Samuel Case, FISM News [elfsight_social_share_buttons id=”1″] President Donald Trump was nominated by four Australian law professors for a 2021 Nobel Peace Prize for ending America’s “endless wars” in what they call the “Trump Doctrine.” This is Trump’s third nomination for the 2021 prize. Earlier this month Trump was nominated for normalizing relationships between Israel, the […]
Madeline Sponsler, FISM News [elfsight_social_share_buttons id=”1″] President Donald Trump chose a nominee to replace liberal Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died on Sept. 18 2020. Nominee Amy Coney Barrett, will begin meeting with senators this week as Republicans push ahead with a speedy Senate confirmation process. Barrett, who would be the fifth woman to serve on the […]
Madeline Sponsler, FISM News [elfsight_social_share_buttons id=”1″] Washington has made preparations to withdraw diplomats from Iraq after warning Baghdad it could shut its embassy, according to Iraqi officials and Western diplomats. Any move by the United States to scale down its diplomatic presence in a country where it has up to 5,000 troops would be widely […]
Samuel Case, FISM News [elfsight_social_share_buttons id=”1″] The New York Times is reporting information concerning President Donald Trump’s tax-return data. Specifically, they report that Trump paid $750 in federal income taxes in both 2016 and 2017, due to years of reporting heavy losses from his business enterprises to offset hundreds of millions of dollars in income. […]
Ian Patrick, FISM News [elfsight_social_share_buttons id=”1″] U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols in Washington issued a preliminary injunction that temporarily blocked a Trump administration order set to bar Apple and Google from offering TikTok for download at 11:59 p.m. on September 27. He declined “at this time” to block restrictions set to take effect on Nov. […]
Ian Patrick, FISM News [elfsight_social_share_buttons id=”1″] Tesla has filed a suit to the Court of International Trade against the Trump administration, specifically naming Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, against tariffs put on some Chinese goods that the company imports and uses in their vehicles. Tesla is looking for a full refund plus interest for what they […]
Madeline Sponsler, FISM News [elfsight_social_share_buttons id=”1″] U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and other top Republicans on Thursday opposed President Donald Trump’s refusal to commit to a peaceful transfer of power, assuring American voters the lawmakers would accept the outcome of November’s election. Trump declined to embrace a peaceful transfer on Wednesday in response to […]
Ian Patrick, FISM News [elfsight_social_share_buttons id=”1″] An interim report concerning the investigation into Former Vice President Joe Biden’s son Hunter was released by the Senate Committees in charge of the probe. The committees involved are Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs chaired by Ron Johnson (R-WI) and the Committee on Finance chaired by Chuck Grassley (R-IA). […]
Ian Patrick, FISM News [elfsight_social_share_buttons id=”1″] Japan elected their new Prime Minister on September 16th after former PM Shinzo Abe resigned from his 8-consecutive-year office due to health-related concerns. The new PM, Yoshihide Suga, previously served under Abe as his chief cabinet secretary. Suga has pledged to contain COVID-19 and push reforms after retaining about […]
Ian Patrick, FISM News [elfsight_social_share_buttons id=”1″] Western powers called on China during the U.N. Human Rights Council to restore basic legal rights in Hong Kong, and open up to scrutiny its remote Xinjiang region where more than one million ethnic Uighurs are held. The European Union, Britain, Australia, and Canada were among those voicing mounting […]
