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As Senate Moves Forward on Sanctions, Trump Says He May Scrap Iran Nuclear Deal in September
President Trump, in an interview with the Wall Street Journal last Thursday, said he expects Iran to be non-compliant with the terms of the JCPOA nuclear deal by next September, despite his admission that the Islamic Republic has not violated the deal to date. “We’ve been extremely nice to them in saying they were compliant,”…
Read MoreSenate Introduces $700B National Defense Authorization Bill
Lawmakers in the Senate introduced a $700 billion defense authorization bill on Wednesday that lays the ground for a budget battle with House budget planners and the White House. Officials from the Senate Armed Services Committee said in a statement that the proposal was “necessary to help the U.S. military restore readiness, rebuild capacity, and…
Read MoreRepublican Senator Vows to Block Arms Sales to Gulf Monarchies
Republican Senator and chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Bob Corker said on Monday that he would block the sale of arms to members of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) until the current dispute with Qatar was resolved. “All countries in the region need to do more to combat terrorism, but recent disputes among…
Read MoreRussia Sanctions Bill Passes in Senate 97-2
The Senate voted to impose a new round of sanctions on Russia on Wednesday over “aggressive behavior,” tacked onto another resolution that will also put sanctions on the Islamic Republic of Iran. Known as the Crapo Amendment, the bill is intended to “impose sanctions with respect to the Russian Federation and to combat terrorism and…
Read MoreSenate Moves Forward on Iran Sanctions Bill
Hours after a pair of deadly terrorist attacks in Iran’s capital city left at least 40 people dead on Wednesday, the U.S. Senate advanced a bill that would impose new sanctions on the Islamic Republic. Entitled the “Countering Iran’s Destabilizing Activities Act of 2017,” the law would enforce an arms embargo, target Iranian businessmen affiliated…
Read MoreThe Democrats Won This Round, And It Wasn’t Even Close…
We have just witnessed one of the greatest routs in modern American political history. We are still waiting to see if a spending agreement can be reached so that a government shutdown at midnight on Friday can be averted, but whether a shutdown actually happens or not, the Democrats have won this round by a…
Read MoreJoe Biden Creeping on Young Girls, Video After Video! #PIZZAGATE
Vice President Joe Biden is seen grabbing and groping young girl after young girl during the Senate Oath of Office. With hands tightly gripped on a young girl’s shoulders, he begins to brush her hair and whispers in her ear. The girl appears to be laughing out of nervousness as her family pose for a…
Read MoreSenate Shoots Down Four New Gun Control Laws
After every mass shooting, the usual suspects come out to declare “enough is enough.” Our politicians and celebrities start braying in unison, and clamor to ban assault rifles, high capacity magazines, or whatever else they can think of. Inevitably the gun grabbers will take advantage of the tragedy, and propose more anti-gun legislation. This time…
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