David Uwakwe

Donald Trump Nominates Exxon Mobil CEO Rex Tillerson As Secretary Of State

President-elect Donald Trump has announced Exxon Mobil CEO Rex Tillerson as his pick for Secretary of State, marking an end to the four-week search for someone to fill the high-profile position. Tillerson, 64, has spent his entire career with Exxon Mobil, starting out as a production engineer in 1975 and holding a number of prominent […]

8y ago

Pizzagate: Trump Transition Team Advisor Steps Down Amid Accusations Of Spreading Conspiracy Theory

Michael Flynn Jr, an advisor to the Trump transition team, has stepped down from his position after it came to light that he has been propagating the so-called Pizzagate conspiracy theory. Stemming from message boards 4chan and Reddit, the theory revolves around leaked emails sent among the Hillary Clinton campaign team, which, according to the […]

8y ago

austria

Far-Right Leader Norbert Hofer Concedes Defeat In Presidential Elections In Austria

Norbert Hofer, leader of the Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ), has conceded defeat to his Green party-supported opponent, Alexander Van der Bellen, as early exit polls suggest a win for the 71-year-old economist. At the time of writing, results show Van der Bellen leading Hoffer by 53.5 percent to 46.4 percent, with little expected to […]

8y ago

Donald Trump

Donald Trump Takes To Twitter To Defend His Phone Call With The Taiwan President After A String Of Foreign Policy Missteps

Donald Trump took to twitter last night to defend his decision to take a call from the President of Taiwan, a state with whom the U.S. has not had diplomatic ties for 38 years. It is the first time that a U.S. president or president-elect has made state level contact with Taiwan since President Jimmy […]

8y ago

Comedy Central|Tomi Lahren|Trevor Noah

Tomi Lahren Says She Doesn’t See Color On ‘The Daily Show’ — Does That Make Her Color Blind Or Just Blind To The Facts?

The encounter between Tomi Lahren, the 24-year-old shooting star of conservative commentary, and Trevor Noah was billed as a bubble-bursting exercise that allowed Lahren to step out of her own echo chamber and into the largely liberal talking shop that is The Daily Show. Tomi Lahren has made a name for herself as a strident […]

8y ago