Author: Brent J. Smith

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The Justice Department announced Sunday that it is replacing the legal team defending the Trump administration’s efforts to include a citizenship question on the 2020 Census According to The New York Times, the Justice Department will be replacing the legal team defending the Trump administration’s efforts to include a citizenship[Read More…]

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New York Governor signs bill Monday that may allow Congress to receive President Trump’s state tax returns According to the New York Times and Fox News, Governor Andrew M. Cuomo of New York signed a bill on Monday that may allow Congressional committees to receive President Trump’s tax returns. The[Read More…]

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Protests erupt in Hong-Kong Monday on handover anniversary In commemoration of Hong Kong’s return to China in 1997, hundreds of thousands of peaceful demonstrators marched in peaceful protest on Monday. But a smaller group of activists, armed with “metal bars and makeshift battering rams,” demonstrated unpeaceful and confrontational protests when[Read More…]

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President Trump conducts meetings with both Chinese President Xi Jinping and North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un this past weekend as the G20 Summit concludes The first of the two meetings came on Saturday with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Osaka, Japan amid China-U.S. economic tensions. According to the Wall[Read More…]

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Former Vice President Joe Biden loses ground, Senators Kamala Harris and Elizabeth Warren on the rise after first round of Democratic debates A new poll conducted by SSRS and reported on by CNN shows former Vice President Joe Biden remaining in first in the field of democratic candidates after the[Read More…]

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U.S. Women’s National Team wins fourth World Cup title after victory over the Netherlands on Sunday The U.S. Women’s National Team (USWNT) won its fourth World Cup title Sunday, the most among any nation, after a 2-0 victory over the Netherlands in Lyon, France. The World Cup title, the second[Read More…]

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Strongest earthquake in two decades strikes southern California Friday Southern California experienced a 7.1 magnitude earthquake Friday night at approximately 8:19 p.m. local time near Ridgecrest and Searles Valley, just a day after a 6.4 magnitude quake struck the same area. According to CNN, the shaking of the earthquake was[Read More…]

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President Trump states Friday that he is still considering an executive order to add a disputed citizenship question to the 2020 census According to the Wall Street Journal, Justice Department lawyers told a federal judge in Maryland that there are still options being explored by the Trump Administration on the[Read More…]

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Sudan’s military and civilian leaders announced Friday that they have reached an agreement to share power for just over three years until free elections are held According to the Wall Street Journal, the two sides have agreed to form a military-civilian alliance authority to govern Sudan for an interregnum period[Read More…]

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President Trump to prepare an Independence day celebration “Salute to America” Thursday evening  According to the Wall Street Journal, President Trump is hosting a revamped Fourth of July celebration at the Lincoln memorial featuring a Presidential speech by President Trump, a display of military equipment, and a series of flyovers[Read More…]