The head of the Boy Scouts of America apologized Thursday to the organization’s members, telling them that the group did not intend to showcase the “political rhetoric” in President Trump’s speech to the National Jamboree earlier this week. “I want to extend my sincere apologies to those in our Scouting family who were offended by […]
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TSA Now Requires All Electronics Larger Than Phone Be X-Rayed
Passengers going through airport security in the U.S. will soon be required to remove more items from their carry-on bags under new screening protocols. The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announced Wednesday that travelers will now be required to place all electronics larger than a cellphone into separate bins in order to receive X-ray screening. It’s the latest […]
Polls: Trump’s Disapproval Rating Continues To Climb
More Americans disapprove of President Trump’s job performance than approve of it across 31 states, including 11 states that he won in November, CNN reported on Wednesday. Of the states Trump won, his worst net job approval rating comes in North Carolina, where 42 percent of people approve of the job he’s doing as president […]
US State Department Has Banned US Citizens From Traveling To North Korea
The State Department said Friday it will prohibit U.S. citizens from traveling to North Korea starting late next month, citing the risk of arrest and imprisonment by the authoritarian regime in Pyongyang. The decision by Secretary of State Rex Tillerson bars use of U.S. passports “to travel in, through, or to North Korea,” spokeswoman Heather […]
Senator McCain Has Been Diagnosed With Brain Cancer
Arizona Sen. John McCain has been diagnosed with brain cancer, the Mayo Clinic Hospital in Phoenix says. McCain, 80, underwent surgery for a blood clot on July 14. The hospital says testing revealed that a tumor “known as a glioblastoma was associated with the blood clot.” “The Senator and his family are reviewing further treatment […]
Chechen President Denies Torturing And Murdering Gay People
MOSCOW (AP) — Chechnya’s strongman leader has harshly denounced claims that his southern Russian republic has tortured and even killed gay men, denying that there even are any homosexual men in his region. Kremlin-backed Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov has faced wide international criticism since a Russian newspaper reported this spring that his security forces had […]
Israel And Hungary Agree That Soros Is A Major Threat
JERUSALEM Israel’s foreign ministry has issued a statement denouncing U.S. billionaire George Soros, a move that appeared designed to align Israel more closely with Hungary ahead of a visit to Budapest next week by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Soros, a Hungarian-born Jew who has spent a large part of his fortune funding pro-democracy and human […]
Trump Jr. And Kushner Respond To Secret Meeting With Russian Lawyer
President Donald Trump’s eldest son, son-in-law, and then-campaign chairman met with a Russian lawyer shortly after Trump won the Republican nomination, in what appears to be the earliest known private meeting between key aides to the president and a Russian. Donald Trump Jr. and Jared Kushner’s attorney confirmed the June 2016 meeting of the men and […]
Court Rules ‘Stand Your Ground’ Law Is Unconstitutional
A judge in Florida ruled Monday that the state’s updated “stand your ground” law, which required prosecutors to disprove a defendant’s self-defense case at pretrial hearings, is unconstitutional, setting up a showdown that could make its way to the state’s top court. Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Milton Hirsch ruled that the amendment to the law allowed […]
Trump Sending In The Feds To Help Slow Chicago Violence
President Trump tweeted on Friday he will send federal resources to Chicago in order to quell the city’s violence. Crime and killings in Chicago have reached such epidemic proportions that I am sending in Federal help. 1714 shootings in Chicago this year! Trump’s tweet comes after authorities confirmed to The Chicago-Sun Times reported that Trump had sent […]
Katie’s Law Passes House; Crackdown On Illegal Immigration Continues
House Republicans took action Thursday to crack down on illegal immigrants and the cities that shelter them. One bill passed by the House would deny federal grants to sanctuary cities and another, Kate’s Law, would increase the penalties for deported aliens who try to return to the United States. Kate’s Law, which would increase the penalties […]
Ten Commandments Monument Destroyed Outside Arkansas State Capitol
Less than a day after a monument of the Ten Commandments was installed outside the Arkansas State Capitol in Little Rock, it was destroyed when a man smashed a car into the stone. “My boss called me and told me the Ten Commandments monument had been destroyed,” Secretary of State and Capitol Police spokesman Chris […]