Henry Rodgers on December 18, 2018 President Donald Trump’s administration is set to ban bump stocks, which are designed to enable a semi-automatic weapon to fire like a fully automatic weapon, in 2019 after over a year of debate about the devices. A senior Justice Department official reportedly told The Associated Press Tuesday that…
Nick Givas on December 14, 2018 NBC legal analyst Daniel Goldman claimed President Donald Trump committed a felony to win the presidency on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” Friday. “I think legally we already now know that the president has committed a felony in order to obtain the office of the presidency,” Goldman said. He also said Trump will…
Chuck Ross on December 12, 2018 Michael Cohen, the former personal attorney for Donald Trump, was sentenced to three years in prison by a judge in New York on Wednesday. The sentence, handed down by U.S. District Court Judge William Pauley, is lower than prosecutors’ recommendation that the longtime Trump fixer receive slightly less than…
Today, TIME Magazine came out with their annual “Person(s) of the Year”. In the past, they’ve used the profile to highlight someone who their editorial board has determined to have done the most to influence the direction of the world in the previous year. Everyone from Gandhi to Hitler, from Churchill to Stalin, from MLK…
Hanna Bogorowski on December 6, 2018 The Boston Globe Editorial Board endorsed Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts for re-election in the Senate in October, but took a different stance Thursday when it comes to her potential White House run. “Warren missed her moment in 2016, and there’s reason to be skeptical of her prospective…
Emily Larsen on November 28, 2018 After U.S. border agents fired tear gas at migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border Sunday, people on Twitter claimed that the Obama administration also used tear gas at the southern border. “For all the libs and mainstream media liars freaking out about tear gas used at the border… Obama’s border…
Will Racke on November 21, 2018 Rep. Tulsi Gabbard of had some choice words for President Donald Trump’s support for Saudi Arabia in the wake of the kingdom’s murder of a dissident journalist. “Hey @realdonaldtrump: being Saudi Arabia’s bitch is not ‘America First,’” Gabbard, a Hawaii Democrat, wrote Wednesday on Twitter. Gabbard was referring to an official statement Trump released on…
Nick Givas on October 25, 2018 Republican Gov. John Kasich of Ohio said President Donald Trump is responsible for the political division tearing America apart on MSNBC’s “The 11th Hour” Wednesday. Host Brian Williams asked if Trump’s behavior bears some responsibility not for explosive devices being sent to prominent political figures, but at least for the divisive…
Evie Fordham The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is testing its Presidential Alert system for the first time ever Wednesday afternoon and expects to send texts to about 225 million smartphones. “THIS IS A TEST of the National Wireless Emergency Alert System. No action is needed,” reads the text that will go out at 2:18…
Neetu Chandak on September 14, 2018 An illegal immigrant mother in North Carolina feared Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) would separate her from her child if she evacuated to avoid Hurricane Florence, but ICE said otherwise. “My concern is that we’ve heard rumors that they were not accepting undocumented persons and that if you went there…