The Justice Department has provided special counsel Robert Mueller with an early draft of a letter detailing President Trump’s rationale for firing former FBI Director James Comey, The New York Times reported Friday. The May letter, written by Trump and adviser Stephen Miller, was ultimately blocked by White House counsel Don McGahn, who believed some […]
Category: Domestic
Pelosi Calls For Violent AntiFa Protesters To Be Locked Up For Their Actions
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., says the “violent” members of Antifa — those members of the anti-fascist group who allegedly attacked conservative demonstrators over the weekend in Berkeley, Calif. — should be arrested and prosecuted. “Our democracy has no room for inciting violence or endangering the public, no matter the ideology of those who […]
Trump Ends Obama’s Dreamer Program For Children Of Illegal Immigrants
President Trump, as early as Friday, is expected to announce plans to end the Obama administration program that gave a deportation reprieve to hundreds of thousands of young illegal immigrants, a senior administration official told Fox News. Trump promised to terminate the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA, during the presidential campaign — […]
Mattis Puts Transgender Ban On Hold For Current Military
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis will maintain current policy on transgender service members, promising to convene a panel to study how to implement President Trump’s ban on transgender troops. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis is leaving an Obama-era policy on transgender military service members largely intact, saying he needs input from an expert panel to determine the […]
Airstrikes Derail Isis Convoy Attempting To Travel Through Syria
WASHINGTON — Coalition airstrikes stopped hundreds of ISIS militants and civilians Wednesday from moving from one threatened ISIS enclave in Syria to another hundreds of miles east. ISIS had negotiated a ceasefire with Hezbollah, the Lebanese government and the Russian-backed Assad regime that included a deal to evacuate ISIS militants and their families from an […]
Mattis Publicly Contradicts President Trump On North Korea
Defense Secretary James Mattis on Wednesday contradicted President Trump’s latest comment about abandoning diplomacy with North Korea, during a meeting with his South Korean counterpart. When asked about it, Mattis rejected the idea that the U.S. was ready to take talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un off the table after the North’s ballistic missile […]
Trump Says Its Time For Tax Reform
US President Donald Trump said “it’s time” for US lawmakers to act on tax reform, increasing pressure on Congress as he seeks to make good on one of his biggest campaign promises. His administration is pushing for a simpler tax code and lower rates, but it has said it will leave the details of the […]
At Least 2 Dead, 4 Injured In Latest Domestic Shooting
A fatal shooting Monday afternoon at a public library has rocked a New Mexico town. Two people were killed and four others were injured in the shooting at the downtown library in Clovis, PEOPLE confirms. At a press conference Monday evening, Clovis Police Chief Douglas Ford said the shooter, reportedly a 16-year-old male, has been […]
Trump Responds To North Korea Firing Missile Over Japan
After North Korea launched a missile that flew over Japan, President Donald Trump warned “all options are on the table” as the United States considers its response. “The world has received North Korea’s latest message loud and clear: This regime has signaled its contempt for its neighbors, for all members of the United Nations, and […]
ACLU Sues Trump Over Transgender Military Ban
Transgender soldiers, sailors, airmen and other members of the military, along with others who want to enlist, sued President Donald Trump on Monday, hoping the federal courts will stop him from preventing their service. One federal lawsuit was filed in Baltimore by the American Civil Liberties Union of Maryland on behalf of six transgender individuals […]
Trump Associate Tried To Coordinate With Moscow So “Our Boy Can Become President”
Suspicious ties between President Donald Trump and the Russian government just keep appearing. In 2015, a Russian-born real estate broker working for the Trump Organization, Felix Sater, reportedly wrote a series of emails to Michael Cohen, Trump’s lawyer, attempting to broker a deal for a Trump Tower in Moscow. Those emails, obtained by The New […]
President And First Lady To Visit Texas On Tuesday
President Donald Trump will travel to Texas on Tuesday in response to record flooding from Hurricane Harvey, according to the White House. “We are coordinating logistics with state and local officials, and once details are finalized, we will let you know,” press secretary Sarah Sanders said in a statement Sunday afternoon. She added, “We continue […]