Election 2016: Who Are The Richest Candidates?

The candidates of this years election are quiet wealthy compared to those in the past years. In campaigns, Hillary Clinton has complained saying "There's something wrong when CEO's make 300 times more than the typical worker" when she is worth nearly $15,300,000.  The only other women in the race for presidency is Carly Fiorina who is worth over $80,000,000 making her the most wealthy by almost three times.  Ted Cruz is worth nearly $3,000,000. From there on, the rest of the candidates have more reasonable amounts of money and are not multimillionaires. Bernie Sanders is the least wealthy candidate in the race with a net worth of nearly $350,000.

Zaru, Deena. "Election 2016: Who Are The Richest Candidates?" CNN. Cable News Network, 6 May 2015. Web. 7 May 2015. <http://www.cnn.com/2015/05/06/politics/election-2016-richest-presidential-candidates/index.html>.

Rapper Waka Flocka Flame Blazes New 2016 Trail

On April 20, Waka Flocka Flame decided he would be running for the 2016 presidency. Waka said I'm very pleased to announce today on 4/20, the best day of the year, I will be running for president.  And the first thing I'm gonna do when I get into office is legalize marijuana."  Along with this, the rapper said that he will ban dogs from restaurants, and insure those with shoe size 13 and over never walk the streets again.  Waka believes that kids need to be taught more things about reality and not pointless education skills that will never be used.  Many are taking this as a joke but he is serious about running in the presidential election.

Verhovek, John. "Rapper Waka Flocka Flame Blazes 2016 Trail." CNN. Cable News Network, 21 Apr. 2015. Web. 22 Apr. 2015. <http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/21/politics/waka-flocka-flame-for-president-election/index.html>. 

The White House Complex Now Has a Gender-Neutral Bathroom

With all of the scrutiny about LGBT rights and issues, the White House took a so called "symbolic" step regarding human rights.  They believed that doing this would make people more comfortable and protected from discrimination amungst the White House.  A spokesperson for CNN said "The White House allows staff and guests to use restrooms consistent with their gender identity, which is in keeping with the Administration's existing legal guidance on this issue and consistent with what is required by the Executive Order that took effect today for federal contractors."  Restrooms like this have been appearing in very public places while there are still gender specific restrooms.  Many new laws and rights have been given to people that are LGBT and will continue to take strides for equality.


Liptak, Kevin. "White House Complex Now Has a Gender-Neutral Bathroom." CNN. Cable News Network, 9 Apr. 2015. Web. 9 Apr. 2015. <http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/09/politics/white-house-all-gender-bathroom/index.html> 

FAA Allows Amazon to Fly Drones Experimentally

Recently amazon was granted permission to attempt flying products to customers with the use of drones.  This was quite a process to allow therefore Amazon has many rules and restrictions to follow.  Some of these restrictions are flying below 400 feet in daylight, pilot must have a pilots license, and must be 500 feet away from pedestrians.  The FAA has been very strict about their use of drones and Amazon must give reports to the FAA every month about the flights.  Amazons hopes to be able to deliver products directly to customers within 30 minutes of purchase.  This privilege to Amazon has opened many doors and is a positive step regarding technology and online shopping along with job opportunities.

Jansen, Bart. "FAA Allows Amazon to Fly Drones Experimentally." USA Today. USA Today, 20 Mar. 2015. Web. 24 Mar. 2015. <http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2015/03/19/faa-amazon-drones/25037111/>.

Bomb Blast in Downtown Cairo Wounds 9 People

On Monday, an extremist group involved with ISIS labeling themselves "Revolutionary Punishment" had two bombs planted in downtown Cairo.  One bomb was planted under a parked car out in front of the High Court, which is the highest criminal court located in the country of Egypt.  This bomb wounded 9 individuals including three police officers but had no fatalities.  The second bomb was disarmed before it could explode.  They were hoping to target and kill a group of police officers with the timing of the explosion which partially worked.   This event raised much fear throughout Egypt and was followed by another bomb in southern Egypt which killed two individuals.

"Bomb Blast in Downtown Cairo Wounds 9 People." The New York Times. The New York Times, 2 Mar. 2015. Web. 2 Mar. 2015. http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2015/03/02/world/middleeast/ap-ml-egypt.html?ref=world&_r=0.

US Keeping ISIS Kill List

The United States currently has a list of dangerous ISIS members they are hoping to bomb if located.  Most of the members of ISIS are located in Syria and Iraq but the United States problem is that we no longer have military in those countries.  al-Baghdadi is at the top of the hit list but has been aware the United States has a hit on him therefore has gone unseen in the past few months.  On the other hand, at least 15 members of ISIS have already been killed by our military.  The biggest problem we are facing is that ISIS is growing very quickly and spreading to surrounding countries of Iraq and Syria making attacks more dangerous every day.  

Star, Barbara. "Official: U.S. Keeping ISIS Kill List - CNN.com." CNN. Cable News Network, 18 Feb. 2015. Web. 19 Feb. 2015. http://www.cnn.com/2015/02/18/politics/us-isis-kill-list/index.html.