Politics

A Turkish court has ruled for the release of American evangelical Christian pastor Andrew Brunson, after months of spiraling relations between the country and the United States over his incarceration. The ruling passed on Oct. 12 over a 3 year, 1 1/2 month sentence on Brunson, who had been charged with unsubstantiated terrorism offenses by Turkey. The court said […]

Kanye West visited an Apple store in Washington after visiting the White House on Thursday, Oct. 11, delivering an impromptu speech from atop a table. Pictures from the scene, including some from RNS reporter Jack Jenkins, show the singer and businessman taking pictures with customers before standing on the table and giving a “keynote” speech. […]

President Donald Trump extended and expanded what he called a “very important” program to clean up sea-borne waste by signing a bill to boost international cooperation on removing debris from the planet’s oceans. The Save Our Seas Act of 2018 extended the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Marine Debris Program for an additional five years, […]

The retail behemoth Amazon must be targeted for antitrust violations and broken up into smaller companies, argues Scott Galloway, a marketing professor at New York University. “Amazon has become an invasive species that is unhealthy for our economy,” he said at the Recode conference on Sept. 17. In fact, Galloway would like to see Apple, Facebook, […]

Commentary The long-delayed nominations of two key Department of Justice officials who will oversee the enforcement of civil rights and environmental laws were narrowly approved by the Senate on Oct. 11, over the strong objections of left-wing activists. Although the Democrats’ ongoing, unprecedented blockade of President Donald Trump’s nominees across all agencies of the federal […]

Kanye West met with President Donald Trump on Oct. 11 at the Oval Office, giving an unprepared 10-minute monologue in front of reporters and drawing praise from Trump for his honesty. Donning a signature red “Make America Great Again” (MAGA) hat, West, sitting just feet away from the president at the Resolute Desk, talked freely about […]

WASHINGTON—The Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC) issues a report every year on human rights and rule of law in the People’s Republic of China, although the feeling at the release of this year’s report felt different. There was sadness that an already desperate human-rights situation continues to deteriorate, but also a sense that things might […]

WASHINGTON/ISTANBUL—President Donald Trump said on Oct. 11, that he saw no reason to cut off arms sales to Saudi Arabia because of the disappearance of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, possibly setting up a clash with the U.S. Congress. Trump also said the United States may be closer to finding out what happened to Khashoggi, a […]

WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump welcomed musicians Kid Rock and country star John Rich to the White House on Oct. 11, as he signed legislation overhauling the way music is licensed and songwriters compensated. Trump signed the Orrin B. Hatch Music Modernization Act on Thursday. The bill won wide bipartisan support in the House and Senate and […]

A number of prominent Republicans, including the sitting president, have reacted with antipathy and condemnation over former Attorney General Eric Holder’s apparent call for violence. Holder, the latest in a growing list of prominent Democrats to use violent rhetoric against Republicans in recent months, urged fellow supporters to abandon former First Lady Michelle Obama’s previous […]

Vice President Mike Pence’s unprecedented speech on China-U.S. relations last week is still causing shockwaves due to its unflinching directness in calling out China on its litany of transgressions.

Eric Holder, attorney general under President Barack Obama, told a crowd that they should not be civil to Republicans but instead kick them. After noting Michelle Obama’s saying, “When they go low, we go high,” Holder said, “No. When they go low, we kick them.” “That’s what this new Democratic Party is about,” he added. […]

With less than a month to go before the 2018 midterm elections, the Democratic Party is attempting to make the most of its opposition to President Donald Trump as its best chance for electoral victory. Most of the party’s candidates for all 435 seats in the House of Representatives and the one-third of the Senate […]

With Election Day less than a month away, voters are being bombarded with mailers and television ads by candidates hoping to collect their vote. But in the 2016 presidential election, the internet and social media emerged as a new battleground to influence voters. In that forum, it isn’t just politicians or even ardent local supporters […]

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa—Michelle Root loved that President Donald Trump held a rally in her hometown of Council Bluffs, Iowa, on Oct. 9. She has met with the president several times about illegal immigration and attended the rally to show her support. “Just to show my support to our great president and everything he’s done for […]

Large online platforms including Google, YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter have shifted their principles “toward censorship and moderation” from a position of protecting free speech, according to a Google research document leaked to Breitbart. The document, titled “The Good Censor,” argues the platforms have pinned themselves between two incompatible positions: “Create unmediated ‘marketplaces of ideas’” and […]

Insurance companies and pharmacy benefits managers (PBM) will no longer be able to strong-arm pharmacies into keeping quiet when customers pay more than they need to for drugs, thanks to two bills President Donald Trump signed on Oct. 10. The bills, Know the Lowest Price Act and Patients Right to Know Drug Prices Act, target […]

WASHINGTON—The White House on Oct. 10 condemned the death of an opposition politician in Venezuela and accused President Nicolas Maduro’s government of involvement in the death. “The United States condemns the Maduro regime’s involvement in the death of Venezuelan opposition councilman Fernando Alban,” it said in a statement. The statement also called for the release […]

A pro-government newspaper in Turkey said they have identified a 15-member intelligence team allegedly involved in the mysterious disappearance of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. The Daily Sabah published images and security video of the so-called “assassination squad” as they entered the Saudi Arabia consulate in Istanbul where Khashoggi—a prominent Saudi journalist and regime critic—was last seen entering […]

A left-wing website editor mocked a Republican Congressman who was shot by a Bernie Sanders supporter in 2017 after the official warned about the escalating political violence from the left. Martin Cizmar, a senior editor at the website Raw Story, wrote to Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.) on Twitter: “Boo boo little baby” He was responding […]