Joshua Mercer

CONFEDERATE // The decision to remove a Confederate statue in Durham, North Carolina, was not made by the City Council. The statue was toppled by an angry mob outside…

CHARLOTTESVILLE // Angry white racists, Klansmen, and neo-Nazis marched in Charlottesville, Va., Saturday to protest the city’s decision to remove a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee.…

NORTH KOREA // President Trump refused to back down from his promise to rain down “fire and fury” on North Korea if the Communist country refused to back down…

HEALTH CARE // The Trump White House and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell launched salvos at each other over the stalled health care agenda in the Senate. McConnell…

NORTH KOREA // Russia’s top diplomat told the United States to be “prudent” and downplay North Korea’s “saber rattling” after the regime threatened a “physical” response to new…

CORPORATE DIVERSITY // A senior software engineer at Google wrote a memo that called for hiring based on merit instead of race or sex-based hiring preferences. In addition, his…

NORTH KOREA // President Trump and South Korean president discuss "grave and growing direct threat" posed by North Korea. The call on Sunday evening came at the request…

WEST VIRGINIA IS RED // Standing with the President, West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice said: "I can’t help you anymore being a Democrat governor. So tomorrow I…

IMMIGRATION // President Trump endorsed a bill sponsored by Senators Tom Cotton, R-AR, and David Perdue, R-GA, that would reduce legal immigration levels by 50% over the next…