Trump's longstanding promise to build a great, great wall, and get Mexicans to pay for it might be only half true. While the promise to build the wall stands, and according to sources Trump will be announcing it very soon, the part where Mexicans will pay for it is somewhat questionable, even though sort of stands at the same time. The fact is that Mexican president has said that Mexico will not be paying for the wall. Former Mexican pres...

Trump has said that the first thing in his to-do list after he has taken office will be repealing Obamacare. While the president-elect's claim is that all Americans will get a less expensive beautiful insurance with lower premiums and deductibles, insurance that will be so good that it will cover everyone, a report by the non partisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) found that an estimated 18 million people would lose their insurance coverage a...

While some might say 'too little, too late', Obama has commuted the remaining prison sentence of Chelsea Manning, or to be exact, all but four months of the remaining 28-year sentence. Chelsea Manning was convicted in 2010 and sentenced to 35 years in jail for leaking documents relating to American military and diplomatic activities across the world. The 35-year sentence is the longest publishment imposed for a leak conviction in the United S...

Betsy DeVos, Trump's pick for Secretary of Education, came under fire from democrats who were calling the member of the Republican Party unfit for the job during the confirmation hearing Tuesday evening. While DeVos has been a long-term advocate for school choice and voucher programs (tax-payer funded vouchers for private and religious schools), she seems to have decided not to take a position on a few important issues for Democrats, such as w...