Weekly Update by Mark Armstrong – 8 March 2019

posted in: News, Weekly Update

Greetings from Tyler, It is Friday afternoon and as we’ve learned, big news often drops sometime in the evening.   There will probably be something that should have been addressed in the update, but was intentionally kept until the evening … Read More

Planned Parenthood Sues Trump over Title X Funding

(Lucas Jackson/Reuters) The abortion provider and more than a dozen states object to the new rule because it distinguishes between family planning and abortion. Several weeks ago, the Department of Health and Human Services announced the finalization of its “Protect … Read More

Opinion: Universities are going after Free Speech – So Trump is right to go after universities

“I will be very soon signing an executive order requiring colleges and universities to support free speech if they want federal research dollars,” President Trump announced on Saturday. “If they want our dollars — and we give it to them … Read More

Germany vows retaliation for US trade war on EU

posted in: Germany, News

German Economy Minister Peter Altmaier addresses the audience during a conference organized by the Federation of German Industries (BDI) on September 25, 2018 in Berlin. (Photo by AFP) Germany has warned the United States that it will take retaliatory measures … Read More

American Farm Debt Reaches 1980s Crisis Levels: Agriculture Secretary

posted in: Breaking News, News

Debt among American farmers has increased to $409 billion, Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue warned Wednesday. That is up from $385 billion last year and is currently at levels not seen since the agricultural recession (farm crisis) of the 1980s, reported … Read More

Record number of families, cold reality at border

In a dusty lot along the U.S.-Mexico border fence, a single Border Patrol agent was stuck with few options and falling temperatures. A group of 64 parents and children had waded through a shallow bend in the Rio Grande to … Read More

Moon hopeful over DPRK-US nuclear deal

posted in: Far East, News

South Korean President Moon Jae-in expressed hope yesterday that the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and the United States will continue their talks to strike a deal on denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula. Moon made the remarks during a plenary … Read More

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