First, candidate Donald Trump said a judge of Mexican descent couldn’t give him a fair hearing. Now, President Trump’s attorney general, Jeff Sessions, is suggesting that a judge from Hawaii — which he dismissively labels “an island in the Pacific” — should not be able to strike down Trump’s travel ban. Here’s what Sessions told radio host […]
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Exxon Seeks Waiver To Do Business With Russian Oil
Exxon Mobil, the company once ran by Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, is seeking a waiver from U.S. sanctions on Russia, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday. The U.S. oil and gas corporation has applied to the Treasury Department to be exempt in a bid to resume its joint venture with the Russia oil giant […]
“The Sword Stands Ready” Pence Warns North Korea
Vice President Mike Pence delivered a new warning to North Korea on Wednesday, saying the United States’ response to any use of weapons by the reclusive state will be “overwhelming and effective.” Pence spoke to hundreds of U.S. and Japanese sailors from the deck of the USS Ronald Reagan aircraft carrier in the Yokosuka naval base […]
Iran Has Complied With Nuke Deal
WASHINGTON The Trump administration said on Tuesday it was launching an inter-agency review of whether the lifting of sanctions against Iran was in the United States’ national security interests, while acknowledging that Tehran was complying with a deal to rein in its nuclear program. In a letter to U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan, […]
North Korea Threatens “All Out War”
North Korea will continue to test missiles, a senior official has told the BBC in Pyongyang, despite international condemnation and growing military tensions with the US. “We’ll be conducting more missile tests on a weekly, monthly and yearly basis,” Vice-Foreign Minister Han Song-ryol told the BBC’s John Sudworth. He said that an “all-out war” would […]
Man Hunt Widens For Facebook Killer
Authorities on Monday expanded the search for an Ohio man suspected of recording the shooting death of a Cleveland man and sharing the video on Facebook. Steve Stephens, 37, is wanted for aggravated murder in the Sunday killing of Robert Godwin Sr., a 74-year-old Cleveland man who was walking home from a family Easter gathering […]
President Was Bailed Out Of 2008 Financial Crisis By Russian Lenders
Days before taking office, Mr Trump said Russia had never had any ‘levarage’ over him The former head of MI6 has said Donald Trump borrowed money from Russia for his business during the 2008 financial crisis. Richard Dearlove told Prospect Magazine that “what lingers for Trump may be what deals – on what terms – he did after the […]
Clinton’s Defense Secretary Approves Of Trump’s North Korea Strategy
President Donald Trump’s strategy of threatening North Korea could set “the stage for successful diplomacy” to limit the hermit nation’s nuclear program, William J. Perry, Bill Clinton’s second secretary of defense, told The Huffington Post in an interview Friday. Perry, who endorsed Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential race, has been advising presidents on nuclear activity since […]
Hawaii Preparing For Potential Attack By North Korea
As tensions with North Korea mount, Hawaii lawmakers anxiously are dusting off the state’s emergency plans in preparation for the possibility – however remote – of an attack on the islands. The plans were last revisited in the 1980s. But the Hawaii House Public Safety Committee on Thursday formally called for the state’s defense agency […]
Erdogan One Step Closer To Dictatorship After Contested Election In Turkey
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Sunday declared victory in a referendum on constitutional reforms to expand his powers, according to multiple reports. But opposition parties are contesting the results of the referendum. Erdogan said the unofficial results of the referendum show it winning by a margin of 1.3 million votes, according to the Associated […]
North Korea Launches Failed Missile Test
North Korea attempted to launch a missile on Sunday near Sinpo, on its east coast, but it is believed to have failed, South Korea’s military said. The attempted missile launch comes a day after the North held a military parade in its capital marking the birth anniversary of the state founder where what appeared to […]
Trump Gives General More Freedom To Fight ISIS
U.S. military commanders are stepping up their fight against Islamist extremism as President Donald Trump’s administration urges them to make more battlefield decisions on their own. As the White House works on a broad strategy, America’s top military commanders are implementing the vision articulated by Defense Secretary Jim Mattis: Decimate Islamic State’s Middle East strongholds […]