WHITE HOUSE — As the White House continues to defend President Donald Trump’s executive order banning entry to refugees and people from seven Muslim majority countries, former President Barack Obama has opposed it in his first statement since leaving the White House. Obama’s spokesperson, Kevin Lewis, issued a statement rejecting any comparison of his foreign policy […]
Emergency rooms in communities with indoor smoking bans reported a 17 percent decrease in the number of children needing care for asthma attacks, according to new research from the University of Chicago Medicine. The study, led by pediatric allergy expert Christina Ciaccio, MD, assistant professor of pediatrics at the University of Chicago, examined 20 metropolitan […]
HEADQUARTERS, U.S. ARMY ALASKA, JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – U.S. Army Alaska Thursday issued a commanding general policy letter prohibiting Alaska-based soldier attendance at marijuana, cannabis or hemp fairs, festivals, conventions and similar events. These types of events typically involve, but are not limited to, promoting the use of marijuana and disseminating information on the […]
Republican U.S. presidential front-runner Donald Trump is drawing rebukes from across the world for proposing a “total and complete shutdown” of Muslims entering the United States until the country’s leaders can “figure out what is going on” about possible new terrorist attacks. White House spokesman Josh Earnest on Tuesday called Trump’s rhetoric “offensive and toxic,” […]