Work resumed Thursday on the controversial Dakota Access oil pipeline in the north central U.S., while an Indian tribe went to court again in a last-minute effort to stop the project. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers had given the go-ahead Wednesday for the work to continue. President Donald Trump ordered the project completed […]
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 […]
WASHINGTON — Billionaire real estate mogul Donald Trump has been sworn-in as the 45th U.S. president in Washington, D.C. He attended a traditional Inauguration Day service at St. John’s Church Friday morning near the White House, accompanied by his wife Melania, Vice President-elect Mike Pence, his wife Karen, and their families. The Trumps then headed across […]
Top U.S. intelligence officials say they believe high-level Russian authorities were directly responsible for the hacking and leaking of documents from the Democratic National Committee in an effort to interfere in the 2016 presidential election. “We assess that only Russia’s senior-most officials could have authorized the recent election-focused data thefts and disclosures,” Director of National […]