Elaine Chao has already revealed that she’ll get paid for her past service on three Corporate Boards as she moves back into the Government as Trump’s chosen Transportation Secret… Read More
"Shields and Ponnuru on the ‘dark cloud' of Russian cyberattacks" PBS NewsHour 12/16/2016ExcerptSUMMARY: Reports emerged this week that the CIA is confident Russia attempted to s… Read More
President-Elect Trump’s Transition staff has issued a blanket edict requiring politically appointed Ambassadors to leave their overseas posts by Inauguration Day, according to several… Read More
"Kerry: Syrian conflict is ‘the worst human catastrophe since World War II'" PBS NewsHour 1/6/2017ExcerptSUMMARY: In our most recent interview with a top Obama administrati… Read More
The Head of the Office of Government Ethics (OGE) on Wednesday slammed President-Elect Trump’s plan to separate himself from his Business, calling it “wholly inadequate” in… Read More
Scores of American Diplomats stationed across the Globe have drafted a formal “Dissent Memo” to register their objections to President Trump’s ban on Syrian Refugees and Tr… Read More
The Senate Friday gave its thumbs up to a Resolution to Nullify a SEC Rule requiring Oil, Gas, and Mining companies to Reveal their Payments to Foreign Governments.
It was the second time t… Read More
"Political battle begins for Gorsuch confirmation" PBS NewsHour 2/1/2017ExcerptSUMMARY: President Trump is touting the man he wants to join the Supreme Court, Judge Neil Gorsuch, named… Read More
While Rex Tillerson is on his first overseas trip as Secretary of State (SoS), his Aides laid off Staff at the State Department on Thursday.
Much of seventh-floor Staff, who work for the D… Read More
Trump’s team is finally in place and making some big changes at the State Department.
Rex Tillerson, Secretary of State started cleaning up the house at State Department.
Is CIA, FBI… Read More
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s job running the State Department got considerably more difficult when the entire Senior Level of Management officials resigned, part of an ongoing ma… Read More
The New York Attorney General accused Exxon Mobil Corp. Monday of withholding Documents from his office as it investigates whether the Energy Company Misrepresented its understanding of Clim… Read More
President Trump’s Budget proposal would take a big axe to several United Nations programs, in particular, eliminating Pledged Payments to U.N. Climate-Change programs, and reducing Fun… Read More
The Political Appointee, former Washington State Senator Don Benton, who ran the President’s Washington State Campaign, charged with keeping watch over Environmental Protection Agency… Read More
The Trump Administration will approve the Keystone XL oil Pipeline by Monday, reversing one of former President Obama's most politically charged Environmental decisions, according to two sou… Read More
The Trump Administration is making it tougher for millions of visitors to enter the United States by demanding new Security Checks before giving Visas to Tourists, Business travelers and Rel… Read More
The week ahead in Congress:
- This week the House votes on a Bill that would prohibit the EPA from Proposing, Finalizing, or Disseminating a Rule unless all Scientific and Technical informa… Read More
Secretary of State (SOS) Rex W. Tillerson has decided to lift all Human Rights conditions on a major sale of F-16 fighter jets and other arms to Bahrain in an effort to end a rift between th… Read More
Some pundits predict United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley will one day run for President, but for a month, at least, she will be, of the 15-Nation UN Security Council.
Ambassadors take up… Read More
"Tensions rising, what's U.S.'s next move on North Korea?" PBS NewsHour 4/28/2017ExcerptSUMMARY: Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said at the U.N. Security Council that it's time for "… Read More
While President Trump has talked tough in the past about his skeptical views on Climate Change, his Administration appears to be taking a more cautious approach to the issue on the world sta… Read More
Secretary of State Tillerson will Head to Capitol Hill tomorrow.
He will go in front of Senate Committees that Oversee the International Affairs Budget to actually Defend the President&rsqu… Read More
A Bill that slaps new Sanctions on Russia, and passed the Senate almost unanimously, has hit a Major stumbling block in the House. Rep. Kevin Brady (R-Texas) said the Legislation has been Fl… Read More
President Trump has chosen former Republican Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison of Texas to be the next NATO Ambassador, the White House announced on Thursday.
Hutchison, 73, served in the Senate fo… Read More
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson appointed Kurt Volker, a former U.S. Ambassador to The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), as Special Representative to Ukraine, the State Depart… Read More
"Brooks and Marcus on Trump meeting Putin, Republicans diverging on health care" PBS NewsHour 7/7/2017ExcerptSUMMARY: New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post columnis… Read More
The Treasury Department and ExxonMobil locked horns in a Legal Battle Thursday, with the Oil Giant Filing a Lawsuit to stop a $2 million Fine the Department slapped on it earlier in the day… Read More
The United Nations Security Council unanimously imposed New Sanctions on North Korea on Saturday that could slash by a third the Asian State's $3 Billion Annual Export Revenue over Pyongyang… Read More
Fat-Man vs Little-Boy"Latest North Korea clash draws sharply different responses from Trump, top national security aides" PBS NewsHour 8/9/2017ExcerptSUMMARY: As a war of words escalat… Read More
Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson, is moving to Eliminate or Downgrade Special Envoy Positions at the State Department, including the Representative for Climate Change, a step that is sure t… Read More
The U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee Passed a Spending Bill that includes $10 Million to Help Fund the United Nations' Climate Change Body that oversees the Paris Climate Agreement, desp… Read More
The State Department is giving Immigration and Consular Officials new grounds to Deny Entry to Visitors to the United States or to kick them out if they are already here.
In a Cable to Amer… Read More
"Shields and Brooks on Las Vegas tragedy, Trump-Tillerson tensions" PBS NewsHour 10/6/2017ExcerptSUMMARY: Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks jo… Read More
A group of about a dozen U.S. State Department Officials have taken the unusual step of formally Accusing Secretary of State Rex Tillerson of Violating a Federal Law designed to Stop Foreign… Read More
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is aiming to revamp the State Department's Cybersecurity Operations, telling a top House Lawmaker Tuesday that he is planning to merge Two existing Offices i… Read More
"Shields and Parker on Trump’s possible North Korea meeting, Stormy Daniels’ lawsuit" PBS NewsHour 3/9/2018ExcerptSUMMARY: Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and Washington… Read More
This morning the stock market opened higher and rallied… until we found out that Trump was looking for new talents by firing Tillerson. But don’t worry, it is not a chaos&hellip… Read More
"Shields and Brooks on the White House’s revolving door, Conor Lamb’s upset" PBS NewsHour 3/16/2018ExcerptSUMMARY: Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times colu… Read More
"After months of tension, Tillerson's State Department tenure comes to abrupt end" PBS NewsHour 3/13/2018"Abrupt" is an understatement. Tillerson gets notification via Tweet and word o… Read More
"Shields and Brooks on John Bolton’s worldview, Trump’s shifting legal team" PBS NewsHour 3/23/2018ExcerptSUMMARY: Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times colu… Read More
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Secretary of Veteran Affairs Dr. David Shulkin joined veterans from around the country on Sunday to participate in Rolling Thunder, an annual event in D… Read More
The United States is losing ground as the Internet’s Standard-Bearer in the face of aggressive European Privacy Standards and China’s Draconian Vision for a tightly controlled We… Read More
The Natural Resource Defense Council (NRDC) was founded in 1970 by a Group of Law Students and Attorneys at the forefront of the Environmental Movement. Today's Leadership Team and Board of… Read More
President Trump has Offered State Department Spokesperson Heather Nauert the Role of U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations.
It is not clear yet whether She has Accepted the Offer to Replace… Read More
"Shields and Brooks on Trump-Pelosi feud, 2020 Democrats" PBS NewsHour 5/24/2019ExcerptSUMMARY: Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks join Judy Wo… Read More
A Lawyer for New York’s Attorney General on Tuesday told a New York Judge Exxon Mobil Corp (XOM.N) used Two Sets of Books to Hide the True Cost of Climate Change Regulations from Inves… Read More
A newly established State Department Bureau focused on Cybersecurity and Emerging Technologies could give the Biden Administration a Launch Pad for strengthening Ties with Allies after a mas… Read More
Former Trump's Attorney, Rudy Giuliani, is facing a Federal Inquiry over Possible Improper Lobbying for Turkey.
The Justice Department's (DOJ) Inquiry is Separate from the Criminal Investi… Read More