A fight for influence between France, Russia, and the United States in the central Sahel has fomented disaster in the region, after an al Qaeda affiliate filled the vacuum opened by the competition. As a former colony of the French Empire, Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger have traditionally fallen in France’s orbit. Paris intervened in […]

The first round of May Social Security payments for retirees, now capped at $5,181, will be issued in three days. When will payments arrive? Retirees born on or before the 10th of a month will receive this payment on May 14. The second round will go out on May 21 to those born between the […]

The Trump administration‘s policy of keeping illegal immigrants in detention during their deportation proceedings has resulted in hundreds of lawsuits and has splintered appeals courts over its legality, leading the issue toward likely Supreme Court review as more appeals courts weigh in with different interpretations of the policy. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the […]

President Donald Trump attacked James Comey twice on Saturday night, calling him a 'dirty cop' and 'pathetic' one day after judge set Comey's trial date.