Tweets about trump comey President Donald Trump fired FBI director James Comey on Tuesday, according to the White House.  “While I greatly appreciate you informing me, on three separate occasions, that I am not under investigation, I nevertheless concur with the judgment of the Department of Justice that you are not able to effectively lead…

Less than week after President Donald Trump announced that he was pulling the United States out of the Paris climate agreement, Hawaii rebuffed that stance and became the first state in the nation to enact legislation to uphold the goals of the landmark accord. “Hawaii is committed to environmental stewardship, and we look forward to…

As the World Health Organization (WHO) prepares to select its new director general, public health, food, and science experts are urging the new leader to take action on the issue of factory farms and global threats they pose. In an op-ed published Sunday at the New York Times, Scott Weathers, Sophie Hermanns, and Mark Bittman…

In the wake of new reporting suggesting that the Trump administration’s decision to target the Syrian government with cruise missiles in early April was conducted without sufficient evidence and over the objections of some in the U.S. intelligence community, the White House on Monday night threatened President Bashar al-Assad’s government with further military action. In…

Legal experts and voting rights advocates are raising alarms about a reversal in the Justice Department’s long-standing interpretation of a federal law that dictates when and how states can purge voters from their rolls. Regarding the pending Supreme Court case Husted v A. Philip Randolph Institute, President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice (DOJ) filed an…

Former Arizona county Sheriff Joe Arpaio said he thinks recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program should be deported. “Deport them,” Arpaio told NPR’s “Morning Edition” in an interview airing Thursday morning. “When we come across these kids, or some are older than just kids,” Arpaio said, “then deport them. You deport them…

INDIAN WELLS, Calif. – Republicans are increasingly confident that their tax-reform bill is growing in popularity and will help them buffer the stiff political headwinds they face in the 2018 midterm elections. At a gathering of donors affiliated with billionaire conservative activists Charles and David Koch, GOP lawmakers and donors said they see signs the…

Giffords, the political organization run by former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.), is going after top Republicans in Congress ahead of the 2018 midterm elections over their stances on gun control.  The group, which is made up of a lobbying arm, a PAC and a law center, has an “incumbent-defeat priority list” that includes House Speaker Paul…

COLLEGEVILLE, Minn. – Five Saint John’s University wrestlers were mentioned in the D3wrestle.com preseason individual rankings released Oct. 25. Senior Mitch Hagen (Sunburg, Minn./Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg) was ranked second nationally at 184 pounds, while junior Nick Schuler (Roseville, Minn./Totino-Grace) and senior Chris Stevermer (Savage, Minn./Prior Lake) were listed as “contenders” to crack the top 10 at 165…

This is a developing story and may be updated… An Article of Impeachment against President Donald Trump was officially introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday. “The Constitution does not provide for the removal of a President for impulsive, ignorant incompetence.  It does provide for the removal of a President for High Crimes…