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Sen. Bernie Sanders weighs in on the release of the FBI memo, whether he will run for president and more, plus he introduces the winners of his State of the Union essay contest. The secret memo Washington has been talking about for weeks is no longer secret.
Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester, D-Del., adjusts her "Recy" button as she joins other House members in wearing black in support of the #MeToo and Time's Up movements, ahead of State of the Union address Tuesday in Washington. President Trump may have been the one with the microphone at his first State of the Union address in the Capitol on Tuesday night, but that didn't stop the members of the audience from delivering their own pointed messages with a series of politically-charged fashion choices.
Bill McKibben - journalist, gadfly, Bernie Sanders supporter, and briefly an inmate of Washington, D.C.'s Central Cell Block - is one of America's foremost environmental activists. As the founder of an organization known as " 350.org ," he leads a global network of climate change zealots who believe that persecuting energy companies involved in the production of fossil fuels is necessary to achieve "climate justice."
The Trump administration is following through on its promise to use more private contract prisons, with the Justice Department seeking to identify inmates to transfer out of government-owned facilities and to cut federal guard positions. The Bureau of Prisons has the stated goal of "increasing population levels in private contract facilities," according to a memorandum sent by the agency's Assistant Director for Correctional Programs Division Frank Lara on Wednesday and obtained by Government Executive .
Jerome Powell has won Senate confirmation to head the U.S. central bank, inheriting an economy on a roll, a booming stock market and unemployment at a 17-year low. He will succeed Janet Yellen, the first woman to serve as Fed chairman, when her term ends on Feb. 3. The position is considered the government's most power economic job.
The Senate on Tuesday approved President Donald Trump's selection of Jerome Powell to be the next chairman of the Federal Reserve beginning next month.
Congress sped toward reopening the government late Monday as Democrats reluctantly voted to temporarily pay for resumed operations. They relented in return for Republican assurances that the Senate will soon take up the plight of young immigrant "dreamers" and other contentious issues.
President Donald Trump's re-election campaign released a provocative new ad accusing Democrats of being "complicit" in the slayings of law enforcement officers by people in the U.S. illegally. The 30-second ad was released Saturday on the anniversary of Trump's inauguration and amid a government shutdown.
Oprah Winfrey speaks during an interview at "The David Rubenstein Show: Peer to Peer Conversations" event in New York on Monday, Dec. 12, 2016. Oprah Winfrey speaks during an interview at "The David Rubenstein Show: Peer to Peer Conversations" event in New York on Monday, Dec. 12, 2016.
Senator Bernie Sanders to Join 350.org in Launch of Fossil Free U.S. Campaign the Day After the State of the Union WASHINGTON - Senator Bernie Sanders will join prominent climate activists to kick off a new campaign to take on the Trump Administration and the fossil fuel industry on . The event, Fossil Free Fast: The Climate Resistance, launches Fossil Free U.S , a campaign led by 350.org , calling for an immediate halt to all fossil fuel projects and a fast and just transition to 100% renewable energy for all.
The formula is simple: When the economy accelerates, employers compete for employees and wages increase. I experienced this during my 17 years as CEO of a national quick-service restaurant chain.
At Sunday's Golden Globes, host Seth Meyers mentioned former talk show host Oprah Winfrey in a joke about his role in the 2011 White House Correspondents Dinner and how being mocked at that event reportedly helped spur Donald Trump to run for president . "In 2011, I told some jokes about our current president at the White House Correspondents Dinner -- jokes about how he was unqualified to be president -- and some have said that night convinced him to run," Meyers said.
The website WikiLeaks has tweeted a link to the text of the new book critical of President Donald Trump that has angered the president, his staff and his allies. An electronic image of the text of author Michael Wolff's book "Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House" appeared online Sunday, two days after its release.
Vermont's largest city is considering making a downtown mural depicting famous people associated with Burlington and Vermont more inclusive after an activist defaced it and called the art racist.
In this Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2018 photo, pedestrians view a mural in downtown Burlington, Vt. The city is considering options to make the art more inclusive after an activist defaced its plaque and said the mural is racist.
Bill de Blasio began his second term as mayor on Monday at a swearing-in ceremony outdoors in freezing temperatures, taking the oath of office administered by Brooklyn native and Vermont U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders. De Blasio won re-election handily in November, becoming the first Democrat to return to City Hall in New York since Edward Koch won a third term in 1985.
U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., left, swears in New York Mayor Bill de Blasio for a second term as mayor at City Hall in New York, Monday, Jan. 1, 2018. With De Blasio, second from left, are his daughter Chiara, son Dante, and wife, Chirlane McCray.
Sen. Bernie Sanders will swear in Mayor Bill de Blasio for his second and last term as mayor of New York on New Year's Day, the mayor's office announced. "Senator Sanders' progressive leadership has helped reshape the American political debate in favor of men and women long left out of our city and nation's prosperity," de Blasio said in a statement to CNN on Wednesday.
Senator Bernie Sanders has finally admitted that President Trump is telling the truth. At least when it comes to the recent signing of the GOP Tax bill.