WASHINGTON ― White House chief strategist Steve Bannon has been removed from the National Security Council, White House sources told The Huffington Post Wednesday. Bloomberg first reported the news, which was part of a larger NSC shake-up revealed in a White House regulatory filing released Wednesday. Bannon retains the highest national security clearance possible, aides to […]
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Pelosi Says The President Owes Obama An Apology
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-California, said Friday that President Trump should apologize to former President Obama – and the American people – for his unsubstantiated charge that Mr. Obama had Trump Tower wiretapped during the 2016 campaign. The Democratic leader spoke with Face the Nation moderator John Dickerson in an interview that will air […]
DNA Test Shows Subway Chicken Is Only 50% Chicken
It may taste like chicken, but it might not be what you’re eating. The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation recently conducted an investigation on what’s in the chicken sandwiches at fast food restaurants. A DNA test of chicken at several Subway restaurants found that the “chicken” only contained about 50 percent chicken DNA. Their article states Trent […]
Historians Rank Obama 12th Best President Of All-Time
Barack Obama ranks as the 12th best leader in U.S. presidential history, according to a new survey of 91 presidential historians conducted by C-SPAN. The panel placed the 44th president just below Woodrow Wilson and just above James Monroe. It’s the third such survey by the organization, which began polling the panel of presidential experts […]
Trump Tells Israel To Hold Back On New Settlements
President Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu participate in a joint news conference in the East Room of the White House on Wednesday. With differing messages emanating from the Trump administration about its stance on the two-state solution for in the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, many eyes turned to President Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin […]
Trump Entrusts Tom Bossert To Anti-Terrorism Post
Starting the post-Christmas phase of his transition, President-elect Donald Trump made appointments Tuesday devoted to national security — particularly cyber defense — and to international trade and diplomacy. Former George W. Bush administration official Thomas Bossert will be the White House homeland security and counter-terrorism adviser, while Trump Organization official Jason D. Greenblatt will be “Special Representative […]
Trump’s AG nominee Jeff Sessions could terminate rule that protects state-legalized marijuana
The US marijuana industry’s vibrant growth in the grey area of federalism could be threatened by president-elect Donald Trump and his preferred choice for attorney general, Alabama senator Jeff Sessions. Sessions, an early backer of Trump’s presidential campaign and an outspoken critic of US immigration policy, is also an opponent of marijuana legalization. He has […]
One scenario that could still get Clinton the Presidency
For die-hard Democrats holding out hope that they won’t have to live through a Trump presidency, there is a last, incredibly long shot for them latch on to — a surprise twist in the Electoral College. Though Hillary Clinton won the popular vote by 200,000, Trump has won the minimum of 270 electoral votes necessary […]
WikiLeaks: Clinton Critics Right All Along
For years, Clinton partisans have blindly defended every criticism of the Clinton Foundation by pointing to the good work the charity has done. But the WikiLeaks emails from John Podesta, Hillary Clinton‘s campaign chair, have confirmed nearly every criticism of the Clinton Foundation, debunking the claim that it is solely a philanthropic endeavor run by the Clintons. […]
Trump to Demand Recount if He Loses
To hear Donald Trump tell it, Tuesday’s results will either save or ruin the country. Americans will emerge from Election Day ascendant with a strong new leader who heeds their cries, or they will plunge into a dystopian future of hopelessness and violence. “It’s our last chance,” Trump said in early November in Pennsylvania. But […]
Clinton Given Question In Advance of Debates with Bernie Sanders
Donna Brazile warned Hillary Clinton’s campaign that she would be asked about lead poisoning in Flint, Mich., ahead of a primary debate, according to an email released by WikiLeaks Monday. The group has been posting hacked emails from Clinton’s campaign chairman, John Podesta. The email, originally sent March 5, 2016, warned that “One of the questions directed […]
Dad tells young son his mom died of heroin overdose, films it for Facebook
When an Ohio man decided to tell his young son that his mother had died of a heroin overdose, he did what most dads would never dream of doing: He filmed the moment and posted it to the internet. Brenden Bickerstaff-Clark’s 2-minute Facebook video, which purports to show the moment his 8-year-old learned the terrible […]