On Monday, the Supreme Court brought down a number of decisions and announcements that touch on a few different hot topics of the day. The first major announcement said that they will hear the case regarding a Christian baker refusing to bake a cake for a gay couple’s wedding. The … Read More ›
Last month, House Republicans passed their first major piece of legislation in the form of healthcare. This puts the pressure on Senate Republicans to pass their own version. So for the past fifty days Senator McConnell and other top Republicans have been working towards putting together a bill that can … Read More ›
Former FBI Director James Comey testified today in front of the Senate Intelligence Committee. The right is saying that his testimony exonerated the President, while the left is saying he painted a picture showing obstruction of justice which could lead to impeachment. Here are the top take aways from his testimony: … Read More ›
On May 17th, Deputy Attorney General, Rod Rosenstein, named Robert Mueller III as special counsel to investigate “any links and/or coordination between the Russian government and individuals associated with the campaign of President Donald Trump.” Only time will reveal whether Rosenstein’s decision was some brilliant political calculus, comeuppance for placing … Read More ›
Classified Information and Russian Officials Yesterday afternoon the Washington Post broke the story involving the President revealing classified information regarding the Islamic State to members of the Russian Government. Now we have since learned that the intelligence came from the Israelis and the United States had not been given permission to … Read More ›
On Wednesday evening, the Director of the FBI, James Comey learned of his termination while meeting with agents at the Los Angeles field office. Initially, he thought it was a prank but was pulled into an office by his staff to be told that the President had signed a letter relieving … Read More ›
Earlier today the House passed their first major bill since the beginning of the this year. “Repeal and Replace” has been their battlecry for more than 7 years now and they have finally started to deliver. After failing multiple times to bring a healthcare bill to the floor for a … Read More ›
Saturday marked President Trump’s 100th day in office and in sticking true to his colors he spent the evening at a rally in Pennsylvania (Which I attended, but we’ll get to that in another post). During the campaign the President released what he called “The Contract with the American Voter” … Read More ›
These were the words of the Director of the National Economic Council, Gary Cohn, today during a White House press briefing. With the end to the first 100 days coming up fast, the Trump Administration is doing it’s best to show movement on some of the President’s key campaign promises. … Read More ›
Back in December, Congress put together a Continuing Resolution (CR) that funded the Federal Government up until April 28th of this year. Legally, after the 28th the US Treasury is not allowed to spend any more money. Congress will have to reach an agreement before then to prevent a shutdown. … Read More ›