President-Elect Trump Inauguration Week Festivities Announced

President-elect Donald Trump’s Presidential Inaugural Committee has announced events for Inaugural Week come January. The festivities kick off on Tuesday, January 17, and continue until Sunday, January 21. The inauguration’s theme is inspired by Trump’s campaign and is “Make America Great Again!” “President-elect Trump is committed to unifying our country […]


Obama, Trudeau Take Steps to Curb Arctic Drilling

With President Obama in his final days and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau still early in his term, the two took steps on Tuesday to curb the amount of drilling in the Arctic and Atlantic oceans. President Obama’s action used the 1953 Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act which allows presidents to […]


Turkish Police Officer Assassinates Russian Ambassador

As the Turkish and Russian governments have worked to improve their historically frosty relationship, the Russian ambassador to Turkey was assassinated on Monday by a Turkish police officer. Gunman Mevlut Mert Altintas was killed in the aftermath. Ambassador Andrey Karlov was killed at an Ankara art gallery where he was invited […]


MSNBC Cancels Live with Thomas Roberts

MSNBC has cancelled Live with Thomas Roberts, its 1 P.M. weekday news program. Roberts had been hosting the two hour news block since MSNBC reshuffled its dayside to include more traditional news programs. The New York Post’s Page Six first reported the news. Roberts confirmed the news, writing on Facebook, […]


Energy Department Rundown

Responsibilities of the Department of Energy: The United States nuclear weapons program Energy conservation Energy research Radioactive waste removal United States energy production Genomics research History: The Department of Energy was officially created in 1977 under President Jimmy Carter. However, its origins can be traced all the way back to […]