Trump says the North Korea summit is back on
President Donald Trump said Friday that a historic summit next month with North Korea leader Kim Jong Un is back on. Trump, who had canceled…
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Mueller’s Team Reports Cost of Investigation
By Kenneth White Reuters reports that recent expenses by Mueller’s team stand at $4.5 million dollars, of which the largest portion was salaries and benefits…
EU & Canada Impose Retaliatory Tariffs
By Kenneth White In a document lodged at the World Trade Organization, the EU has set out 25-percent tariff increases aimed in part at hurting…
223,000 jobs added in May; unemployment rate falls to 3.8 percent
The U.S. economy added a robust 223,000 jobs in the month of May, according to figures released Friday by the Department of Labor, and the…
Trump to pardon right-wing provocateur Dinesh D’Souza
President Donald Trump on Thursday announced he will grant a full pardon to conservative commentator, writer and filmmaker Dinesh D’Souza, who pleaded guilty in 2014…
Trump wishes he had picked someone other than Jeff Sessions to be attorney general
Republished with permission by Knowhere News President Donald Trump on Wednesday said via Twitter he wished he had tapped someone other than Jeff Sessions for…
Many Republican mayors are advancing climate-friendly policies without saying so
San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer, right, and California Governor Jerry Brown, left, discuss drought and water restrictions on August 11, 2015. Faulconer has championed renewable…
Trump says Mueller investigation will influence midterm elections
Republished with permission by Knowhere News In a series of Tuesday morning tweets, President Donald Trump accused Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigative team of meddling…
Hurricane Maria death toll is thousands higher than official count, according to new Harvard-led study
Thousands more people died after Hurricane Maria ravaged Puerto Rico in September than the island’s government has acknowledged, according to a Harvard study published Tuesday…
North and South Korean leaders hold surprise talks at DMZ
The leaders of North and South Korea met in the demilitarized zone separating the two countries on Saturday, hours after President Donald Trump suggested his…
FEC rejects proposal to consider new rules on foreign spending in US elections
by Jordan Muller – Center For Responsive Politics The Federal Election Commission (FEC) on Thursday rejected a rulemaking to address foreign influence in United States election spending,…
FBI warns Russians hacked hundreds of thousands of routers
The FBI warned on Friday that Russian computer hackers had compromised hundreds of thousands of home and office routers and could collect user information or…
Trump cancels planned June 12 summit with N. Korean leader
President Donald Trump has canceled the planned summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, which was set to take place June 12 in Singapore….
Trump can’t block people on Twitter, federal judge rules
President Donald Trump cannot block Twitter users for the political views they have expressed, a federal judge in Manhattan ruled on Wednesday. The government had…
NFL announces new policy that will fine teams if players kneel during national anthem
The NFL announced Wednesday that all players must stand when on the field as the national anthem is played before a game — or they…
Guiliani and the Opioid Epidemic
By Kenneth White Purdue Pharma hired Rudolph Giuliani, the former New York mayor and now Donald Trump’s lawyer, to head off a federal investigation in…
E-filing bill now has more support than ever
by Jordan Muller – Center for Responsive Politics A bill that would require all Senate candidates to electronically file campaign finance disclosures with the Federal Election…
House and Senate Democratic Leaders Unveil Better Deal
By Kenneth White On Monday, May 21, House and Senate Democratic Leaders will host a press conference to introduce their new initiative “A Better Deal…
Unknown FBI Informant Contacted Trump’s Campaign Team
By Kenneth White The Washington Post reports that in addition to meeting with Trump campaign advisers George Papadopoulos and Carter Page, an informant who offered to…
Texas school shooting: Possible explosive devices found both at school and off campus, officials say
Police investigating the aftermath of a Santa Fe, Texas, high school shooting that killed at least eight people said they have found what appear to…