In the middle of the night Wednesday morning in New Orleans cranes removed Gen. Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard’s statue. Police and snipers were in place during the operation to ensure no one interfered. The city council and mayor plan to remove the statue of General Robert E. Lee next. Read more
The New York Times has reported that, according to James Comey, Trump tried to get a “pledge of loyalty” from the former FBI head, which Comey would not give, days before Trump fired Comey. There were questions flying around if the reason for the firing was Comey’s refusal. NYT reported that Comey became concerned about … Read more
White House National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster made a public statement in response to the Washington Post and other news organisations stories this week that Trump told Russian officials information he say he shouldn’t have, denying the news. McMaster stated: “The story that came out tonight, as reported, is false. The President and the Foreign … Read more
New Orleans has been removing monuments to its Confederate history, led by Mayor Mitch Landrieu. Sunday afternoon protesters met at Lee Square, as did people who support monument removal. The protesters included some considered to be white supremacists, but the peaceful protesters of all beliefs were aligned, as, in the words of one man who attended … Read more
A debate is taking place in legal circles, matching the contentious findings of the various judges that have been dealing with figuring out how Trump’s executive orders are related to his earlier statements. During the campaign trail, Trump said he would institute a Muslim ban. Most legal experts would consider such a ban to be … Read more
The former Obama administration director of the Defense Intelligence Agency and former Trump administration National Security Advisor is back in the news this week after Sally Yates, former acting-Attorney General, testified to the Senate about his history. She said that the Obama administration had warned Trump not to hire Flynn because Flynn was vulnerable to … Read more
New Orleans City Council and Mayor Mitch Landrieu have continued their plan to remove monuments to Confederate history by removing a statue of Confederate President Jefferson Davis on Davis Street. The statue stood for 106 years. The removal was conduced in the middle of the night, as Landrieu said removals would be done, early Thursday … Read more
The reports are being denied by the White House, but The Washington Post broke the story today that in a meeting the president told the Russians highly classified security information about ISIS (something about airline safety and laptops). Among the questions being raised is how this will effect the relationship with the unnamed U.S. partner … Read more
The message delivered from the White House through Stuart Jones, acting assistant secretary for Near East affairs, was: “The regime is responsible for killing as many as 50 detainees per day at Saydnaya. Credible sources have believed that many of the bodies have been disposed in mass graves. We now believe that the Syrian regime … Read more
The President said he was willing to meet the North Korean leader if the right circumstances presented themselves. “If it would be appropriate for me to meet with him, I would absolutely, I would be honored to do it,” Mr Trump said in an interview with Bloomberg News. In the interview, Trump also said that … Read more
The new bill has been approved, and it includes an extra $20 billion for defense. Immigration and border patrol get an 8% increase, but there is nothing for a border wall between the U.S. and Mexico. The defense amount includes a 2.1% pay raise for military personnel. There was also nothing in the bill about … Read more
The President’s 100 Days advertising campaign was denied by CNN when his team tried to buy space for their new 30-second video ad, which has a shot of 5 news personalities, including one from CNN, with “FAKE NEWS” printed over them. The anchors include CNN’s Wolf Blitzer, MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell and Rachel Maddow, ABC’s George … Read more