Two LGBTQ rights groups are suing President Trump over his plan to ban transgender people from serving in the U.S. military. The National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR) and GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) on Wednesday filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on behalf of five transgender […]
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Democrats Launch Investigation Into Gov’t Spending At Trump Businesses
How is Washington spending tax dollars that might benefit President Trump? Democrats on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee want to count the ways. The committee’s 18 minority members sent letters on Tuesday to the 15 cabinet departments and nine independent executive branch agencies, requesting documents on their spending at “businesses owned by or […]
Trump Says ‘Fire And Fury’ Wasn’t Strong Enough Threat To North Korea
President Donald Trump suggested on Thursday that his earlier warning to North Korea that it would be “met with fire and fury” if it continued to threaten the U.S. “wasn’t tough enough,” and he cautioned North Korean officials to “get their act together” regarding its nuclear ambitions. Before reporters at his New Jersey golf club, […]
Gym Owner Posts Sign Saying Police Officers Are Not Allowed To Join Or Use Gym
ATLANTA — An Atlanta gym owner has banned police officers and military members from working out at his facility. Jim Chambers put up a sign on the door of EAV Barbell Club that used an expletive to announce that police aren’t welcome there. Chambers tells WXIA-TV that his gym has “had an explicitly stated ‘No […]
Mattis Warns North Korea To Stand Down Or Its People Will Be Destroyed
“The DPRK must choose to stop isolating itself and stand down its pursuit of nuclear weapons,” Mattis said in the statement, referring to North Korea. “The DPRK should cease any consideration of actions that would lead to the end of its regime and the destruction of its people.” The Mattis statement was just as tough […]
Trump’s Former Campaign Manager Was Raided By FBI
FBI agents late last month conducted a raid at the home of Paul Manafort, President Trump’s former campaign manager. The agents had a search warrant to seize materials from Manafort’s residence in Alexandria, Va., according to The Washington Post, citing people familiar with special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election. The raid took place early […]
Trump Says The Next North Korea Threat Will Be Met With ‘Fire And Fury’
BEDMINSTER, N.J./BEIJING (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday warned North Korea it would be met with “fire and fury” if it threatens the United States, ratcheting up the rhetoric with the nuclear-armed nation. Earlier Pyongyang said it was ready to give Washington a “severe lesson” with its strategic nuclear force in response to […]
Coast Guard Finds 3 Tons Of Cocaine Worth Over 85 Million Dollars
The Coast Guard unloaded 3.1 tons of cocaine worth about $85 million in Florida on Monday. The massive amount of drugs were snatched in the eastern Pacific before they were transported by Coast Guard cutters Escanaba and Decisive to Port Everglades, Local 10 News reported. “The offload represents the combined efforts of Escanaba’s crew, and those […]
North Korea Continues To Antagonize Global Community
Despite the United States’ insistence that North Korea halt its missile tests, U.S. spy agencies detected the rogue communist regime loading two anti-ship cruise missiles on a patrol boat on the country’s east coast just days ago. It’s the first time these missiles have been deployed on this type of platform since 2014, U.S. officials […]
Missouri Police Officer Fatally Shot During Traffic Stop
CLINTON, Mo. — Authorities were searching Monday for a 39-year-old man charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of a western Missouri police officer during a traffic stop. Authorities accuse Ian McCarthy in the killing of Clinton police officer Gary Michael late Sunday. McCarthy, of Clinton, is also wanted in New Hampshire, where a […]
Trump Calls Senator That Lied About Vietnam Service A Cry Bay
President Trump on Monday launched a renewed attack on Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), calling him “a phony Vietnam con artist” on Twitter after the senator appeared on television. Trump’s series of tweets came after Blumenthal voiced support on CNN for continuing the investigation into alleged Russian meddling in last year’s election and expressed concern about […]
Taliban Murders 30 People Including Women And Children In Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan – An Afghan official says that at least 30 people including women and children have been killed by Taliban fighters in northern Sari Pul province. Zahir Wahdat, the provincial governor for Sari Pul, says Sunday that the victims are mostly civilians and some local security forces. The shootings took place Saturday morning after […]