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Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt today won Senate confirmation to head the Environmental Protection Agency, a federal agency he repeatedly sued to rein in its reach during the Obama administration. The vote was 52-46 as Republican leaders used their party's narrow Senate majority to push Pruitt's confirmation despite calls from Democrats to delay the vote until requested emails are released next week.
Those are among the findings of a recent poll by the American Psychological Association , which found 57 percent of respondents said the current political climate is either a very significant or somewhat significant source of stress. "The stress we're seeing around political issues is deeply concerning, because it's hard for Americans to get away from it," said Katherine C. Nordal, PhD, APA's executive director for professional practice.
Donald Trump has won the presidency after narrowly carrying a few states to put him above 270 electoral votes. But... Despite promising to release his tax returns in a televised debate with Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump continues to show that... **NOTE: THE FORM LETTER IS BLANK.
Michael Flynn's sudden resignation has led to calls for a public investigation of President Donald Trump and his advisors. Critics want to know whether they colluded with Russian officials to undermine Hillary Clinton's campaign.
Brexit came under the spotlight at a lively meeting in the Shetland Museum last night, with farming and fishing leaders divided over the issue. The event, attended by around 20 people, was one of a series country-wide arranged by the academic research institute the Centre on Constitutional Change.
Page Six reports that on Wednesday night, Clinton and McKinnon dined together at Orzo near Times Square, when the former Secretary of State was in town to see the Broadway show "Sunset Boulevard" with Glenn Close . Said someone who was allegedly seated nearby, "Lots of laughter emanated from their table."
Two weeks later, amazingly, the country remains apparently un-crumbled, but the media's Trump-related frenzy continues apace. , comparing Trump's election to the bombing at Pearl Harbor and the September 11 attacks.
A major London bookmaker, Ladbroke s, has given odds of 11-10 that Trump will resign or be impeached - almost even money. Of course, this is not in the least surprising given that Trump is loathed by the entire Establishment, Left to Right and is now being victimized by "Deep State" operatives in the intelligence community installed by previous administrations.
The Turnbull government is looking "closely" at a rent-to-buy scheme for first home buyers similar to that used in Britain, Fairfax Media has confirmed, as MPs rush to fill the void on housing affordability with their own ideas. Nationals MP Andrew Broad on Friday floated a proposal to allow renters to buy a home without paying a deposit, if the money they normally spent on rent was commensurate with the mortgage repayments.
Washington: At the end of a week in which he misplaced his national security adviser, and found a replacement who bolted before his feet were nailed to the floor, Donald Trump declared the chaos he calls an administration "is running like a fine-tuned machine". And to the extent that it's not quite that, he's used a near-80 minute press conference to blame Barack Obama.
Hillary Clinton used a ceremony Thursday honoring Oscar de la Renta to celebrate the contributions of immigrants like the Dominican-born fashion designer who come to America to pursue their dreams. Speaking at a U.S. Postal Service ceremony dedicating a series of 11 stamps honoring de la Renta, Clinton said the designer was an immigrant "and aren't we proud and grateful that he was?" "Let there be many, many more immigrants with the love of America that Oscar de la Renta exemplified every single day," she added.
A South Korean co... . Lee Jae-yong, the vice chairman of Samsung Electronics, arrives for a hearing at the Seoul Central District Court in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017.
Fashion designer Marc Jacobs, right, walks runway after showing his collection during Fashion Week, Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017, in New York. Fashion designer Marc Jacobs, right, walks runway after showing his collection during Fashion Week, Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017, in New York.
White House Press secretary Sean Spicer points as he answers questions from members of the media during the daily briefing in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2017. less White House Press secretary Sean Spicer points as he answers questions from members of the media during the daily briefing in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 14, ... more In this Feb. 12, 2017, photo, National Security Adviser Michael Flynn boards Air Force One at Palm Beach International Airport in West Palm Beach, Fla., as he return to Washington with President Donald Trump.
It'll be really hard for Donald Trump to distance himself from Russia with all the reports coming in that detail his friendliness to one of America's biggest adversaries. Before the inauguration, Trump fought fiercely to dispel accusations that Russia may be in a position to blackmail him during his presidency.
Mika's moving on: Morning Joe co-host puts her New York mansion on sale for $2million after divorcing her husband The MSNBC presenter's three-storey home, on a third of an acre of land, has six bedrooms and four bathrooms Morning news anchor Mika Brzezinski has put the New York mansion she bought with her ex husband on the market. The 102 year old Tudor-style home in Bronxville is on sale for a cool $2.09 million, $200,000 more than she and former spouse James Hoffer paid for it in 2012.
WASHINGTON Phone records and intercepted calls show that members of Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign and other Trump associates had repeated contacts with senior Russian intelligence officials in the year before the election, according to four current and former U.S. officials. U.S. law enforcement and intelligence agencies intercepted the communications around the same time that they were discovering evidence that Russia was trying to disrupt the presidential election by hacking into the Democratic National Committee, three of the officials said.
During Tuesday's edition of The View , ABC's weekday talk show, each of the five female co-hosts was delirious with joy as the panelists discussed Michael Flynn's resignation as the Trump administration's national security adviser. After Whoopi Goldberg stated that Flynn was "not feeling the love this morning," fellow comedienne Joy Behar demanded that the 2016 presidential be "done again" because she believes that "the Russians handed the presidency to Donald Trump."