Governor Bobby Jindal (R-LA) announced his presidential run today online. He is the thirteenth Republican (fourteenth, if you count Mark Everson) to announce a presidential run. Jindal was expected to announce the run at a rally Wednesday afternoon, but he instead posted a video online. The video shows Governor Jindal and […]
In the aftermath of the Charleston shooting, much of the attention has been focused on the culture that may have caused suspect Dylann Roof to have white supremacist views. This attention has included the Confederate flag, which continues to fly in South Carolina. When the flags were ordered to half-staff, the […]
President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel are leading talks with the Group of Seven (G7). The G7 is a group of the leading industrial countries. Those countries include Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Russia was previously a member of the group, then known […]
The United States of America has removed Cuba from the list of countries that sponsor terrorism. “While the United States has significant concerns and disagreements with a wide range of Cuba’s policies and actions, these fall outside the criteria relevant to the rescission of a state sponsor of terrorism designation,” […]
President Obama has joined Twitter with an official White House account that belongs to the current President, whomever that may be. This is similar to other office accounts where the person with the account changes as the officeholder changes. Other examples include the Pope, who tweets from @Pontifex, and various governors. When […]
