Kellyanne Conway violated Hatch Act, Office of Special Counsel says
The Office of Special Counsel sent a report to President Trump on Tuesday recommending disciplinary action against Kellyanne Conway for political activity while in her…
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North Korea agrees to moratorium on nuclear and missile tests, will hold landmark summit in April
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has agreed to stop nuclear and missile tests if his country holds talks with the United States on denuclearizing the…
Alt-Right Movement Hit By Infighting and Defection
The white supremacist, alt-right movement that rose during the presidential campaign of President Donald Trump appears to be splintering. … the alt-right movement on grounds…
Will the United States ever get back on a bipartisan ‘Middle Way?
Bipartisan laughter: Eisenhower with GOP Sen. William Knowland and Democratic Sen. Lyndon Johnson. Lou Galambos, Johns Hopkins University Our nation has been ripped apart by…
Students Build Program That Sniffs Out Twitter ‘Bots’
For months, university students Ash Bhat and Rohan Phadte had been tracking about 1,500 political propaganda accounts on Twitter that appeared to have been generated…
‘Beast from the East’ and freakishly warm Arctic temperatures are no coincidence
University of Maine, Climate Change Institute Peter Inness, University of Reading During the past week, bitterly cold weather has engulfed the UK and most of…
Open internet advocates pressure US senators before midterms
As the clock ticks on the effort to restore net neutrality, advocates see hope in using the midterm elections in the US to hold elected…
Facebook’s fact-checkers flag satire as fake news
Facebook on Friday said it mistakenly threatened to demonetize a satirical website’s social networking account after one of its articles, “CNN Purchases Industrial-Sized Washing Machine…
Alex Jones’ former employees allege racism, sexual harassment, anti-Semitism: Report
Two people formerly employed by far-right conspiracy theorist Alex Jones have filed federal complaints alleging the embattled InfoWars publisher discriminated against his staff and subjected…
Trump Accuses Lawmakers of Being ‘Afraid of the NRA’
U.S. President Donald Trump again called on lawmakers to approve some type of gun control legislation to prevent more school shootings, two weeks after 17…
Putin boasts of new-generation ‘invincible’ weaponry
President Vladimir Putin boasted Russia has developed a new generation of hypersonic missiles in his state of the nation address on Thursday, warning global powers…
Hope Hicks, Trump’s longest-serving aide, resigns from White House
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s communications director and close aide Hope Hicks announced her resignation Wednesday and will leave the West Wing in a few…
Dick’s Sporting Goods will no longer sell assault-style rifles, says ‘thoughts and prayers are not enough’
Dick’s Sporting Goods announced Wednesday that it would stop selling assault-style rifles and high-capacity magazines, and end the sale of firearms to people under 21…
Supreme Court strengthens government’s power to indefinitely detain immigrants who face deportation
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday strengthened the Trump administration’s power to hold immigrants in jail for months or years as they fight deportation,…
Trump names campaign manager for 2020 reelection bid
President Donald Trump has only just completed his first year in the White House, but he is already looking ahead to a 2020 reelection campaign,…
Trump says he would have gone into school unarmed to stop massacre
President Trump Monday criticized Florida deputy sheriffs who didn’t confront the gunman at a Florida high school, saying he would have gone in unarmed to…
Supreme Court won’t hear appeal of DACA ruling
The U.S. Supreme Court declined Monday to hear the Trump administration’s appeal of a federal judge’s ruling that requires the government to keep the Deferred…
North Korea Calls Latest US Sanctions an ‘Act of War’
North Korea says the latest U.S. sanctions against it constitute an “act of war.” The statement carried by the official KCNA news agency, accuses the…
NRA Boycott: Full List of Companies To Cut Ties
More than a dozen companies have cut ties with the National Rifle Association (NRA) as a boycott campaign gathers pace in the aftermath of the…
Democrats release counter-memo over Russia probe
Democratic legislators released a significantly-redacted rebuttal Saturday of a controversial Republican memo alleging bias and abuse of power in the investigation into Russian interference …