House Republicans Move to Gut Ethics Panel

House Republicans moved to effectively gut the independent Office of Congressional Ethics on Monday night. The rule change was approved 119-74 in the conference. The complete rules package will now be voted on tomorrow, during the new Congress’s first day. Representative Bob Goodlatte, who sponsored the proposal, announced the adopted […]


New Year’s Eve Surprises Are More of the Same

Viewers tuning into New Year’s Eve coverage on television would have found familiar offerings on the broadcast and cable news networks. CBS and MSNBC both forewent New Year’s Eve coverage. CBS viewers were treated to local programming while MSNBC became the place for news, especially with the breaking news out […]


NBC4 Deletes Tweet Linking Hillary Clinton and John Wayne Gacy

NBC4, the NBCUniversal owned-and-operated affiliate station in Southern California, tweeted out a link to a story titled, “Photos Show Inside Creepy Abandoned Edgewater Hospital.” When the news organization went to tweet the story, the picture had a caption of “Inside the Abandoned Chicago Hospital Clinton Was Born.” Hillary Clinton was […]


President Obama Cracks Down on Russian-Owned Compounds in America

As part of larger sanctions and punishments on the Russian government, President Obama announced that Russian diplomats and government employees will no longer be able to access two compounds owned by the Russian government, effectively closing the properties. The sanctions come as a result of the Russian government’s interference in the […]


Donald Trump Names Communications Team

President-elect Donald Trump announced the members of his communications team on Thursday. Republican National Committee chief spokesman Sean Spicer will serve as White House Press Secretary, Hope Hicks will serve as Director of Strategic Communications, Jason Miller will serve as Director of Communications, and Dan Scavino will serve as Director […]