By Kody Fairfield During a Periscope press conference held on Monday, Wikileaks founder Julian Assange stated that the Obama Administration is currently engaged in destroying public records in the President’s final days of office. Assange stated, “We are told that destruction of records is occurring now in different parts of the Obama administration in different departments or agencies.”…
By Kody Fairfield Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) will make Senate history this week as he is set to testify against the confirmation of Donald Trump‘s pick for Attorney General, Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL). Booker’s testimony would appear to be the first time in Senate history that a sitting Senator would testify against his current colleague for a nominated…
With political momentum on his side, Washington’s Attorney General seeks to ban the sale of assault weapons with a recent legislation proposal.
By Jonah Bennett In a stunning release, a federal agency confirmed a Phoenix Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) whistleblower’s claims that on an average day at the facility, 1,100 patients are waiting longer than 30 days for care. The Office of Special Counsel (OSC), the agency that protects whistleblowers, released a statement Tuesday noting that…
By Amber Randall A report released by a Republican senator Tuesday reveals the U.S. government spent over $800,000 to investigate monkey drool. Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake published the “Wastebook: PORKemon Go,” which highlights 50 examples of government waste that cost taxpayers approximately $5 billion. One such waste was the taxpayer-funded study of monkey drool…
By Phillip Stucky A small group of protesters representing StopFascism.org were forcibly removed from the hearing to confirm Sen. Jeff Sessions as the next Attorney General of the United States Tuesday morning. Three protesters refused to leave when Capitol Police came to remove them for shouting “Jeff Sessions is a racist!” The protesters struggled with…
By Elias Atienza Senator Rand Paul’s (R-KY) renewed push to balance the budget was foiled yesterday when his amendment to Senate Continuing Resolution 3 was defeated 14-83. The Continuing Resolution was to “set the budget setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2017 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for…
By Saagar Enjeti Secretary of State John Kerry claims President Barack Obama did not retreat from his chemical weapons red line, even as Syrian President Bashar al-Assad crossed it several times. Kerry’s contention, laid out in a Tuesday talk at the U.S. Institute of Peace in D.C., is that Obama did not retreat because he was…
By Luke Rosiak Federal grants awarded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) bankrolled studies to discover that fraternity brothers like to drink, that “Jaws” is a scary movie, that little girls like Barbie dolls and that most people generally fear pain at the dentist. These and other taxpayer-funded academic studies were highlighted Tuesday in…
By Thomas Phippen Fish companies are suing the Obama administration for new rules that require companies to track the origin of each fish imported into the U.S. The rules, finalized Dec. 9, 2016, are designed to combat seafood fraud and illegal fishing, but opponents say the rules will harm the seafood industry and punish innocent companies. National Fisheries…