The Kimchi Kancellation: North Korea announced that planned talks between President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un could be cancelled if the US demands that North Korea give up its nuclear weapons. A senior official said the North has no …

The Peace Plan: At least 58 Palestinian protesters were shot dead by Israeli forces and 2,700 reported injured as the US staged a ceremony yesterday opening its embassy located in the disputed city of Jerusalem. The protesters have been at …

The Big Move: The Trump administration is moving its embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to the capital city of Jerusalem today in a long-promised gesture of recognizing the real seat of power. Jared and Ivanka are there to represent …

The Painful Truth: An  “epidemic of dishonesty” and a trend toward “alternate realities” are a threat to US democracy, former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg told graduates at Rice University in Texas yesterday.  The billionaire founder of Bloomberg News asked, …

Swamp News: AT&T fired its chief of political lobbying and the company president said hiring President Trump’s personal lawyer to advise about the new administration was “a big mistake.” Chief Executive Randall Stephenson said in a memo to employees, “Our …

Swamp News: AT&T confirmed that it paid President Trump’s personal lawyer Michael Cohen $600,000 through 2017 to act as a consultant. The company said in an email to its employees earlier this week that it had retained Cohen in 2017 …

The Kimchi Kompact: In a goodwill gesture in advance of planned talks with President Trump, North Korea released three American prisoners of Korean descent to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. President Trump was so thrilled he went to Joint Base …

America First: As promised throughout his run for office, President Trump yesterday announced that he’s pulling the US out of the Iran nuclear deal and reinstating severe economic sanctions. In  so doing, he’s dismantling the signature foreign policy achievement of …

Him Too: New York’s straight-arrow attorney general Eric Schneiderman fell faster than a rock. At 6:47pm yesterday The New Yorker posted an investigation titled “Four Women Accuse New York’s Attorney General of Physical Abuse.” At 9:46, Schneiderman resigned. Schneiderman has been a respected …

From Los Angeles — The White House Mess: Presidential lawyer Rudy Giuliani said on ABC News yesterday that President Trump wouldn’t have to respond to a potential subpoena by the Special Counsel’s office to testify about the Russia connection. “We don’t have to,” …