Famed neurosurgeon and 2016 presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson was confirmed as head of the Department of Housing and Urban Development on Thursday. Carson was approved in a 58-41 vote mostly along party lines. President Donald Trump’s choice to tap Carson — who does not have experience in issues related to housing — to head […]
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George W. Bush Speaks Out About New Media
In his first in-depth interview since Donald Trump’s inauguration, former President George W. Bush gave his take on the current commander in chief’s first month in office, addressing Trump’s attack on the media, his controversial immigration policy, and the Russian hacking scandal. Early on in the exclusive sit-down, the former president expressed a clear-eyed support […]
Father Of Killed Navy Seal Refuses Trump, Wants Investigation
The father of a U.S. Navy SEAL killed during an anti-terrorism raid in Yemen demanded an investigation into its planning and slammed President Trump for the timing of the operation. Bill Owens said in an interview with the Miami Herald on Sunday that he refused to meet with Trump when he visited the Dover Air […]
Trump Blasts The FBI
President Trump, after a brief hiatus, returned to throwing Twitter bombs Friday morning to accuse his own FBI of failing to crack down on leaks – on the heels of reports about a conversation his chief of staff had with the bureau about Russia-related allegations. Reports surfaced overnight that Reince Priebus had asked a top FBI […]
Trump Boasts Wall “Soon, Way Ahead Of Schedule.”
US President Donald Trump has vowed to start building a wall on the Mexican border “soon, way ahead of schedule”, in a speech at a conservative event. Addressing the Conservative Political Action Congress (CPAC), he vowed to always put American citizens first and build a “great, great border wall”. He also promised to focus on […]
Memos Show Trump Making Effort To Expel More Immigrants
WASHINGTON – The Department of Homeland Security on Tuesday released a set of documents translating President Trump’s executive orders on immigration and border security into policy, bringing a major shift in the way the agency enforces the nation’s immigration laws. Under the Obama administration, undocumented immigrants convicted of serious crimes were the priority for removal. […]
Trump’s Approval Rating Continues To Fall
The most recent Gallup survey, the first conducted entirely after the resignation of Michael Flynn as national security adviser, has Mr. Trump’s approval rating down to 38 percent, with 56 percent disapproving (a differential of minus 18). Mr. Trump’s ratings aren’t just bad for an incoming president. They’re bad for a president at any point […]
US General Claims 60,000 ISIS Militants Have Been Killed
Gen. Raymond Thomas, head of US Special Operations command, said on Tuesday that the US and its allies in the fight against ISIS had killed more than 60,000 of the terrorist group’s fighters. That estimate was considerably higher than the 50,000 ISIS-dead estimate given by US officials in December. Thomas, whose command includes Navy SEALs […]
Trump To “Tweak” NAFTA
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, a polar opposite to Donald Trump in almost every way, joined the new U.S. president at the White House on Feb. 13, 2017, keen to build a relationship that doesn’t threaten trade. President Donald Trump praised the “outstanding” trade relationship between the United States and Canada Monday, saying he would only […]
Kmart And Sears Drop Trump Retail Products
Two big box retailers have decided to stop selling Donald Trump’s brand of home products from their websites, as backlash builds against his administration. The Trump Home Line, which is owned by the Trump Organization, is no longer available on the Kmart or Sears websites, according to Business Insider. Sears insists that the decision is […]
Trump Responds To North Korea
“I assume they don’t have a strategy yet, so Trump with Abe by his side was properly taciturn, surprisingly so,” said Jeffrey A. Bader, an Asia scholar at the Brookings Institution who served as President Barack Obama ‘s Asia adviser. “But that can’t hold. At some point you need to articulate a strategy.” The tempered […]
Russia May Return Snowden To The United States
U.S. intelligence has collected information that Russia is considering turning over Edward Snowden as a “gift” to President Donald Trump — who has called the NSA leaker a “spy” and a “traitor” who deserves to be executed. That’s according to a senior U.S. official who has analyzed a series of highly sensitive intelligence reports detailing […]