Trump officials privately bracing for North Korea’s next move

Washington (CNN)The Trump administration is privately discussing how to respond should North Korea decide to conduct a satellite launch as talks between Washington and Pyongyang appear to be at another impasse, CNN has learned. Rhetoric between the two countries has … Read More

Germany likely to renege on pledge to Trump to boost military spending

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BERLIN – Berlin could renege on its pledge to raise military spending, in the latest gesture of defiance by German Chancellor Angela Merkel toward U.S. President Donald Trump. Trump has repeatedly blasted NATO leaders for not meeting a target of spending … Read More

Trump demands Fox News ‘bring back’ Jeanine Pirro, ‘keep fighting’ for Tucker Carlson

President Donald Trump called on Fox News to “fight back with vigor” and bring back Judge Jeanine Pirro’s show, which was pulled this weekend, one week after she made anti-Muslim remarks. Trump’s Sunday morning Twitter tirade blamed “Radical Left Democrats” … Read More

No, the US isn’t abandoning the Kurds in Syria

posted in: Middle East, News

A Syrian partner force element fire their AK-47 (Avomat Kalashnikov) rifles on a firing line in controlled bursts during an advanced marksmanship training event with Coalition Forces instructors in support of Combined Joint Task Force–Operation Inherent Resolve (CJTF-OIR) in the … Read More

Trump was right to veto resolution blocking his national emergency declaration

President Trump’s veto Friday of a resolution blocking his declaration of a national emergency on the U.S.-Mexico border showed that he understands he wasn’t elected to appease career politicians in the Senate. He was elected, in part, to secure the southern border … Read More

Ocasio-Cortez hits NRA after New Zealand shooting: ‘What good are your thoughts and prayers?’

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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) on Friday tore into the National Rifle Association (NRA) after at least one gunman opened fire at two New Zealand mosques, leaving at least 49 people dead. The New York lawmaker condemned the fatal attack on Twitter, focusing her message on … Read More

Weekly Update by Mark Armstrong – 15 March 2019

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Greetings from Tyler, They’re still wrangling, unsuccessfully, with so-called Brexit. Some have said they’d sign the (EU crafted) deal if Prime Minister Theresa May would resign. The complications are such that most of us wouldn’t want to know the technicalities … Read More

Trump threatens ‘severe’ tariffs on the EU

US President Donald Trump has confirmed he will visit Ireland this year and also that he is considering appointing a new peace envoy for the North. During the traditional St Patrick’s Day celebration meeting with the Taoiseach in the White … Read More

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