WASHINGTON — Former U.S. president George W. Bush on Thursday spoke against the country’s political divisiveness, saying that “at times it can seem like the forces pulling us apart are stronger than the forces binding us together.” Bush, the country’s 43rd president, a Republican who served two terms in office from 2001 to 2009, never mentioned […]
CEOs of major U.S. corporations continue to jump ship from President Trump’s Manufacturing Council in response to the president’s rather belated and lackluster prepared response to the turmoil in Charlottesville that led to the death of Charlottesville resident Heather Heyer, age 32, and the injury of 20 others by James Alex Fields Jr. Following the exit […]
Former Sheriff Joe Arpaio, who served as the Sheriff for Arizona’s Maricopa County for 24 years, and was controversial on issues of jail conditions, failures to investigate sex crimes and feuds with judges and supervisors, has been convicted on Federal charges of Criminal Contempt of Court. Despite his assertions that he thought that federal judge’s […]
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has denounced the U.S. Supreme Court’s partial reinstatement of a travel ban affecting six predominately Muslim countries and said the decision could energize terrorist groups. “It is regrettable that the citizens of the countries on the list have never participated in any act of terrorism against the U.S. and […]