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Kenya's Catholic bishops confronted the growing issue of polygamy among Christians in the country, saying that God forbids the practice even if it is legal. The Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops issued a statement saying that polygamy "is against the will of God and we must desist from it" and that "we should uphold human dignity, and especially the dignity of the woman," according to Crux Now .
Men currently give Dartmouth 2.5 times more money than women, a figure which has decreased from a factor of 4.7 since the 2014 establishment of the Centennial Circle - a female alumni group that has contributed at least $100,000 to Dartmouth's financial aid program - The Dartmouth reported . But the school wishes to even the donation gender gap even further.
The name Melania for baby girls has skyrocketed in popularity in the United States, and it's not hard to see why. According to the popularity ranking for baby names released Friday from the Social Security Administration , our first lady's name has gone from being ranked 1,650th in 2016 to 930 in 2017, jumping up 720 spots.
I got a tip to look at a brand new YouGov poll taken in Europe about what people regard as the most important issue facing the European Union. Guess which issue came in first? Here is their shocker chart displaying the results that I'll bet won't get much mentioned in the American media: Incidentally, John and I taped a fabulous podcast this morning with Michael Anton at the AEI/Ricochet Podcast Summit , and we talked about the immigration issue a bit.
This righteous Twitter rant was retweeted by Candace Owens. I have no idea who this guy is, but he endorses Kanye West's call for blacks to think for themselves.
Montana Sen. Jon Tester is one of the top targets for Republicans to take down in November - and his immigration positions will likely make the GOP's job easier. In the not-too distant past, red state Democrats made an effort to appear moderate on immigration by voting against amnesty bills and vowing to support measures cracking down on illegal immigration.
The Federal Communications Committee has issued a record-breaking $120 million fine to a Florida man responsible for making millions of illegal robocalls, he department announced on Thursday. "Tough enforcement is a key part of the FCC's robust strategy for combating illegal robocalls, and this Forfeiture Order represents a big step forward in our enforcement efforts," FCC Chairman Ajit Pai said on Thursday.
Facebook is facing a class-action lawsuit following revelations it collects text messages and phone calls via its smartphone apps on Android devices. The social network giant's actions "presents several wrongs, including a consumer bait-and-switch, an invasion of privacy, wrongful monitoring of minors and potential attacks on privileged communications" such as those between attorneys and clients or doctors and patients, the lawsuit alleges.
An email casts doubt on a key detail of The New York Times's profile on Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt's former head of security - a detail that impugned the impartiality of a top official in the EPA inspector general's office. Pruitt's former security head Nino Perrotta and Assistant Inspector General Patrick Sullivan were "spotted drinking beers together at Elephant & Castle, a bar across the street from the EPA headquarters," despite "concerns" raised over Perrotta's "oversight of Mr. Pruitt's security," The New York Times reported in April.
CNN's Chris Cuomo suggested on Friday that the United States is to blame for Iran's latest round of missile strikes on Israel. Cuomo asked State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert during a Friday morning interview if she thought pulling out of the Iran Deal could have provoked Iran.
Elon Musk gave the world a sneak peak of his developing underground tunnel scheduled to be open to the Los Angeles public in "a few months," the LA Times reports . Musk posted a video of the tunnel to his Instagram page Thursday night with the caption, "First Boring Company tunnel under LA almost done! Pending final regulatory approvals, we will be offering free rides to the public in a few months."
As coal and nuclear plants across the country continue to falter, members of President Donald Trump's administration are weighing solutions that can save jobs without wreaking havoc on the grid. The U.S. energy industry is rapidly evolving.
President Trump commemorated National Military Spouse Day on Thursday, calling the soldiers' spouses in the room "an inspiration to us all." "We ask so much of our military spouses: Frequent moves; heartbreaking separations; parenting alone; incomplete celebrations; and weeks, months, and sometimes years of waiting for a loved one's safe return from harm's way.
The city of Cleveland offered to give Amazon and its employees at least $120 million in benefits if the tech giant chose them as its location for the highly-anticipated second headquarters. Those incentives include discounted public transit fares for Amazon workers, which could be only part of the offering since Cleveland.com and local station WKYC were only given 27 pages of the full pitch.
A Republican senator is calling on the Turkish government to follow the lead of North Korea's regime and release an American pastor being held hostage in the NATO nation. Speaking on the Senate floor on Thursday, Oklahoma's James Lankford also discouraged Americans from traveling to or doing business in Turkey because the government there can "sweep up anyone for any accusation."
Former CIA chief legal officer John Rizzo fact checked Democratic California Sen. Dianne Feinstein on MSNBC Thursday after she made an incorrect claim about Gina Haspel's CIA background. During a Senate hearing on Haspel's nomination for CIA director, Feinstein incorrectly claimed that Haspel ran an interrogation program in the counterterrorism center of the CIA based off of a corrected statement by Rizzo.
Democratic Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards used the nuclear option Thursday morning when he directed the state Health Department to send out tens of thousands of "eviction notices" to elderly and disabled Medicaid recipients currently living in nursing and group homes. Edwards stated that unless new tax legislation can be passed before July 1, 2018, the existing state money used to take care of almost 37,000 Louisiana residents on Medicaid will dry up.
Three members of President Donald Trump's transition team urged the White House Thursday to stay the course on a ruling rolling back fuel efficiency standards crafted during Obama's administration. Analysts Shirley Ybarra, Myron Ebell, and Thomas Pyle are encouraging Trump to stay the course on reforms to the Corporate Average Fuel Economy .
President Donald Trump lambasted former President Barack Obama's handling of the return of American hostages from Iran at a Thursday rally. "Obama, President ObamaPaid $1.8 billion for hostages," Trump declared to the Indiana crowd.
The VA barred a Democrat running for governor from receiving agency contracts after an audit found he may have misused his disabled-veteran status Smith is a representative in the state legislature, serves in the National Guard, runs a law firm, and owns and manages a business A Democrat running for governor on his military and small business bona fides may have used his disabled veteran status to obtain government contracts and then hand off the work to non-veteran owned entities, a government audit found. James Smith, a candidate for South Carolina governor in the state's June 12 primary election, is a representative in the state legislature, serves in the National Guard, and runs a law firm in Columbia.