United States Secretary of State John Kerry has made a visit to Russian President, Vladmir Putin, in Sochi. This was Kerry’s first visit to Russia in two years. Kerry tweeted about his meeting. Had frank discussions with President #Putin & FM #Lavrov on key issues including #IranTalks, #Syria, #Ukraine. pic.twitter.com/KDHrXgB0oH — […]
Earlier today, a federal appeals court ruled that most of the NSA spying program is illegal. This pertains to the data collection of people who have not committed a crime and are now viewed as likely to. The NSA collects millions of phone records every day as part of the program, […]
The House has passed the joint House-Senate budget that targets Obamacare and other spending while boosting defense spending. The vote was 226-197. Later the Senate will vote on the budget and confirm it or deny it. Every Democrat voted against the bill while all but 14 Republicans voted for it. […]
During last night’s White House Correspondents Dinner, President Obama made a joke of Senator John McCain (R-AZ) being a grumpy old man defending the White House from potential intruders. Part of this came from failures on the part of the Secret Service that have allowed several people to jump the […]
On Thursday, Loretta Lynch was confirmed by the U.S. Senate. She will be the first African American woman Attorney General. She won by a vote of 56-43. Ten Republicans voted in favor of her confirmation. One of the 10 was Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY.). The only member to not vote was Ted […]
