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Secretary Pompeo: U.S. Still On High Alert From Iranian Threats
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the U.S. will continue monitoring Iranian threats amid ongoing tensions between Washington and Tehran. In an interview Thursday, Pompeo spoke about the congressional briefing he had with lawmakers and acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan. He said Republicans and Democrats alike walked away from that meeting understanding the moves made…
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Trump Gives Attorney General Sweeping Power in Review of 2016 Campaign Inquiry
President Trump and Attorney General William P. Barr this week at the White House. The directive gives Mr. Barr immense leverage over the intelligence community and enormous power over what the public learns about the roots of the Russia investigation. Credit Doug Mills/The New York Times President Trump took extraordinary steps on Thursday to give…
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Pelosi Schedules Emergency Meeting With House Dems to Discuss Impeachment
Source: AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has called an emergency meeting with Democrats Wednesday morning at 9 a.m. to discuss their demands for impeachment proceedings against President Trump, per Fox News. “The pressure is actually real,” as Dana Perino noted. Pelosi just had a closed door meeting with members of Congress in which she…
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Russia says will retaliate new US sanctions
In this file photo, taken on July 16, 2018, US President Donald Trump (L) and Russian President Vladimir Putin are seen arriving for a meeting in Helsinki, Finland. (By AFP) Russia says it will retaliate against the recent sanctions imposed by the United States on a Chechen law enforcement unit and Russian nationals. The Kremlin…
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Weekly Update by Mark Armstrong – 17 May 2019
Greetings from Tyler, Of the many topics of national and international concern and interest this week, sanctions on Chinese goods, the consequences for farmers and American consumers has been the top story. Much was made of the plummeting stock market early in the week. When the losses were recovered mid-week, it didn’t even rate notice…
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Trump Claims Campaign Was ‘Spied On,’ Calls It ‘Treason’
The former president, the Justice Department and the FBI have all vigorously denied any such activities occurred. President Donald Trump on Friday revived his repeatedly debunked claim that his 2016 campaign was the target of illegal government spying. Trump, on Twitter, said his campaign “conclusively” was monitored, and suggested those responsible be jailed for treason. Donald…
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The Trump administration reportedly sent ‘no-match letters’ to over 570,000 employers telling them they might have unauthorized workers
President Donald Trump boarding Air Force One on Thursday for a trip to New York to attend a fundraiser. Associated Press President Donald Trump’s administration has written to more than 570,000 employers since March telling them some of their workers’ names and Social Security numbers don’t match, The New York Times reports. Reasons for discrepancies that…
