Warren: Democrats need to ‘grow a backbone’

Donald Trump Mass. college will award full scholarship to a refugee following Trump order Warren: Democrats need to 'grow a backbone' DHS suspends 'any and all actions' on Trump travel ban MORE Elizabeth Warren Warren: Democrats need to 'grow a backbone' Warren to address liberals at weekend retreat Warren's regulatory beast is under fire - and rightfully so MORE said Saturday, urging party faithfuls to cast aside more moderate calls for strategic campaign reforms and "grow a backbone."

New reports confirm Trump’s plan to disentangle from his business is a farce

As soon as he was elected in November, the unprecedented conflicts of interest Donald Trump would bring to the White House generated significant concern from leading ethics lawyers , transparency experts, and even the head of the Office of Government Ethics . After several delays, Trump unveiled his so-called plan to address the conflictsa S-a Swhich included him retaining full ownership of the Trump Organization.

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Donald Trump and his wife Melania arrive at the Vanity Fair Oscar party hosted by Graydon Carter held at Sunset Tower in West Hollywood on February 27, 2011. Photo credit: Mehdi Taamalah/ABACAUSA/Newscom I don't know whether it's "fake news," but it's almost certainly fake concern: all the solicitude in the mainstream media over First Lady Melania Trump's supposed sham marriage with her extremely famous husband.

The tragedy of an alternative truth, Can ‘Brexit’ birth a global…

"The man from the BBC was laughing as he reported the White House's false claims about the size of the crowd at Donald Trump's inauguration," writes Gideon Rachman . "He should have been crying.... This spectacle of obvious lies being peddled by the White House is a tragedy for US democracy.

.com | ‘Battle of the toilets’ to get its day in Supreme Court

The US Supreme Court on Friday said it will consider which bathrooms transgender people are allowed to use at a hearing next month, amid raging debate on the politically charged issue. The case, set to be heard March 28, involves 17-year-old Gavin Grimm, who was born a female but identifies as a male.

What the Fluff? An American lunchbox icon is turning 100

A Chicago woman imprisoned in Indonesia for the 2014 killing of her mother says in videos posted on YouTube that she acted alone and her boyfriend at the time only helped her cover it up because she threatened him A Chicago woman imprisoned in Indonesia for the 2014 killing of her mother says in videos posted on YouTube that she acted alone and her boyfriend at the time only helped her cover it up because she threatened him The travel ban on refugees and citizens of seven countries has rattled many immigrant families, but its effects are perhaps most widespread among the Iranian-American community The travel ban on refugees and citizens of seven countries has rattled many immigrant families, but its effects are perhaps most widespread among the Iranian-American community Visa holders from seven majority-Muslim countries affected by President Donald Trump's travel ban are hurrying to ... (more)

Kasich backs DeVos without mention of $5.3M PAC debt to Ohio

Gov. John Kasich is urging confirmation of President Donald Trump's education secretary nominee without mentioning the significant unpaid fine owed to Ohio by a now-defunct political action committee she controlled. The Republican governor and 2016 presidential contender didn't support Trump, but he praised Betsy DeVos for her character, experience and philosophy of limited government in a Jan. 24 letter to Sen. Lamar Alexander, who chairs the committee that handled her confirmation.

A Love of Hate: The Addiction of the New American Left

Damning. Morally righteous. A call to arms against darkness. This is how the new American left views itself and its opposition to President Donald Trump: a bulwark against a perceived tide of evil, where only leftists' pink hats and calls to #resist stand a chance to prevent a historic cataclysm from a caricature of an administration believed to embody all the elements necessary to be categorized as evil.

Trump orders sanctions to retaliate for Iran missile test

The Trump administration ordered sanctions against more than two dozen people and companies from the Persian Gulf to China Friday in retaliation for Iran's recent ballistic missile test, increasing pressure on Tehran without directly undercutting a landmark nuclear deal with the country. Those targeted by the Treasury Department include Iranian, Lebanese, Emirati and Chinese individuals and firms involved in procuring ballistic missile technology for Iran.

Israeli settler group shrugs off White House criticism

Israeli settlers on Friday shrugged off White House criticism of settlement construction, convinced they have the sympathies of US President Donald Trump. The Palestinians, still wary of Trump, warned that the settlers' hard-line stance could spell the end to a two-state solution to the conflict.

US judge temporarily blocks Trump’s travel ban nationwide

A U.S. judge on Friday imposed a nationwide hold on President Donald Trump's ban on travelers and immigrants from seven predominantly Muslim countries, siding with two states that had challenged the executive order that has launched legal battles across the country U.S. District Judge James Robart in Seattle ruled that Washington state and Minnesota had standing to challenge Trump's order, which government lawyers disputed, and said they showed their case was likely to succeed. "The state has met its burden in demonstrating immediate and irreparable injury," Robart said.

What are the odds Trump gets impeached? 2 to 1, according to one bookmaker

With protests taking place throughout the country and a poll showing 40 percent of voters want him impeached, all within his first two weeks as president, Donald Trump clearly has plenty of political enemies. Across the world, online gambling websites are offering increasingly attractive odds that Trump will either be impeached or resign before his first term as president ends in 2020.

‘No one is above the law and that includes the president’: Washington …

'No one is above the law and that includes the president': Washington state AG explains temporary hold on Trump's immigration ban Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson speaks on CNN about a federal judge's ruling that placed a temporary hold on President Donald Trump's immigration order. Washington's state attorney general had a warning for President Donald Trump after a federal judge put a temporary nationwide hold on Trump's immigration order.

When Boston gave sanctuary to slaves / HP hed: When the Feds Hunted Slaves in Boston

Trump's crackdown on undocumented immigrants earned the ire of the mayor of Boston, where in a similar case in 1854, the city fought to protect a runaway slave. In a press conference at City Hall last month, surrounded by elected officials and black, Latino, and Asian staff members, Boston's Mayor Marty Walsh delivered a scathing response to President Donald Trump 's promise to crack down on illegal immigration through executive order .