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US and China finally agree on North Korea nuclear threat, Tillerson says

by Itunuoluwa Adebo US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Sunday that China understands now how dangerous North Korea’s nuclear program has become and agrees action must be taken to stop it. “I think even China is beginning to recognize that this presents a threat to even China’s interests,” Tillerson said during an interview on... Read More

China, North Korea, obama, tillerson

Trump’s travel expenses so far? Already as much as Obama spent in 2 years

by Itunuoluwa Adebo President Trump’s trips to his luxury Florida resort are costing the Unite States a pretty penny, approximately at least $24 million (£19.2 million) which is roughly as much as Barack Obama spent on travel in the first two years of his presidency. Trump has spent seven weekends at Mar-a-Lagos since he assumed office ten... Read More

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Neil Gorsuch sworn in as Supreme Court Judge

by Itunuoluwa Adebo Judge Neil Gorsuch has taken the first of two oaths to be sworn in as the newest Supreme Court justice Monday, after survived a grueling confirmation process where he faced Democrats still angered over Republicans’ blockade of former President Barack Obama’s nominee last year. Gorsuch took the Constitutional Oath in a private... Read More

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Trump may be shaking up the seating arrangement at his table

by Itunuoluwa Adebo The future of top White House staffers, Steve Bannon and Reince Priebus seem to hang in the balance as President Trump is sending signals there is a shakeup in the offing. It looks like the rise of Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, has further isolated Bannon, the chief strategist, from the President and... Read More

Harvard students launch 4-week course on Trump resistance

by Itunuoluwa Adebo Students at Harvard on Wednesday, resumed the first day of Resistance School , a 4-week course in anti-Trump activism created by progressive students at the university’s Kennedy School of Government. Through four in-person and live-streamed sessions, followed by interactive homework assignments, organizers of the program say they hope to train activists “to... Read More

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“We are prepared to do more” | US Ambassador Nikki Haley warns Syria

by Itunuoluwa Adebo Nikki Haley the US Ambassador to the United Nations warned Friday that the United States “is prepared to do more” in response to Syria’s use of chemical weapons and delivered a sharp rebuke to Russia for its support of the Syrian regime. “The United States took a very measured step last night,” Haley... Read More

Airstrikes, Assad, Haley Nikki, Russia, syria, United Nations

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American Senate confirms Neil Gorsuch as Supreme Court Judge

by Itunuoluwa Adebo Neil Gorsuch was confirmed by the Senate Friday morning. Gorsuch, a 49-year-old federal judge could help cement a conservative majority on the bench for decades, to the Supreme Court, The vote was 54-45, mostly along party lines. Only three Democrats: Sens. Joe Manchin, Heidi Heitkamp and Joe Donnelly, sided with the GOP... Read More

Neil Gorsuch, obama, senate, supreme court, trump

Did Hillary Clinton predict Trump’s airstrike launch?

By Itunuoluwa Adebo Hilary Clinton in her first interview since losing the 2016 elections, said misogyny played a role in her election loss. Clinton said at the Women in the World summit “spends a lot of time wrestling” with the fact that 53% of white women voted for Trump and the impact of her gender... Read More

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Trump’s ‘very very great relationship’ with Xi Jinping threatened by Syria airstrikes

by Itunuoluwa Adebo President Trump has hailed the start of “a very, very great relationship” with the Chinese president, Xi Jinping, after months of Twitter attacks and tension ended in a steak dinner at the Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort. When Xi came to the US two years ago, Trump attacked Barack Obama’s red-carpet welcome, claiming he... Read More

Airstrikes, North Korea, Russia, trump, Vladmir Putin, Xi Jinping

5 potentially huge fallouts from Trump’s Syria airstrikes

by Itunuoluwa Adebo President Trump’s recently launched military airstrikes on a Syrian government airbase is barely hours old, but has thrown the 45th administration headlong into the world’s most intractable foreign policy crisis. These are the takeaways; Overreach Though the strikes may be getting support from some key Western players, Turkey and aligned regional powers.... Read More

Airstrikes, Assad, syria, trump

“What is your approach?” | Russia challenges Trump’s stand on Syria

by Itunuoluwa Adebo Russia has challenged President Donald Trump to set out his strategy on Syria after he declared that the recent chemical attack had transformed his views on the regime of President Bashar al-Assad. Trump, who has previously argued against removing Assad from power, said the attack on a rebel-held town in Syria’s Idlib... Read More

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“I know all of the folks” | Trump has big plans for New York

by Itunuoluwa Adebo President Trump said he was considering fast tracking the introduction of his $1 trillion infrastructure bill, but pointedly refused to say whether he planned to include two major New York City transportation projects that his budget for next year would defund. Trump, speaking in a wide-ranging interview in the Oval Office on... Read More

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“I don’t think Bill did anything wrong” | Trump stands solidly behind Bill O’Reilly despite sexual harassment claims

by Itunuoluwa Adebo Bill O’Reilly, accused Fox News host, received a powerful show of support on Wednesday from a longtime friend,: the president of the United States. Speaking in the Oval Office, President Trump praised Mr. O’Reilly as “a good person” and declared, “I don’t think Bill did anything wrong,” days after reports surfaced that... Read More

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POTUS hasn’t learnt? Trump suggests former National Security Adviser committed a crime, but has no proof

by Itunuoluwa Adebo President Trump said on Wednesday that the former national security adviser Susan Rice, may have committed a crime by seeking to learn the identities of Trump associates swept up in surveillance of foreign officials by United States spy agencies. Trump backed his claim up with no evidence, and current and former intelligence... Read More

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“I’m certainly not going to be telling you” | Trump speaks of retaliatory plans for Syria

by Itunuoluwa Adebo President Trump warned on Wednesday that he would not tolerate the “heinous” chemical weapons attack in Syria opening the door to a greater American role in protecting the population in a vicious civil war that he has always said the United States should avoid. Trump declined to offer any details about any... Read More

Abdullah, Assad, news conference, poison gas, syria, trump

Steve Bannon removed from permanent seat on National Security Council

by Itunuoluwa Adebo President Donald Trump’s chief strategist Steve Bannon, has been removed from his permanent seat at the National Security Council. The decision, according to one source was made by Trump himself, comes after the President in January authorized the reorganization of the National Security Council to include Bannon as a permanent member of... Read More

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US Special operations steps up ground operations in Yemen

by Itunuoluwa Adebo US special operations force have stepped up ground operations in Yemen, amidst intelligence that the Al Qaeda affiliate there continues to actively plan attacks on western targets, including targeting commercial aviation. The ground covert ground missions have the specific goal of secretly collecting intelligence on the al Qaeda affiliate there, including their... Read More

Al-quaeda, electronic ban, trump, US special operations, Yemen

North Korea fires a missile into the Sea of Japan ahead of US-China meeting

by Itunuoluwa Adebo North Korea fired a ballistic missile off the coast of the Korean Peninsula, ahead of the first meeting between US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping, The missile which fell into the Sea of Japan, also known as the East Sea, on Wednesday morning and is one of several they... Read More

Missile test, North Korea, Rex Tillerson, Xi Jinping

Fox most popular show “The O’Reilly Factor” suffers huge backlash after sexual harassment claims

Major brands are pulling their ads from “The O’Reilly Factor” the most popular show on cable news, and its network, Fox News, after a report about five settlements with women who alleged sexual harassment or verbal abuse by anchor Bill O’Reilly. The decisions signal the potential of financial damage for “The O’Reilly Factor,” Paul Rittenberg,... Read More

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“I hope to make a positive impact” | Daddy’s girl Ivanka Trump doesn’t care what you think

by Itunuoluwa Adebo Ivanka Trump could be less bothered about being”complicit,” as critics and even a “Saturday Night Live” perfume sketch allege. “I don’t know what it means to be complicit, but I hope time will prove that I have done a good job and much more importantly, that my father’s administration is the success... Read More

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JUST IN: POTUS, Ivanka Trump speak at White House town hall

President Trump and first daughter Ivanka, speak at the White House Town Hall meeting in Washington DC. More details to come as the meeting is still ongoing. .@POTUS: "We are getting unbelievable credit for what we've done – other than the mainstream media which just gives us no credit." pic.twitter.com/g1MeHj1n0I — Fox News (@FoxNews) April... Read More

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Trump to end support for UN Population Fund over abortions

by Itunuoluwa Adebo Officials in Washington said the US government plans to stop funding the United Nations Population Fund because of the organization’s “coercive” family planning practices, including providing abortions, According to a State Department official, Trump has instructed Secretary of State Rex Tillerson “to take all necessary actions, to the extent permitted by law,... Read More

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Melania Trump gets first portrait in White House

by Itunuoluwa Adebo The White House released Monday the official portrait of first lady Melania Trump. The picture was sent out via the official FLOTUS Twitter account. The photograph was taken in the West Sitting Hall of the White House private residence, according to CNN. She was photographed by Regine Mahaux, is well-known for her... Read More

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Former Obama adviser Susan Rice behind requests to unmask Trump officials in intel reports

by Itunuoluwa Adebo Susan Rice, former Obama administration national security adviser was reportedly behind dozens of requests to unmask the identities of U.S. persons in foreign surveillance reports that connected to the Trump transition. According to Bloomberg, the revelation on Monday, emerged from a National Security Council review of the government’s policy on unmasking, in... Read More

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POTUS welcomes President of Arab Republic of Egypt to the White House

by Itunuoluwa Adebo President Trump welcomes President of the Arab Republic, Abdel Fattah el- sisi to the White House. Today @POTUS welcomes the President of the Arab Republic of Egypt, Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, to the White House. pic.twitter.com/dwIZ8V1bOw — The White House 45 Archived (@WhiteHouse45) April 3, 2017 Getting ready to meet President al-Sisi of... Read More

“Don’t look at me, don’t look at Russia, there’s nothing to see here” | Someone’s trying to distract from the Trump-Russia debacle

by Itunuoluwa Adebo A senior Democrat alleged Sunday, that Trump’s White House and a Republican congressman who is supposed to be investigating Russian interference in the US election conspired to divert attention from Moscow’s actions. Adam Schiff accused Devin Nunes, the Republican chairman of the House intelligence committee, of colluding in an “attempt to distract”... Read More

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Trump’s senior adviser and son-in-law Jared Kushner in Iraq

by Itunuoluwa Adebo President Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser, Jared Kushner is in Iraq, a US official confirmed. Kushner, Ivanka’s husband, was invited by the Marine Corps Gen. Joseph Dunford. Thomas Bossert, assistant to the president for homeland security and counter-terrorism, is also traveling with them. “Chairman of the Joints Chiefs of Staff, Gen Joseph... Read More

Iraq, jared kushner, trump, white house

Federal Judge rejects Trump’s free speech defense in lawsuit

by Itunuoluwa Adebo Judge David J Hale in Louisville has rejected President Donald Trump’s free speech defense in a lawsuit in which he is accused of inciting violence against protesters during his campaign. He was sued by three protesters who say they were roughed up by Trump supporters at a March 2016 campaign rally in... Read More

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“I really liked her, she said the same thing to me” | Trump discusses meeting with Angela Merkel and his infamous tweets

by Itunuoluwa Adebo President Trump, in an interview with Financial Times published Sunday, addressed his very world famous Twitter account, saying he doesn’t regret any of his messages, including his recent explosive claim that he was wire-tapped by former President Barack Obama. In the interview, Trump doubled down on his unsubstantiated tweet last month stating... Read More

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“I am not the United States of the past” | Trump talks tough on China and North Korea

by Itunuoluwa Adebo President Trump has issued China with an ultimatum that if it fails to put pressure on North Korea to disable its nuclear program, the US is prepared to take action against them on its own. “Well, if China is not going to solve North Korea, we will,” the president said in an... Read More

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