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Reports of bipartisanship's demise may be a little bit exaggerated, because if there's one thing Republicans and Democrats can still occasionally agree on, it's cutting taxes or increasing spending, especially to the benefit of favored industries, and charging the cost to the national debt. Irresponsibility, in other words, has a broad constituency.
An exodus of more than two dozen state lawmakers means new faces are running for the Republican-led Tennessee General Assembly, setting up primary fights that could have early implications on the jockeying to become the House's new leader. Eighteen Republican and seven Democratic incumbents in the House won't be running again.
Eqis Capital Management Inc. raised its stake in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 6.1% in the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission . The fund owned 144,339 shares of the exchange traded fund's stock after purchasing an additional 8,295 shares during the quarter.
If you pick a carcass clean it can no longer sustain life. To disrupt environmental balances disrupts the ability of the earth to sustain its resources, including us humans, who seem hell-bent on squeezing every drop of lifeblood from the earth while totally disregarding the long-term consequences.
Philadelphia is ending a controversial data-sharing contract with Immigration and Customs Enforcement, a move seen as a major accomplishment for immigration rights activists who are making a nationwide push to sever ties with the agency. Federal immigration agents have long had access to an arrest database maintained by local authorities in Philadelphia, but protesters and now several top city officials say ICE abuses the cache of law enforcement data to prey on immigrants suspected of being in the country illegally.
California's Supreme Court ruled that employers must pay workers for the time they spend completing off-the-clock tasks, such as locking up after work. The decision, issued this week, marks a win for labor advocates who say requiring hourly workers to spend minutes doing unpaid tasks amounts to wage theft.
The U.S. Supreme Court has an opportunity to rule on whether existing civil rights law banning sex discrimination covers discrimination based on gender identity. A Michigan funeral home operator, represented by the anti-LGBT Alliance Defending Freedom, has asked the high court to review an appeals court's decision that its firing of a transgender employee violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964; Title VII bans sex discrimination.
Former Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff now accuses Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill of pursuing a criminal investigation against him in retaliation for supporting Gill's 2010 election opponent. An amended lawsuit filed Friday in federal court spells out in detail Shurtleff's contention that the now-dismissed public corruption case him was politically motivated.
The Brady Campaign :Until a few weeks ago, the United States government held the longstanding and reasonable policy that enabling terrorists, domestic abusers, and international crime rings to make their own undetectable guns with 3D printers posed a danger to national security and international peace. On Friday, July 27th, using Orwellian, "Lies are Truth" logic, the Trump Administration announced that enabling international terrorists to download plans for, and then make, AR-15s and other guns "is in the interest of the security and foreign policy of the United States."
Environmental Protection Agency Acting Administrator Andrew Wheeler speaks to EPA staff, Wednesday, July 11, 2018, at EPA Headquarters in Washington. Wheeler, acting administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, has reversed the final policy act of his predecessor, Scott Pruitt: granting a loophole that would have allowed more highly polluting trucks on the nation's roads.
Sheldon Silver, the former New York Assembly speaker who brokered legislative deals for two decades before corruption charges abruptly ended his career, was sentenced Friday to seven years in prison. The punishment, announced by U.S. District Judge Valerie Caproni, was five years less than the 12-year sentence she gave to Silver after he was initially convicted in the case in 2015.
After rigorous testing that included many drops, the display continued to work normally without any damage to the front, edges, or sides. Samsung Display, the subsidiary at Samsung Electronics to research and develop new displays for the company has just announced an 'unbreakable smartphone display.'
Elizabeth "Betsy" Southerland resigned from the Environmental Protection Agency, saying that "the administration is seriously weakening EPA's mission." On his last day as an EPA employee, Mike Cox sent a tough letter to then-Administrator Scott Pruitt about administration policies.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan plan to announce a proposed court agreement Friday afternoon that would govern reforms in the troubled Chicago Police Department . A news conference is scheduled for 2 p.m., and city officials are holding briefings for attorneys and other stakeholders beforehand, sources said.
The audio recording of Trump and his then-lawyer, Cohen, captures the two men discussing hush money payments to a former Playboy model alleging an affair. . FILE - In a Wednesday, May 30, 2018 file photo, Michael Cohen arrives to court in New York.
Human trafficking doesn't just happen internationally - it's happening here in West Virginia and affects all ages and genders, according to the West Virginia Attorney General's office. West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey announced his office, in coordination with the West Virginia Prosecuting Attorneys Institute, will offer law enforcement professionals intense training to target and reduce human trafficking.
A Las Vegas doctor pleaded guilty Wednesday to federal charges in connection with a sweeping crackdown on health care fraud by the Department of Justice. A Las Vegas doctor pleaded guilty Wednesday to federal charges in connection with a sweeping crackdown on health care fraud by the Department of Justice.
This was because an A.P. reporter recently learned of Department of Justice plans to reopen the 1955 Emmett Till lynching case. Federal officials say the decision was spurred by revelations in my book, "The Blood of Emmett Till," published a year and a half ago.
The attorney for Michael Cohen, Donald Trump's longtime lawyer, says Rudy Giuliani is "inventing words" as he defends Trump after the release of a tape Cohen secretly made of Trump discussing a potential payment for a former Playboy model's account of having an affair with him. Giuliani, Trump's current lawyer, says he's had an expert enhance the muffled recording.
Fighting so-called organized crime is not easy. When it comes to criminal street gang activity, preventing it through gang injunctions actually has worked, according to at least one study.