In 2005, three environmental groups raised concerns that the emergency spillway at California’s Oroville Dam wasn’t properly built and posed serious risks. The groups – Friends of the River, Sierra Club and the South Yuba River Citizen’s League – described their worries in a motion to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, which was considering the […]
U.S. News & Reports
Latest News
Following a Vicious Campaign by the Neocons/libs, Gen Michael Flynn Resigns. Trump Accepts…
*President Donald J. Trump Names Lt. General Joseph Keith Kellogg, Jr. as Acting National Security Advisor. *Accepts Resignation of Lt. General Michael Flynn* President Donald J. Trump has named Lt. General Joseph Keith Kellogg, Jr. (Ret) as Acting National Security Advisor following the resignation of Lt. General Michael Flynn (Ret). General Kellogg is a decorated […]
Related
Trump, Canada P.M. Trudeau All Smiles at White House Meeting…
President Trump on Monday greeted Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at the White House for meetings expected to focus on economic ties between the neighboring countries. The two men smiled and shook hands when Mr. Trudeau arrived at the White House for his first meeting with the new U.S. president whose pledge to renegotiate the […]
Mexican President Pena Nieto Spends $50 Million To Keep Mexicans out of Mexico…
Continuing with the absurd politics of a Mexican Presidents’ desperation to keep Mexicans from returning to Mexico: President Enrique Peña Nieto recently budgeted about $50 million to the country’s 50 consulates to help pay the costs of defending migrants who are in the U.S. illegally and facing deportation…
Oroville Dam Must Drain 50 Feet by Wednesday…
Officials are releasing water from the Oroville Dam, the nation’s highest, at the astonishing rate of 100,000 cubic feet per second, with the goal of lowering the lake’s elevation by 50 feet before a week of rain and snow hits the region Wednesday. At a press conference Sunday night, law enforcement and California Department of […]
Related
Jerry Sandusky’s Son Charged With Sexually Assaulting Multiple Minors…
The son of serial child molester and former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky has been accused of sexually assaulting two teenage girls. Jeffrey Sandusky, 41, is facing a slew of charges including “statutory sexual assault, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, photographing, video graphing, depicting on computer or filming sexual acts, and unlawful contact with […]
Refugee Charged With Assault After Blocking DeVos From Entering School…
Police identified the protester as Bilal Ahmed Askaryar of Washington. He faces charges of misdemeanor assault and failing to obey an officer during the demonstration outside of Jefferson Middle School Academy. Askaryar came to the United States as a 5-year-old refugee from Afghanistan, according to biographical information included in commentary he wrote last month for […]
Gorsuch Dishes On Selection Process, Past Affiliations…
Judge Neil Gorsuch, President Donald Trump’s nominee to succeed the late Justice Antonin Scalia on the Supreme Court, has submitted responses to a lengthy questionnaire at the behest of the Senate Judiciary Committee. The questionnaire is an exhaustive account of the judge’s public statements, past political affiliations, and rulings he considers most important. He also […]
Judge Declines to Grant Tribes’ Request for Restraining Order to Halt Construction of DAPL…
Two American Indian tribes have asked a federal judge to stop construction of the last stretch of the four-state Dakota Access pipeline, adding a religious freedom component to their argument that it would endanger their cultural sites and water supply. U.S. District Judge James Boasberg in Washington, D.C., is scheduled to hear arguments Monday afternoon. […]
Abe, Trump Agree to Discuss 2-Way Trade Framework After U.S. TPP Exit…
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and U.S. President Donald Trump agreed Friday to discuss a bilateral trade framework in the wake of the U.S. withdrawal from the multilateral Trans-Pacific Partnership. “We will seek a trading relationship that is free, fair and reciprocal, benefiting both of our countries,” Trump told a joint press conference after the […]
Related
Trump Reaffirms One-China Policy in Surprise Phone Call with Xi Jinping..,.,
US President Donald Trump has reaffirmed the one-China policy in his first phone call with China’s President Xi Jinping after taking office. In the Friday morning call that was not announced beforehand, Trump told Xi that he fully respected the importance of the one-China policy and that his administration would adhere to it, the state-run […]
Related
Soros-Infected State Department Plays Political Games in Albania…
Let’s start with a simple question: Is it OK for a United States ambassador to blackmail one political party in order to give an advantage to another party — in a foreign country? Let’s take it a step further. Is it OK for a U.S. ambassador to dictate policy to the government of a foreign […]
9th Circuit Judge Wants Another Vote over Trump Travel Ban Decision…
In a rare move, one of the judges on the Ninth Circuit of Appeals has made a request that a vote be taken as to whether the order issued by the three judges Thursday night should be reconsidered en banc, which means before 11 federal judges of the Ninth Circuit. It’s not clear if this […]
Related
Trump Signs Three Executive Orders To “Stop Crime”, “Crush Drug Cartels”, Stop Cop-Killers…
At the same time that President Trump swore in Senator Jeff Sessions as Attorney General, he signed three executive actions on crime and public safety, including one that targets drug cartels. “I’m signing three executive actions today designed to restore safety in America,” Trump said in the Oval Office after swearing in Jeff Sessions as […]
5k Americans Expatriated in 2016, Setting a Record…
A record number of individuals renounced their U.S. citizenship or chose to expatriate in 2016, according to data published by the Internal Revenue Service today. The government agency, a bureau of the U.S. Treasury Department, publishes the names of those individuals in a list each quarter, in accordance with the Internal Revenue Code. Before 2011, […]
9th Circuit Denies Stay of Temporary Restraining Order in Trump Travel Ban Case…
Related
RECALL ALERT: Evanger’s Dog Food Found to Have Euthanasia Drug, 5 Lots Recalled…
An Illinois pet food company is voluntarily recalling one of its products after five dogs were sickened and one died from eating canned dog food tainted with a euthanasia drug. Evanger’s, one the oldest family-owned pet food canneries in the U.S., is recalling five lots of its biggest seller, its 12-ounce cans of “Hunk of […]
ANALYSIS: L.A., Orange Counties Are Home to One Million Illegal Immigrants…
Nearly 10% of the nation’s 11.1 million immigrants who are in the country illegally reside in Los Angeles and Orange counties, according to an analysis released Thursday by the Pew Research Center. The region is home to 1 million such immigrants, second only to the greater New York area, which has 1.2 million. Third on […]
Activists Plan Emergency Actions Across the Country to Protest Approval of Dakota Access Pipeline…
On Tuesday the Army Corps of Engineers gave notice to Congress that within 24 hours it would grant an easement allowing Energy Transfer Partners to move forward with construction on the Dakota Access Pipeline, which North Dakota’s Standing Rock Sioux tribe and thousands of allies have attempted to halt out of concern for water contamination, […]
Related
A Fact-Free Debate at the 9th Circuit on Trump’s Executive Order by Byron York…
Perhaps the most remarkable thing about the 9th Circuit oral argument over President Trump’s executive order was that lawyers for both sides seemed to know nothing about some of the most basic real-world issues surrounding the case. Two examples: First, the question of terror-related crimes committed by people who come from the seven nations covered […]