U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday backed the U.S. House Intelligence Committee’s efforts to investigate actions by U.S. security and other officials under previous president Barack Obama, inserting himself into a political feud over its latest subpoenas in the Russia probe. “The big story is the ‘unmasking and surveillance’ of people that took place during […]
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Russia, Unmasking Probes Expand to Obama Aide Samantha Power…
The House Intelligence Committee issued seven subpoenas on Wednesday in its wide-ranging probe of Russian election influence and intelligence gathering, and for the first time demanded to know whether President Obama’s former United Nations ambassador Samantha Power sought to unmask spy information on Americans. The panel issued the demands for documents to Donald Trump’s lawyer […]
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Forest Service Owns ‘National Junkyard’ of Thousands of Unused Buildings…
The Forest Service oversees thousands of buildings that are unused, many that are falling apart, full of mold, and pose safety hazards, according to a new audit. The inspector general for the U.S. Department of Agriculture found that the Forest Service has compiled over $5 billion worth of repairs to buildings, roads, dams, and trails […]
McMaster Responds To Kushner’s “Russia Back-Channel”…
McMaster was asked whether he would be concerned if an official on his National Security Council staff or elsewhere in the Trump administration sought a back-channel communications system with the Russian embassy or the Kremlin in Moscow…”No,” McMaster said. “We have back-channel communications with a number of countries. So, generally speaking, about back-channel communications, what […]
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Suit Against Hillary Clinton over Benghazi Deaths and Emails Is Dismissed…
A federal judge in Washington has dismissed a lawsuit alleging that Hillary Clinton’s lax security surrounding her emails led to the deaths of two of the Americans killed in the 2012 attack on the U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya. In a ruling Friday, U.S. District Court Judge Amy Berman Jackson tossed out the wrongful […]
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Federal Prosecutor Found Dead on Beach…
Terrible news out of Florida. A well-respected federal prosecutor was found dead on a beach in Hollywood, Florida, late last week. Beranton J. Whisenant Jr. was a former partner at Foley & Mansfield, where he’d worked for nine years. He left the firm in January of this year to begin work in the Major Crimes […]
STUDY: Cannabis Extract Dramatically Cuts Seizures in Rare Fatal Form of Child Epilepsy…
Non-psychoactive cannabis extract cannabidiol (CBD) dramatically reduces the number of convulsive seizures affecting children with a rare and sometimes fatal form of epilepsy known as Dravet syndrome, a study shows. The extremely debilitating condition renders sufferers unconscious for the duration of seizures and stiffens the muscles which jerk uncontrollably…
REPORT: Spent Fuel Fire on U.S. Soil Could Dwarf Impact of Fukushima…
A fire from spent fuel stored at a U.S. nuclear power plant could have catastrophic consequences, according to new simulations of such an event. A major fire “could dwarf the horrific consequences of the Fukushima accident,” says Edwin Lyman, a physicist at the Union of Concerned Scientists, a nonprofit in Washington, D.C. “We’re talking about […]
Trump Will Appeal Travel Ban To Supreme Court…
Well, Trump did warn he would appeal the travel ban all the way to the Supreme Court if he had to, and that’s precisely what he plans on doing. On Thursday afternoon, shortly after the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, in a 10-3 vote that Trump’s travel ban likely violates the constitution and ruled […]
Remarks By President Trump at NATO – Memorial Unveiling (VIDEO and Transcript)…
Thank you very much, Secretary General Stoltenberg. Chancellor Merkel, thank you very much. Other heads of state and government, I am honored to be here with members of an alliance that has promoted safety and peace across the world. Prime Minister May, all of the nations here today grieve with you and stand with you. […]
Trial Looms as Judge Denies FBI Request to Keep 9/11 Records Secret for Privacy Reasons…
In a ruling that could lead to the release of significant new information about 9/11, including details about who funded the al Qaeda terrorist attacks, a Miami federal judge has rejected FBI assertions that many records should be kept secret due to privacy considerations. At the same time, U.S. District Court Judge Cecilia Altonaga granted […]
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President Trump Meets Pope Francis: ‘I Won’t Forget What You Said’…
In what can only be described as a cordial, successful meeting, Pope Francis received U.S. President Donald Trump in the Vatican Wednesday amidst smiles, handshakes and camera flashes. The two leaders sat down for a half-hour face-to-face meeting, with the Pope leaning out over the table with his arms extended toward the President. On parting […]
Meet the ‘Nuns’ Making $3k a Day Growing Pot and Selling Cannabis Products…
The Sisters of the Valley are taking the cannabis industry by storm, but they look very different from their competitors. In Merced County, California, you won’t find much besides almond fields, a high crime rate and a bunch of nuns smoking weed. The Sisters of the Valley is a company that sells cannabidiol (CBD) oils […]
Lawsuit Over Jeffrey Epstein’s Underage Sex Abuse Settles…
A woman who alleged she was held as a teenage sex slave by a well-connected billionaire financier has settled a lawsuit accusing another woman of facilitating the abuse. Virginia Giuffre alleged she was pulled into years of abuse by investor Jeffrey Epstein when she was working as a 15-year-old towel girl at President Donald Trump’s […]
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If You’re a White Person in Portland, You Can’t Sell Burritos Anymore…
I’m old enough to remember when living in a racial and cultural melting pot was a good thing. Not anymore. “Just one week after Kooks Burritos in Portland, Ore., was featured in a profile for local publication Willamette Week, the pop-up Mexican food cart has closed down amid accusations that they ripped off their recipes. […]
‘I’ll hunt down and prosecute the Manchester bomb secrets leaker’–Orders DOJ Probe into Leaks…
President Trump is vowing to ‘get to the bottom’ of leaks about the Manchester bombing probe, ordering an investigation into whoever gave out the sensitive information. Calling leaks a ‘grave threat’ to national security, Trump ordered the Justice Department to conduct a probe of the matter – which caused a strain with Great Britain, even […]
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Massive Landslide Covers Highway 1 in Southern Big Sur…
Caltrans said Monday its unclear how long Highway 1 in southern Big Sur will remain closed after a landslide covering between a quarter and a half mile brought millions of cubic yards of dirt and rock down the hillside at Mud Creek on Saturday. According to Caltrans spokeswoman Susana Cruz, there are five active landslides […]
Rosenstein and Mueller: the Regime Change Tag-Team by Mike Whitney…
Let’s say you own a big US corporation but need help managing your domestic accounts. So you hire a bright, young man named Bruno who just graduated from Harvard Business School with a Masters in corporate finance. And the first day on the job, you discover that Bruno has secretly employed a private detective who […]
Trump Admin Declares Jerusalem Part of Israel in Major Policy Shift…
The Trump administration declared the president is in “Jerusalem, Israel,” on Monday for a series of meetings with Israeli officials, a proclamation that breaks with years of American policy refraining from stating that the city of Jerusalem is part of Israel. Senior Trump administration officials had ignited a wave of controversy over the past several […]
Doctors Accused of Female Genital Mutliation To Claim “Religious Freedom” Defense…
Two doctors who have been arrested on charges they performed female genital mutilation surgeries on young girls plan to use “religious freedom” as their defense. They also argue that the procedures were not severe and did not harm the girls. Lawyers for the doctors argue that the procedure was a “minor nick” and will not […]
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