As America prepares for a new president, Washington prepares for the worst

As America prepares for a new president, Washington prepares for the worst

As the country prepares for a peaceful exchange of power from current President Barack Obama to President Elect Donald Trump on Friday, Washington D.C. is preparing for exactly the opposite. As many as 900,000 people are expected to flood the city, some in support of the incoming president and many with the intention of protesting […]

Obama’s final press conference: Concerns about Russia, clemency for Chelsea Manning

Obama’s final press conference: Concerns about Russia, clemency for Chelsea Manning

Departing President Barack Obama participated in his final press conference while at the helm of the federal government today. The president opened by addressing the hospitalization of George H.W. Bush and his wife Barbara, saying that he and Michelle Obama are sending their prayers for a speedy recovery. President Obama also credited the press for […]

Putin: Those who “fabricated” Trump dossier are “worse than prostitutes”

Putin: Those who “fabricated” Trump dossier are “worse than prostitutes”

Russian President, Vladimir Putin, dismissed allegations regarding the Kremlin maintaining a dossier of damning information about American President Elect Donald Trump for use in black mail on Tuesday, referring to the idea as “rubbish.” Vladimir Putin, along with the Russian intelligence community, were said to have had long-standing ties with Donald Trump in an unsubstantiated […]

China quietly gears up for possibility of trade war with United States

China quietly gears up for possibility of trade war with United States

BEIJING — China is gearing up for the possibility of a trade war with the incoming Trump administration and has already fired a small warning shot, according to the American business community here and the Chinese themselves. At the World Economic Forum in Davos this week, Chinese President Xi Jinping warned that a trade war […]

Trump reaffirms NATO’s concerns, suggests lifting sanctions on Russia

Trump reaffirms NATO’s concerns, suggests lifting sanctions on Russia

President-elect Donald Trump granted a joint interview to the Times of London and Bild, a German publication, over the weekend, in which he laid out portions of his foreign policy strategy. Among the issues addressed were the sanctions placed on Russia as a result of its military annexation of Crimea, and how the incoming president views […]

Trump calls intel briefing ‘constructive,’ praises intelligence officials

Trump calls intel briefing ‘constructive,’ praises intelligence officials

Only hours after calling public concerns about Russia’s involvement in the pre-election hacking of the DNC’s email servers “a political witch hunt,” President-elect Donald Trump seems to have had a slight change of heart about America’s intelligence community. Trump had a meeting with top intelligence officials on Friday, wherein he was briefed on election-related Russian […]

Disagreements over DoD appointments may have Trump and Mattis at odds

Disagreements over DoD appointments may have Trump and Mattis at odds

Trump’s pick for Secretary of Defense, retired Marine General James Mattis, doesn’t seem to be pleased with how the President Elect is filling high level positions within the Department of Defense. Although the Trump transition team, by way of incoming press secretary Sean Spicer, has denied claims that Trump and Mattis are at odds regarding […]

Trump has ‘very positive’ talk with new UN Secretary-General about US/UN Relations

Trump has ‘very positive’ talk with new UN Secretary-General about US/UN Relations

President Elect Donald Trump, set to take office in three weeks, spoke with new United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres for the first time on Wednesday. According to a U.N. spokesman, the two world leaders had a “very positive discussion on U.S./U.N. relations,” despite the incoming President’s recent Twitter comments about the validity of the global […]

Trump reportedly chooses Marine General James Mattis for Secretary of Defense

Trump reportedly chooses Marine General James Mattis for Secretary of Defense

Donald Trump is expected to make a formal announcement early next week regarding his appointment of retired Marine General James Mattis as the Secretary of Defense for the United States of America. Mattis met with Trump in his New Jersey golf course home a few weeks ago to discuss the possibility of serving in the […]

EU may be hedging their bets on NATO, announce Joint Defense Fund

EU may be hedging their bets on NATO, announce Joint Defense Fund

The European Union has announced a new plan to increase defense spending across the continent, in what some are calling a precursor to a larger EU Defense Union. The European Defense Action Plan calls for a dramatic increase in funding for joint military assets among member nations.  The proposal includes increasing immediate expenditures from twenty-five […]

Will Trump throw out political correctness during his transition into the White House?

Will Trump throw out political correctness during his transition into the White House?

With all of the rumors flying around on who has been selected for cabinet posts, will President-elect Trump make the elimination of political correctness a priority for his transition process? Before and especially after his shocking victory, many from the left have called his aversion to political correctness equal to bigotry, racism, and sexism, even calling his supporters […]