In a surprising vote in a closed-door meeting on Monday, just hours before the Congress begins this year’s session, House Republicans, in a 119-74 vote, adopted an amendment by Representative Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) to place the Office of Congressional Ethics, or OCE, directly under the jurisdiction of the House Ethics Committee. While, at first glance, […]
WASHINGTON — U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said Monday that the mayor of crime-ridden Chicago, former White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel, ought to seek federal law enforcement help if he can’t control the soaring murder rate in the country’s third biggest city. Trump, in a Twitter comment, said, “Chicago murder rate is record-setting — 4,331 […]
SEOUL — U.S. President-elect Donald Trump refuted Kim Jong Un’s implied message that his military may soon test an intercontinental ballistic Missile (ICBM) capable of reaching the U.S. mainland, that the North Korean leader made during his New Year’s Day address. On Monday Trump sent out a Tweet saying, “It won’t happen!” North Korea just stated […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin says Moscow will not expel U.S. diplomats in response to sanctions imposed Thursday by U.S. President Barack Obama for interference by Russian intelligence agencies in November’s U.S. national election. “We will not create problems for American diplomats. We will not expel anyone,” Putin said in a statement released by the Kremlin. […]