President Trump signs defense budget into law, biggest military raise in 8 years

President Trump signs defense budget into law, biggest military raise in 8 years

President Donald Trump signed the 2018 National Defense Authorization Act into law in an event held in the White House on Tuesday.  The bill represents a significant step toward ending the current continuing resolution spending the Defense Department has been trapped under since the start of the new fiscal year on November 1st, but the […]

Secretary of State: ‘We’re ready to talk anytime North Korea would like’

Secretary of State: ‘We’re ready to talk anytime North Korea would like’

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson made a dramatic shift from previous U.S. rhetoric on Tuesday, declaring that the United States will not attempt to impose preconditions to diplomatic talks with North Korea.  Tillerson’s frank statements regarding his willingness to engage with Kim Jong Un’s reclusive regime stands in direct contrast of President Trump’s public position […]

The Kremlin treats Trump’s tweets as official White House statements internally

The Kremlin treats Trump’s tweets as official White House statements internally

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s Press Secretary, Dmitry Peskov, said that “everything which is published from [President Trump’s] authorized Twitter account is perceived by Moscow as his official statement.” He added that Putin gets regular statements regarding all sorts of politicians, and Trump’s tweets are included in these briefs as Putin is not a Twitter user. In […]

Former SEAL Clay Tippins declares entry in Georgia Governor’s race

Former SEAL Clay Tippins declares entry in Georgia Governor’s race

Former U.S. Navy SEAL officer Clay Tippins is looking to join Missouri governor Eric Greitens as the second currently-serving chief executive officer of a U.S. state to be a former Naval Special Warfare officer.  The 44-year-old Tippins is running as a self-described conservative Republican for the governorship of Georgia. The former SEAL officer, according to […]

Father defends family, shoots robber at Popeye’s Louisiana Chicken

Father defends family, shoots robber at Popeye’s Louisiana Chicken

San Antonio, TX — On Wednesday night, Carlos Molina sat in Popeye’s Chicken having dinner with his family when two of his children went to the restroom, leaving his wife and two other kids back at the table. Andrews Herrera, 19, stormed in with a gun attempting to rob the restaurant. In the confusion, the […]

Approval ratings — what are they, exactly? Who determines them?

Approval ratings — what are they, exactly? Who determines them?

Approval ratings haven’t been around since 1776, they were developed by George Horace Gallup in the late 1930s. It is simply a regular poll that asks simple questions — not all of which are designed for the presidency. And while the Gallup Poll was the first system used to rate presidents by percentage, it was […]

Emails show the man who set up a meeting between the Trump campaign and a Russian lawyer reportedly contacted a Trump staffer afterward

Emails show the man who set up a meeting between the Trump campaign and a Russian lawyer reportedly contacted a Trump staffer afterward

Rob Goldstone, a key player in the scrutinized Trump Tower meeting last year, reportedly sent follow-up emails to a Trump campaign aide afterward. In the emails, Goldstone suggested a plan for then-candidate Donald Trump to create a page on a Russian social-networking website. Goldstone also emailed an article about Russian hacking of the Democratic National […]

Canada scraps plan to buy Boeing fighters amid trade dispute: sources

Canada scraps plan to buy Boeing fighters amid trade dispute: sources

OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada is scrapping a plan to buy 18 Boeing Co (BA.N) Super Hornet fighter jets amid a deepening dispute with the U.S. aerospace company, three sources familiar with the matter said on Tuesday. Instead, the Liberal government will announce next week it intends to acquire a used fleet of older Australia F-18 […]

Texan former Navy SEAL is running for Congress

Texan former Navy SEAL is running for Congress

Looking to join the ranks of two other former members of the U.S. Navy SEAL Teams to infiltrate the halls of the U.S. Congress, Houston, Texas-based former Naval officer Daniel Crenshaw does not necessarily look the part of a staid, buttoned-down politician.  In fact, rarely ever do you see eyepatch-sporting, facial hair sprouting, necktie-less men […]