Some lofty goals from 2018 State of Union speech still unmet

Credit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Mon, 04 Feb 2019 15:09:45 +0000

Donald Trump finishing his 2018 State of the Union Address

President Donald Trump whiffed on some lofty goals that he laid out in last year’s State of the Union address, most notably his call for an overhaul of immigration laws and a “great wall on our southern border” but also on his pitches for a big infrastructure boost and bringing unity to Washington.

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Trump reaffirms military force ‘an option’ in Venezuela

Credit to Author: cbibe| Date: Sun, 03 Feb 2019 23:29:04 +0000

Trump reaffirms military force 'an option' in Venezuela

President Donald Trump reiterated that a US military intervention in Venezuela was “an option” as Nicolas Maduro is urged to step down.

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Russia suspends nuclear missile treaty in tit-for-tat with US

Credit to Author: cbibe| Date: Sat, 02 Feb 2019 23:03:26 +0000

Russia suspends nuclear missile treaty in tit-for-tat with US

Russia vowed to develop “new types of weapons” as it suspended a Cold War-era nuclear missile treaty with the United States.

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Russia to pull plug on nuclear arms pact after US does same

Credit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Sat, 02 Feb 2019 16:44:16 +0000

Sergey Lavrov - Vladimir Putin - Sergey Shoigu

Following in the footsteps of the U.S., Russia will abandon a centerpiece nuclear arms treaty but will only deploy intermediate-range nuclear missiles if Washington does so, President Vladimir Putin said Saturday.

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Trump’s State of the Union aims for a unifying tone

Credit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Sat, 02 Feb 2019 16:33:28 +0000

Donald Trump

President Donald Trump heads into his State of the Union address dogged by bruising midterm losses and sinking poll numbers, wounded by a blistering standoff with Democrats. But for the stately speech, he plans to embrace unity — at least for the night.

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Women will surround Trump at State of the Union address

Credit to Author: Dennis Maliwanag| Date: Fri, 01 Feb 2019 22:30:06 +0000

Women will surround Trump at State of the Union address

Pelosi behind and above. Female immigrants, gazing down from the balcony. A black woman who ran a close race for governor of Georgia, rebutting.

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