U.S. President Donald Trump scoughs at Iran’s denial it was behind the attack on Saudi Arabia; 49,000 autoworkers strike at GM; Hong Kong protesters wave UK and U.S. flags during march; UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson meets with the EU over Brexit.
Presdient Trump said he’s filed a lawsuit against former White House staffer Omarosa Manigault Newman for violating her confidentiality agreement. He also said he has filed suits against “various people” for violating their non-disclosure agreements.
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced July 8 the creation of a commission on inalienable rights to advise him on how to best interpret human rights based on the constitution and the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
WASHINGTON—After giving Congress two weeks to act, President Donald Trump said Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) will start deporting a “lot of people” after Independence Day. “After July 4th, a lot of people are going to be brought back out. So people that come up may be here for a short while, but they’re going […]
WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump accused New York’s attorney general of becoming a “bludgeoning tool” for Democrat New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, who he says is engaging in a “political witch hunt” meant to make him “look as bad as possible.” “They sue on everything, always in search of a crime,” he wrote on Twitter July 1. […]
Democrats in Congress are no longer calling the conditions at the southern border a manufactured crisis. But it has still taken Congress several months to even consider legislation to do anything about it.
Freshman Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio Cortez (D-N.Y.) was lambasted by the head of U.S. Border Patrol for her comments on “concentration camps on our southern border.”
WASHINGTON—President Trump announced a finalized rule June 14 that could benefit employees without employer-sponsored health care and potentially help small business contribute to their employees’ health care without having to offer them a plan. The rule deals with health reimbursement arrangements (HRA), which allow employers to offer employees a fixed, tax-preferred sum that employees can […]
After a slowed-down video that made House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) look drunk circulated online last month, the national conversation around fake and misleading media has spread into Congress.
WASHINGTON—House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) responded to the June 8 announcement that the United States and Mexico had reached an agreement on immigration, saying “we are deeply disappointed by the Administration’s expansion of its failed Remain-in-Mexico policy.” The “Remain in Mexico” policy, also referred to as the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP), means that those seeking asylum in […]
WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump said progress was being made in talks with Mexico about stopping illegal immigration to the U.S. border, but “not nearly enough,” after the first day of talks with Mexico at the White House. Shortly before 7 p.m. on June 5 he tweeted that the talks had ended for the day but that […]
As President Donald Trump visits the UK, a prominent UK official has indicated that the kingdom may be heeding the United State’s call for its allies to distance themselves from Chinese telecom giant Huawei.
WASHINGTON—The State Department announced May 24 that the United States is planning to sell $8.1 billion worth of arms to Middle East allies to counter aggression by Iran. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in a statement that the United States has pending 22 arms sales to Jordan, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and Saudi […]
President Donald Trump isn’t a coffee drinker, but no one would never know that judging from the early morning tweeting he does, which was put on full display Saturday when he retweeted 60 times between 6:46 a.m. and 7:32 a.m. The topics covered a wide range of topics including the crisis at the border, Hillary […]
WASHINGTON—Now that both sides of the aisle appear to agree that there is a humanitarian crisis taking place at the border, “mainly what we hear are crickets,” said Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) as he unveiled legislation to deal with the crisis on May 2. Cornyn and Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) are planning to introduce the […]
WASHINGTON—The White House has put $8.6 billion in its budget for a border wall for fiscal year 2020, enough money to build around 300 miles of wall on the southwest border. Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Kevin McAleenan told a House Appropriations subcommittee on April 30 that the White House is seeking $5 billion of […]
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on April 29 that the Obama administration should have done more to prevent Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election. “Yeah, sure, of course,” he said, responding to a question at a newsmaker event by The Hill. “The Russians interfered, it happened in the run-up to the election in […]
Russian national Maria Butina was given 18 months in prison April 26 for failing to register as a foreign agent while allegedly infiltrating conservative groups in the United States. The 30-year-old was arrested last July and pleaded guilty to conspiracy to violate foreign agent laws. She has admitted to secretly gathering information on the National […]
WASHINGTON—In a swipe at the communist dictatorship in Cuba, the White House announced on April 17 that the United States is restricting travel and remittances to the country. Travel will be limited to visiting family, down from the 12 categories that the Obama administration allowed starting in 2015. The United States is also limiting the […]
WASHINGTON—In an attempt to distrupt the Castro regime’s grip on Cuba, the United States will allow its citizens to sue for stolen Cuban property starting May 1. “Those doing business in Cuba should fully investigate whether they are connected to property stolen in service of a failed communist experiment,” Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told reporters […]
WASHINGTON—Republicans on the House Oversight and Reform Committee are calling on Oversight Chair Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) to refer former personal attorney to President Donald Trump, Michael Cohen, to the Department of Justice for prosecution. They allege that Cohen lied to Congress seven additional times during a Feb. 27 Oversight Committee hearing after pleading guilty last […]
The Trump administration on April 8 announced that it was designating Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a foreign terrorist organization, “the primary entity that carries out its global campaign of terror,” the White House said in a statement. While people and entities related to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) have been sanctioned, the White House said this […]
Country singer and songwriter Brett Young told People that he and his wife, Taylor Young, are going to be parents this year. “We have always shared the same heart for wanting a family,” Young, 38, told People. “I love knowing that we get to give this little one an amazing life, and I just can’t […]
WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump said he was considering financial penalties on Mexico for the drugs that come into the United States through the border. “I’m looking at an economic penalty for all of the drugs that are coming in through the southern border and killing our people,” he told reporters in Washington on his way to […]
WASHINGTON—In asking Republican congressmembers to come up with a GOP health care plan to replace the Affordable Care Act, President Donald Trump is attempting to take the issue away from Democrats in the 2020 election. “The Republican Party will become ‘The Party of Healthcare!’” he tweeted on March 29. At the annual Republican National Congressional Committee […]
WASHINGTON—NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg thanked U.S. President Donald Trump for putting pressure on the other 28 NATO members to increase their defense contributions since Trump took office, saying that the Allies are now starting to invest more in the alliance “after years of decline.” “NATO is a strong alliance, but to remain a strong […]
According to a CBS/SSRS poll, 38 percent of voters think Democrats should keep digging into Russian collusion allegations, while 58 percent said they should “drop [it] and move on to other issues.” Four percent said they didn’t know. According to a Rasmussen poll of 1,000 respondents done March 25-26, 61 percent said congressional Democrats should […]
WASHINGTON—House Speaker Nancy Pelosi sought to reassure the American Jewish community on March 26 that support for Israel in Congress is bipartisan and bicameral. “To be anti-Semitic is to be anti-American. It has no place in our country,” she said at the pro-Israel conference American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) in Washington. She cited a […]
California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) is suspending certain environmental laws in an effort to fast-track projects aimed at preventing wildfires. He called a state of emergency on March 22 that gave the green light to 35 projects that the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire) must implement “without delay.” Newsom acknowledged that his […]
WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump took aim at Democrats for being “anti-Israel” on March 21 when asked about his attendance at the annual pro-Israel conference, AIPAC. “The Democrats have very much proven to be anti-Israel, there’s no question about that, and it’s a disgrace,” Trump said. “I mean, I don’t know what’s happened to them but they […]
WASHINGTON—A top U.S. general said on March 21 that he was planning to sit down with Google in the coming week, if not that day, to talk about its business in China. General Joseph Dunford says that he sees U.S. tech companies moving into China as a threat to U.S. national security because of how […]
WASHINGTON—One year after President Donald Trump promised the “scourge of drug addiction in America will stop,” the administration says it is seeing progress. One of the measurements it is looking at is the amount of prescription drugs that are being collected on National Take Back days, a biannual event where people empty out their medicine […]
WASHINGTON—The commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said on March 6, that the abnormally high numbers of migrants—most from Central America—paired with broken U.S. immigration laws, has created a “border security and humanitarian crisis” that has been taken advantage of by smugglers and drug cartels. Speaking before the Senate Judiciary Committee, CBP Commissioner […]
OXON HILL, Md.—President Donald Trump drew cheers on legal immigration and boos on the Democrats’ Green New Deal before an exuberant crowd on the last day of the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), the highest attended conference in its 45-year history. After hugging the flag as he walked on stage, he greeted the crowd as […]
OXON HILL, MARYLAND—President Donald Trump further clarified comments he made in Vietnam about Otto Warmbier, a 22-year old American who was returned to the United States in a vegetative state in 2017 after being imprisoned in North Korea. “I am in such a horrible position, because in one way, I have to negotiate, in the […]
WASHINGTON—Senate Majority leader Mitch McConnell has recommended Ambassador to Canada, Kelly Craft, to replace former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, who left the job at the end of the year. McConnell’s office confirmed on Feb. 21 that he had recommended Ambassador Craft after it was reported by Axios. Craft is a native of McConnell’s home state […]
Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker testified that he had not “in any way” interfered in special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election. “We have followed the special counsel’s regulations to a T. There has been no event, no decision, that has required me to take any action and I have […]
WASHINGTON— President Donald Trump named acting Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt as permanent secretary of the department on Feb. 4, saying in a tweet that he had done a “fantastic job” since he took over in January. “David has done a fantastic job from the day he arrived, and we look forward to having […]
WASHINGTON—Russian officials warned of the start of another arms race after the United States announced on Feb. 1 that it will be suspending its obligations under the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, effective Feb. 2. For six years, the United States has charged that Russia has violated the treaty, and the United States has held […]
WASHINGTON—Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Lindsey Graham, threw his support behind President Donald Trump’s three nominees for the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, calling them “highly qualified” in a Jan. 31 statement over objections from both California Senators who claimed the White House did not do enough to include them in the selection process. […]
WASHINGTON—Congress members on both sides of the aisle expressed a willingness to compromise during their first border security conference committee meeting on Jan. 30, while still airing their views on the necessity, or lack thereof, of building a barrier on the border with Mexico. “To further secure the border, we should focus on proven solutions […]
WASHINGTON—The Undersecretary of Defense for Policy at the Department of Defense said on Jan. 29 that President Donald Trump has the authority to use the military to construct a barrier without calling a national emergency, as he has said he might do if he can’t get funding for a border wall through Congress. Testifying at the […]
WASHINGTON—Senate Majority leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is planning to bring legislation to the floor this week that would reopen the government and could be the first glimmer of a compromise between Democrats and Republicans over funding the full government. The chamber will hold two votes on Jan. 24, one based on a House-passed resolution to […]
WASHINGTON—On a cold January morning outside the Capitol, a coalition of groups that support U.S. President Donald Trump had an even colder message for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer over their refusal to fund a border wall. “Which one of your children would you be willing to sacrifice?” Amy Kremer, […]
WASHINGTON—Following on several other anti-human trafficking bills, President Donald Trump signed the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act on Jan. 9. First passed in 2000, the bill covers a range of human trafficking issues, such as prosecution for trafficking, and restitution and temporary visas for victims. It also establishes the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking […]
President Donald Trump used his New Year’s tweets, live call-in with Fox News, and his end-of year video to urge Democrats to fund a wall that he says is essential to securing the border. “We need border security and everybody knows it,” he said in a call-in interview with Fox News as they were live […]
WASHINGTON—U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) announced Dec. 31 that she’s exploring a run for president, after months of speculation that she might be a contender in the 2020 presidential race. Warren posted a video on Twitter telling her followers, “I never thought I’d run for office, not in a million years,” about her successful run for […]
Flu cases are on the rise around the United States, according to a weekly snapshot ending Dec. 22 put out by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), but so far they have not reached epidemic levels. Of the 10 regions the U.S. Health and Human Services has divided the country into, nine are reporting […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin said in a New Year’s letter to President Donald Trump that Moscow is ready for dialogue on a “wide-ranging agenda,” after Trump canceled a meeting with Putin at the G-20 summit in Argentina earlier in the month. On his way to the summit, Trump said he wouldn’t be meeting with Putin, […]
WASHINGTON—Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar was at a rehab hospital accompanying a relative when several nurses there started complaining to him about Medicare staffing ratios. “I said, ‘What’s a staffing ratio?’” he said at an AXIOS event in Washington on Dec. 13. They explained that it was the number of nurses that […]
WASHINGTON—Soon-to-be House Majority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has said that going into 2019, Democrats plan to focus on shoring up the country’s infrastructure with green technology, reforming campaign-finance laws, and lowering health care costs, while leaving room for the incoming representatives to have a say in the party’s agenda. When asked about the Democrats’ plans […]
WASHINGTON—A new school safety report commissioned by President Donald Trump in the wake of the February shooting in Parkland, Fla., throws support behind the use of school resource officers and school safety officers, and arming teachers to neutralize a shooter. The Federal Commission on School Safety, the issuer of the report, sees the recommendations as […]
WASHINGTON—The United States will be shifting away from aid programs and toward investment in Africa as it aims to promote stability and self-reliance on the continent. The new U.S. strategy on Africa also aims to counter aggression on that continent by China and, to a lesser extent, Russia, both of which are focusing their investments […]
WASHINGTON—Sixteen women gathered behind a podium at the National Press Club in Washington waving, clapping, cheering, and thanking President Donald Trump for fighting radical Islam. “I’m Kurdish, from Kurdistan,” said Chiman Zebari, an activist working to eradicate the practice of honor killings. “We are women from Kurdistan, and I would say we are women for […]
WASHINGTON—Parents Jeffery Morehouse, Juan Garaicoa, and Michelle Littleton sat before a House Foreign Affairs subcommittee on Dec. 10 to testify about the same terrible fate of their children—international abduction by a spouse. “While most children were returning to school, my children were boarding a plane and being kidnapped to war-torn Lebanon,” Littleton, a mother of […]
WASHINGTON—Vice President Mike Pence’s chief of staff, Nick Ayers, announced Dec. 9 that he will be leaving by the end of the year, while thanking both President Donald Trump and Pence “for the honor to serve our Nation at The White House.” “I will be departing at the end of the year, but will work […]
WASHINGTON—On the same day John O’Brien was appointed as the next senior adviser to the Health and Human Services (HHS) secretary for drug pricing reform, he published a blog post targeting conservative groups opposed to the administration’s attempts to rein in high drug prices by pegging them to other countries. On Dec. 6, the American Conservative Union (ACU) […]
WASHINGTON—Two U.S. senators from opposite sides of the aisle are proposing legislation that would close a loophole in the Medicaid rebate program that allowed Mylan to save over a billion dollars by allegedly misclassifying the EpiPen. Proposed by Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), both members of the Senate Finance Committee, the bill would […]
WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump has presented Chinese leader Xi Jinping with a carrot and a stick on trade negotiations between their two countries, three days after their meeting in Argentina during the G-20 summit. In a series of tweets on Dec. 4, he recalled their “wonderful and very warm dinner” where the two discussed trade, and […]
WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump has presented Chinese leader Xi Jinping with a carrot and a stick on trade negotiations between their two countries, three days after their meeting in Argentina during the G-20 summit. In a series of tweets on Dec. 4, he recalled their “wonderful and very warm dinner” where the two discussed trade, and […]
WASHINGTON—States should expand health insurance offerings and Congress and the White House should work to get rid of certain Affordable Care Act (also known as Obamacare) mandates that smother competition, an interagency report released Dec. 3 recommends. The report, a collaboration between the departments of Health and Human Services, Labor, and Treasury, offers recommendations to […]
WASHINGTON—After meeting with President Donald Trump in Argentina on Dec. 1, Chinese leader Xi Jinping said he intends to list fentanyl as a controlled substance, “meaning that people selling fentanyl to the United States will be subject to China’s maximum penalty under the law,” according to a statement from the White House. Fentanyl, a synthetic […]
WASHINGTON—A federal judge indicated on Nov. 30 that he intends to issue a ruling on Monday, Dec. 3, on a legal challenge to a Congressional subpoena issued to former FBI Director James Comey. During a hearing at the U.S. district court in Washington on Nov. 30, Judge Trevor McFadden asked the attorney for the U.S. House […]
WASHINGTON—Some 4,300 Veterans Affairs (VA) workers have been demoted, fired, or suspended since President Donald Trump took office, Vice President Mike Pence told a room of veterans caregivers on Nov. 26. Pence said that proves the president has “taken decisive action to restore accountability to the VA,” a statement that drew loud applause and cheers […]
With all but one midterm election decided, national attention has turned to the U.S. Senate runoff race in Mississippi between incumbent Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith and Democratic challenger Mike Espy. Hyde-Smith, who was appointed by Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant to replace retired Sen. Thad Cochran in April, is now having to fight for her seat against a […]
WASHINGTON—Days after Turkey released a recording of the killing of U.S. resident and dissident Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, President Donald Trump said that the United States “intends to remain a steadfast partner of Saudi Arabia to ensure the interests of our country.” While the investigation into the journalist’s death at a Saudi consulate in Turkey is […]
WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump urged members of Congress to pass a prison reform bill called the First Step Act that that has received bipartisan support. The legislation reduces the enhanced penalties for certain non-violent repeat drug offenders and eliminates the three-strike mandatory life provision. Under most circumstances, it would ban restraints on pregnant prisoners, and seeks […]
Acting U.S. Attorney General Matt Whitaker has been on the job less than a week after taking over for former Attorney General Jeff Sessions, but he’s already facing a legal challenge to his new role. In a motion filed in Maryland federal court on Nov. 13, the State of Maryland is seeking an injunction to […]
After lauding the U.N. Security Council for working together on North Korea sanctions, U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley also leveled some criticism. The U.N.’s member countries have largely failed to live up to the ideals of multilateral cooperation, Haley said, and the United States will be rethinking its generous contribution to the international […]
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told Saudi Arabia’s Prince Mohammed bin Salman Nov. 11 that the United States would hold accountable anyone they found responsible for the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi and urged Saudi Arabia to do the same. Saudi Arabia is a U.S. ally that has worked with the United States on situations […]
The Trump administration issued two final rules Nov. 7 that would expand the number of businesses, organizations, and individuals who object to certain contraceptives from having to carry health insurance that covers them. Under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), also known as Obamacare, plans that were grandfathered in were not required to provide contraceptive coverage, […]
The states of West Virginia, Oregon, and Alabama all have measures on their ballots this year related to funding of abortion with taxpayer dollars. None of the measures would prohibit women from having an abortion, which is protected by Roe v. Wade; if passed, the initiatives would exempt taxpayers from paying for the procedures through […]
Enrollment in Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) is projected to grow modestly in 2019 after declining this year, while spending on the programs is projected to increase. A report by the nonprofit Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) predicts that enrollment in Medicaid and CHIP will rise by less than 1 percent in 2019, […]
Three days after a shooter opened fire at a synagogue in Pittsburgh, killing 11, President Donald Trump visited the site of the shooting and a hospital where some of the injured are recovering. When asked the day before what his goal in traveling to the city was, Trump told Fox News that he was going there […]
WASHINGTON—Chants of “USA, USA, USA,” fist pumps, and cheers greeted President Donald Trump as he entered the East Room of the White House to speak at a Young Black Leadership Summit on Oct. 26. “One day, one of you is going to be standing—it could be three or four of you actually—but you’re going to […]
Chants of “USA, USA, USA,” fist pumps, and cheers greeted President Donald Trump as he entered the East Room of the White House to speak at a Young Black Leadership Summit on Oct. 26. “One day, one of you is going to be standing—it could be three or four of you actually—but you’re going to […]
WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump on Oct. 24 signed a bipartisan package of bills on opioid addiction that he called “the single largest bill to combat the drug crisis in the history of our country.” The Substance Use-Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment (SUPPORT) for Patients and Communities Act allocates resources for treatment and prevention, […]
President Donald Trump signed a bipartisan water infrastructure bill into law on Oct. 23 that its sponsors described as a step forward for infrastructure, the economy, and public health. The bill, America’s Water Infrastructure Act of 2018 (AWIA), gives more resources to communities for flooding, to maintain ports and harbors, to expand water storage, and to improve […]
With the midterm elections approaching, approval ratings for President Donald Trump are going up, with a recent NBC/Wall Street Journal poll giving him a record high 47 percent overall approval rating. According to the same poll, that’s an increase from 44 percent in September, 44 and 46 percent in August, 45 percent in July, and […]
Morgan Murtaugh is likely the most unusual candidate running this election cycle—at 26, she’s the youngest one running for Congress, she’s Republican, she’s the descendant of Mexican immigrants, and she’s running against a 17-year incumbent in a district that is predominantly Democrat. She also has never held public office. “Go big or go home, right?” […]
President Donald Trump extended and expanded what he called a “very important” program to clean up sea-borne waste by signing a bill to boost international cooperation on removing debris from the planet’s oceans. The Save Our Seas Act of 2018 extended the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Marine Debris Program for an additional five years, […]
Insurance companies and pharmacy benefits managers (PBM) will no longer be able to strong-arm pharmacies into keeping quiet when customers pay more than they need to for drugs, thanks to two bills President Donald Trump signed on Oct. 10. The bills, Know the Lowest Price Act and Patients Right to Know Drug Prices Act, target […]
Senate Democrats are trying to force a vote on a resolution to overturn a Trump administration rule, which went into effect at the beginning of this month, allowing for the expansion of short-term health insurance plans. The joint resolution would invalidate the rule that the Trump administration finalized at the end of August to expand short-term […]
WASHINGTON—Brett Kavanaugh was already sworn in as a Supreme Court justice on Oct. 6, but the White House held another swearing-in ceremony for him with the president in attendance on Oct. 8 after a prolonged confirmation hearing. Addressing a packed East Room, President Donald Trump introduced his nominee with an apology. “On behalf of our […]
WASHINGTON—Brett Kavanaugh was already sworn in as a Supreme Court justice on Oct. 6, but the White House held another swearing-in ceremony for him with the president in attendance on Oct. 8 after a prolonged confirmation hearing. Addressing a packed East Room, President Donald Trump introduced his nominee with an apology. “On behalf of our […]
Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court is now squarely in the rearview mirror—he is now Justice Kavanaugh, after his swearing-in ceremony Oct. 7, and the dust is beginning to settle after a messy and mostly partisan battle over his confirmation. But as the midterms loom nearer, it’s not clear that all the partisan rankling […]
First Lady Melania Trump finished her whirlwind, six-day trip to four African countries on Oct. 7, capped off by visits to Kenya and Egypt. After visiting Malawi and Ghana, she arrived in Nairobi, Kenya, on Oct. 4 to a red-carpet welcome. The next day, she spent time with Kenyan first lady Margaret Kenyatta, who she met […]
October is National Cyber Security Awareness month, a time that the management at Facebook takes very seriously, but implements it in a very not-so-serious way. For more than seven years, the month has been known at Facebook as “Hacktober,” a time when the cybersecurity team plays a month-long game of “trick or treat” with employees to […]
WASHINGTON—Our fear of sharks may be able to teach us something about how to manage cybersecurity threats, argues Melanie Ensign, security and privacy communications lead at Uber. It’s not their superb hunting skills or their ability to kill their prey that is useful so much as their effect on the human brain. Humans have an […]
WASHINGTON—Dianna de la Garza, the mother of Demi Lovato, is teaming up with former Fox News host and current host of CRTV’s “America” Eric Bolling to bring awareness to the U.S. opioid epidemic. In September 2017, Bolling lost his only son, Eric Chase, to an overdose after Chase took a Xanax pill he bought on campus that was laced […]
After San Francisco voted to allow non-citizens to vote in school-board elections, as of November, many began to wonder what citizenship means in the United States. That question was to put to 428 House members on Sept. 26 in the form of House Resolution 1071, with 65 percent essentially saying they agreed that “allowing illegal […]
In a party obsessed with identity, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) may be doing more to hurt than help. She is white, affluent, upper-class, older, and, to many, represents the establishment that her party collectively distrusts. Twenty-eight-year-old congressional candidate Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was noncommittal when asked about voting for Pelosi for House speaker if the Democrats […]
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) says it’s reviewing contracts with fetal tissue providers after dropping a contract it had with a California-based provider earlier this week because of sourcing issues. On Sept. 24, HHS announced the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) canceled a contract with Advanced Bioscience Resources, Inc., located in Alameda, […]
WASHINGTON—Jobless claims are the lowest since the 1960s, unemployment is the lowest since 2000, wage growth is the highest it’s been since 2008—and Vice President Mike Pence says there’s a message in that for former President Barack Obama. “It didn’t just happen,” Pence said in Washington on Sept. 22. “It’s because the American people made a […]
The U.S. State Department said for the first time that it has a deadline for North Korea to denuclearize: January 2021, according to comments by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. The deadline was announced as South Korean President Moon Jae-in and his North Korean counterpart, Kim Jong Un, wrapped up a three-day summit in Pyongyang. In […]
President Donald Trump traveled to North and South Carolina on Sept. 19 to see the worst of the damage by Hurricane Florence in the worst-hit states. “He also wanted a full overview from state and local officials in both states,” White House press secretary Sarah Sanders told reporters on Air Force One. “He wanted to make […]
WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump told Polish President Andrzej Duda that he’s considering his counterpart’s offer of putting a U.S. military base in Poland, because of concerns about Russian military aggression in the region. Duda offered to pay more than $2 billion for the permanent base, according to Trump, who cited it as a potential model for other […]
