Republicans growing frustrated that ‘Mad Dog’ Mattis is too liberal

Republicans growing frustrated that ‘Mad Dog’ Mattis is too liberal

Out of all of Donald Trump’s Cabinet appointees, it was a soldier [Marine] nicknamed “Mad Dog” whose nomination to lead the Department of Defense that prompted an unusual sigh of collective relief. Unlike the other neophytes and extremists in his White House menagerie, renowned general James Mattis was received with bipartisan affirmation, hailed by Democrats […]

The bot connection: Donald Trump and Instagram butt models

The bot connection: Donald Trump and Instagram butt models

The meteoric rise of Donald Trump from unlikely fringe candidate to 45th President of the United States has many attributions. How you interpret the phenomenon known as “the Donald” is likely strongly correlated along partisan lines. If you hate Trump, you can find ample material across the internet that is replete with reasons why he […]

Comey: The Russians ‘were unusually loud in their intervention — it’s almost as if they wanted us to know’

Comey: The Russians ‘were unusually loud in their intervention — it’s almost as if they wanted us to know’

Russia’s intervention in the US election was “unusually loud,” FBI Director James Comey said during a hearing on Monday before the House Intelligence Committee on the Russian efforts to undermine Democrat Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign. “They were unusually loud in their intervention,” Comey said when asked by Republican Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen of Florida what the […]

Trump signs NASA bill, ponders sending Congress to space

Trump signs NASA bill, ponders sending Congress to space

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump signed legislation Tuesday adding human exploration of Mars to NASA’s mission. Could sending Congress into space be next? Flanked at an Oval Office bill-signing ceremony by astronauts and lawmakers, Trump observed that being an astronaut is a “pretty tough job.” He said he wasn’t sure he’d want it and, among […]

VA exempts more vacant jobs from federal hiring freeze

VA exempts more vacant jobs from federal hiring freeze

WASHINGTON – The Department of Veterans Affairs has added more than 60 job titles to the list of vacant positions exempt from the temporary federal hiring freeze enacted in January by President Donald Trump. VA Secretary David Shulkin issued a memorandum last week on the additional exemptions, including some positions in the Veterans Benefits Administration, […]

China is going after South Korea’s wallet in their dispute over the THAAD missile system

China is going after South Korea’s wallet in their dispute over the THAAD missile system

The first pieces of the US-made Terminal High Altitude Area Defense missile system arrived in South Korea earlier this month, the latest step a deployment process the Chinese government had greeted with chagrin. Beijing has inveighed against the deployment and criticized the South Korean government for undermining bilateral relations by hosting the missile system. Chinese […]

FBI Director says no information supports Trump wiretapping tweets

FBI Director says no information supports Trump wiretapping tweets

The heads of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the National Security Agency (NSA) have testified that there is no information to indicate a wiretap was ordered by President Obama on President Trump. FBI Director James Comey and NSA Director Admiral Mike Rogers testified before the House Intelligence Committee, which has been conducting an […]

Exclusive: Tillerson plans to skip NATO meeting, visit Russia in April – sources

Exclusive: Tillerson plans to skip NATO meeting, visit Russia in April – sources

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson plans to skip a meeting with NATO foreign ministers next month in order to stay home for a visit by China’s president and will go to Russia later in April, U.S. officials said on Monday, disclosing an itinerary that allies may see as giving Moscow priority over them. Tillerson […]

Trump’s Supreme Court nominee was heavily involved in Bush’s most controversial ‘War on Terror’ policies

Trump’s Supreme Court nominee was heavily involved in Bush’s most controversial ‘War on Terror’ policies

When Judge Neil Gorsuch was a top official in President George W. Bush’s Justice Department, he was a key defender of some of the administration’s most controversial tactics in the “War on Terror.” Gorsuch’s role in the Bush Administration has garnered renewed interest after the Senate Judiciary Committee requested the release of emails and documents from […]

How to get North Koreans off the boat

How to get North Koreans off the boat

Newly minted Secretary of State Rex Tillerson spoke to reporters on Friday while visiting South Korea, said that the military option was “on the table” if the U.S. felt North Korea’s missile program, specifically their nuclear intentions, required it. Also on Friday, President Trump jumped on his Twitter account to chastise North Korea saying, “North […]