Barack, Michelle Obama sign bumper book deal

Barack and Michelle Obama have signed a deal to publish their memoirs with New York-based Penguin Random House, in a coveted contract reportedly worth tens of millions of dollars. He has frequently declared himself to have a "writer's sensibility" and has said he does not want to write a conventional blow-by-blow account of his time in the White House.

FCC chief: AT&T-Time Warner deal won’t face agency’s scrutiny

FCC chief: AT&T-Time Warner deal won't face agency's scrutiny Chairman Ajit Pai doesn't expect the FCC to review AT&T's $85.4 billion Time Warner bid. Check out this story on USATODAY.com: http://usat.ly/2lNH9dz Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai doesn't expect the agency to review AT&T's $85.4 billion acquisition of Time Warner.

Read why Dems INFIGHTING while Repubs REJOICING over Obama-backed DNC Chair Tom Perez [VIDEO]

The Democrats have selected their new chair and it was an upset. Former Labor Secretary Tom Perez was chosen over Keith Ellison in a very tight battle where Perez received 235 votes and Ellison got 200.

Marijuana dispensaries take wait-and-see approach after crackdown talk

Local marijuana shops say they will take a wait-and-see approach after White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer recently made allusions to a federal crackdown on legal pot. Ramsey Hamide, whose co-owned dispensary Main Street Marijuana is Washington's top seller of marijuana, said cannabis-based businesses are worried they could face fines or jail time, but for many it's too soon to say.

Supreme Court to hear case involving Mexican teen killed by a U.S. Border Patrol agent

JUNE 20: Two CBS interns run with a newly released Supreme Court ruling June 20, 2016 in Washington, DC. The ruling stated that the high court declined to hear an appeal of an October ruling by the New York-based 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that upheld laws prohibiting semiautomatic weapons and large capacity magazines in two northeastern states.

a Not My Presidenta s Daya protesters: a No ban. No Wall. California welcomes alla

"Not My President" rally protesting President Trump at Los Angeles City Hall on President's Day, Feb. 20, 2017. Hundreds of anti-Trump protesters crowded around Los Angeles City Hall Monday morning, using the Presidents Day holiday to challenge the current Commander-in-Chief as part of a nationwide “Not My President's Day” rally.

Thoughtful, not forceful, approach needed in Chicago

So far, the native New Yorker had been treating Chicago like the weather; he can't stop talking about it, but is there really much he can do about it? He's been talking about Chicago's violence epidemic since a June 29, 2015, meeting with the Chicago Tribune editorial board, which he addressed as if he was bringing news of which Chicagoans already were not painfully aware: "Crime in Chicago is out of control, and I will tell you, outside of Chicago, it's a huge negative and a huge talking point, a huge negative for Chicago," he said. "You've got to stop it.

AT&T and Time Warner Tell Senators They Won’t Hurt Competition

AT&T Inc. and Time Warner Inc. promised lawmakers who criticized their planned merger that the combined company wouldn't withhold programming from rivals to gain a market advantage. "Restricting distribution of Time Warner content would not only sacrifice revenues, but also damage Time Warner's reputation and relationships in the entertainment industry," the companies told the lawmakers, according to a summary released by AT&T and Time Warner.

FAA Investigating After Harrison Ford Flies Over Jetliner Awaiting Takeoff

Noted aviator and actor Harrison Ford flew his private plane over a jet airliner on the ground at a Southern California airport Monday. It's not the first time the Star Wars and Indiana Jones star has had problems landing.

O’Reilly Rips Press Coverage of ICE Raids: ‘A Low Point in American Journalism’

In his opening monologue and first segment Monday evening, Fox News Channel host Bill O'Reilly sharply criticized the national and local press coverage of the past week's immigration raids. In his Talking Points Memo, O'Reilly observed the press's utter failure to headline the fact that the raids targeted criminal illegal aliens, describing that failure not as press bias, but as "blatant dishonesty."

NYT: Intercepted communications showa

The New York Times reported that law enforcement and intelligence agencies intercepted calls and phone records showing Donald Trump's presidential campaign aides, as well as other associates, having repeated contact with senior Russian intelligence officials in the year before the election. The report names four people close to Trump - including Michael Flynn, who recently stepped down as national security adviser - in the FBI's inquiry into links between Trump associates and the Russian government.

New era for consumer protection as Republicans take helm of watchdog agency

Consumer groups are bracing for a more pro-industry approach to safety, fearful that strides made in the name of product safety will be rolled back, as Republicans take the helm of the nation's key consumer safety agency. The Trump Administration last week elevated Ann Marie Buerkle, a Republican appointed to the commission in 2013, to the post of acting chairman.

Immigrants wait in fear after raids; Trump takes credit

Pastor Fred Morris looked out over his congregation Sunday as news ricocheted around the world that American authorities were rounding up immigrants in an enforcement surge that President Donald Trump promised on the campaign trail. Parishioners did not smile as on any other Sunday morning.

Sorry, National Review: “Religious Freedom” Bills Do Permit Bigotry

National Review writer Alexandra Desanctis on Wednesday published a piece purporting to explain how recent conservative efforts to defend "religious freedom" aren't really about discriminating against LGBT Americans. Since she used a Salon piece written a day earlier by a former colleague of mine, Nico Lang, to illustrate how liberals are "maliciously mischaracteriz[ing] FADA and other religious-freedom protections," it seems only fair to issue a point-by-point response to the specious claims made in the National Review.

Faith Williams flaunts toned physiquewhile paddle boarding

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