Category: Politics
Driver that plowed into Charlottesville, Va. crowd charged with murder
(Updated) Skirmishes between white supremacists, neo-Nazis, Ku Klux Klan members and counter-protestors attending a “Unite the Right” rally in downtown Charlottesville, Virginia, turned violent and then deadly on August 12 […]
After 10 days, Anthony Scaramucci out as White House Communications Director
President Donald Trump terminated Anthony Scaramucci as the White House Communications Director on July 31. “The Mooch” as Scaramucci has affectionately been referred to by the media and late night […]
North Korea launches ICBM capable of striking U.S. mainland
On July 27 as North Korea celebrated their national holiday “Victory in the Fatherland Liberation War Day,” the rogue nation also conducted its latest intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) test, which […]
USS Thunderbolt fires warning shots at armed Iranian patrol boat in Persian Gulf
Tensions flared in the northern Persian Gulf waters on July 25 when one armed Iranian patrol boat approached a US Navy ship and ignored warnings not to approach any closer. […]
With John McCain on the disabled list, Senate health care vote delayed
On July 15, Mitch McConnell, US Senate Majority Leader, announced that the proposed Senate vote for the Republican healthcare bill – the Better Care Act – would have to be […]
Johnny Depp apologizes for Donald Trump assassination comments
Actor Johnny Depp has issued an apology for some off-the-cuff- comments he made regarding President Donald Trump at the June 22 Glatonbury U.K. Music Festival when he said “When was […]
No tapes of President Trump’s conversations with James Comey exist
Almost immediately after he fired FBI Director James Comey, President Donald Trump tweeted “James Comey better hope that there are no “tapes” of our conversations before he starts leaking to […]
Congress recommends travel ban to North Korea following ‘murder’ of college student Otto Warmbier
Following the death of Otto Warmbier – the 22-year-old college student who went with an organized tour group to North Korea in March 2016 but was arrested there and sentenced […]
