PYONGYANG North Korean state media warned on Tuesday of a nuclear attack on the United States at any sign of American aggression as a U.S. Navy strike group steamed toward the western Pacific. U.S. President Donald Trump, who has urged China to do more to rein in its impoverished neighbor, said in a Tweet that […]
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GOP Using Tax Payer Money To Fix Special Election
Montana Republicans are demanding the state spend $750,000 it didn’t budget to avoid what the GOP sees as a potential political catastrophe: high voter turnout in an upcoming special election. The state didn’t plan for spending on federal elections in 2017, and for good reason. Neither senator is running until 2018, and its lone House […]
China Deploys 150,000 Troops To North Korean Border
The Chinese army has reportedly deployed 150,000 troops to the North Korean border to prepare for pre-emptive attacks after the United States dropped airstrikes on Syria. President Donald Trump’s missile strike on Syria on Friday was widely interpreted as a warning to North Korea. And now China, left shocked by the air strikes, has deployed […]
Trump Tax Plan Sent Back To Drawing Board
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 […]
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 […]