Juliegrace Brufke The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) would raise United States incomes by an estimated $131 billion a year, according to a January study by D.C.-based think tank The Peterson Institute for International Economics. Annual exports will increase by $357 billion, or 9.1 percent, in the country by 2030, according to the working paper. The study found, however, if the…
When the infamous Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman was captured, he was found to be in possession of one of the rifles from the Obama administration’s defunct Fast and Furious program. Fox reports: After the raid on Jan. 8 in the city of Los Mochis that killed five of his men and wounded one Mexican…
Nearly 20,000 civilians were killed and 3.2 million displaced in Iraq in just under two years, a count the United Nations calls “staggering.” Their new report, released today, details the absolutely horrific toll which the battle with ISIS is taking on Iraq’s population– prompting some to call the crimes “genocide.” The numbers are grim: 18,802…
Blake Neff A faculty member and two graduate students at the University of Denver (DU) have written a letter castigating the school for showing an “implicit bias towards white life” because it sent out emails concerning the terrorist attack in Paris last November. Professor Armond Towns and graduate students Raisa Alvarado and Jamie Guzmán, all…
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi is an unsettling lesson in military adventurism and a damning indictment of the Obama administration’s foreign policy. The film follows a group of military contractors, including two former Navy SEALs, as they employ security for CIA agents in Benghazi, Libya, arranging to buy arms from unsavory groups in order…
The countries of Canada and Mexico may have to plead their case before the mighty United Nations if they wish to legalize marijuana, lest they violate several international conventions that govern the global war on drugs. This information comes from a briefing note received by new Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Trudeau’s Liberal Party came…
Russ Read President Barack Obama’s gaffe last night during his State of the Union address when referencing Russia has gone largely unnoticed by listeners and pundits alike. “Even as their economy contracts, Russia is pouring resources to prop up Ukraine and Syria – states they see slipping away from their orbit,” said Obama. There’s a…
Meet Syed Adam Ahmed, a 6 year old Canadian hockey fan who wishes he could travel to America. Ever since he was a toddler, the little boy has flagged airport security. Some have suggested the boy’s listing on Canada’s “Deemed High Profile” list could be due to his name having been wrongly placed on the US…
Russ Read Major world events have made headlines throughout 2015, but not all of them were expected. ISIS, unsurprisingly, continued to wreak havoc in the Middle East. China continued to assert dominance in the South China Sea, literally creating islands where once there was nothing but water. Vladimir Putin continued to run roughshod over Ukraine,…
President Vladimir Putin of Russia gave his endorsement of Donald Trump for US president. He also speculated that the US and Turkey has colluded to down a Russian aircraft on November 25th. The Russian president also made some vulgar insinuations about the US’s relationship with Turkey. CNN reports: Putin offered high praise for the billionaire…