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White House Lawyer Skips Out On Impeachment Deposition

UNITED STATES—The White House's lawyer, John Eisenberg, 52, skipped out on the subpoena ordering him to be present for a disposition scheduled for Monday, November 4 regarding President Donald Trump’s impeachment inquiry.  President Trump’s phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in July 2019 is the main issue being examined as part of the impeachment inquiry. Trump is accused of...

Mark Zuckerberg Testifies On Hill

UNITED STATES—Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testified for two consecutive days on Capitol Hill this week. He first testified for 5 hours before a joint session of two Senate committees on Tuesday, April 10. Wednesday’s hearing was in front of the House Energy and Commerce Committee. The hearings generated questions from privacy advocates and free speech protectors. Facebook was under a...

Salvagno Arrested For Assaulting 81-Year-Old Trump Supporter

NEW JERSEY—An 81 year old unidentified Somerset man, wearing a red "Make America Great Again" hat, was assaulted Monday, February 25 outside of the ShopRite Grocery Store in Somerset, NJ. Ryan M. Salvagno, 19, of Amwell Road is being charged for the crime. The unidentified male victim was finishing his shopping and was exiting the grocery store located 435 Elizabeth...

Jeffrey Epstein Dies Of Apparent Suicide

UNITED STATES—Financier Jeffrey Epstein, 66, was found dead hanging inside his jail cell from an apparent suicide on Saturday, August 10. He was being held without bond in federal prison in Manhattan, New York on sex trafficking charges. Prison guards at Metropolitan Correctional Center found Epstein before 7:00 a.m. He was transported to a nearby hospital where he was...

President Trump Calls Out Governor Newsom On Homelessness

UNITED STATES—President Donald Trump sent a tweet on Christmas Day warning California Governor Gavin Newsom about the state's homelessness issue. According to a press release issued on December 20 by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), homelessness increased in California by 21,306 individuals (16.4 percent), accounting for more than the entire national increase. The estimated number of persons...

Aretha Franklin Dead At 76

DETROIT, MI—Aretha Franklin, the 'Queen of Soul,' known for hit numbers like "Respect" and "Natural Woman" passed away Thursday, August 16 at her Detroit home at 9:50 a.m. "In one of the darkest moments of our lives, we are not able to find the appropriate words to express the pain in our heart. We have lost the matriarch and rock...

Democrats, Republicans Call For Mueller Report Release

UNITED STATES—Members of Congress from both the Republican and Democratic party have asked for a copy of the findings in the Robert Mueller investigation. The document, which is approximately 300 pages long in its entirety is currently not available to the public. Attorney General William Barr did report his intention to have the report available by mid-April. Democrats in Congress...

Congressman Eric Swalwell’s Donor Convicted

UNITED STATES—The United States Department of Justice announced on Tuesday, October 8, the conviction of California real estate developer, James Tong, 74 of Fremont, CA who was found guilty by a jury and his role in using straw donors to send thousands of dollars in two separate campaigns of Congressman Eric Swalwell. After a 10-day trial, Tong was found guilty...

Woman Berates Elderly Man In MAGA Hat

PALO ALTO—A 46-year old woman was fired after verbally attacking an elderly Jewish man who was wearing a “Make America Great Again” hat at a Starbucks location in Palo Alto, California. Cell phone footage captured Rebecca Parker Mankey berating, Victor, a regular customer at the Starbucks because of the hat that he was wearing. Mankey began shouting at the man calling...

Asylum Seekers Will Wait In Mexico

SAN YSIDRO, CALIFORNIA—The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced on Thursday, January 24 that under a new initiative, individuals seeking asylum in the United States will be sent to Tijuana, Mexico while their case is being processed.The initiative is to begin with the San Ysidro port of entry starting Friday, January 25. According to DHS, those being deported are...