Pentagon goes on lockdown and bans all domestic travel for service members nationwide
Daily Mail - Sat Mar 14, 2020
The Pentagon building has been placed on lockdown and the Department of Defense has suspended nearly all domestic travel for military service members and civilian employees due to the coronavirus pandemic. More»
Trump declares national emergency over coronavirus
BBC - Fri Mar 13, 2020
US President Donald Trump has declared a national emergency to help handle the growing outbreak of coronavirus. More»
CPAC attendee tests positive for coronavirus
The Hill - Sat Mar 7, 2020
The American Conservative Union (ACU) announced Saturday that an attendee at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). More»
Trump says coronavirus shows need for better flu shot
New York Post - Mon Mar 2, 2020
President Trump says the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak shows the need for a better flu shot. More»
'Thank you, God': Trump revels in reign as absolute king of CPAC
The Guardian - Sat Feb 29, 2020
At the grassroots conservative gathering after fronting a coronavirus briefing, the president was back in his happy place. More»
Supreme Court justice's wife is compiling 'enemies list' of government workers disloyal to Trump
Daily KOS - Wed Feb 26, 2020
Ginni Thomas is not just the wife of arch-conservative Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas - she is also a hard-right conservative activist who has been, and let us attempt to put this as graciously as possible, very, very active in behind-the-scenes efforts to turn conservatism into the freak cult it has become. More»
Trump Administration Quietly Goes After Disability Benefits
Huffington Post - Sat Feb 1, 2020
Some Americans could lose Social Security Disability Insurance benefits under a recent Trump administration proposal ? a change that could affect thousands of people but that has received little attention since it was first floated in November. More»
Top Russia expert on National Security Council is 'escorted off the White House grounds'
NBC News - Sun Jan 19, 2020
The top White House official responsible for Russia and Europe has been put on indefinite administrative leave amid a security-related investigation, two US officials and a former US official said. More»
Trump impeachment: President pens irate letter to Pelosi on eve of vote
BBC - Tue Dec 17, 2019
President Donald Trump has lashed out over his impending impeachment in an irate letter to top Democrat Nancy Pelosi, accusing her of declaring "open war on American democracy". More»
Pentagon chief fires top Navy Secretary Richard Spencer over SEAL controversy
Associated Press - Mon Nov 25, 2019
WASHINGTON - Defense Secretary Mark Esper has fired the Navy’s top official, ending a stunning clash between President Donald Trump and top military leadership over the fate of a SEAL accused of war crimes in Iraq. More»
Roger Stone Is Guilty in U.S. Trial Over Lies About 2016 Leaks
Bloomberg - Fri Nov 15, 2019
Roger Stone, the longtime Republican operative and early Trump booster, was convicted of lying to Congress, obstructing a congressional probe and witness tampering, just two days after House Democrats separately began public impeachment hearings. More»
Senior Trump Official Embellished Résumé, Had Face On Fake Time Cover
NBC News - Wed Nov 13, 2019
WASHINGTON - A senior Trump administration official has embellished her résumé with misleading claims about her professional background - even creating a fake Time magazine cover with her face on it - raising questions about her qualifications to hold a top position at the State Department. More»
Two Giuliani Ukraine associates indicted on campaign finance charges
Politico - Thu Oct 10, 2019
Two foreign-born associates of President Donald Trump's personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, were among those indicted on campaign finance charges made public on Thursday over alleged schemes to buy political influence on behalf of a Ukrainian government official and a Russian businessman. More»
Defense Intelligence Agency worker arrested on charges of leaking top-secret information to reporters
CNBC - Wed Oct 9, 2019
A counterterrorism analyst for the US Defense Intelligence Agency was arrested Wednesday on federal charges that he leaked top secret and other classified information - including details of a foreign country's weapons systems - to two reporters in 2018 and this year. More»
White House Refuses To Cooperate With Impeachment Inquiry; Constitutional Crisis Looms
Huffington Post - Tue Oct 8, 2019
An eight-page letter to House leaders, including Speaker Nancy Pelosi, said that the White House will not cooperate with the inquiry into President Trump's actions. More»
Trump Denounces Impeachment Inquiry As A ‘Coup'
AFP - Wed Oct 2, 2019
Donald Trump on Tuesday denounced the impeachment inquiry threatening his presidency as a "coup," as his administration pushed back hard against the investigation. More»
Trump Now Says Adam Schiff Should Be Arrested For Treason
Huffington Post - Mon Sep 30, 2019
For the second time in two days, President Donald Trump on Monday falsely accused a Democratic member of Congress of treason, escalating his attacks on those leading an impeachment inquiry into his apparent attempt to ask a foreign government to intervene in the US election. More»
Kremlin Warns U.S. Against Releasing Transcripts Of Trump's Calls With Putin
Huffington Post - Sat Sep 28, 2019
A Kremlin official warned Friday that any release of transcripts of phone calls between Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin could exacerbate problems that already exist between the nations. More»
The Secret History Of Fort Detrick, The CIA’s Base For Mind Control Experiments
Politico - Sun Sep 15, 2019
In 1954, a prison doctor in Kentucky isolated seven black inmates and fed them “double, triple and quadruple” doses of LSD for 77 days straight. More»
President Trump cancels secret meeting with the Taliban at Camp David after they admitted to Kabul attack that killed US solider and 11 others
Daily Mail - Sat Sep 7, 2019
Donald Trump on Saturday said he cancelled peace talks with Afghanistan's Taliban leaders after the insurgent group said it was behind an attack in Kabul that killed an American soldier and 11 other people. More»
Trump Administration: Citizenship no longer automatic for children of some US military members stationed overseas
CNN - Thu Aug 29, 2019
Washington, DC - The Trump administration is making it more difficult for the children of some US service members and US government employees living abroad to automatically become US citizens, according to a policy alert released Wednesday by US Citizenship and Immigration Services. More»
US Moves to Abolish Child Custody Limits, So Children Can Be Detained Indefinitely
BBC - Wed Aug 21, 2019
Migrant families who cross the southern border of the US could be detained indefinitely under a new regulation announced by the Trump administration. More»
Trump says Democrats 'always play the race card,' then calls Elijah Cummings 'racist'
USA Today - Sun Jul 28, 2019
President Donald Trump pushed back Sunday against Democrats after they denounced as racist his attacks on Baltimore as a "rodent infested mess" where "no human being would want to live". More»
Trump's doctored presidential seal leads to firing
BBC - Thu Jul 25, 2019
A member of a conservative US group has been fired after projecting a doctored version of the presidential seal at an event featuring President Donald Trump. More»
Facebook Fined Record $5 Billion By FTC For Privacy Violations
Associated Press - Wed Jul 24, 2019
WASHINGTON, DC - Federal regulators have fined Facebook $5 billion for privacy violations and are instituting new oversight and restrictions on its business. More»
Mueller Report Did Not Exonerate Trump, Mueller Says
Huffington Post - Wed Jul 24, 2019
Despite President Donald Trump’s repeated insistence that former special counsel Robert Mueller’s report was a “total exoneration,” Mueller on Wednesday confirmed it was not. More»
Pence abruptly canceled trip because person he was meeting was about to be busted by the feds
Politico - Mon Jul 22, 2019
Vice President Mike Pence was one short plane ride away from shaking hands with an alleged interstate drug dealer. More»
Trump Lies About Congresswomen Of Color Referring To 'Evil Jews'
Huffington Post - Fri Jul 19, 2019
President Donald Trump on Friday continued his attack on four progressive congresswomen of color by falsely claiming they had talked about “evil Jews”. More»
Kellyanne Conway Asks Reporter’s Ethnicity As She Defends Trump’s Racist Remarks
Washington Post - Tue Jul 16, 2019
Kellyanne Conway, responding to a reporter’s question Tuesday about President Trump’s racist tweet directed to four Democratic congresswomen, asked the journalist: “What’s your ethnicity?”. More»
Trump’s Racism Hit A New Level As He Told Four Congresswomen To “Go Back” To Their “Broken” Countries
BuzzFeed - Sun Jul 14, 2019
President Trump railed against progressive congresswomen in a series of racist tweets on Sunday, telling the American citizens to go back to their countries. More»