Yesterday the Vote to Impeach President Trump for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress occurred in the House of Representatives. The vote occurred primarily down party lines except for 2 Democrats who voted against impeachment for the first charge and 3 Democrats who voted against impeachment for the second charge. For the first charge, which was abuse of power,...

Yesterday the House of Representatives approved of a $1.4 trillion spending deal. Some important features of the bill are: Raising the age to purchase tobacco-based products to 21$1.37 Billion in funding for the border wallDepartment of Defense Budget increase to $738 billion from last year's budget of $716 billionA 3.1% salary increase to Federal EmployeesFederal employees to be given 12 weeks...

This past Tuesday House Democrats agreed to the new terms of the USMCA deal. A vote could happen as early as next week to finalize the terms in the House. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi went on to say, "There is no question, of course, that this trade agreement is much better than NAFTA. But in terms of our...

Two of the WTO's last 3 judges' terms ended today ending the court's ability to rule on future trade disputes. Although the WTO is supposed to have 7 judges, the US had stopped making new appointments under the current president and past two presidents(President Obama and President Bush) because of disagreements regarding how the WTO will conduct itself. The WTO was...

Last Friday(12/06/19) Lieutenant Mohammed Alshamrani of the Royal Saudi Air Force shot and killed three sailors at the Naval Air Station in Pensacola, Florida. Alsamrani was shot and killed by a deputy sheriff shortly after the shootings began. The gun that Alshamrani purchased was a 9mm Glock 45 pistol and he purchased it legally in Florida under US law which...

The number of people getting measles worldwide has spiked over the past two years according to the World Health Organization. According to estimates the number of people who died from measles was over 140K in 2018 and is expected to be more in 2019. Most of the deaths occurred to children under the age of 5. One of the largest reasons...

Businesses all over France went on strike today in response to the government's plan to overhaul the current pension retirement system. Subway stations shut down, airports shut down, tourist attractions shut down and museums shut down. Business all over France shut down today including the Eiffel Tower and most of the country's high-speed trains. Hospitals are still open but are...

Farmers in Massachusetts have found an efficient way to turn wasted food into electricity. The process starts with gathering up wasted food from all over the state. After the food has been gathered up it's put into an anaerobic digester which combines the wasted food with cow manure and heated. Once the mixture is heated methane is then released...

The annual Climate Change Conference started today in Madrid. Almost 30K people are expected to attend the meeting along with representatives from almost 200 countries. The purpose of the gathering is to continue to make the international community aware of climate change and to try to come up with solutions to help reverse climate change. One major goal is to...

Yesterday the House of Representatives voted 417-1 to pass a pro-Hong Kong rights bill with the goal of protecting human rights in Hong Kong. The bill states,"The Department of State shall certify annually to Congress as to whether Hong Kong warrants its unique treatment under various treaties, agreements, and U.S. law. The analysis shall evaluate whether Hong Kong is upholding...