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The United States and Russia are pledging to abide by a treaty limiting strategic nuclear weapons that took effect on Monday, but foreign leaders and experts fear a new arms race may be looming. Concern over a potential conflict with nuclear-armed North Korea is also growing following a series of bellicose statements between Washington and Pyongyang.
Janet Yellen said she was disappointed that President Donald Trump didn't offer her a second term as Federal Reserve chair, but supports her central bank successor, Jerome Powell, who takes over Monday. Powell, a Fed board member since 2012, is "thoughtful, balanced, dedicated to public service.
In this Sept. 6, 2017 file photo, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of N.Y., accompanied by House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif., left, and others members of the House and Senate Democrats, speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington.
Graduate teaching assistants at private universities had high hopes 18 months ago when a federal labor board ruled that they had a right to collective bargaining, but after the election of President Donald Trump, some schools are taking another shot at halting the burgeoning unionization movement. Columbia University announced in a university-wide email Tuesday that the school wouldn't bargain with the graduate students who voted more than 2 to 1 for union representation, and would instead appeal to a federal court.
Jerome Powell won't run the Federal Reserve too differently than Janet Yellen would have. But, because he is not her and was not President Barack Obama's nominee, he will start a four-year term as Fed chairman Monday while she begins as a think tanker at the Brookings Institution.
Janet Yellen said she was disappointed that President Donald Trump didn't offer her a second term as Federal Reserve chair, but supports her central bank successor, Jerome Powell, who takes over on Monday. Powell, a Fed board member since 2012, is "thoughtful, balanced, dedicated to public service.
Bruce Levell, an adviser to Donald Trump's 2020 campaign, told MSNBC on Sunday that President Barack Obama should not get credit for jobs created during his administration because Trump is the real "Yes We Can" president. During an interview with Levell, MSNBC host Alex Witt noted that Trump has recently taken credit for record-low black unemployment, a trend which started under Obama.
Conservative CNN contributor Rick Santorum got shot down on a CNN panel on Sunday after he asserted that there was a conspiracy between President Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and the FBI to take down Donald Trump. During an panel discussion on CNN's State of the Union , host Jake Tapper asked Santorum if he agreed with Donald Trump Jr. that the controversial GOP memo smearing the FBI's Russia was "sweet revenge" for Trump supporters.
Democrats are just about as likely as Republicans to say they plan to vote in this year's congressional elections, a break from the two previous midterm elections, in which Republicans were significantly more inclined to vote, according to a Washington Post-ABC News poll conducted in January. Democratic congressional leaders hope anti-Trump sentiment can boost the party to regain control of the House and possibly the U.S. Senate, and the poll finds many fellow partisans feel a similar urgency.
Jimmy Kimmel made an appearance over the weekend with former Barack Obama speech-writer, Jon Favreau, on a panel discussion for Favreau's podcast "Pod Save America." As reported by , Favreau's wife tweeted out that Jimmy Kimmel said, "It just so happens that almost every talk show host is a liberal and that's because it requires a level of intelligence."
To hear one of the most passionate arguments on behalf of young U.S. immigrant "dreamers," look south of the border. Vicente Fox, the former president of Mexico, has become known as an antagonist of President Donald Trump , using combative and profane language to rail against the president's character and his positions on binational issues, from plans to extend the border wall to restrictionist policies on immigration.
Black History Month is off to a wonderful start as it's been announced 27-year-old Michael Thomas from Brooklyn by way of St. Vincent and the Grenadines has become the 132nd president of the Harvard Law Review. Thomas is the third African-American man to hold the title.
The Democrats are a party in search of a base and have been so since their the departure of their Hollywood glam leader, former President Barack Obama. Witness their tortuous and bizarre response to Tuesday night's State of the Union address.
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President Donald Trump struck a variety of false notes in his big speech to Congress this past week and followed up with a curious coda - a plain-as-your-face exaggeration about the TV audience that tuned in for it. TRUMP: "Thank you for all of the nice compliments and reviews on the State of the Union speech.
Rose McGowan unleashes on transgender protester in on-stage meltdown before claiming she'd been raped by another man when she was just 15 - and then cancels all public appearances 'He pushed me down.
The window opened Friday for oil, gas, uranium and coal companies to make requests or stake claims to lands that were cut from two sprawling Utah national monuments by President Trump in December -but there doesn't appear to be a rush to seize the opportunities. For anyone interested in the uranium on the lands stripped from the Bears Ears National Monument, all they need to do is stake a few corner posts in the ground, pay a $212 initial fee and send paperwork to the federal government under a law first created in 1872 that harkens back to the days of the Wild West.
As President Donald Trump lays out and implements his vision for American success - via his campaign slogan, "Make America Great Again" - there remain defiant naysayers. Unfortunately, talking about race is a great diversion from the discussion about the ideas and policies we need as a nation to move forward.
DON'T GET COCKY: Trump Makes Quick Work of Re-Election Fundraising. "President and his super PAC appeal to supporters big and small to build massive war chest-faster than any prior White House occupant."
Trump's SOTU Triumph: The numbers are in for President Trump's first State of the Union address and it's clear large majorities of the public liked what they saw and heard on Tuesday night. A snap poll conducted by CBS News/YouGov showed 75 percent approved of Trump's speech, with another 65 percent saying it made them feel "proud."