A storm destroyed part of the 'segregation wall' in Arlington, Virginia
CNN - Wed Jul 10, 2019
In his "I Have a Dream" speech, the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. called out, "We will not be satisfied until justice rolls down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream". More»
The money was fake. The police were real. It happened in an elementary school.
Washington Post - Sat Jul 6, 2019
The trouble started after one second-grader gave another some of the play money she had brought to her suburban Maryland school. More»
Trump Says Troops ‘Took Over Airports’ During Revolutionary War, In Rainy Fourth Of July Speech
Rolling Stone - Thu Jul 4, 2019
“The Continental Army… manned the air, it rammed the ramparts, it took over airports, it did everything it had to do,” the president said. More»
U.S. Vice President Pence abruptly cancels trip to New Hampshire
Reuters - Tue Jul 2, 2019
WASHINGTON - US Vice President Mike Pence abruptly canceled a planned trip to New Hampshire on Tuesday after being called back to the White House for an unspecified reason, White House officials said. More»
Senators get classified briefing on UFO sightings
Yahoo News - Thu Jun 20, 2019
Three more US senators received a classified Pentagon briefing on Wednesday about a series of reported encounters by the Navy with unidentified aircraft, according to congressional and military officials - part of a growing number of requests from members of key oversight committees. More»
US "Ramping Up" Cyber Attacks on Russia
CNN - Sat Jun 15, 2019
Washington, DC - The US is escalating cyber attacks on Russia's electric power grid and has placed potentially crippling malware inside the Russian system, The New York Times reported Saturday. More»
Trump orders Navy not to use 'electric' because 'nobody knows' how it works
ShareBlue - Sat Jun 1, 2019
Trump wants to scrap an electric launch system for Navy ships, despite the cost savings for taxpayers and increased military power they would allow, because he thinks it's 'too much' modern technology. More»
Pentagon finally admits it investigated UFOs as part of secretive initiative shuttered in 2012
Daily Mail - Wed May 22, 2019
A US Department of Defense spokesperson reportedly confirmed the Pentagon's interest in UFO's, citing the agency's investigation of 'unidentified aerial phenomena'. More»
Trump claims noise from windmills "causes cancer"
The Hill - Wed Apr 3, 2019
President Trump on Tuesday stepped up his attacks against wind power, claiming that the structures decrease property values and that the noise they emit causes cancer. More»
Coast Guard officer wanted to kill Democrats, TV hosts, say prosecutors
NBC News - Wed Feb 20, 2019
WASHINGTON - A US Coast Guard lieutenant working in the nation's capital lived a secret life as a "domestic terrorist" who aspired to mass murder and compiled a target list of prominent politicians and journalists, federal prosecutors allege in court papers. More»
Trump Declares National Emergency To Fund U.S.-Mexico Border Wall
Huffington Post - Fri Feb 15, 2019
President Donald Trump on Friday declared a national emergency at the southern US border in an effort to unilaterally seize funding to begin building his long-promised wall between the US and Mexico. More»
Trump Orders FEMA To Cut Off Aid For California Wildfires
Huffington Post - Tue Jan 8, 2019
The president said the fire-ravaged state will receive no more money until "they get their act together". More»
Trump Threatens To Continue Government Shutdown For 'Months Or Even Years'
Huffington Post - Thu Jan 3, 2019
WASHINGTON, DC - Continuing negotiations over the government shutdown and funding for his border wall, President Donald Trump on Friday threatened to withhold funding for multiple government agencies "for a very long period of time - months or even years," according to Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY). More»
US Defence Secretary Jim Mattis resigns
BBC - Wed Dec 19, 2018
"Because you have the right to have a secretary of defence whose views are better aligned with yours on these and other subjects, I believe it is right for me to step down," Gen Mattis wrote. More»
Trump says he doesn't believe in climate change because 'air and water is at a record clean'
The Independent - Tue Nov 27, 2018
Donald Trump has said he does not believe in manmade climate change because America's water and air is "right now at a record clean". More»
Inside Trump's Paris temper tantrum, election woes and staff upheaval
Washington Post - Tue Nov 13, 2018
As he jetted to Paris last Friday, President Trump received a congratulatory phone call aboard Air Force One. More»
Matthew Whitaker: Acting Attorney General Said Judges Should Be Christian
The Guardian - Thu Nov 8, 2018
Donald Trump's new attorney general once said that judges should be Christian and proposed blocking non-religious people from judicial appointments. More»
Jeff Sessions Forced Out As Attorney General After Constant Criticism From Trump
NPR - Wed Nov 7, 2018
Jeff Sessions, the president's earliest and most fervent supporter in Congress, resigned under pressure as attorney general on Wednesday after brutal criticism from the president, bringing an abrupt end to his controversial tenure as the nation's top law enforcement officer. More»
White House Uses Doctored Video To Support Claim Against Reporter
N&G - Wed Nov 7, 2018
The White House is standing by its decision to revoke the press credentials of CNN correspondent Jim Acosta. More»
Trump: 'We will open fire on the immigrant caravan if they throw stones"
Daily Mail - Thu Nov 1, 2018
President Donald Trump issued a dire warning to would-be immigrants making their way toward the US, warning that thousands of US troops being sent to the border would return fire if caravan members throw rocks at them. More»
Trump cancels pay raises for federal employees
CNN - Wed Aug 29, 2018
Washington - President Donald Trump told lawmakers on Thursday he was scrapping a planned pay raise for civilian federal workers, saying the nation's budget couldn't support it. More»
White House blocks bill that would protect elections
Yahoo News - Fri Aug 24, 2018
WASHINGTON - A bill that would have significantly bolstered the nation's defenses against electoral interference has been held up in the Senate at the behest of the White House, which opposed the proposed legislation, according to congressional sources. More»
Paul Manafort found guilty on eight counts
CNN - Mon Aug 20, 2018
Alexandria, Virginia - President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman Paul Manafort has been found guilty on eight counts of financial crimes, a major victory for special counsel Robert Mueller. More»
GOP Senators Accuse National Science Foundation Of Funding Climate 'Propaganda'
Huffington Post - Sun Jun 24, 2018
Four Republican senators this week demanded an investigation of the National Science Foundation's grants, accusing the federal agency of "propagandizing" by supporting a program to encourage TV meteorologists to report on climate change. More»
White House announces plan to merge Education and Labor departments
CNBC - Wed Jun 20, 2018
The White House announced a plan on Thursday to combine the Education and Labor departments to form the Department of Education and the Workforce. More»
Trump Says Separation Of Families At Border Is A Negotiating Tool
CNN - Fri Jun 15, 2018
President Donald Trump suggested Saturday that he is using his administration's separation of families at the US border as a negotiating tool to get Democrats to cave on his immigration demands, which include funding for a border wall, curbing legal immigration into the US, and tightening the rules for border enforcement. More»
NRA Boss Oliver North Says Parkland Teenagers Are "Criminal Civil Terrorists"
Newsweek - Fri May 11, 2018
McLEAN, Virginia - The newly elected president of the National Rifle Association has claimed that gun control activists, like those who have emerged following a deadly shooting at a high school in Parkland, Florida, in February, are "civil terrorists. More»
At FDA, TVs now turned to Fox News and can't be switched
CBS News - Thu May 10, 2018
SILVER SPRING, Maryland - Attention viewers at the US Food and Drug Administration: Televisions will now be tuned to Fox News. More»
Interior Department Tells Staff To Shut Up About Mandatory Endangered Species Permits
Huffington Post - Fri May 4, 2018
New guidelines issued by the US Department of the Interior now prohibit staff members from informing private interests when they must obtain a permit before they can develop properties where activities may affect habitats of endangered species. More»
DNC Sues Trump Campaign, WikiLeaks, Russia Over Election Interference
Bloomberg - Thu Apr 19, 2018
The Democratic National Committee sued Russia, the Trump campaign and WikiLeaks claiming widespread interference in the 2016 election as part of a "brazen attack on American democracy. More»