As part of America’s elevated response to North Korea’s military expansion, the THAAD missile defense system installed in South Korea has been completed, less than 2 months after the equipment arrived there, according to the U.S. military. The move to install the shield was made last July during the Obama administration. Read more
217 – 213 was the vote that passed without motion to reconsider, but all 193 Democrats and 20 Republicans voted “Nay.” Democrats made news by shouting “Hey Hey, Goodbye” on the Senate floor, and protesters staged public demonstrations against the move in the streets. Trump said of the bill, “Make no mistake. This is a … Read more
One day after he was fired as FBI Director by Trump, senators from both sides of the isle asked Comey to appear before the committee next week, reportedly. It is not known whether the session will be public. Comey would be allowed to speak on classified intelligence to Senators in a classified setting as a … Read more
“Today, President Donald J. Trump informed FBI Director James Comey that he has been terminated and removed from office,” read the statement issued by the White House Tuesday. “President Trump acted based on the clear recommendations of both Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and Attorney General Jeff Sessions.” Comey was heading the FBI investigation into … Read more
New Orleans removed a monument to the Battle of Liberty Place, part of what is seen as a wider movement to remove symbols of Confederacy and Jim Crow. In the 1874 battle, a mostly Confederate veteran army which was part of the Democratic Party, fought New Orleans metro police and state militia, and held official … Read more
To save around $8,000 per year, the Kentucky Coal Museum is installing rooftop solar panels. The museum is in Benham, a town of 500 people, down from 3,000 in it’s coal town heyday. The move is seen as part of a wider movement in Kentucky to move away from coal energy, which is considered to … Read more
A government shutdown could be the result of Trump’s demand for funding for a wall on the Mexico border. Among Trump’s priorities for the CR* are the wall and the military, according to White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer. Congressional Democrats and some Republicans oppose the funding of the wall, and it may result in … Read more
Lumber tariffs up to 24% are being imposed by Trump on Canada. During his presidential run, Trump repeatedly spoke of “America first,” and threatened tariffs on China and Mexico. These threats received voter support, but the first tariff imposed by the president was on the U.S.’s northern neighbor. The lumber tariffs were announced Monday after … Read more
The U.S. State Department, ShareAmerica.gov, removed a page it posted which had an article promoting Trump’s golf club, the Mar-a-Lago Resport in Palm Beach, Florida, after receiving criticism that the article was an inappropriate use of taxpayer funds. The title of the article was “Mar-a-Lago: The Winter White House,” and it began, “Mar-a-Lago, President Trump’s … Read more
A new study experience option has started, called “city stay,” which is in some ways similar to “study abroad.” City Stay is the name of a program run by Minnehaha Academy, a private school in Minneapolis. When students enrol in a city stay, they are placed in immigrant homes for a week and have a … Read more
Attorney Nicholas Somberg was found guilty of contempt of court by Roseville District Judge Marco Santia for livestreaming a trial in which a Michagan man tried to fight a fine received for warming his car up in his driveway one cold morning. In the trial over the ticket, the city’s attorney argued that the law … Read more
For 12 years, the death chamber has been empty in the state, but this week a single execution and then a double execution were held there. Jack Jones and Marcel Williams, both on death row for over 20 years for murder and rape, were killed most recently. There is a rush in Arkansas because one … Read more