President Trump’s personal lawyer has reportedly attempted to silence adult film star Stormy Daniels, who filed a lawsuit this week against Trump in an effort to void a nondisclosure agreement between the pair. Trump lawyer Michael Cohen obtained a temporary restraining order against Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, from a private arbitrator on […]
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Florida School Shooter Indicted On 34 Charges
A grand jury has indicted Nikolas Cruz on 34 counts related to last month’s mass shooting at a South Florida high school. Cruz, 19, allegedly opened fire at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland on Feb. 14, killing 17 people and injuring others. On Wednesday, the Broward County state attorney’s office announced the indictment […]
Bank Flagged Payment To Trump Porn-star As Suspicious
President Trump’s lawyer’s $130,000 wire payment to adult film star Stormy Daniels shortly before the 2016 election was flagged as suspicious by his bank and reported to the Treasury Department, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday. First Republic Bank flagged the transaction after Michael Cohen wired money to Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, […]
Mueller’s Probe Has Extended Into Foreign Campaign Financing
The special counsel is reportedly looking into efforts by the United Arab Emirates to sway the 2016 U.S. election by putting money into the Trump campaign. Special counsel Robert Mueller’s team is now purportedly looking into whether the United Arab Emirates, with perhaps help from a top adviser, tried to gain political influence by putting […]
Trump Congratulates China’s President For Life Long Term
U.S. President Donald Trump praised Chinese President Xi Jinping Saturday after the ruling Communist party announced it was eliminating the two-term limit for the presidency, paving the way for Xi to serve indefinitely, according to audio aired by CNN. “He’s now president for life, president for life. And he’s great,” Trump said, according to audio […]
Police Searching For Suspect In Brutal Beating Of Elderly Man
Deputies in Minnesota are investigating after an elderly man sustained multiple face fractures and several lacerations requiring many stitches following a road rage incident. (Anoka County Sheriff’s Office) Minnesota investigators are looking for a dangerously violent man who fractured an elderly man’s face with his fists after a road rage incident. “Anyone who would brutally […]
Man Commits Suicide By Shooting Himself Outside White House Gates
A man has shot and killed himself outside the White House in Washington, the Secret Service says. It said the man approached the White House’s fence on Pennsylvania Avenue just before noon local time (17:00GMT) before taking out a handgun and firing several shots. No one else was injured, according to police. President Donald Trump […]
Roy Moore Asks Supporters For $250,000 To Pay Mounting Legal Fees
Defeated Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore is trying to raise $250,000 as he fights a defamation lawsuit filed by a woman who says Moore touched her sexually when she was 14 years old. Moore railed against a “vicious attack” from lawyers in Washington, D.C., and San Francisco and asked for money to start a legal […]
Philando Castille Charity Pays Off Entire Districts Student Lunch Debt
A charity set up in honor of Philando Castile, the African-American school nutrition supervisor who was killed by a police officer at a traffic stop in 2016, announced this week that it had paid off the lunch debt for all of the students in the school district Castile worked in. According to the post, 37,000 kids […]
Trump Suggests Drug Dealers Should Receive The Death Penalty
President Donald Trump made a surprise stop by the White House’s summit on opioids today, where he suggested dealers face “the ultimate penalty” for their roles in drug-related deaths. The summit came more than four months after Trump declared the opioid crisis a public health emergency, though the decision faced criticism as it stopped short […]
Trump To Officially Announce He Is Running For Re-Election In 2020
Conservative news aggregator Matt Drudge made the announcement Tuesday on his website. The president plans to tap former digital adviser Brad Parscale, who is presently spearheading a pro-Trump outside group called America First Policies, the campaign announced in a statement that came out shortly after the Drudge report. According to Drudge, Trump plans to “stun […]
Supreme Court Rules That Immigrants Can Be Detained Indefinitely
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that immigrants, even those with permanent legal status and asylum seekers, do not have the right to periodic bond hearings. It’s a profound loss for those immigrants appealing what are sometimes indefinite detentions by the government. Many are held for long periods of time — on average, 13 months […]