In the Court of St. James: President Trump was meeting with British Prime Minister Theresa May today, a day after he gave an insulting interview to the tabloid paper, The Sun. Trump told The Sun  that May’s plan for a …

Friends Like These: President Trump left the NATO summit claiming the alliance is much stronger today because of his demand that the member countries spend more money on defense. Trump told reporters, “They really stepped up their commitment and stepped …

Foreign to Relations: President Trump opened the NATO summit lecturing allies about defense spending at a breakfast meeting. He also called Germany “captive to Russia” because of a plan to build a natural gas pipeline between the two countries. “Germany …

Conservative Majority: President Trump last night nominated jurist Brett Kavanaugh, who as a lawyer worked to impeach President Bill Clinton, to be the next member of the Supreme Court. The NY Times describes him as “a politically connected member of …

Cave Boys: At least five boys have been pulled out of a flooded cave in Thailand as the rescue operation continues. Four were brought out yesterday before dive teams had to re-stock the route with air tanks and tighten ropes. …

Cave Boys: The operation to rescue 12 Thai boys and their soccer coach from a flooded cave has begun, Thai officials say. Each one will be brought out using scuba gear accompanied by two professional divers. The press has been …

Lost and Found: In a predictable development, the federal government admits that it’s having trouble identifying or verifying who are the parents of some of the immigrant children they are holding separate from their families. Some of the parents have …

Trade War: A US trade war with China officially began at 12:01 am today when the US placed tariffs on $34 billion worth of Chinese goods and China immediately retaliated.   In a statement, China’s Ministry of Commerce said the …

Poison in the Park: A British man and woman have been made critically ill by exposure to the Russian nerve agent Novichok, the same chemical weapon that nearly killed a former Russian double agent living in England and his daughter. …

Happy Birthday: It’s the Fourth of July and we are loaded with news from the MAGAphone. Affirmative Reaction: The Trump administration is withdrawing Obama-era guidance encouraging schools and colleges to promote diversity in admissions. The departments of Justice and Education announced …