Trending National News for January 26, 2017

01/26/17 Trump Signs Executive Order for Wall on Mexico Border House Votes to Permanently Bar Federal Assistance for Abortion North Korean Defector Says Kim Jong-Un’s Control Is Crumbling Draft order would halt refugee processing for Syrians Praise For President Trump’s Bold Action Google has banned 200 publishers since it passed a new policy against fake […]

Praise For President Trump’s Bold Action

Praise For President Trump’s Bold Action

The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release January 25, 2017 Praise For President Trump’s Bold Action The President Is “Coming Out As A Winner On Many Issues…” – The Atlantic ABC News’ Jonathan Karl: “Incredible Pace Of Activity In The Trump White House On Week One…” Karl Tweet: “Incredible pace of activity […]

House Votes to Permanently Bar Federal Assistance for Abortion

WASHINGTON (Courthouse News) – 1/25/17 – In a sweeping vote that could upset health care coverage for millions of women across the nation, House Republicans voted to permanently bar women in the United States from receiving federal assistance for abortions. The bill, “No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act of 2017,” was […]

Trump Signs Executive Order for Wall on Mexico Border

Trump Signs Executive Order for Wall on Mexico Border

WASHINGTON (Courthouse News ) – 1/25/17 –  Directing the Department of Homeland Security to begin constructing a wall across the U.S.-Mexico border, President Donald Trump took executive action Wednesday to deliver on a promise from his primary campaign. “A nation without borders is not a nation,” Trump said in a speech this afternoon at the […]

USPS HQ’s Says Past Executive Orders That Included A Hiring Freeze Did Not Apply To USPS

USPS HQ’s Says Past Executive Orders That Included A Hiring Freeze Did Not Apply To USPS

The National Association Of Postal Supervisors (NAPS) tells us that they contacted USPS HQ’s regarding President Trump’s hiring freeze and the response that USPS provided is below: NAPS received the following statement from USPS Headquarters on January 24, 2017 at 5:38 p.m. ET regarding the 2017 Hiring Freeze. “The Postal Service provides an essential service […]

Trending National News – Jan. 25, 2017

01/25/17 LAPD Officers Cleared in Shooting of Mentally Ill Man Dow Hits 20,000 for First Time in History Supreme Court Nominee From Trump Is Imminent Trump Orders EPA Contract Freeze and Media Blackout Trump Expands Anti-Abortion Ban to All US Global Health Aid

LAPD Officers Cleared in Shooting of Mentally Ill Man

LAPD Officers Cleared in Shooting of Mentally Ill Man

LOS ANGELES (Courthouse News) – 1/25/17 – The Los Angeles district attorney on Tuesday declined to press charges against the LAPD officers who shot to death Ezell Ford, a mentally ill black man, finding that they acted in self-defense. The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office’s 28-page report said that Officers Sharlton Wampler and Antonio Villegas feared […]

Supreme Court Nominee From Trump Is Imminent

Supreme Court Nominee From Trump Is Imminent

WASHINGTON (Courthouse News) – 1/23/17 – Approaching a year since the U.S. Supreme Court lost its tie-breaking vote, President Donald Trump said Tuesday he will soon nominate a successor for Justice Antonin Scalia. “We will pick a truly great Supreme Court justice,” Trump said after signing a series of executive orders Tuesday. “I’ll be announcing […]

Trending National News – Jan. 24, 2017

01/24/17 Gold Star family members say they were assaulted during inaugural ball festivities Video: DNC chair candidate wants to ‘shut other white people down’ US quietly sent $221M to Palestinians in Obama’s last hours Trump Withdraws U.S. From Trans-Pacific Trade Deal Judge Approves $1.2B Settlement for VW Dealers Trump gets to work for his blue-collar […]

Judge Approves $1.2B Settlement for VW Dealers

SAN FRANCISCO (Courthouse News) – 1/23/17 – Volkswagen will pay $1.2 billion to compensate 644 U.S. dealerships for losses stemming from its diesel-emissions scandal under the terms of a settlement finalized Monday. Each dealership will receive an average $1.85 million to cover losses precipitated by the German automaker’s installation of emissions cheating software in nearly […]