President Donald Trump has issued an executive order freezing pay for federal employees through 2019, knocking out a 2.1 percent increase set to take effect next week. The president cited budget concerns […]
Pay hike for federal workers cancelled
Election result disputes are continuing
The Nov. 6 election is over, sort of, but the bitterness isn’t. Two incidents on Friday underlined that point. In North Carolina, the state board of elections dissolved itself without certifying the […]
No end in sight for U.S. govt. shutdown
President Donald Trump and Congressional Democrats continued to spar on Thursday over the partial government shutdown that is continuing with no end in sight. On Wednesday the president told reporters he would […]
U.S. stocks make an historic rally
Reversing a trend that threatened to push the stock market into the red for 2018, the Dow Jones Average posted its biggest gain ever on Wednesday, jumping up by 1,086 points, an […]
11 dead in Pittsburgh synagogue
UPDATE: The number of persons reported killed in the mass shooting at a synagogue in Pittsburgh has been increased to 11 people, according to multiple news sources. ––––––––––– At least eight people are dead […]
Kavanaugh wins confirmation to court
Brett Kavanaugh was confirmed to the post of associate justice on the Supreme Court by the U.S. Senate on Saturday. Kavanaugh, President Donald Trump’s second appointment to the high court, was approved […]
Senate panel backs Kavanaugh, but ….
On a party-line vote, the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee voted on Friday to send the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the full Senate. All 11 Republicans voted in favor […]
Cosby sentenced to 3-to-10 in prison
Bill Cosby, one of the most prominent comedians and actors of the last century, was sentenced on Tuesday to three to 10 years in prison for drugging and sexually assaulting a woman […]
Kavanaugh, accuser testify Monday?
The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee is expected to hear testimony on Monday, Sept. 24 from both Supreme Court justice nominee Brett Kavanaugh and the woman who accused him of a sexual assault […]
Arizona Sen. John McCain dead at 81
John S. McCain, a U.S. Senator who was the Republican nominee for President of the United States in 2008, is dead at the age of 81. The cause was brain cancer. A […]
