Troops and Tropes: As a small army of mothers and babies trudges north through Mexico hoping to reach asylum in the United States, President Trump yesterday said he may place as many as 15,000 troops on the border to defend the …

Invasive Species: As he continues to stir up election-eve fears about immigration, President Trump told the website Axios that he’s preparing an executive order to end birthright citizenship in which anyone born in the US is automatically a citizen. Under the law, …

Jet Down: A Lion Air jet carrying 189 people went down today in the ocean shortly after takeoff from Jakarta, Indonesia. It was headed to an island off Sumatra. Rescuers have found debris but expect there will be no survivors. …

Screw Your Optics: President Trump called for armed guards at so-called “soft targets” and a renewed enforcement of the death penalty after a gunman killed 11 people and wounded six at a Pittsburgh synagogue. “If there was an armed guard inside …

Anger Management: The man arrested for sending a string of mail bombs to political critics of President Trump is a big fan of the President with a criminal record, including a threat to blow up a utility company. He seems …

Hatemail: An eighth suspicious package was found this morning outside a New York hotel owned by actor Robert DeNiro. A major federal investigation is underway after bombs and suspicious packages were intercepted yesterday on their way to prominent liberal targets …

Dance of the Seven Veils: Turkish investigators have found clothing in an abandoned Saudi consulate car that is believed to have belonged to the murdered Saudi dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi. A look-a-like left the Saudi consulate wearing what appeared to be …

Loud Silence: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said today that the killing of dissident Saudi Journalist Jamal Khashoggi  and the ensuing coverup were planned by the Saudis. “It is clear that this savage murder did not happen at the drop of a …

The Nuclear Option: President Trump announced over the weekend that he plans to pull out of the intermediate range nuclear missile treaty signed with Russia in 1987. Short-range nuclear missiles quickened the time frame of potential nuclear war and made the …

It’s the Coverup That Gets You: The murder of dissident Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi has ripped the cover off the veneer of political and social reform glued on the face of the Kingdom by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. The Trump …