France set to ban sale of petrol and diesel vehicles by 2040 France is set to ban the sale of any car that uses petrol or diesel fuel by 2040, in what the ecology minister called a “revolution”. Nicolas Hulot announced the planned ban on fossil fuel vehicles as part […]
Ethics director who clashed with Trump resigns Walter Shaub, the leader of the federal government’s ethics office who previously criticized President Trump over the president’s business interests, submitted his resignation on Thursday. He will leave office nearly six months before the end of his term. Shaub will officially step down […]
Illinois House approves state budget, ends historic impasse The Illinois House voted Thursday to override Gov. Bruce Rauner’s vetoes of a budget package, giving the state its first spending blueprint in more than two years and ending the nation’s longest fiscal stalemate since at least the Great Depression. The action […]
Is Merkel making a political point with her G20 music choice? As the current leader of the G20, Angela Merkel gets to call the tune, and the German Chancellor appears to be sending a musical message to some of her guests in Hamburg this week. On Friday evening, while the […]
DONALD TRUMP KEEPS MISSING HIS OWN DEADLINES The president has been issuing orders calling on agencies to complete reviews and administrative actions since his earliest days in office. Deadlines for these actions continue to crop up, and compliance has been scattershot at best. By the latest numbers, 36 deadlines have […]
President Trump Claimed the Stock Market Has Added $4 Trillion in Value Since His Election President Donald Trump has voiced pride over the stock market gains in the United States, but his math for those gains is quite a bit off. In a speech he gave to the Three Seas […]
Vice president gets insider look at Kennedy Space Center Vice President Mike Pence got an insider’s look at Kennedy Space Center on Thursday and promised more glory days ahead for “this gateway to the stars.” Pence is heading up a newly revived National Space Council. President Donald Trump re-established the […]
At least 101 shot, 15 killed during violent Fourth of July weekend in Chicago The city of Chicago flooded the streets with 1,000 extra police officers during the Independence Day weekend. But they could not stop an eruption of gun violence. The extra-long holiday weekend was the bloodiest in recent […]
McConnell signals doubts about ObamaCare vote Acknowledging that Senate Republicans may not be able to pass their ObamaCare repeal legislation, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is warning that action will then have to be taken to stabilize insurance markets. “If my side is unable to agree on an adequate […]
CNN has been fake news for a long time CNN has been fake news for a long time:- President Trump went after the media during a stop in Poland on Thursday, specifically targeting CNN. During a press conference in Warsaw, Trump was asked for a response to accusations that CNN […]
