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Cohn will also be the director of the National Economic Council, according to a memo sent out by the Trump transition team This nomination comes after Trump selected a 17-year veteran of the Wall Street mega-bank to head his treasury department Another member of the Goldman Sachs team was officially offered a Trump administration job, with the transition team announcing today that Gary Cohn, the bank's president and COO, would become Donald Trump's top economic adviser. Cohn will be the assistant to the president for economic policy and director of the National Economic, a release from the transition team said.
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and John Podesta arrive for a portrait unveiling ceremony for retiring Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., last week. Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call,Inc. hide caption Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and John Podesta arrive for a portrait unveiling ceremony for retiring Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., last week.
Friday's revelation that the Trump transition team had sent a 74-item questionnaire to Energy Department employees asking about their work on climate change has prompted warnings of possible civil service law violations from lawmakers. The Trump request, first reported by Bloomberg and Politico , is also being monitored by science associations and the Senior Executives Association.
A dozen law enforcement officials in North Dakota are imploring President Barack Obama to send federal officers to help control protests against the Dakota Access pipeline. The Smithsonian says the National Portrait Gallery will put up a photo portrait of President-elect Donald Trump a week before the inauguration.
Federal prosecutors are seeking a sentence of 17 to 21 years for the former Pennsylvania congre... A dozen law enforcement officials in North Dakota are imploring President Barack Obama to send federal officers to help control protests against the Dakota Access pipeline. A dozen law enforcement officials in North Dakota are imploring President Barack Obama to send federal officers to help control protests against the Dakota Access pipeline.
The 74th annual Golden Globe nominations will be streamed live online, beginning at 8:10 a.m. EST, Monday, Dec.... . This image released by A24 shows Alex Hibbert, foreground, and Mahershala Ali in a scene from the film, "Moonlight."
A major threat to liberty is the assault on the right to discuss political issues, seek out alternative information sources, and promote dissenting ideas and causes such as non-interventionism in foreign and domestic affairs. If this ongoing assault on free speech succeeds, then all of our liberties are endangered.
The price of a lifetime pass for seniors to national parks could quadruple as Congress considers establishing a fund to finance "signature" projects and programs to enhance the National Park System. Legislation is pending in the Senate after House passage of H.R. 4680 by U.S. Rep. Rob Bishop, R-Utah, which would establish the National Park Centennial Challenge Fund.
Keolis Commuter Services canceled four times as many trains this fall than last year's, one of the worst stretches since the record-breaking winter of 2015 and a stark illustration of the transit system's persistent struggles to keep enough trains in service. From September through November, the commuter rail operator canceled 222 trains, compared with 51 over the same span the year before, a Globe review has found.
After helping dash Democrats' hopes of retaking a Senate majority this year, Donald Trump's election as president could strike at least one additional blow to the caucus if he appoints a red-state Democratic senator to his cabinet. Democratic Sens. Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota and Joe Manchin of West Virginia both spoken with Trump since his election, fomenting speculation that either one could be offered a slot in Trump's cabinet.
About 1 million people in Pennsylvania are receiving government-subsidized health insurance under Democrats' 2010 health care law that is facing an uncertain future as Republican President-elect Donald Trump takes office next month with a pledge to repeal it. Leaders of the Republican-controlled Congress that Trump will share power with also say they are also intent on abolishing President Barack Obama's signature law.
US President-elect Donald Trump has rejected the CIA's reported conclusion that Russia intervened to help him win the election, saying the idea is "ridiculous." In an interview with Fox News yesterday, Trump said: "I think it's just another excuse.
Members of the public will be given eight hours Friday to pay their respects to John Glenn as the late astronaut-hero lies in state at Ohio's capitol building. A spokesman said Saturday that Glenn would lie in repose in the Statehouse Rotunda from noon to 8 p.m. under a proposal set for final approval by the building's advisory board Monday.
Dr. Jen Gunter was listening to the third and final debate between Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton and Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump, when a comment by Trump made her livid: “In the ninth month, you can take the baby and rip the baby out of the womb of the mother.” “There is no such thing as a ninth month abortion - I'm a doctor who trained in late term abortions #debate2016,” she tweeted to her 34,200 followers. “Every single ob/gyn, every single woman's health-care provider should be standing up for facts.
It also includes $170-million, mainly for Flint to partially fund the replacement of lead pipes and for medical assistance for families that have suffered the effects of lead contamination. Flint officials and local Congressman Dale Kildee are joining the Senate sponsors of the legislation, Senators Debbie Stabenow and Gary Peters, who says it's now time for the State Government to come up with the rest of the money that will be needed to finish the infrastructure improvements and provide long term health care and monitoring in Flint.
I find high-profile, white-collar sentencing cases to be among the most interesting and dynamic because they often require a judge to balance and calibrate competing punishment theories and goals. Because most white-collar offenders are not violent and oftenhad a successful/productive life before getting into trouble, the need for severe punishment to incapacitate or specifically deter an offender from committing future crimesis often diminished.
Illinois legislators are facing increasing pressure from law enforcement to crack down on repeat gun offenders who are blamed for the surge in Chicago's violence this year. Mayor Rahm Emanuel, police Superintendent Eddie Johnson and others have urged lawmakers for months to pass a bill that increases prison sentences for defendants who previously committed a gun-related crime.
Clear Creek senior Hannah Froeschl began her high school volleyball career not knowing what a one set was, and is ending it being called the No. 1 middle blocker in the state, as well as the 2016 all-county volleyball player of the year.
A historic wharf in Connecticut that was used as a gangway for wagons to unload 19th-century schooners is moving closer toward having a new, more modern purpose. The U.S. Senate on Friday was expected to consider legislation that transfers control of the massive stone wharf from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to the town of Stonington.
For years the White House has pushed U.S. regulators to finish writing tough new rules that would restrict bonuses for Wall Street executives, one of the most contentious parts of the Dodd-Frank banking reform law. The chances of that actually happening are becoming slimmer by the day.