Tonight, about one out of every 10 students in New York City will sleep in a homeless shelter or in the homes of relatives. That’s more children than at any other time since city records have been kept. In the morning, those same children will fan out across the city to go to school, some […]
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Security Clearances Revoked…
A statement from Senate Judiciary Committee today outlines a letter received from the U.S. State Department highlighting security ramifications of the ongoing issues of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton -and her staff- transmitting classified information over unsecured networks: The U.S. State Department recently confirmed that former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s security clearance has […]
Hurricane Michael: Damage in Georgia Is ‘Phenomenal’…
Tropical Storm Michael swept out of Georgia before sunrise, leaving a trail of destruction in its wake. The powerful storm claimed the life of an 11-year-old girl in southwest Georgia, which appeared to have borne the brunt of Michael’s wrath. Utility crews around the state are scrambling to restore power to more than 300,000 customers. […]
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Fusion GPS Co-Founder Glenn Simpson, Will Invoke 5th Amendment Protection to Avoid Congressional Testimony…
It is reported today that Fusion-GPS co-founder, Glenn Simpson, will not agree to testify to congress and will invoke his fifth amendment privilege to avoid answering questions. This is interesting for several reasons. Recent evidence and testimony has conflicted with Simpson’s prior testimony. Specifically testimony from DOJ official Bruce Ohr who testified to meeting with […]
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Obama Had Secret Plan to Validate Clinton Victory If Trump Didn’t Accept It…
Former President Obama had a plan to validate the 2016 election in the event that then-candidate Donald Trump lost and challenged the results. Obama administration officials told New York magazine that a bipartisan plan was in place just in time for the election to certify the results and reveal the intelligence community’s claims that Russian […]
Mitch McConnell Made the Senate Confirm Another 15 Judges Before It Goes Home…
The Senate approved a package of President Donald Trump’s judicial nominees Thursday, notching another 15 confirmations just days after Justice Brett Kavanaugh was installed on the U.S. Supreme Court. The confirmations came as half a dozen Democratic lawmakers, particularly those in red states, were pressed to return home to defend their Senate seats for the […]
Kanye: Trump Has to Be ‘The Freshest, The Flyest’…
Rap star Kanye West said during a bizarre meeting in the Oval Office that President Trump “has to be the freshest, the flyest” as the president of the United States. “If he don’t look good, we don’t look good,” West said, addressing the gaggle of reporters surrounding the desk. “This is our president.” “He has […]
WE’RE BROKEN HERE…
Walking around his shattered beachfront town, Mayor Al Cathey repeated the stunned refrain of many residents along the sleepy Florida coast: We didn’t know it would be this bad. On Thursday, dawn broke over total wreckage. Splintered wood, mangled cars and washing machines littered the streets. Attics were torn from their frames and deposited hundreds […]
Turks Had Saudi Consulate Bugged with Audio: Khashoggi Death Chronology Details Leaked…
The Washington Post has provided further details on its prior reporting that US intelligence knew full well that Saudi Arabia was seeking to lure the now disappeared and allegedly murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi to its embassy in Istanbul in order detain or kill him. In an interesting new revelation the Post speculates based on intel […]
Trump Administration Seeks Public Comments on Marijuana Reclassification…
The federal government wants your input on whether marijuana should be reclassified under global drug treaties to which the U.S. is a party. Specifically, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is asking for public comments about the “abuse potential, actual abuse, medical usefulness, trafficking, and impact of scheduling changes on availability for medical use” […]
Virginia Judge: Paul Manafort Plea Deal in Washington ‘Highly Unusual’…
The federal judge who oversaw the federal trial against former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort in Virginia called the plea deal in the District to dismiss the deadlocked charges only after he has finished cooperating with special counsel Robert Mueller “highly unusual.” In a Wednesday order made public Thursday morning, U.S. District Court Judge T.S. […]
Nikki Haley Accepted Private Flights from GOP Donors While in Office…
Nikki Haley’s resignation from her position as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations on Tuesday overshadowed a Monday report from watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) that called into question Haley’s acceptance of a series of free private luxury plane flights from three South Carolina businessmen and GOP donors. Haley listed […]
White House, Turkey Reach Deal for Release of Detained U.S. Pastor…
The White House and Turkish officials have reached a deal for the release of an American pastor who has been detained in Turkey for two years, according to a report from NBC News. Two senior administration officials and a third person who was briefed on the matter told NBC that Turkey will release North Carolina […]
Trump Moves to Fill 9th Circuit Vacancies. Sens’ Feinstein and Harris Aren’t Happy…
After months of negotiations and delays, the White House is moving to fill California’s three vacancies on the influential 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals — over the strenuous objections of the state’s two Democratic senators. White House officials had been negotiating with Sens. Dianne Feinstein and Kamala Harris, both of whom sit on the […]
Trump Lawyers Preparing Written Answers to Mueller Questions…
President Trump’s personal legal team is preparing written answers to questions submitted by special counsel Robert Mueller, CNN reported Thursday. The development could mark a breakthrough in the prolonged battle between Trump’s personal lawyers and the special counsel’s office over whether and how the president would answer Mueller’s questions regarding possible collusion between the Trump […]
U.S. Supreme Court Vacates Ruling in Missouri Requiring Licensing to Braid Hair. Seriously. A License to Braid Hair…
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday vacated an appeals court ruling that supported a lengthy licensing process for hair braiders in Missouri and ordered a judge in St. Louis to dismiss the case. The original lawsuit, filed in 2014, complained that African-style hair braiders were required to obtain a cosmetology license, which takes 1,500 hours […]
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Former FBI Lawyer: Plot to Record, Remove Trump Not a Joke…
Don’t tell former FBI general counsel James Baker that those now-infamous discussions about secretly recording President Trump and using the tapes to remove him from office were a joke. He apparently doesn’t believe it. And he held quite the vantage point — he was on the inside of the bureau’s leadership in May 2017, when […]
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Missing Journalist Jamal Khashoggi Reportedly Dragged from Consulate Office, Killed and Dismembered…
Jamal Khashoggi was dragged from the consul general’s office inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul last Tuesday before he was brutally murdered by two men who cut up his body, sources close to the investigation have told Middle East Eye. Turkish officials say they know when and where in the building the veteran Saudi journalist […]
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More Classified Material on Hillary Clinton’s Unsecure Email System Released…
Judicial Watch announced today that it received 288 pages of newly uncovered emails of former Secretary of State Hillary that were transmitted over her unsecure, non-“state.gov” email system, three of which contain classified information. Judicial Watch obtained the documents in response to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit filed on May 6, 2015, after […]
FBI Chief: ‘Usual Process Was Followed’ for Kavanaugh Background Investigation…
FBI Director Christopher Wray said Wednesday that the bureau’s background investigation into Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh was limited in scope, following precedent for similar investigations. Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) asked Wray during a Senate hearing whether the FBI was given full discretion “to investigate whatever your agency thought was appropriate to figure out what […]
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