Category: Politics
POTUS in Puerto Rico: Tensions ease with San Juan Mayor Cruz
Air Force One carrying President Donald Trump, First Lady Melania Trump and a host of aides landed on the devastated island of Puerto Rico this morning, nearly two weeks after […]
ICE targets Sanctuary Cities and makes nearly 500 immigrant arrests
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested a total of 498 people from 42 countries for federal immigration violations. Those arrests took place in multiple cities and jurisdictions across the […]
Joey Odoms: Army vet quits as Baltimore Ravens’ National Anthem singer
Baltimore native and combat veteran Joey Odoms was chosen by Baltimore Ravens’ Head Coach John Harbaugh to be the team’s Official National Anthem Singer in 2013 when Harbaugh visited Odoms’ […]
Baltimore City secretly removes four Confederate statues overnight
For more than a year, the Baltimore City Council and Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh have been in agreement to take down the city’s Confederate statues. The hold up to that […]
Driver that plowed into Charlottesville, Va. crowd charged with murder
(Updated) Skirmishes between white supremacists, neo-Nazis, Ku Klux Klan members and counter-protestors attending a “Unite the Right” rally in downtown Charlottesville, Virginia, turned violent and then deadly on August 12 […]
After 10 days, Anthony Scaramucci out as White House Communications Director
President Donald Trump terminated Anthony Scaramucci as the White House Communications Director on July 31. “The Mooch” as Scaramucci has affectionately been referred to by the media and late night […]
North Korea launches ICBM capable of striking U.S. mainland
On July 27 as North Korea celebrated their national holiday “Victory in the Fatherland Liberation War Day,” the rogue nation also conducted its latest intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) test, which […]
USS Thunderbolt fires warning shots at armed Iranian patrol boat in Persian Gulf
Tensions flared in the northern Persian Gulf waters on July 25 when one armed Iranian patrol boat approached a US Navy ship and ignored warnings not to approach any closer. […]
With John McCain on the disabled list, Senate health care vote delayed
On July 15, Mitch McConnell, US Senate Majority Leader, announced that the proposed Senate vote for the Republican healthcare bill – the Better Care Act – would have to be […]
Johnny Depp apologizes for Donald Trump assassination comments
Actor Johnny Depp has issued an apology for some off-the-cuff- comments he made regarding President Donald Trump at the June 22 Glatonbury U.K. Music Festival when he said “When was […]
