Andrus Whitewing

Owner/Webmaster
Andrus Whitewing

Andrus Whitewing

Owner/Webmaster

News Today's Top News Compilation - Saturday, Jan 11th, 2020

  • 656
  • 0
Below are the top political news stories of the day: ¯\_(?)_/¯

Latest Posts from our Message Boards

Latest Political News Feed

White House budget office suspends federal financial aid programs

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
  • Replies: 0
  • Views: 0
The Office of Management and Budget instructed federal agencies to pause any financial aid programs that might conflict with President Donald Trump's executive orders.
Continue reading...

South under severe weather and flash flood threat, Northeast expecting snow

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
  • Replies: 0
  • Views: 0
A storm system that brought rain and snow to Southern California will move into Texas and the South by Wednesday, bringing flash flood and severe weather threat.
Continue reading...

Ogles and other Republicans push federal ban on chemical abortions

  • News source: FOX News
  • Replies: 0
  • Views: 2
Rep. Andy Ogles, R-Tenn., and more than a dozen other House Republicans are pushing a proposal to ban the provision of chemical abortion drugs.

The congressman reintroduced the proposal that he previously put forward in 2023, according to a press release, which provides a link to the text of the 2023 version.

"Notwithstanding any other provision of law, whoever prescribes, dispenses, distributes, or sells, any drug, medication, or chemical for the purpose of procuring or performing an abortion on any woman, shall be imprisoned for not more than 25...
Continue reading...

WATCH: Colorado dad killed in hammer-throw accident at high school track meet

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
  • Replies: 0
  • Views: 3
Wade Langston, 57, was identified as the man killed in a weight-throwing accident, according to the El Paso County Coroner's Office.
Continue reading...

WATCH: Man finds engagement ring in wildfire rubble, proposes

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
  • Replies: 0
  • Views: 3
Brian McShea proposed to Stephanie Raynor after finding the ring he had just purchased in a now-charred desk drawer at the spot in Altadena, California, where their house once stood.
Continue reading...

East Palestine reaches settlement with Norfolk Southern over 2023 derailment

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
  • Replies: 0
  • Views: 4

Acting US Attorney for DC initiates 'review' of office's Jan. 6 investigation

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
  • Replies: 0
  • Views: 4
Trump appointee Ed Martin was a promoter of his "Stop the Steal" campaign and was seen on the U.S. Capitol grounds on Jan. 6.
Continue reading...

RFK Jr. to face Senate confirmation hearings tomorrow. Here's what to know.

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
  • Replies: 0
  • Views: 4
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Trump's controversial pick to head the federal Department of Health and Human Services, will appear Wednesday before a Senate panel that is crucial to advance his nomination.

Kennedy is due to appear first at the Senate Committee on Finance, the panel that will ultimately be the committee with the deciding vote on whether his nomination to be the next Secretary of Health and Human Services advances to the full Senate. He must receive a majority of senators to be confirmed to head HHS, which encompasses America's...
Continue reading...

Oklahoma parents enrolling kids might have to prove kids' citizenship status

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
  • Replies: 0
  • Views: 4
Parents enrolling children in Oklahoma public schools would be required to provide proof of their child's U.S. citizenship or legal immigration status under a proposal aimed at helping President Trump's immigration policies.

The proposed rules, which Oklahoma's education board was set to vote on Tuesday, are in the early stages and would still need approval from lawmakers and the governor to take effect. The proposal from Republican State Superintendent Ryan Walters, the state's education chief, wouldn't prohibit students without legal status from...
Continue reading...

Former Atlanta mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms mulling Georgia gubernatorial run

  • News source: FOX News
  • Replies: 0
  • Views: 4
Former Atlanta mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, a Democrat, said she is considering a run to be Georgia's next governor.

Bottoms, who most recently served in the Biden administration, told Fox 5 Atlanta that she is seriously contemplating running in the Georgia gubernatorial election in 2026 but wants to finish some things she is working on first, including a new book.

She also knocked President Donald Trump, who she believes is already failing to deliver on his campaign promises, as she eyes a return to public office.

BIDEN'S FORMER SENIOR ADVISER...
Continue reading...

White House pauses federal grants and loans

  • News source: BBC News - World
  • Replies: 0
  • Views: 4
The full impact of the pause is not yet clear, although the memo specifies that Medicaid and Social Security benefits are not affected.
Continue reading...

Israel says eight hostages to be freed in Gaza deal's first phase are dead

  • News source: BBC News - World
  • Replies: 0
  • Views: 4
A government spokesman says information provided by Hamas overnight matches Israel's intelligence.
Continue reading...

Trump's endorsement faces first tests of his presidency in Florida special primary elections

  • News source: Bridget Bowman | NBC News
  • Replies: 0
  • Views: 6
The power of President Donald Trump’s endorsement will face the first tests of his second term Tuesday in a pair of special primary elections in Florida.

Both of Trump’s preferred candidates — Florida Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis in the 1st Congressional District and state Sen. Randy Fine in the 6th District — appear to be in strong positions, trouncing their primary opponents in fundraising and garnering support from outside groups.

"Trump’s endorsement has loomed large in Florida Republican politics for most of a decade," said Florida...
Continue reading...

Dozens of senior officials at top U.S. aid agency put on leave: reports

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
  • Replies: 0
  • Views: 5
Washington — At least 56 senior officials in the top U.S. aid and development agency were placed on leave Monday amid an investigation into an alleged effort to thwart President Trump's orders.

A current official and a former official at the U.S. Agency for International Development confirmed the reason given for the move Monday. Both spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of reprisal.

Several hundred contractors based in Washington and elsewhere also were laid off, the officials said.

Politico was first to report that the USAID officials were...
Continue reading...

Trumps claims military entered California to release water flow, but state says that did not happen

  • News source: FOX News
  • Replies: 0
  • Views: 4
President Donald Trump claimed Monday night that the military entered California and "turned on the water," but state water officials contend that the president's claim is false.

"The United States Military just entered the Great State of California and, under Emergency Powers, TURNED ON THE WATER flowing abundantly from the Pacific Northwest, and beyond," Trump wrote on Truth Social.

"The days of putting a Fake Environmental argument, over the PEOPLE, are OVER. Enjoy the water, California!!!" he added.

But the California Department of Water...
Continue reading...

General News Feed

Fact Checkers News Feed

Back
Top Bottom