http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTJ6dDhMgmg&t=29m2s

President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron made headlines before Bastille Day in Paris, France.

Several topics were addressed during a brief news conference in Paris, including Syria, the Paris Accord, and Russia.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9P15Ed05vI

As GOP senators roll out their newest version of health care reform, a new Gallup poll shows U.S. adults are as divided as Congress on the government's best approach to reforms.

Washington, D.C. – Against the backdrop of dysfunctional government, widespread economic uncertainty, and a general failure of the two-party system to solve many of the nation’s most pressing challenges, a crop of Independent elected officeholders Wednesday came together to make the case that independent candidates for public office can get elected and bridge the political divide between Republicans and Democrats.

At the end of June, President Trump signed into law a bill that would make it easier for subpar Veterans Affairs employees to be sacked, something that was problematic under previous administrations.

The Colorado Rockies are home to many stunning features, one of which is the Continental Divide, which separates the watersheds of the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Ocean. Now, while the Continental Divide is well-known, the state is also becoming known for another type of division that’s stunning for a very different reason.

SANTA FE, N.M. - The majority of Santa Fe voters sent a message to city officials in 2008: They want a change to the way local elections are conducted. They want ranked choice voting.

City voters approved a local initiative to adopt ranked choice voting for local elections in 2008. Yet nearly 10 years later, they are still waiting for it to be implemented.

So what's the hold up?

It's one of the most bizarre and troubling news stories about Congress in 2017:

A family of rogue congressional IT staffers got paid millions of dollars for mostly no-show, no-performance jobs by over 20 House members, many of them on sensitive House committees.

A criminal investigation by Capitol Police is looking into the staffers' activities. These staffers had access to members' email accounts, and are suspected of illegally sending sensitive congressional data off the secure House computer networks.

The majority of voters are clearly fed up with politics as usual in Washington. Tens of millions feel disenfranchised, they believe elections are either broken or rigged, and most do not feel represented by the Republican and Democratic Parties.

The broad frustration, discontent, and outrage over the current state of American politics leave the independent and reform movements with both opportunities and challenges in future elections.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExcDi9a9His

In an interview with Sean Hannity Tuesday night on FoxNews, Donald Trump Jr. said he "probably would have done things a little differently" when he met with a Russian attorney during his father’s presidential campaign in June 2016.

"This pre-Russia fever. This pre-Russia mania," Trump Jr. told Fox News' Sean Hannity. "I don’t think my sirens went or my antenna went up at this time because it wasn’t the issue that it’s been made out to be over the last nine months, ten months."

The internet is often referred to as the “wild west” because everything can be found, everyone can be connected, and there are very few rules. We can open our minds up to anything we want, good, bad, and otherwise. The internet could be a great tool to unite us, right? Sadly, that has not been the case.