The House intelligence committee is asking the Trump administration for evidence that the phones at Trump Tower were tapped during the campaign as its namesake has charged. President Donald Trump asserted in a tweet last week: “Terrible! Just found out that Obama had my ‘wires tapped’ in Trump Tower just before the victory.
Joni Sledge of ‘We Are Family’ group dies at 60
Joni Sledge, one of four sisters who together sang one of disco’s most enduring songs with “We Are Family,” has died, a representative said Saturday. She was 60. Joni Sledge of the Musicl group Sister Sledge attending the “We Are Family” CD & DVD release party hosted by Rodney Jerkins and Robert Goodwin in New York City.
Almost all of Ohio’s voucher cash goes to religious schools
Almost all of the money from Ohio’s main tuition voucher programs – 97 percent of it – flows to private religious schools, a Plain Dealer examination of records from the 2015-16 school year shows. And Catholic and other Christian schools in Cleveland are the biggest winners, thanks to a Cleveland-only voucher program that was the first in the state when it started in 1996.
Texas redistricting plan violates Voting Rights Act, judges say
A three-judge panel in a Texas redistricting case has ruled that the Texas Legislature’s 2011 congressional redistricting plan discriminated against minority voters. The judges in a San Antonio federal district court concluded in a 2-1 vote late Friday that the drawing of some of the state’s congressional districts violated the federal Voting Rights Act or the U.S. Constitution.
Prepare For Market Beliefs To Be Challenged
Deeply ingrained beliefs can be hard to dislodge — and especially in markets when they have led to high investment returns over a prolonged period. That can encourage certain behaviors to last even in the face of contradictory indicators; and it may take a very large set of inconsistent data for behaviors to change.
Meet the hero vet who fought the Taliban while battling sexism 0:0
Mary Jennings Hegar’s first childhood memory was watching her father throw her mother through a plate-glass door. Hegar was 4 years old.
Thornton Wilder’s Optimistic Catastrophe: “The Skin of Our Teeth”
Almost any evening, somewhere in America, the curtain is going up on a play by Thornton Wilder. Last year alone, there were four hundred productions.
C-SPAN awards Weslaco students for immigration documentary
A video documentary created by local students and inspired by immigrants’ oft-perilous journey into the United States has been awarded honorable mention recognition in C-SPAN’s national StudentCam competition.
Abbreviated Pundit Round-up: Tapp, tapp, tapp
Donald Trump has won the presidency after narrowly carrying a few states to put him above 270 electoral votes. But… At his Senate confirmation hearing, Attorney General Jeff Sessions lied under oath that he had never had contact with the… Despite promising to release his tax returns in a televised debate with Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump continues to show that… Brian Klaas put out his guide to just how much damage one man can do to two centuries of democracy in fifty days back on Friday, but it’s worth pulling it up again.
Letter: Chaffetz blames working class for failed health care system
Rep. Jason Chaffetz said on CNN that Americans may have to choose between paying for an iPhone and paying for health insurance. Once again we have a Republican politician blaming the working class for our failed health-care system.
Patricia Jones: Should Salt Lake County be a pizza or a doughnut?
Rep. Jason Chaffetz listens to questions as many of those in attendance hold signs and yell during a town hall meeting at Brighton High School in Cottonwood Heights on Thursday, Feb. 9, 2017. Do you prefer pizza or doughnuts? And what do those food items have to do with a raucous, crowded town hall meeting recently held in Salt Lake County by U.S. Congressman Jason Chaffetz? Lest it be lost on Chaffetz and others who are scratching their heads in wonder or dismissing the town hall attendees as simply left-leaning outsiders: Salt Lake County residents had a pizza-shaped redistricting plan forced down their collective throats as a result of the 2010 reapportionment process.
Hillary’s Former Campaign Manager Says Obama Ordered Wiretaps
As the classic line in the film “Casablanca” goes, “I’m shocked to hear Barack Obama illegally had Donald Trump wiretapped during his run for the presidency.” Who would know better this actually occurred than former Democrat presidential nominee Hillary Clinton’s campaign manager, Robby Mook.
Advocates say First Amendment can withstand Trump attacks
Whenever Donald Trump fumes about “fake news” or labels the press “the enemy of the people,” First Amendment scholar David L. Hudson Jr. hears echoes of other presidents – but a breadth and tone that are entirely new. Trump may not know it, but it was Thomas Jefferson who once said, “Nothing can now be believed which is seen in a newspaper,” said Hudson, a law professor at Vanderbilt University.
US attorney Preet Bharara fired after refusing to step down
U.S. prosecutor Preet Bharara said the Trump administration fired him after he refused to resign from his post on Saturday. Bharara broke the news on Twitter, provoking questions about how President Trump is running his office.
World Briefs: 3-12-17
A Manhattan federal prosecutor who says “absolute independence” was his touchstone for over seven years as he battled public corruption announced he was fired Saturday after he refused a request a day earlier to resign. Preet Bharara, 48, made the announcement on his personal Twitter account after it became widely known hours earlier that he did not intend to step down in response to Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ request that leftover appointees of former President Barack Obama quit.
As incivility hits new depths, many are working to combat it
In state capitals, lawmakers attend workshops on how to avoid demonizing their opponents. On a college campus, students re-enact hard-fought debates that led to great compromises at the country’s founding.
Hawaii Briefs: 3-12-17
Golfers are criticizing a plan by Maui County’s mayor to shut down an 87-year-old municipal golf course. During his recent state of the county address Thursday, Mayor Alan Arakawa proposed closing the Waiehu Municipal Golf Course, saying it is losing nearly $3 million a year.
Hawaii teacher: ‘I won’t teach’ undocumented immigrants
HONOLULU (AP) – A teacher for the state’s largest high school was harshly criticized for sending an email to staff at his school saying he was refusing to teach immigrant students in the U.S. illegally.
Sarah Huckabee Sanders is a rising star in Trump’s orbit
Faced with aggressive on-air questioning about the president’s wiretapping claims, Sarah Huckabee Sanders didn’t flinch, she went folksy.
Court revives suit over ban on colored underwear in jail
A federal appeals court says female inmates can sue a county jail in northwest Illinois for prohibiting them from wearing colored underwear. The Chicago Daily Law Bulletin reported Friday the Rock Island County Jail barred colored undergarments on grounds the color could be extracted to make tattoos.
Under Trump, the Moon regains interest as possible destination
Washington: Dismissed by former US president Barack Obama as a place explorers had already seen, the Moon has once again gained interest as a potential destination under Donald Trump’s presidency. Private sector companies in particular are energized by the prospect of future space exploration missions beyond low-Earth orbit, where the International Space Station circles the Earth.
Mexico OKs Trump trademarks for hotels and tourism industry
In this Feb. 19, 2016 file photo, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign stop in North Charleston, S.C. Then-candidate Trump gave a stump speech in which he railed against American jobs moving to Mexico: “We lose our jobs, we close our factories, Mexico gets all of the work,” he said. “We get nothing.”
Judges: Texas redistricting plan violates Voting Rights Act
A three-judge panel in a Texas redistricting case has ruled that the Texas Legislature’s 2011 congressional redistricting plan discriminated against minority voters. The judges in a San Antonio federal district court concluded in a 2-1 vote late Friday that the drawing of some of the state’s congressional districts violated the federal Voting Rights Act or the US Constitution.
Media groups push back after fake news defined US elections
In this Sunday, Dec. 4, 2016 file photo, Edgar Maddison Welch, 28 of Salisbury, N.C., surrenders to police in Washington.
Sunday Morning Bobblehead Thread
Forty-five years later and this is pretty much the Sunday news shows. They have just as much substance and utility as this pointless argument for argument’s sake.
We can’t rest on substance abuse
Though they disagree strongly about many aspects of government spending, the vast majority of West Virginia legislators, both Republicans and Democrats, understand one thing: The state is broke. Any thought of new spending had better be based on real necessity.
Programs try to bring civility, courtesy back into politics, society
To continue reading up to 10 premium articles, you must register , or sign up and take advantage of this exclusive offer: In this Feb. 2, 2017, photo provided by Middle Tennessee State University professor Mary Evins, students take part in a role-playing game about the 1676 Bacon’s Rebellion, in a class in Murfreesboro, Tenn. The university has staged re-enactments of historical events to help shed light on conflicting perspectives that led to great compromises.
Amid attacks, journalists need to focus on Trump’s actions
In this Tuesday, March 17, 2015 photo, Sacramento Bee columnist Foon Rhee poses for a photo in a studio in Sacramento, Calif.
No. 7 Arizona beats No. 5 Oregon 83-80 for Pac-12 title
Oregon’s Jordan Bell shoots in front of Arizona’s Allonzo Trier during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game for the championship of the Pac-12 men’s tournament Saturday, March 11, 2017, in Las Vegas. . Oregon’s Dylan Ennis shoots against Arizona’s Rawle Alkins, left, and Dusan Ristic, right, during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in the championship of the Pac-12 men’s tournament Saturday, March 11, 2017, in … .
Ramadan: Trump has fresh opportunity to revisit Virginia’s energy potential
Ramadan is a former Republican member of the House of Delegates from Loudoun County.
Columbus undocumented immigrants fear raids, deportations
National accounts of increased raids and deportations by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement under President Donald Trump’s administration have ignited panic among some undocumented immigrants in Columbus. The Rev.
Trump praises arrest of ‘troubled person’ who climbed fence at White House
To continue reading up to 10 premium articles, you must register , or sign up and take advantage of this exclusive offer: President Donald Trump, center, meets Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, right, and Secretary of Veterans Affairs David Shulkin, left, along with other members of his Cabinet and the White House staff, Saturday, March 11, 2017, at the Trump National Golf Club in Sterling, Va. POTOMAC FALLS, Va.
Illinois congressman on why he supports the Republican health care plan
Congressman Rodney Davis of Illinois supports the Republican Health Care Plan that’s making its way through the House. But he says that there will likely be hurdles before the bill becomes a law.
American Medical Association calls Republican health care plan ‘critically flawed’
Dr. Andrew Gurman, president of the American Medical Association, explains the group’s opposition to the Republican Health Care Plan and the bill moving through the House of Representatives. Turning now to Congress.
Rand Paul: House GOP’s Obamacare replacement is ‘dead on arrival’
Still, the Democratic leader said she is skeptical that House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., and other Republican leaders would ask for Democratic help, even if their bill fails to pass because of a lack of support within the GOP. The Trump plan does neither.
Hannity: It’s Time for Congress to Move at the Speed of Trump
On Monday at a meeting with the nation’s governors, President Trump conceded that his single-sentence promises to fix government problems might not be sufficient. No longer was he the combative street fighter waging a scorched earth political campaign; neither was he the amateur in the White House as some portrayed him.
Immigrants, exiles feeling unsettled in Trump era
Iraqi refugee Nashwan Saadoon, a Christian, lives in an apartment complex with other refugees from Sudan, Jordan, Syria, and Iraq. ‘You must be open for all people because they feel the same fear,’ he says.
Now-fired US Attorney Bharara boasts of a absolute independencea
A Manhattan federal prosecutor who says “absolute independence” was his touchstone for more than seven years as he battled public corruption announced he was fired Saturday after he refused a day earlier to resign. Preet Bharara, 48, revealed his firing on his personal Twitter account after it became widely known hours earlier that he did not intend to step down in response to Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ request that leftover appointees of former President Barack Obama quit.
Trump praises arrest of a troubled persona at White House
President Donald Trump on Saturday praised the U.S. Secret Service for doing a “fantastic job” apprehending a “troubled person” who climbed a fence and was approaching a south entrance to the White House while Trump was inside the executive mansion. When approached by a Secret Service officer on the south grounds about 11:38 p.m. Friday and asked whether he had a pass authorizing him to be in the restricted area, Tran replied, “No, I am a friend of the president.
The Grove, a witness to slavery, war and civil rights opens
Calling it a reflection of the “larger American experience,” a home that has been witness to slavery, the Civil War and the civil rights era has been opened to the public in Tallahassee. State officials on Saturday swung open the doors to The Grove, a state-owned mansion that was once the residence to Gov. LeRoy Collins.