Politics

Secretary Of State Rex Tillerson On Revised Trump Travel Ban: USA Will Be As Safe As It Can Be

Rex Tillerson announced President Trumps executive order, a revised form of his original travel ban. The ban originally included seven majority-Muslim countries, but the new version only lists six. Iraq has been dropped.

Mar 7, 2017

Jeff Sessions On Revised Trump Travel Ban: Terrorists Are Trying To Enter Through Refugee Program

Attorney General Jeff Sessions helped introduce President Trumps revised travel ban, and stated that a majority a people convicted for terrorism-related offenses since 9/11 were foreign-born. The six countries in the ban, Sessions said, either harbored terrorists or lost territory to terrorist groups.

Mar 7, 2017

Critics slam Trumps travel ban 2.0 as un-American

President Donald Trump signed a new executive order on 6 March that bans citizens from six Muslim-majority nations from entering the US. Democrats and Islamic organisations in the US have slammed POTUS for the revised ban, calling it immoral and un-American. The Council on American–Islamic Relations (CAIR) said the ban undermines the freedom of the American Muslims despite US constitution granting freedom of religion to all.

Mar 7, 2017

French elections 2017: François Fillon says I am not autistic

François Fillon, the candidate of Les Républicains for the French presidential election kept repeating I am not autistic on TV trying to answer why he was still running for president amidst the corruption suspicions surrounding him.

Mar 6, 2017

Republicans ask Trump for proof of wiretaps

After President Donald Trump accused Former President Barack Obama of wiretapping his phone lines, some Republicans are asking Trump to provide evidence of the claims.

Mar 6, 2017

Boris Johnson: Russia is up to all sorts of no good

British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has been invited to Russia to speak with his counterpart, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, in an attempt to resolve significant differences over conflicts in Syria and Ukraine. Speaking in Brussels on 6 March Johnson said he will confront Russia on a number of topics inlcuding the Ukraine and Russian cyber warfare. If the trip goes ahead Johnson it will be the first official visit to Russia by a UK minister since 2011.

Mar 6, 2017

Trumps office under pressure amid Russia investigation

US President Donald Trumps administration is under pressure over contacts with Russia before Trump took office. Several prominent figures of his team already stepped down over undisclosed meetings with the Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak.

Mar 5, 2017

Protesters call for Jeff Sessions to resign for lying under oath about contacting Russia

A hundred or more protesters gathered outside the U.S. Department of Justice building in Washington on Thursday (2 March) and called for the resignation of Attorney General Jeff Sessions.The protesters, who appeared to be organized by Democratic advocacy groups, chanted slogans such as Jeff Sessions has got to go. The people have a right to know.

Mar 6, 2017

Protesters call for Jeff Sessions to resign for lying under oath about contacting Russia

Mar 6, 2017

Republicans ask Trump for proof of wiretaps

After President Donald Trump accused Former President Barack Obama of wiretapping his phone lines, some Republicans are asking Trump to provide evidence of the claims.

Mar 6, 2017

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