Category Archives: This Week In Politics

THIS WEEK IN POLITICS: MARCH 29, 2019 SUNDAY MARCH 23, 2019: ROBERT MUELLER REPORT CONCLUSIONS On Sunday, Attorney General William Barr, released a summary on the report from the investigation by Special Counsel Robert Mueller. The investigation started almost two years ago, to investigate a possible Russian collusion with the 2016 Presidential Election and TrumpContinue reading “THIS WEEK IN POLITICS: MARCH 29, 2019”

THIS WEEK IN POLITICS: MARCH 22, 2019 SATURDAY MARCH 16, 2019: MISSISSIPPI ORDERED TO REDRAW A DISTRICT Senate District 22 in Mississippi was ordered to be redrawn by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, because it was not offering African- Americans an equal opportunity in voting. A judge had found that African-American’s voting powerContinue reading “THIS WEEK IN POLITICS: MARCH 22, 2019”

THIS WEEK IN POLITICS: MARCH 15, 2019 SUNDAY MARCH 10, 2019: PRES. TRUMP LOOKING TO INCLUDE $8.6 BILLION IN 2020 BUDGET FOR WALL Pres. Trump is set to announce his budget on Monday, where the White House announced he will be seeking for $8.6 billion to go toward his border wall. That request does notContinue reading “THIS WEEK IN POLITICS: MARCH 15, 2019”

THIS WEEK IN POLITICS: MARCH 8, 2019 SATURDAY MAR. 2, 2019: PRES. TRUMP PROMISES EXECUTIVE ORDER REQUIRING “FREE SPEECH” ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES The annual Conservative Political Action Conference (C.P.A.C.), in Oxon Hill, MD, was held last week and Pres. Trump spoke at it last Saturday (March 2). During his speech, he mentioned that soon heContinue reading “THIS WEEK IN POLITICS: MARCH 8, 2019”

THIS WEEK IN POLITICS: MARCH 1, 2019 SATURDAY FEB. 23, 2019: FIRST FEMALE AMBASSADOR APPOINTED BY SAUDI ARABIA TO U.S. Princess Reema bint Bandar Al Saud was appointed as the first female ambassador to the U.S. on Saturday. She was raised in Washington and eventually graduated from George Washington University. She is also the daughterContinue reading “THIS WEEK IN POLITICS: MARCH 1, 2O19”

THIS WEEK IN POLITICS: FEBRUARY 22, 2019 MONDAY FEB. 18, 2019: STATES FILE LAWSUIT TO STOP DECLARED NATIONAL EMERGENCY California Attorney General, Xavier Becerra, filed a lawsuit against Pres. Trump’s declared national emergency for the border wall. Fifteen other states eventually joined California in the lawsuit, with those states being: Connecticut, Colorado, Delaware, Maryland, Illinois,Continue reading “THIS WEEK IN POLITICS: FEBRUARY 22, 2019”