“The United States Government will not accept or allow transgender individuals to serve in any capacity in the U.S. Military,” he announced today in three tweets, Joinfo.com reports with reference to News Monkey. Of course, the decision is getting a ...
Read More »Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull Mocks Donald Trump In Leaked Video
Nine News Australia obtained the footage of Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull at Wednesday night’s Midwinter Ball, an annual event attended by politicians, journalists and other power brokers, according to Huffington Post. The event was supposed to be off the record, ...
Read More »What is covfefe? Trump baffles with late night Twitter post
If you haven’t looked it up already – don’t bother, The Guardian advises. Just after midnight in Washington, Donald Trump tweeted: “Despite the constant negative press covfefe.” That was it. No more. Just that word “covfefe” left hanging there. It ...
Read More »Merkel: Europe can no longer rely on US and Britain
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Sunday that Europe has to forge its own path forward, as the United States and Britain were no longer reliable partners, according to Deutsche Welle. “The times when we could fully rely on others have ...
Read More »Trump asked Comey to end investigation of Michael Flynn: source
The explosive new development on Tuesday followed a week of tumult at the White House after Trump fired Comey and then discussed sensitive national security information about Islamic State with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Joinfo.com reports with reference to ...
Read More »SNL’s cold open brought back Alec Baldwin’s Trump
The live coast-to-coast episode of Saturday Night Live was one of the most anticipated episodes in of what’s been a big season for the show, with host Melissa McCarthy ascending to SNL’s “Five-Timers Club” and bringing back her brilliant Sean ...
Read More »North Korea fires missile days after new South Korea leader pledges dialogue
The U.S. Pacific Command said it was assessing the type of missile but it was “not consistent with an intercontinental ballistic missile”. Japanese Defence Minister Tomomi Inada said the missile could be of a new type, according to Reuters. The ...
Read More »Stephen Colbert explains how we know the exact reason Trump fired Comey
“I’m pretty confident,” he said on Wednesday’s Late Show. “One thing we’ve learned from the last two years of Donald Trump is that what it seems like he’s doing is exactly what he’s doing.” Wait, does this mean we can cut down ...
Read More »Sally Yates is about to bring back the Russia story in a big way
According to CNN, Yates’ testimony will push the story of the Trump campaign’s alleged ties to Russia back into the headlines, especially, if expected, she asserts that she warned Trump campaign officials that Flynn, the now-deposed national security adviser, was ...
Read More »Trump celebrates first 100 days as president, blasts media
U.S. President Donald Trump told a Pennsylvania crowd he was just getting started on meeting his campaign promises. He repeatedly attacked an “incompetent, dishonest” media, saying they were not telling the truth about his administration’s accomplishments, according to Reuters. “My ...
Read More »Elon Musk explains why he’s on President Trump’s advisory council
The council, which meets every month or two, discusses a range of issues, and Musk says he brings something unique to the table, according to Business Insider. “In the meetings I’ve had thus far, I’ve argued in favor of immigration and ...
Read More »Reuters: Trump says ‘major, major’ conflict with North Korea possible, but seeks diplomacy
“There is a chance that we could end up having a major, major conflict with North Korea. Absolutely,” Trump told Reuters in an Oval Office interview ahead of his 100th day in office on Saturday. Nonetheless, Trump said he wanted ...
Read More »North Korean missile test fails
The attempted launch occurred a day after the regime of Kim Jong Un showed off a bevy of new missiles and launchers at a large-scale military parade on its most important holiday, according to CNN. A South Korean defense official ...
Read More »Trump’s stunning u-turns on NATO, China, Russia and Syria
NATO, Trump said, is “no longer obsolete.” He backed down a threat to brand China a currency manipulator. In another reversal, Trump praised Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen, whom he had previously pledged to replace when her term expires, and ...
Read More »China’s Xi urges Trump to find peaceful resolution of North Korea tension
Trump’s call with Xi, just days after they met in the United States, came as an influential state-run Chinese newspaper warned that the Korean peninsula was the closest it has been to a “military clash” since North Korea’s first nuclear ...
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