President Donald Trump signaled a new era in U.S.-Egypt relations on Monday, assuring his Egyptian counterpart that years of tepid relations will now give way to a “great bond” between their two nations. Trump reunited with President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi for talks ranging from collaboration against the Islamic State group to bolstering Egypt’s flailing economy. In […]
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Trump Attacks Hillary On Twitter Again…
President Donald Trump has a busy week ahead of him — including meetings with world leaders and a vote for his Supreme Court nominee — but his early-morning tweets suggest there was something else on his mind: Hillary Clinton. “Did Hillary Clinton ever apologize for receiving the answers to the debate? Just asking!” Trump tweeted […]
Gay Men Are Being Rounded Up And Killed In Chechnya
More than 100 gay men have been detained and at least three have been killed by authorities in Chechnya, according to a Russian newspaper cited Saturday in The New York Times. The disturbing report from Novaya Gazeta, which cites government and police sources, follows a week of rumors about gay men mysteriously disappearing off the […]
Trump Loses Latest Legal Ruling
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – A federal judge said in a ruling that then-candidate Donald Trump incited the use of violence against three protesters when he told supporters at a campaign rally a year ago to “get ’em out of here.” U. S. District Judge David J. Hale of the Western District of Kentucky also wrote in […]
Russia Mocks US Political Climate For April Fools Day
Don’t say Russian President Vladimir Putin doesn’t have a sense of humor. For April Fools’ Day, the Russian Foreign Ministry put out an “official joke” – a video of a proposed voice-mail message for its embassy answering machines. In the clip, recorded in Russian and English, an automated recording tells callers to press 1 for […]
Over 100 ISIS Militants Killed By US Airstrikes
BAGHDAD – A government statement says Iraqi fighter jets have carried out airstrikes against the Islamic State group outside Mosul, killing more than 100 militants. Saturday’s statement says the strikes hit three ISIS targets in Baaj, a remote northwestern town near the Syrian border, and killed between 150-200 militants. It said the militants had crossed […]
Gun Sales Continue To Drop Post Obama
President Trump’s election appears to be negatively affecting gun sales in the U.S. and the bubble appears to be bursting despite a staunch advocate for gun rights in the White House and Republicans ruling Congress. “President Obama was the best gun salesman the world has ever seen,” Karl Sorken, a production manager at Battle Rifle […]
Ivanka And Husband Worth Over 700 Million Dollars
WASHINGTON, March 31 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump on Friday released details of the personal finances of his staffers late on Friday, including his son-in-law Jared Kushner and daughter Ivanka, confirming that he has surrounded himself with some very affluent advisers. White House ethics officials said the legally required disclosure documents provided a snapshot of […]
Trump’s Former Head Of National Security Seeks Immunity Deal
Retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, who briefly served as national security adviser to President Donald Trump, is seeking immunity from prosecution in exchange for testifying to those conducting investigations into the president’s ties to Russia, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. According to the report, Flynn made the offer to the FBI, the House intelligence committee […]
Over 100 Clinton Staffers Targeted By Russian Hackers
Members of Hillary Clinton’s 2016 U.S. presidential campaign opened malicious links likely sent by Russian military intelligence dozens of times prior to her defeat last fall, new research reveals. Russia’s military intelligence agency, GRU, targeted at least 109 Clinton campaign staffers during a month-long hacking spree waged prior to last year’s presidential election, in addition […]
President Declares War On Freedom Caucus
Last week Donald Trump said he was going to “come after” congressman Mark Meadows, the head of the House Freedom Caucus, if he didn’t support the American Health Care Act. White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer later said the president was joking. No one is laughing now. The House Freedom Caucus, the collection of libertarian-leaning […]
Judge Extends Block On Travel Ban
HONOLULU — A U.S. judge in Hawaii is keeping President Donald Trump’s travel ban on hold while the state’s lawsuit works its way through the courts, the latest defeat for the government after it pushed for a freeze on the nation’s refugee program to go forward. U.S. District Judge Derrick Watson issued a 24-page order […]