glasses — to take in the eclipse as it made its way through the Washington area. Trump took off the glasses momentarily, […]
10 Sailors Missing, 5 Injured In USS McCain Collision With Tanker
Ten sailors are missing and five injured after the guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain collided with a tanker east of Singapore and the Strait of Malacca, the U.S. Navy said late Sunday. Authorities said four of those injured were medically evacuated by a Singapore navy helicopter. They suffered non-life threatening injuries. Search and rescue efforts […]
Trump To Announce His Plan For The War In Afghanistan
President Trump is set to address U.S. troops and the nation about the war in Afghanistan Monday night, the White House announced on Sunday, as the president considers whether to take a new approach to the conflict that has stretched on for 16 years. Trump will “provide an update on the path forward for America’s engagement […]
Thousands Of Counter Protesters Shut Down Free Speech Rally In Boston
More than 10,000 demonstrators chanting anti-Nazi slogans forced a small group of conservatives to cut short a “free-speech rally” in Boston, in a repudiation of racism a week after deadly white supremacist violence in Charlottesville. About 25 conservative rally-goers gathered on Saturday at Boston Common park, but abruptly left about 90 minutes after the event […]
Frank Serpico And Other NYPD Rally In Support Of Collin Kaepernick
NEW YORK — A former New York City police officer, whose claims of police corruption in the 1970s were chronicled in an Al Pacino movie, joined dozens of current and former officers Saturday at a rally in support of getting quarterback Colin Kaepernick a job in the NFL. An exhibit on the Black Lives Matter […]
Six Flags Over Texas Amusement Park Takes Down Confederate Flag
The Six Flags Over Texas theme park has for decades flown a Confederate flag, among others, over the entrance to its park — until Friday. Six Flags spokeswoman Sharon Parker told the Star-Telegram of Fort Worth, Texas, Friday that the company has decided to pull down the Confederate flag and instead fly six American flags over […]
Six Officers Shot, One Fatally In Separate Attacks
Three people were in custody Friday night, including a “strong suspect,” after one police officer was fatally shot and another suffered grave injuries in Kissimmee, Fla., south of Orlando. At a press briefing, Police Chief Jeff O’Dell said police Officer Matthew Baxter succumbed to his wounds, and Officer Sam Howard was in critical condition, but […]