President Trump described himself as the victim of a “witch hunt” Thursday morning, a day after the Justice Department appointed a special counsel to investigate possible collusion between Trump associates and the Russian government to meddle in the 2016 presidential election. In a pair of tweets Thursday shortly before 8 a.m., Trump — without evidence — pointed […]
Category: Domestic
Putin Offers To Release The Transcripts Of Trump’s Information Sharing
SOCHI/MOSCOW Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that U.S. President Donald Trump had not divulged any secrets during a meeting in Washington with Russian officials and offered to prove it by supplying Congress with a transcript. But a leading U.S. Republican politician said he would have little faith in any notes Putin might supply. Two U.S. […]
Chelsea Manning Walks Free 7 Years After Largest Leak Of Classified Info Ever
Army Pvt. Chelsea Manning has left a military prison in Kansas and returned to civilian life Wednesday, seven years after being taken into custody for what is seen as the largest leak of classified data in U.S. history. “After another anxious four months of waiting, the day has finally arrived,” Manning said in a statement […]
John McCain Says Trump Scandals Reaching Watergate Level
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) just used the “W” word when talking about the growing scandals surrounding President Donald Trump. “We’ve seen this movie before. It’s reaching Watergate size and scale,” he said at a Republican event on Tuesday night, according to GOP strategist Ana Navarro. “This is not good for the country.” However, despite the Watergate […]
Trump Admits To Sharing Information With Russia
Donald Trump has admitted that he shared information on terrorism with Russia, asserting he has an “absolute right” to do so. The US president was responding to reports in the Washington Post and elsewhere alleging that he had revealed “highly classified” details about a threat from Isis during a meeting last week with the Russian […]
Ann Coulter Says Trump Is ‘Grotesque’ And A ‘Disappointment’
Erstwhile staunch Donald Trump booster Ann Coulter has called the president “grotesque” and disappointing as she appeared poised to bail on him even before The Washington Post reported Monday that he leaked classified information to the Russians. “Everyone who voted for him knew his personality was grotesque,” but it was the issues, the conservative commentator and […]
The Call For A Trump Impeachment Grows Louder
Rep. Al GreenAl GreenDem rep calls for Trump’s impeachment House Dems ask Fed to consider diverse candidates to fill Richmond vacancy GOP makes case for firing consumer bureau chief MORE (D-Texas) called Monday for President Trump to be impeached following the firing last week of FBI Director James Comey. In a statement released Monday, Green […]
Barron To Attend Private School 20 Miles From Washington DC
Barron Trump, the 11-year-old son of President Trump and first lady Melania Trump, will attend the private St. Andrew’s Episcopal School in Potomac, Md., this fall after he moves from New York to Washington with his mother. Barron Trump is finishing out the current school year at Columbia Grammar and Preparatory School on the Upper […]
Hundreds Of American Women Flocking To Join ISIS
ISIS is recruiting an army of AK-47-brandishing women from the West who are just as bloodthirsty as the men they are marrying. Calling themselves “lionesses of Allah,” they are thought to now number more than 600, and they’re bearing the next generation of terrorists, whom they call “cubs of the caliphate.” Many of these women […]
North Korea Continues To Launch Missiles
North Korea launched a missile from a test facility near the country’s west coast early Sunday morning, U.S. officials tell CBS News national security correspondent David Martin. The launch came just days after South Koreans went to the polls to elect a new president. The South Korean military says the missile flew about 435 miles, […]
Trump Just Placed America On Collision Course With Turkey Over Syria
America’s relationship with Turkey has entered a period of deep crisis. At the heart of the matter is continued U.S. support for Syrian Kurds fighting the Islamic State. The partnership between the United States and a coalition of Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) and Syrian Arab militias, currently known as the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), […]
North Korea Open To Diplomatic Talks With US
Pyongyang would have a dialogue with the Trump administration if the “conditions are there”, Yonhap news agency quoted a senior North Korean diplomat, who handles relations with the US, as saying. Choe Son Hui, North Korea’s foreign ministry director general for US affairs, made the comment to reporters in Beijing on Saturday. “We’ll have dialogue if […]