::THE SLICE REPORT WITH MONA AUSTIN

'US' IS NOW AVAILABLE ON DVD MOVIE SYNOPSIS: Us tells the story of a normal African-American family that returns to the childhood beach home of the family's mother on vacation. But despite the idyllic setting, matriarch Adelaide Wilson is still haunted by a mysterious traumatic experience from her past. When a group of masked strangers break into the home and hold the family hostage, they have to fight for their own survival. When those strangers take off their masks to reveal that they're perfect doppelgangers of the family, the Wilsons have to confront their past traumas and examine who they really are. By Mona Austin You'll need a dream interpreter to make sense of the nightmare that is "Us." Don't ask me the names of the main characters in the gory follow-up to "Get Out," Jordan Peele's second scary movie. I couldn't tell you. My mind was transfixed on the suspenseful scenes unfolding from the moment an identical f...

Statement from the Press Secretary Today, President Donald J. Trump spoke with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey by telephone. Turkey will soon be moving forward with its long-planned operation into Northern Syria. The United States Armed Forces will not support or be involved in the operation, and United States forces, having defeated the ISIS territorial “Caliphate,” will no longer be in the immediate area. The United States Government has pressed France, Germany, and other European nations, from which many captured ISIS fighters came, to take them back, but they did not want them and refused. The United States will not hold them for what could be many years and great cost to the United States taxpayer. Turkey will now be responsible for all ISIS fighters in the area captured over the past two years in the wake of the defeat of the territorial “Caliphate” by the United States.

buzzz worthy. . .   Amendments Expand the Ability of Americans to Visit Cuba, Bolster Trade and Commercial Opportunities, and Reduce Barriers to Financial Transactions by Cuban Nationals   WASHINGTON – Today, the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) announced significant amendments to the Cuban Assets Control Regulations (CACR) and Export Administration Regulations (EAR).  These changes, coupled with the arrangement recently announced by the Departments of State and Transportation allowing scheduled air service between the United States and Cuba, will significantly increase the ability of U.S.  citizens to travel to Cuba to directly engage with the Cuban people.  Additionally, these regulations expand Cuba and Cuban nationals’ access to U.S. financial institutions and the U.S. dollar from Cuba, and will expand the ability for Cuba...