The Rock is reportedly having secret political meetings

Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson isn't necessarily in a hurry to run for political office, but he is taking measures to make sure he'd do the best possible job if he decides to run someday. The "Rampage" star told Rolling Stone he's been taking "under-the-radar" meetings with political experts after announcing last year that he was pondering a presidential bid.

50 Years After King’s Assassination, Lessons From His Life and Death Still Resonate

Martin Luther King, Jr., was cut down by an assassin's bullet on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, many of the issues to which he dedicated his life remain at the forefront of our national debate. ," University of New Hampshire historian Jason Sokol explores how King's assassination and the response to it shaped the civil rights movement and activists who came after him.

The Guy in the White House Is Still a Birther

By now we all know that one of the ways this president has demonstrated that he has the maturity level of a typical second grader is with his penchant for assigning derogatory nicknames to his opponents. While it is a habit that would embarrass any normal 71-year-old man, it has always been pretty obvious what Trump is trying to communicate with them.

Ivanka Trump may soon face a difficult choice a ” and not just over where to spend spring break

Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner listen to US President Donald Trump speak in the Rose Garden of the White House following the House of Representative vote on the health care bill on May 4, 2017 in Washington, DC. Following weeks of in-party feuding and mounting pressure from the White House, lawmakers voted 217 to 213 to pass a bill dismantling much of Barack Obama's Affordable Care Act and allowing US states to opt out of many of the law's key health benefit guarantees / AFP PHOTO / MANDEL NGAN Ivanka Trump appears to be at a turning point following a tumultuous first year as a senior White House advisor to her father, President Donald Trump.

EPA to roll back Obama-era fuel economy standards

Environmental regulators announced on Monday they will ease emissions standards for cars and trucks, saying that a timeline put in place by President Barack Obama was not appropriate and set standards "too high." Automakers applauded Monday's decision, arguing that the current requirements would have cost the industry billions of dollars and raised vehicle prices due to the cost of developing the necessary technology.

Trump demands Congress pass new border legislation using a nuclear optiona

President Donald Trump demanded Monday that Congress pass new border legislation using the "Nuclear Option if necessary" to muscle it through the Senate - a drastic change in rules the Republican leader has previously dismissed. Trump tweeted that the U.S. must build a border wall, but argued that "Democrats want No Borders, hence drugs and crime!" He also said that a deal to help "Dreamer" immigrants is "dead because the Democrats didn't care or act."

Donald Trump revives rhetorical war over Mexico, immigration, DACA

President Trump revived his rhetorical attacks Monday on Mexico, immigration, and the Democrats, even though illegal border crossings are down and the president himself killed off a key program at issue. In a series of early morning tweets, Trump pronounced last rites on the Deferred Action For Childhood Arrivals program, which is designed to shield the children of undocumented workers from deportation.

Donald Trump began tweeting over the weekend on immigration

US President Donald Trump has continued to rage over immigration, calling on Congress to pass border legislation using the "nuclear option if necessary". Mr Trump tweeted that the US must build a border wall, but argued that "Democrats want No Borders, hence drugs and crime!" He also said that a deal to help "Dreamer" immigrants is "dead because the Democrats didn't care or act".

Trump says DACA deal for young immigrants is off

News selected on topics and regions - oil and gas, business, politics, IT, the South Caucasus, the Caspian Sea region, Central Asia Ranking of the Azerbaijani banking sector President Donald Trump said that there will be no deal to legalize the status of young adult immigrants called Dreamers and he said the U.S.-Mexico border is becoming more dangerous, Reuters reports. After tweeting a "Happy Easter" message on Twitter, he said: "Border Patrol Agents are not allowed to properly do their job at the Border because of ridiculous liberal laws like Catch & Release.

Trump on deal for ‘Dreamer’ immigrants: ‘No More’

President Donald Trump on Sunday declared "NO MORE" to a deal to help "Dreamer" immigrants and threatened to pull out of a free trade agreement with Mexico unless it does more to stop people from crossing into the U.S. He claimed they're coming to take advantage of protections granted certain immigrants. "NO MORE DACA DEAL!" Trump tweeted one hour after he began the day by wishing his followers a "HAPPY EASTER!" He said Mexico must "stop the big drug and people flows, or I will stop their cash cow, NAFTA.

Stacey Dash Drops Out Of Congressional Race After Fewer Than Five Weeks

"Clueless" Stacey Dash has decided to give up her doomed congressional candidacy just a few weeks after she announced she was running. In a statement announcing her withdrawal, Dash complained that we live under a system of "Plantation Politics" which "offers people on the lower end of the economic spectrum little more than symbolic gestures instead of true political empowerment and improvement."

Rampell: Let’s hope no crisis befalls Trump’s economic leadership

Last week, for the 10-year anniversary of the Bear Stearns failure, Marketplace released an hourlong interview with the key economic policymakers involved: Former Federal Reserve chair Ben S. Bernanke, George W. Bush administration treasury secretary Henry M. Paulson Jr., and former New York Federal Reserve president Timothy F. Geithner, who would later become President Barack Obama's treasury secretary. Listening to their recounting of the start of the financial crisis, I found myself unexpectedly wistful.