WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump ‘s plan to combat opioid drug addiction nationwide calls for stiffer penalties for drug traffickers, including the death penalty where appropriate under current law. Trump also wants Congress to pass legislation reducing the amount of drugs needed to trigger […]
An opioid overdose crisis that killed nearly 64,000 people in 2016 has proved more deadly than the AIDS epidemic at its peak and has played a significant role in reducing life expectancy in the United States for the second straight year. Source: Death Sentence: Trump […]
As much as we LOVE Bum Carson and his stellar Housing and Urban Development staff here at The Beacon, we think he’s physically and mentally incapable of doing anything more than being Trump’s go-to negro, “Yes Man!” As Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, a […]
Secretary Ben Carson is changing the Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) mission statement and omitting words that would ensure the organization remains inclusive and discrimination free. Carson tweaked the mission statement of the agency to read: “HUD’s mission is to ensure Americans have access to […]
CNN’s ratings are down and former anchor Soledad O’Brien minced no words in telling us all why she thinks that is. Yesterday O’Brien released a series of tweets at CNN reporter Chris Cillizza after he wrote a brow-raising item on CNN titled, “Donald Trump is […]
Photo: Philadelphia Student Union Like many people across the country, Kaila Scaffey, a senior at Central High School in Philadelphia, nodded along to Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School students when they called for better firearms legislation. Source: The Other Teen Gun Control Movement
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