President Trump Postpones Declassification of the HPSCI Minority Memo
By Karen O’Connor Rubsam Late Friday, Donald McGahn, Counsel to President Trump released a letter stating that, while President Trump is “inclined to declassify the [...]
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Is Michael Wolff’s Book On Trump Fake News?
President Donald Trump and his circle aren’t the only officials calling parts of Michael Wolff’s new book on the early days of his administration fake news. Former [...]
US bombers fly close to North Korea in show of force
US bombers escorted by fighter jets have flown close to North Korea’s east coast, according to US officials, in a display of military strength after an escalating war [...]
Opinion: Are we heading for Nuclear war?
In his first address to the UN, President Trump, Tuesday, warned that the US is ready to “totally destroy” North Korea. This is an unsurprising move given the recent rise [...]
McCain’s message on Trump: ‘We don’t answer to him. We answer to the American people’
WASHINGTON — Sen. John McCain is back, returning to Washington with a message for his colleagues in the age of President Donald Trump. McCain picked up Friday where he left [...]
Trump Blames Republican Leaders for Creating Debt Ceiling ‘Mess’
U.S. President Donald Trump has accused congressional leaders in his Republican party of creating a political “mess” for not attaching debt ceiling legislation to [...]
Charlottesville and the politics of fear
Did Trump’s rhetoric played a part in radicalizing the far-right protesters in Charlottesville? AP Photo/Steve Helber David Alpher, George Mason University I have spent [...]
Bannon Calls Alt-Right White Nationalists ‘Losers’
President Donald Trump’s chief strategist Steve Bannon has called white nationalists and alt-right groups “losers” in a phone call with the editor of a progressive [...]
Charlottesville, Virginia: the history of the statue at the center of violent unrest
Jenny Woodley, Nottingham Trent University The violent scenes in Charlottesville, Virginia, that led to the death of one woman and left many more injured began as a dispute [...]
Senate Blocks Trump from Making Appointments During August Break
The U.S. Senate has effectively blocked President Donald Trump from making any appointments while the lawmakers are on their August break. The politicians have agreed to a [...]
Misleading statements on Russia meeting recall Clinton’s impeachment
Clark D. Cunningham, Georgia State University According to a biographer of Donald Trump, “He’s been lying his whole life, almost reflexively.” Now, President Trump may [...]
Trump Squeezes Sessions to Investigate Clinton ‘Crimes’
By U.S. Dept. of Justice [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons President Donald Trump is hinting his Attorney General Jeff Sessions could lose his job for not showing enough [...]
Donald Trump: Six Months into His Presidency
Thursday marks six months since U.S. President Donald Trump was sworn in as the country’s 45th president. It has been a chaotic half-year in the White House for the [...]
Trump’s Wall: How Much Money Does the Government Have For It Now?
by T. Christian Miller ProPublica, April 13, 2017, 1:34 p.m. During the campaign, President Donald Trump promised to build a wall across the southern border some 1,000 miles [...]
With Syria missile strikes, Trump turns from non-intervention to waging war
Military strikes against a Syrian airforce base mark Donald Trump’s first big foreign policy test as president. Ben Rich, Curtin University The United States’ unilateral [...]
The power of ordinary people facing totalitarianism
A 1969 photo of political theorist and scholar Hannah Arendt. AP Photo Kathleen B. Jones, San Diego State University In the weeks since the election of President Donald J. [...]
