Trump adviser Steve Bannon attends NSC meeting after being removed

On Wednesday, establishment media reported Bannon was "booted" from the National Security Council, casting it in headlines as a demotion, while the White House insisted it was simply a matter of Bannon no longer being on a list of regular attendees of NSC "principals committee" meetings. The new memo also restores the director of National Intelligence and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to the principals committee, which Bannon served on.

Ultherapy treatment banishes wrinkles on the decolletage

Trump fires 59 Tomahawk cruise missiles at Homs airfield where Assad launched his horrifying chemical attack, prompting Syria to declare the US a 'partner of ISIS and terrorist organisations' Furious Putin calls US airstrikes an 'illegal act of aggression' and halts agreement to avoid clashes with American fighter jets over Syria Republicans including John McCain and Ted Cruz praise Trump for Syrian airstrikes but Democrats say any further military action needs to be run past Congress Netanyahu leads worldwide praise of Trump's airstrikes on Syria and says he hopes they will be heard from Iran to North Korea 'No child of God should ever suffer such horror': Trump explains why he launched air strikes on Syria in the wake of chemical gas attack US alerted Russian military 30 minutes before Syria airstrike but made NO direct contact with Putin as Tillerson accuses Moscow of being ... (more)

Gothenburg finds being tall can increase risk of stroke

Trump fires 59 Tomahawk cruise missiles at Homs airfield where Assad launched his horrifying chemical attack, prompting Syria to declare the US a 'partner of ISIS and terrorist organisations' Furious Putin calls US airstrikes an 'illegal act of aggression' and halts agreement to avoid clashes with American fighter jets over Syria Republicans including John McCain and Ted Cruz praise Trump for Syrian airstrikes but Democrats say any further military action needs to be run past Congress Netanyahu leads worldwide praise of Trump's airstrikes on Syria and says he hopes they will be heard from Iran to North Korea How Trump unleashed awesome arsenal on Assad: Tomahawk missiles launched from US destroyers 150 miles away with pinpoint accuracy without endangering American pilots or enraging neighbouring allies US alerted Russian military 30 minutes before Syria airstrike but made NO direct ... (more)

The Latest: McCain slams airing of wiretapping information

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif, walks out of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, March 22, 2017, to speak with reporters after a meeting with President Donald Trump. House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif, walks out of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, March 22, 2017, to speak with reporters after a meeting with President Donald Trump.

‘This is a bizarre situation’: John McCain says Congress no…

Sen. John McCain told MSNBC on Wednesday that Congress does not have the "credibility" to conduct an independent investigation into what connections, if any, President Donald Trump's campaign had to Russian officials during the election. McCain's comments came after House Intelligence Committee chairman Devin Nunes made the highly unusual decision on Wednesday to bypass his vice-chair, Rep. Adam Schiff, and brief Trump directly on a report he said he had been given that Trump's transition team had been legally surveilled after the election.

John Dean on Manafort Probes: ‘Look and Feel of a Cover-Up’

Former Nixon counsel John Dean said Tuesday that growing concerns about former Donald Trump campaign adviser Paul Manafort and his possible ties to Russia have "an awful lot of the sound and look and feel of cover-up." "People not disclosing," Dean, who was involved in the Watergate controversy of the 1970s, told Don Lemon on CNN.

Shooting down ‘Sheriff of Wall Street’ a sign of Trump White House under siege

Washington: The Trump administration's belief that it's besieged by a so-called deep state - rogue elements of the bureaucracy bent on undermining it - came under direct challenge on Sunday, when Republican senator John McCain demanded that the President put up or shut up on his claim that Barack Obama had ordered wire taps on Trump Tower.It was further challenged when Preet Bharara, the much-admired US attorney of the southern district of New York, refused to comply with a Trump request that he resign along with 45 other attorneys across the country who had been asked to quit, forcing the White House to sack him.

Putin aide: Russia impatient for improved dialogue with US

By Agence France-Presse A Russian government spokesman expressed impatience Sunday that bilateral relations with the United States have not improved more quickly since US President Donald Trump took office. Kremlin spokesman Dmitri Peskov said his country's government is eager for improved US-Russian relations, calling it "unpardonable not to be in dialogue," as Moscow presses the new US leader to make good on vows to improve ties.

As incivility hits new depths, many are working to combat it

In this Feb. 2, 2017 photo provided by Middle Tennessee State University professor Mary Evins, students take part in a role-playing game about the 1676 Bacon's Rebellion, in a class in Murfreesboro, Tenn. The university has staged re-enactments of historical events to help shed light on conflicting perspectives that led to great compromises.

Welcome to Trump’s Fantasyland

President Trump walks down the stairs of Air Force One in West Palm Beach, Fla., on March 3. We shouldn't blithely move on to other matters until we deal with the institutional carnage inflicted upon us by President Trump. The current president of the United States has accused former president Barack Obama of committing a felony by having him wiretapped.

VA expands mental health care for discharged veterans

Secretary of Veterans Affairs David Shulkin, addresses the House Veterans' Affairs Committee's hearing on the Veterans Affairs community care program, on Captiol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 7, 2017. Secretary of Veterans Affairs David Shulkin, addresses the House Veterans' Affairs Committee's hearing on the Veterans Affairs community care program, on Captiol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 7, 2017.

VA secretary wants Congress to extend Choice program

Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin says Congress needs to act quickly to extend a program aimed at widening veterans' access to private-sector health care, pointing to a growing demand for medical treatment outside the Department of Veterans Affairs. Shulkin also pledged additional efforts by his agency to combat suicide, saying he wanted to expand mental health care to former service members who receive "other than honorable discharges" from the military, typically for behavior problems such as violence or use of illegal drugs.

A Closer Look at Trump’s 10% Defense Spending Increase

Reports surfaced this week that President Donald Trump's administration plans to increase fiscal 2018 defense spending significantly. The administration's initial statements coupled with the budget and political environment confirm our forecast of around $650 billion in defense spending for fiscal 2018, of which $625 billion-$630 billion will go to the Department of Defense.