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Air Force base hosts huge ‘elephant walk’ launch of the latest fighter jets
A Utah military base performed an aerial spectacular of the nation's most advanced fighter jets on Jan. 6. Hill Air Force Base welcomed F-35A II Lightning fighters among 52 of the latest combat aircraft for a giant "elephant walk" where they launched one after another. "We launched about 50 F-35s in rapid ...
Department of Defense confirms identity of US soldier killed in East African terrorist attack
A deadly act of terrorism in Kenya claimed the life of a young Illinois man on Jan. 5. The Department of Defense confirmed Evergreen Park local Henry J. Mayfield Jr., 23, died during the al-Shabab terror group's Sunday morning raid at the Manda Air Strip in Lamu county, about 415 miles ...
Comedian George Lopez slammed after offering to assassinate President Trump for half price
An entertainment professional was criticized after offering to kill the president for half the amount Iranian state television tried to fundraise on Jan. 5. Comedian George Lopez, who is better known for his stand up acts about ethnicity and race, drew the ire of social media users when he inappropriately joked ...
Army stops international terrorist raid on US military base in East Africa
Soldiers successfully ended what is believed to be a terrorist attack against a U.S. military post in eastern Africa on Jan. 5. The Kenyan Army confirmed it had stopped the al-Shabab terror group from conducting a Sunday morning raid against a military base that U.S. service personnel use in Lamu county, ...
Iranian state television demands viewers pay $80 million for bounty on President Trump’s head
A state run broadcaster invited millions of viewers to each contribute $1 for a reward payable to anyone who kills the president. Iran's state television recently asked its audience of up to 80 million people to donate a total of $80 million for a bounty on Donald Trump's head. “Iran has 80 ...
Democratic presidential candidate Castro quits 2020 presidential race
A Democrat officially ended his campaign and will no longer run for public office at the upcoming election on Nov. 3. Presidential candidate Julián Castro used social media to announce he would not stand for a chance to run against Donald Trump at the general election later in the year and ...
Kentucky Attorney General Cameron asks FBI to investigate former Gov. Matt Bevin
A domestic intelligence and security service will examine the clemencies by one of Kentucky’s most influential former state executives granted while in public office. Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron has asked the FBI to investigate the pardons by former Republican Gov. Matt Bevin allegedly approved before his term ended in late ...
President Trump’s ‘threat’ scares protesters into withdrawing attack on US Embassy in Iraq
A violent demonstration ended just hours after the president sternly warned protesters there would be serious consequences if they continued assaulting a U.S. foreign mission in the Middle East. A group led by Iranian militia leader Hadi al-Amiri retreated after Donald Trump warned demonstrators would be prosecuted for any deaths and ...
First Lady Melania Trump vows to continue her teen empowerment campaign despite mixed response
The first lady promised to continue helping teenagers avoid drug abuse in the new year despite receiving varying degrees of support. Melania Trump is not giving up on children who are at risk of the "dangers and deadly consequences of drug abuse" and plans to continue her Be Best youth initiative ...
President Obama caught welcoming Iranian militia leader who later attacked US Embassy in Afghanistan
A former president's official invitation was questioned after a Middle Eastern military leader led a mass uprising years later against one of the nation's foreign missions in Iraq on Dec. 31. Barack Obama has been cast into the spotlight after his former administration invited Hadi al-Amiri to the White House back ...
Impeachment ‘lie’ will be ‘very easy’ to defeat with new bipartisan support says President Trump
A controversial impeachment trial is expected run smoothly and end without any public official being removed from office, the president predicted on Dec. 31. Donald Trump believes an upcoming "big fat hoax" trial in the Senate will be "very easy" for the Republican Party to quash, especially since there is beginning ...
Parishioners carrying guns ‘saved 242’ Texans at church shooting says law enforcement official
Two parish church members who carried firearms to a service prevented hundreds of fellow Texans from being shot to death on Dec. 30, an official said. The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) has commended two parishioners for neutralizing a gunman who killed two people at the West Freeway Church of ...
Texas church shooting casualties would be much worse without legal gun possession says minister
New rules allowing firearms to be carried into places of worship helped prevent more lives from being lost at a Texas church shooting on Dec. 30, a religious leader said. Senior Minister Britt Farmer believes a mass shooting that rocked West Freeway Church of Christ would have ended in even greater ...
Democratic presidential candidate Biden shamed for calling new law allowing guns in church ‘irrational’
A front-runner in the Democratic Party's bid for presidency was criticized for describing new rules that permit legal firearms to be brought into places of worship as "absolutely irrational" on Dec. 30. The Daily Wire exposed comments Joe Biden previously made about Texas Senate Bill 535, which allows "licensed handgun owners ...
Former NFL player Brewer predicts ‘black awakening’ will cost Democrats 20 percent of primary vote
A former National Football League player predicted the Democratic Party would suffer major voter backlash from disillusioned African Americans at the next election on Nov. 3. Jack Brewer believes the Democrats will lose 20 percent of their votes at the 2020 general election because the political party they represent marginalized the ...
Late Sen McCain presented five new Steele reports to FBI chief Comey according to Inspector General
A 2008 contender for presidency gave a national intelligence organization multiple reports from a former intelligence officer just weeks after the incumbent president won the 2016 general election, a federal watchdog revealed on Dec. 9. Late Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) handed Christopher Steele's five separate reports about alleged collusion between Russia ...
CBC removes President Trump’s cameo appearance in Home Alone 2 movie
A taxpayer-funded broadcaster was widely criticized for editing out part of a blockbuster movie Home Alone 2 —because the president made a brief appearance. The Canadian Broadcast Company (CBC) was questioned after several viewers used social media to express their dissatisfaction with the federally funded broadcaster removing a seven-second scene from ...
NYC Gov Cuomo discriminates against federal judges President Trump may have appointed
The Democratic governor of New York will not allow federal judges to officially conduct marriage ceremonies because some of them might have been appointed by the president. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo used his executive powers to reject new legislation that would have allowed all federal judges across the nation to ...
President Trump’s new website explains how to win an argument with liberal ‘snowflakes’
A new online portal is promising to make it easier to have serious conversations with liberal supporters about the incumbent president. President Donald Trump's 2020 campaign team recently launched its Snowflake Victory website with a list of talking points that are purported to help win any argument with those who oppose ...
President Trump impeachment trial reaches a stalemate between Senate leaders
An ongoing political feud about the future of the president reached an impasse between both sides of politics in the upper chamber of Congress on Dec. 23. Republican and Democratic leaders in the Senate still cannot decide how to conduct a trial about the impeachment of Donald Trump. Senate Majority Leader Mitch ...
