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 […]

Palestinians clash with Israeli troops in protests over Trump’s Jerusalem speech

Palestinian protesters clashed with Israeli soldiers on Thursday in Jerusalem, Ramallah and other places in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, one day after President Trump announced that his administration would recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. The Palestinian Authority called for a general strike in Palestinian cities, and in Gaza, the Islamist Hamas movement urged […]

News Roundup: FBI vs. Congress heats up, Aussie Army officer suggests prostitutes for deployed troops, Jailed inmate defiles Quran with bodily fluids

Pass. The. Popcorn: U.S. House Republicans are drafting a contempt of Congress resolution against Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and FBI Director Christopher Wray, claiming stonewalling in producing material related to the Russia-Trump probes and other matters. Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes and other committee Republicans, after considering such action for several weeks, decided to move […]

ABC News suspends Brian Ross over ‘serious error’ in Michael Flynn story

ABC News has suspended Brian Ross over his faulty report about former national security adviser Michael Flynn. The network had reported that then-presidential candidate Donald Trump directed Flynn to “make contact with the Russians.” It later clarified that Trump had given the instruction when he was president-elect, not a candidate. The original report shook US […]

After Trump attack on media, ex-CIA director asks if he ‘wasted’ career

After President Donald Trump accused CNN International of being a “major source of (Fake) news” abroad, an exasperated former CIA and NSA director asked rhetorically if he had wasted much of his life in defense of the U.S. “If this is who we are or who we are becoming, I have wasted 40 years of […]

Former defense lobbyist, infantry officer confirmed as Secretary of the Army

The Senate confirmed Dr. Mark Esper as the newest Secretary of the Army on Wednesday, bringing an end to a long confirmation fight for the third of President Trump’s nominees for the position. Previous Trump’s first two picks never worked out, withdrawing in part due to controversies with business interests and LGBT activist groups, respectively. […]

Border wall: Sounds great, doesn’t work

Yesterday, the prototypes for the U.S south border were erected and they are ready for the durability tests against pickaxes, power tools and sledgehammers. The border wall was a main point in the campaign of the now 45th president of the United States Donald Trump, who sees it as a panacea to the illegal immigration […]

Gen John Kelly ‘stunned’ by Congresswoman’s behavior in wake of Niger ambush

White House Chief of Staff General John Kelly gave a rare and emotionally charged White House Press Briefing yesterday, where he explained in detail the context surrounding President Trump’s phone call with the family of recently KIA Sergeant La David Johnson. In explicit detail, General Kelly laid out the process for notifying the next of […]

WALL: Trump border wall prototypes rolled out in San Diego

Several prototypes of the long-promised “Trump Border Wall” are currently under construction in San Diego. Six companies have been granted contracts from Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) to design the eight separate prototypes, which must be complete by October 26th of this year. President Trump has championed the building of an all-encompassing border wall along […]

Trump holds Cuba responsible for audio attacks

President Donald Trump said today he holds the Cuban government responsible for the mysterious auditory attacks that have made more than a dozen American diplomats in Havana sick over the past several months. “I do believe Cuba’s responsible. I believe that,” Trump told reporters. Trump didn’t clarify whether he believed the Cuban government actually launched […]