During his election campaign, he promised to move the U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. The White House commented that waiting to do such a move might help to achieve peace between Israel and the Palestinians. Read more
“The United States will withdraw from the Paris climate agreement,” said Trump this week. Trump said he wants to negotiate for better terms, and that other countries are given an economic edge by the current accord. The U.S., he said, suffers lost jobs, lower wages, closed factories, and diminished economic production because of the agreement. … Read more
In a city in Alabama called Gardendale, youths who go out to mow lawns this year have been threatened by officials and landscaping companies that they have to get a business licence before starting, which brings in $110 for the city for each licence. Adults who also cut lawns over the summer have made complaints … Read more
This year’s meeting, taking place in Chantilly, Virginia, near the White House, includes the following topics: ‘Russia in the international order,’ China, ‘The Trans-Atlantic defence alliance: bullets, bytes and bucks,’ ‘The war on information,’ ‘Direction of the EU’ and ‘Why is populism growing?’ It’s the 65th meeting of the secretive group. Kissinger, Thiel, and upper level staff of … Read more
According to the U.S. Missile Defense Agency, their ground-based defense system has finally shot down an ICBM on the first try. However, what it hit wasn’t actually an ICBM, but a simulated missile shot from the Marshall Islands, and the interceptor was shot from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. Because the simulated missile doesn’t … Read more
Trump continues to not use the term he frequently challenged others to use during his campaign, “radical Islamic terrorism,” when commenting this week on the attack on Christians in Egypt that killed 25 and wounded as many others. Attacks on Christians by Muslims are common in Egypt and other Muslim-majority countries in the area. Trump … Read more
The first Federal appeals court (in Richmond, VA) to rule on the revised travel ban upheld the decision of a lower court to block it. The appellate judges said the policy “drips with religious intolerance.” The Justice Department said it would appeal further. Read more
The president met with other world leaders in Brussels this week — a meeting for an organization he last year called “obsolete” in the city he last year called a “hell hole.” Analysts noted that world leaders seemed somewhat dismayed about Trump’s continued insistence they pay more money. Trump reminded them many nations owe large … Read more
Although there haven’t been any big breaks in the story, the relationship between Trump, Trump staff, Flynn, and Comey continues to dominate U.S. news headlines this week. Read more
Although during the campaign trail Trump used the term frequently, and criticized other politicians for never uttering it, he did not use the term or even make reference to “Islam” or “Muslim” while making his statement on the attack — now confirmed by police to have been perpetrated by a Muslim extremist. Instead, he said … Read more
At the Arab and Muslim leaders summit this weekend, attended 50 dignitaries, mostly Sunnis, Trump gave a speech in which he talked about common enemies: Islamic terrorism and Iran. Trump recently completed a $350m (over the next 10 years) arms deal with Saudi Arabia, the biggest in U.S. history. Read more
The fourth monument to be taken down by the New Orleans city council and Mayor Mitch Landrieu was the Robert E. Lee statue which sat on a 70-foot perch downtown. The previous 3 statues had been removed in the middle of the night without warning while workers wore masks to hide their identity and police … Read more