A new report indicated that documents reveal that top leaders within the government mislead the American public on the situation in Afghanistan. According to The Hill: Senior U.S. officials knowingly concealed evidence showing a lack of progress throughout the 18-year war in Afghanistan, according to a cache of documents obtained by the Washington Post. The interviews, obtained
President Trump has dealt another blow to the legacy of former President Obama by formally exiting the Paris Climate Agreement. According to The Hill: President Trump on Monday began the yearlong process of withdrawing the U.S. from the Paris climate accord. The official announcement cements a promise Trump made in the White House Rose Garden in 2017 when he
The deep state is under increased scrutiny. The origins of the Russia investigation into President Trump are suspect and now James Clapper and John Brennan, two salty deep staters, will be interviewed. According to The Daily Caller: U.S. Attorney John Durham intends to interview former CIA Director John Brennan as part of his investigation into
President Trump will repeal another restrictive Obama-era environmental regulation that involved waterways. According to The Hill: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Thursday will announce final plans to redefine and thus shrink the waterways that must be protected under the law, a move likely to be swiftly challenged legally by environmentalists. The final plans to
President Trump had a blunt warning for Vladimir Putin today. Politico reports: President Donald Trump said Thursday that he will be Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “worst nightmare” if the pair’s budding relationship falters, unlike former President Barack Obama, who Trump said was a “patsy” for Russia.“I think he knows that,” Trump said. “I’ll be his
By 1600 Staff Barack Obama couldn’t resist the urge to criticize President Trump in his recent South Africa speech. Former Pres. Barack Obama says we are in “strange and uncertain times”: “With each day’s news cycles bringing more head-spinning and disturbing headlines, I thought maybe it would be useful to step back for a moment
By 1600 Staff President Trump had direct words for Obama’s handling of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. .@POTUS on Crimea: “That was on Barack Obama’s watch, that was not on Trump’s watch. Would I have allowed it to happen? No, I would not have allowed it to happen.” pic.twitter.com/445CcNGOjn — Fox News (@FoxNews) July 12,
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released its monthly Employment Situation Report showing that nonfarm payroll employment rose by 223,000 jobs in May, exceeding what forecasters expected. The U.S. economy continues its streak of consecutive positive monthly job numbers, with employment growth averaging 207,000 jobs per month in 2018—faster than the gains in both 2016
By 1600 Staff President Trump has directed the Department of Justice to investigate the FBI’s counterintelligence investigation into the 2016 Trump campaign. This comes as the New York Times revealed last week that the same team that promptly exonerated Hillary Clinton and her team of wrongdoing were incorporated into a operation, code named “Crossfire Hurricane”
