Editor Brian Harrod Provides Comprehensive up-to-date news coverage, with aggregated news from sources all over the world from the Roundup Newswires Network
Why are so many women now speaking out about the sexual abuses they've experienced for years? Is there anything unique about the time we're now living through that has encouraged them to end their silence? I can't help but think that their decisions are part of something that's happening throughout much of American society right now - a backlash against what has been the growing domination of America by powerful and wealthy men who came to believe they can do whatever they want to do, to whomever they choose. "When you're a star, they let you do it.
If not for the revelations about Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein and the subsequent fallout, it's likely Republican Senate candidate and former judge Roy Moore's accusers would have stayed silent. The courage women have found in the wake of Weinstein has dredged up lots of old stories of abuse and harassment, not just those alleged about Moore.
Why Trump Stands by Roy Moore, Even as It Fractures His Party - By the time Senator Mitch McConnell, the majority leader, made the last of his repeated pleas to President Trump to keep his distance from the Senate candidacy of Roy S. Moore, it was too late. In America's Heartland, the Nazi Sympathizer Next Door - HUBER HEIGHTS, Ohio - Tony and Maria Hovater were married this fall.
Why Trump Stands by Roy Moore, Even as It Fractures His Party - By the time Senator Mitch McConnell, the majority leader, made the last of his repeated pleas to President Trump to keep his distance from the Senate candidacy of Roy S. Moore, it was too late. In America's Heartland, the Nazi Sympathizer Next Door - HUBER HEIGHTS, Ohio - Tony and Maria Hovater were married this fall.
Pakistani police have launched an operation to clear an intersection linking capital Islamabad w... . Supporters of religious groups rally to express solidarity with protesters block main highway in capital, Saturday, Nov. 25, 2017 in Peshawar, Pakistan.
Former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio has been hit with a lawsuit claiming he maliciously pressed charges against a member of Jeff Flake 's family to hurt the Republican Arizona senator politically. President Donald Trump pardoned Arpaio in August after the former sheriff was convicted of criminal contempt for willfully violating a federal judge's order and unlawfully detaining individuals solely based on suspicions about their legal status.
President Donald Trump and his congressional leaders plan a meeting Tuesday to discuss how to avoid a shutdown and work through their legislative to-do list before a Christmas deadline. President Donald Trump and his congressional leaders plan a meeting Tuesday to discuss how to avoid a shutdown and work through their legislative to-do list before a Christmas deadline.
White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders takes reporters' questions at a news conference in the White House briefing room this month. White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders takes reporters' questions at a news conference in the White House briefing room this month.
Why Trump Stands by Roy Moore, Even as It Fractures His Party - By the time Senator Mitch McConnell, the majority leader, made the last of his repeated pleas to President Trump to keep his distance from the Senate candidacy of Roy S. Moore, it was too late. In America's Heartland, the Nazi Sympathizer Next Door - HUBER HEIGHTS, Ohio - Tony and Maria Hovater were married this fall.
Supreme Court Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch speaks at the Federalist Society's 2017 National Lawyers Convention in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 16, 2017. ORG XMIT: DCSG102 Supreme Court Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch speaks at the Federalist Society's 2017 National Lawyers Convention in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 16, 2017.
In this Oct. 10, 2017, file photo, the Capitol is seen at sunrise, in Washington. The crush of unfinished business facing lawmakers when they return to the Capitol this week would be daunting even if Washington were functioning at peak efficiency.
Will Saetren warns that the US president has virtually no restraints on his ability to launch nuclear strikes and, given Trump's reputation for impulsiveness, Congress should act to impose new limits Few people realise that Donald Trump , as the American president, has total control over the US nuclear arsenal. Every last one of America's nuclear weapons is at the US president's disposal 24/7 and can be launched at any time, for any reason.
More than 2,000 conservatives in tuxedos and gowns recently filled Union Station's main hall for a steak dinner and the chance to cheer the man who saved the Supreme Court from liberal control. Justice Neil Gorsuch didn't disappoint them, just as he hasn't in his first seven months on the Supreme Court.
The White House on Saturday vehemently defended President Donald Trump's decision to appoint Mick Mulvaney as the acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, calling it a "typical, routine move." "We think that this move is clearly supported by a plain reading of the Vacancies' Act," a senior administration official said on a call with reporters, referring to the presidential appointment authorities outlined in the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998.
The recent passage of mandatory E-Verify by the U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee brings us one step closer to ending the root cause of most illegal immigration into the United States: outlaw businesses that hire illegal immigrants. Illegal border crossings, visa overstays, and children born in the United States to parents here illegally would all be dramatically reduced or eliminated if we ended the ability for outlaw employers to take advantage of immigrants that arrive here illegally.
The special counsel's lawyers plan by the end of this month to sit down with White House Communications Director Hope Hicks, to find out what she might know about possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Moscow. "It never happened," Hicks told the Associated Press on Nov. 10, 2016, days after the election.
Twitter exploded Friday night and into Saturday after Donald Trump alleged that he was offered Time magazine's title of "Person of the Year" and Time responded by challenging the President's account of events. Trump tweeted that the magazine wanted him "to agree to an interview and a major photo shoot" before confirming he had won the award.
Former Rep. Barney Frank pushed back Saturday on the White House's assertion that President Donald Trump has the authority to appoint an interim director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, saying the independence of watchdog agency was a key consideration when Congress passed the law to create it in 2010. "We gave a lot of attention to how to structure the CFPB and how to protect its independence, because its job is to go after some very powerful forces in the economy," the Massachusetts Democrat, who authored the law with then-Connecticut Democratic Sen. Chris Dodd, told CNN in an interview.
The U.S. consumer watchdog agency, enmeshed in partisan politics since its creation after the 2008 financial crisis, is now at the centre of a tug-of-war over who will lead it. Both the departing director - an Obama appointee often criticized as being too aggressive by banks and Congressional Republicans - and the White House have named interim leaders of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.