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 […]
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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 […]
Democrats Introduce ‘MAR-A-LAGO’ Act
Democrats are giving Donald Trump a transparency gut check in the form of a new bill with a mouthful of a name — and an acronym that takes an unsubtle dig at the president. The “Making Access Records Available to Lead American Government Openness Act” — or MAR-A-LAGO Act — would require the Trump administration […]
Trump’s ISIS Plan Looks Very Similar To Obama’s
Donald Trump promised during the campaign to implement a “secret plan” to defeat ISIS, including a pledge to “bomb the hell out of” the terror group in Iraq and Syria. Now, the Pentagon has given him a secret plan, but it turns out to be a little more than an “intensification” of the same slow […]
Washington Judge That Blocked First Won’t Block Second Travel Ban
A federal judge in Washington state whose order blocked President Donald Trump’s first so-called “travel ban” last month on Thursday refused to apply that hold to a second, revised order. The second order remains blocked by a different judge’s ruling. U.S. District Court Judge James Robart in Seattle ruled that the second order temporarily restricting […]
Bernie Sanders Campaigning To Win Back Trump Supporters, Save DNC
At a time when Congress is debating a vast overhaul of the nation’s health care system, a hardened approach to refugees and immigration in general, and links between the current president and interests in Russia, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) finds himself increasingly outside the Beltway, in states and towns won by President Donald Trump. Since […]
Sessions Will Address Russian Controversy On Monday
Attorney General Jeff Sessions will submit amended testimony and respond to senators’ questions over his contacts with Russia’s ambassador last year, a Justice Department spokesman said Friday. The offer came after all nine Democratic senators on the Senate Judiciary Committee in a letter asked the committee chairman to bring Sessions back for a follow-up hearing […]
Sessions Recuses Self From Russian Investigations
Attorney General Jeff Sessions recused himself on Thursday from any Justice Department investigations into Russian influence in the 2016 presidential election, as well as any inquiries into ties between the Donald Trump campaign and Russian officials. “I have now decided to recuse myself from any existing or future investigations of any matter relating in any way […]
Bush Warns That Putin Is Dangerous And Won’t Stop
Former President George W. Bush warns that Russian leader Vladimir Putin will “push and push and push until someone stands up to him.” Bush made the comments on “Ellen,” in response to President Donald Trump’s suggestions that the U.S. could pursue warmer relations with Russia. Last year, intelligence officials concluded that Russia interfered in the presidential election […]
Oprah For President In 2020?
Oprah Winfrey never thought someone from a show business background with no political experience could rise to the office of POTUS, but here we are. And she’s apparently not ruling out a run of her own. The media queen sat down for an interview on the Season 2 premiere of “The David Rubenstein Show: Peer-to-Peer Conversations” […]
Trump To Make Sure USA Is ‘Top Of Pack’ In Nuclear Arms Race
President Donald Trump on Thursday again expressed a desire for America to be an unparalleled military power, saying he wants to build up the U.S. nuclear arsenal to make it “top of the pack.” In an interview with Reuters, the president stated that the United States had fallen behind on atomic weapons but did not […]