Before the election, Trump inked a “contract with the American voter” saying he’d work with Congress to present an ambitious tax reform plan within the first 100 days of his presidency. In early February he told a roomful of CEOs that his administration would be announcing something “phenomenal in terms of tax” within two to three weeks. Then […]
Category: Domestic
California Elementary School Shooting Ends In Murder-Suicide
A lovers’ quarrel turned deadly when a man opened fire in a San Bernardino, Calif., classroom, killing the female instructor and injuring two students before turning the gun on himself, police and school officials said. The gunman, who checked into North Park Elementary School as a visitor just before 10:30 a.m. PST, fired multiple rounds […]
US Navy Sending Strike Group To Korean Peninsula
SEOUL — A U.S. Navy strike group led by the USS Carl Vinson aircraft carrier was making its way towards the Korean peninsula Sunday “to maintain readiness” as Kim Jong Un’s regime in North Korea prepared to mark key anniversaries this coming week. North Korea is expected to hold a huge military parade on April […]
ISIS Strikes Again
At least 29 people have been killed in an explosion inside a church in the Egyptian Nile Delta city of Tanta, local media reported, as state television said another blast killed 17 in front of a church in Alexandria. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as ISIS) armed group on […]
Trump Golfing Again… 15th Time Since Inauguration
President Trump on Saturday headed to the Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Fla. The motorcade drove past several protesters holding signs outside the entrance to the course, including one that read “Impeach Trump,” according to pool reports. It is also the president’s 10th consecutive weekend traveling to a Trump-owned property, the reporter […]
North Korea Calls US Aggression “Unforgivable”
North Korea said on Saturday U.S. missile strikes against a Syrian airfield on Friday were “an unforgivable act of aggression” that showed its decision to develop nuclear weapons was “the right choice a million times over”. “The U.S. missile attack against Syria is a clear and unforgivable act of aggression against a sovereign state and […]
Civilians Killed By US Airstrikes In Syria
BEIRUT – U.S.-led coalition aircraft struck two locations in northern Syria on Saturday, killing at least 21 people, including a woman and her six children who were on a boat fleeing clashes between the Islamic State group and U.S.-backed fighters, activist groups said. Activist groups that operate in IS-held territory and are opposed to the […]
Terrorist Attack Kills 4 In Sweden
At least four people were killed Friday when a truck crashed into a department store in central Stockholm, according to Swedish media. Here’s what we know: It took place at the upscale Ahlens department store around 3 p.m. local time. The store is located on Drottninggatan (Queen Street), one of the city’s main pedestrian streets, […]
Maker Of Tomahawk Missiles See A Rise In Stock Price
Raytheon, the company that makes the Tomahawk missiles used in the air strikes on Syria by the United States, is rising in early stock trading Friday. Investors seem to be betting President Trump’s decision to retaliate against Syria after the chemical attack on Syrian citizens earlier this week may mean the Pentagon will need more […]
Putin Sends Warships To Meet US Navy
Russia deployed its most advanced Black Sea frigate Friday into the eastern Mediterranean, where U.S. Navy destroyers had launched an airstrike earlier that day against the Moscow-backed Syrian military. As Russian leadership condemned the U.S.’ first intentional attack on the military of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad since the country’s six-year conflict began, Russia’s Admiral Grigorovich frigate […]
Putin Accuses America Of Breaking International Law
Russian President Vladimir Putin is calling the missile strike President Trump ordered against Syria on Thursday “an act of aggression against a sovereign state delivered in violation of international law under a far-fetched pretext.” At Russia’s urging, an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council began shortly after 11:30 a.m. ET Friday to discuss the […]
Tremendous Progress Made In Talks With China Says Trump
“Tremendous progress” has been made in talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping, Donald Trump said on the summit’s second and final day. “I think truly progress has been made,” the US president said, declaring the relationship as “outstanding”. The two men and their staff sat face to face for talks at Mr Trump’s Mar-a-Lago retreat […]