As President Trump’s top counter-terrorism advisor, Sebastian Gorka would ordinarily be privy to some of the nation’s most sensitive national security secrets to do his job. But three months into his job, despite Gorka’s own public references to being on the inside where classified information is discussed, it remains unclear whether the deputy assistant to…
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said the Trump administration’s timetable for tax reform is set to falter following setbacks in negotiations with Congress over healthcare, the Financial Times reported on Monday. Mnuchin told the Financial Times in an interview that the target to get tax reforms through Congress and on President Donald Trump’s desk before August…
The Allied Powers knew about the Holocaust two and a half years before they intervened, newly accessed documents show, according to a report in the UK’s Independent newspaper. The U.S., the UK and the Soviet governments had even prepared war crime charges against Adolf Hitler and head Nazis, aware that at least two million Jews…
For President Donald Trump, an off-year congressional election on Tuesday in the reliably Republican northern suburbs of Atlanta could spell trouble if Democratic upstart Jon Ossoff pulls off a surprise victory. A 30-year-old political novice, Ossoff is running against a crowded field of several Republicans for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives vacated…
Michael Oren, an Israeli parliamentarian and former ambassador to the United States, said that the New York Times had committed a “journalistic terrorist attack” in publishing an op-ed by imprisoned Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti. In an interview on Monday on Israel’s Army Radio, Oren said that the New York Times should be “held accountable” if…
Steve Bannon, the White House Chief Strategist and former executive chair of Breitbart News, has seemingly been on the outs with President Trump, with headlines calling him “doomed” after the president refused to publicly back him in a New York Post interview. One likely reason for Trump’s reticence: His daughter and advisor Ivanka has reportedly…
In the West Bank and Gaza today, tens of thousands of Palestinians marched in support of a hunger strike called by Palestinian prisoners, according to a Haaretz report. Marchers clashed with Israeli forces in multiple locations, including outside a West Bank prison, where soldiers fired live ammunition at protesters, injuring 5, according to the Times…
Auburn University announced on Friday that “alt-right” leader Richard Spencer’s scheduled speech on campus would be cancelled. The Alabama university had previously stated that while they “deplore his views,” the school also “supports the constitutional right to free speech.” But in a notice posted on their website on Friday afternoon, the administration announced that they…
Facebook billionaire Mark Zuckerberg is on a cross-country barnstorming tour that looks a bit like a wind-up for a 2020 presidential campaign. A BuzzFeed profile published today of the CEO notes that Zuckerberg’s journey is being carefully curated by a photographer who once worked for Barack Obama and a Facebook PR team. But the article…
President Trump waded into a tight House race in Georgia on Monday, tweeting an attack against the upstart Democratic candidate, Jon Ossoff. The super Liberal Democrat in the Georgia Congressioal race tomorrow wants to protect criminals, allow illegal immigration and raise taxes! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 17, 2017 The election to replace former…
Jared Kushner has reportedly bragged about being the “first among equals” on the White House staff, a boast that seems borne out by his growing portfolio and by President Trump’s tepid comments about rival Steve Bannon. Kushner is married to Trump’s flesh and blood – and that seems to be giving the son-in-law and senior…
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