Interior official blasts resignation of parks advisory board
FILE - In this Sept. 29, 2017 file photo Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke speaks on the Trump Administration's energy policy at the Heritage Foundation in Washington.
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USDA to invest $2.9 million in 7 new forest projects
USDA will invest nearly $32 million this year to mitigate wildfire risk, improve water quality and restore healthy forest ecosystems in 24 states and Puerto Rico. Since 2014, USDA has invested $176 million in 56 Joint Chiefs' Landscape Restoration Partnership Projects, which focus on areas where public forests and grasslands intersect with privately-owned lands.
Philanthropy at its finest
Abovea King Bhumibol Adulyadej and Queen Sirikit travelled to New York in June 1967. During their visit, John D. Rockefeller and his wife escorted Their Majesties to a performance at Lincoln Center.
Fort Wortha s Rollins expands Texas policy shop into Washington
The Texas Public Policy Foundation, which has more than 75 employees in Texas, will open a new office D.C. in January. Its leaders plan to increase its D.C. staff from five to as many as 15 employees in 2018, to seek rollbacks and changes to environmental and health care issues, and work on criminal justice reform.
44 percent of Republicans say Trump repealed Obamacare
A small group of demonstrators stand outside of of a hotel before former South Carolina Senator Jim DeMint, president of the The Heritage Foundation, speaks at a "Defund Obamacare Tour" rally in Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S. August 26, 2013.
Military turns to oyster reefs to protect against storms
Earle Naval Weapons Station, where the Navy loads some of America's most sophisticated weapons onto warships, suffered $50 million worth of damage in Superstorm Sandy. Now the naval pier is fortifying itself with some decidedly low-tech protection: oysters.
Fund set up to preserve African-American historical sites
The National Trust for Historic Preservation is setting up what i... Scientists for the first time have tried gene editing inside the body in a bold attempt to permanently change a person's DNA to try to cure a disease. Scientists for the first time have tried gene editing inside the body in a bold attempt to permanently change a person's DNA to try to cure a disease.
US: Congress Should Not Fund Abusive Immigration Policies
A year after a US election marred by divisive rhetoric, thousands of families have been torn apart and millions are living in fear because of cruel and ineffective deportation policies, Human Rights Watch said today. Americans who want to push back should ask their representatives to oppose the Trump administration's funding request for these harmful policies by participating in a campaign called " Immigrants Are US ."
Chicken Littles Insist U.S. Military Is Too Old, Too Small
The report claims that the U.S. military is "too small" and "too old." Moreover, "the readiness that we have seen over the several years has been in dramatic decline, given the sorts of things we want the military to accomplish around the world."
Equatorial Guinea: Presidents Son Convicted of Laundering Millions
A Parisian court on October 27, 2017, convicted the president of Equatorial Guinea 's eldest son in absentia of embezzling tens of millions of euro from his government and laundering the proceeds in France. The court handed down a three-year suspended jail sentence and a suspended a 30 million fine for Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue, known as Teodorin, who is also Equatorial Guinea's vice president.
Trump voices optimism on tax reform
Trump sees 'great spirit' for tax reform plan, targets passage by end of the year President wants tax package by the end of the year, or he'll be disappointed. Check out this story on northjersey.com: https://usat.ly/2yAaQ9p President Trump took his tax pitch to a conservative think tank on Tuesday, arguing that his plan would be a boon to the economy, boosting growth and jobs.
WHO picks who as its “World Health Ambassador”?
And people wonder why multilateral organizations suffer from such poor reputations as mouthpieces for dictators and kleptocrats. The World Health Organization routinely selects celebrities and other well-known people to serve as "ambassadors" for the advancement of health and human rights.
The Latest: Virginia’s Democratic governor slams Trump
The Latest on former President Barack Obama campaigning for Democrats running for governor in New Jersey and Virginia : Virginia's Democratic governor says the Republican candidate for the state's highest office is treating President Donald Trump like he has a "communicable disease." Gov. Terry McAuliffe's comments mocking Ed Gillespie's reluctance to campaign with Trump came as former President Barack Obama visited the state in support of Virginia Democrats ahead of next month's elections.
Obama returns to campaign trail for Dems in governor’s races
20, 2017, file photo, former President Barack Obama speaks during the Goalkeepers Conference hosted by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2017, in New York.
The Latest: Trump pushes Sen. Rand Paul to support tax plan
Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., smiles at President Donald Trump during an event to sign an executive order on health care in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Thursday, Oct. 12, 2017, in Washington. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., smiles at President Donald Trump during an event to sign an executive order on health care in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Thursday, Oct. 12, 2017, in Washington.
23 receive ‘genius grants’ from MacArthur Foundation
A director who has taken opera from the concert hall to the streets of Los Angeles and an organizer who helped put a human face on the plight of young undocumented immigrants are among this year's MacArthur fellows and recipients of the so-called "genius" grants. The Chicago-based John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation on Wednesday announced the 23 fellows, who each receive $625,000 over five years to spend any way they choose.
24 receive ‘genius grants’ from MacArthur Foundation
15, 2017 photo provided by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Yuval Sharon, center, is photographed in San Pedro, Calif. Sharon, founder and artistic director of The ... .
County recognizes Breast Cancer Awareness Month
The Walker County Commission presided over a balloon release and passed a resolution Monday, all to mark October as Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The Walker County Commission presided over a balloon release and passed a resolution Monday, all to mark October as Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
African Americans deeply pessimistic about where country is heading, poll finds
A large majority of African-Americans feel negatively about the direction the country is heading and most are pessimistic about their own prospects under the Trump administration, a poll released this week shows. In a nationwide survey of 1,003 African-Americans, taken in July and August of this year, 84 percent said they feel the country is on the wrong track and around two thirds said they feel worried about President Donald Trump and fear his policies will negatively affect black people.
UN urged to punish Myanmar army over Rohingya ‘atrocities’
The call from Human Rights Watch came as the UN General Assembly prepared to convene in New York, with the ongoing crisis in Myanmar billed as one of most pressing topics. The mass exodus of Rohingya refugees to neighbouring Bangladesh has billowed into an humanitarian emergency as aid groups struggle to provide relief to a daily stream of new arrivals, more than half of whom are children.