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Yet Cuban, an outspoken Texas billionaire who describes himself as "fiercely independent" politically, sees an opportunity for someone to take down the Republican president, who is increasingly viewed as divisive and incompetent even within his own party. "His base won't turn on him, but if there is someone they can connect to and feel confident in, they might turn away from him," Cuban told The Associated Press.
Officials are placing a statue of Martin Luther King Jr. in the Georgia state capitol in Atlanta on the same property where two statues of Confederate officials stand, according to The new statue of the civil rights leader is expected to be unveiled Monday - 53 years after King delivered his famous "I have a dream" speech. It will stand on the opposite side of the state capitol as a statue of John Brown Gordon, who was a Confederate general and reportedly a leader of the Klu Klux Klan, NPR reported.
On his 92nd birthday, March 8, 1933, retired Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes was paid a surprise visit by the newly inaugurated president, Franklin Delano Roosevelt. The two men chatted for half an hour and, after Roosevelt departed, a young clerk asked Holmes what he thought of the new man in the White House.
During a star-studded showcase of social activism, creativity and courage, BET celebrated the achievements of Black women and girls at the "Black Girls Rock! 2017" awards show. Taraji P. Henson, the award-winning actress and star of the hit television show "Empire," hosted the event that was held at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark, New Jersey.
"Senators - who needs them? Most presidents try not to feud with members of Congress from their own party. But President Donald Trump is known for shredding the rulebook, so why would congressional etiquette be any different? The New York Times reported this week that Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell are feuding bitterly, if privately, save for the occasional tweet.
Ivan Velasquez, commissioner of the United Nations International Commission Against Impunity, listens to a question during a press conference in Guatemala City, Friday, Aug. 25, 2017. Velasquez and Guatemala's attorney gener... GUATEMALA CITY - President Jimmy Morales announced Sunday he was expelling the head of a U.N. anti-corruption commission that is investigating his campaign's financing - only to have the order blocked hours later by Guatemala's top court.
So congressional Republicans decrying President Trump's Friday night pardon of former Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio might as well save their breath. Unless they're willing to do something about it - through censure or impeachment, legal challenge or constitutional amendment - the ritual GOP scolding after each Trump affront to the rule of law is increasingly hollow.
In the state's fast-changing business climate, one Massachusetts industry continues to thrive using a tried-and-true business model: Chasing the hearts and minds of state lawmakers and other top politicians.
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House Speaker Paul Ryan joined with other Republican leaders Saturday in criticizing President Donald Trump's decision to pardon Sheriff Joe Arpaio. "The speaker does not agree with the decision," Doug Andres, a spokesman for Ryan, told The Wall Street Journal.
President Donald Trump, left, sits with House Speaker Paul Ryan on Capitol Hill in Washington during a "Friends of Ireland" luncheon, March 16, 2017. President Donald Trump should not have pardoned a former Arizona sheriff who was convicted of criminal contempt in a case of racial profiling, the Republican speaker of the House of Representatives, Paul Ryan, said on Saturday.
The Jerusalem Post today reports a growing tendency among key United States congressman to look beyond the accustomed two-state solution for a Middle East peace model. The US-Israel Education Association , a pro-Israel Christian organization that among other activities sponsors tours of US Congressman to Israel, completed Saturday night a week-long fact-finding mission that included five Congressmen and one Senator.
Protesters opposing a right-wing "freedom rally" in liberal San Francisco have claimed victory after the event was cancelled when city chiefs walled off a park. The rally organiser claimed the draconian move was more about silencing his group's message than preventing a violent clash, but civic leaders in San Francisco, a cradle of the free speech movement that prides itself on its tolerance, repeatedly voiced concerns that the Patriot Prayer event would lead to a clash with counter-demonstrators.
At one time, what happened to Brennan Gilmore in the aftermath of the Charlottesville violence would likely have been dismissed as the work of a few troubled people on the lunatic fringes of American society. Now, however, it's a deeply disturbing sign of how far anti-government zealots and hate groups are willing to go to turn Americans against each other, sow distrust in our institutions and destroy our nation from within.
A former U.S. attorney will lead an independent review of Charlottesville's response to three white nationalist rallies, the largest of which ended in deadly violence, the city announced Friday.
President Donald Trump's pardon of former Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio shows a lack of regard for an independent judiciary, say critics who note Trump's past criticism of federal judges, including the chief justice of the United States.
President Donald Trump, with Melania Trump ahead of him, boards Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington Aug. 25, 2017, as the Trumps were preparing to fly to Camp David, Maryland. President Donald Trump, with Melania Trump ahead of him, boards Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington Aug. 25, 2017, as the Trumps were preparing to fly to Camp David, Maryland.
A protester holds up a sign outside of Alamo Square Park in San Francisco, Saturday, Aug. 26, 2017. San Francisco officials took further steps Saturday to prevent violence ahead of a planned news conference by a right-wing group.