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Since first moving into original programming in 2012, Netflix has gone from a fringe curiosity to a major player in film and TV, actually living up to the mantle of "disruptor" that so many tech companies try to claim. But even by that standard, the last few months have been a whirlwind, with Netflix making several of its biggest acquisitions yet: securing a deal with the juggernaut TV producer Shonda Rhimes , luring David Letterman out of retirement , buying Jerry Seinfeld's Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee series, giving the green light to shows by the Coen brothers and Steven Soderbergh, and optioning an entire comic-book brand .
"I should say re-appointed, because we will have an even larger population that will vote against him in 2020," filmmaker tells Fast Company Filmmaker and activist Michael Moore predicted that President Donald Trump will win re-election in 2020 in a Monday interview with Fast Company - but the Trump critic has a plan to stop it from happening. "I should say re-appointed, because we will have an even larger population that will vote against him in 2020," Moore told the magazine.
Houston police have rescued at least 3,400 people in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey - and that number is expected to rise, Police Chief Art Acevedo tweeted Tuesday morning. More than 17,000 evacuees were being housed in shelters across Texas as of Tuesday morning, the Red Cross tweeted.
President Donald Trump said Monday he believes Congress will act quickly to provide disaster relief funding to the areas affected by Hurricane Harvey. Trump said he has "spoken to Congress" and said he believes funding for relief efforts will be approved "very, very quickly."
U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday defended his granting a pardon to controversial former Arizona lawman and political ally Joe Arpaio. U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday defended his granting a pardon to controversial former Arizona lawman and political ally Joe Arpaio, and criticized former Democratic presidents for their choices of people to pardon.
GOP legislators in 20 U.S. statehouses proposed - and six legislatures approved - new restrictions on the right to assemble and protest in 2017. Report: 'Anti-protester' bills gain traction in state legislatures GOP legislators in 20 U.S. statehouses proposed - and six legislatures approved - new restrictions on the right to assemble and protest in 2017.
Law and order Donald Trump pardoned Joe Arpaio, the law and order sheriff convicted of criminal contempt for defying lawful orders, from two federal judges, involving racial profiling. President Trump issued the pardon of his fellow birther before Arpaio had been sentenced.
People make their way out of a neighborhood flooded by Hurricane Harvey in Houston on Monday. President Trump is visiting Texas on Tuesday, but will not be in Houston, to avoid complicated relief efforts.
Campaign spokesman Jon Anzur told The Associated Press on Monday night that Barletta will release a video announcing his run for the Senate seat held by two-term Democrat Bob Casey. The Pennsylvania Republican's entry into the race was widely expected after the AP reported last month that Barletta had relayed his plans to GOP officials and activists.
Public schools are grappling with the names, images of Confederate icons in the wake of the deaths at a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia over a Robert E. Lee statue. After five days of torrential rain, the latest weather forecast predicts less than an inch of rain and perhaps even sunshine for the Houston area.
President Donald Trump launched his fall push to overhaul the nation's tax system by pledging Wednesday that the details-to-come plan would "bring back Main Street" by reducing the crushing tax burden on middle-class Americans, making a populist appeal for a proposal expected to heavily benefit corporate America. Trump said his vision for re-writing the tax system, a key campaign pledge, would unlock stronger economic growth and benefit companies and workers alike.
U.S. Rep. Mike Kelly will host a telephone town hall meeting next week for his constituents, the Congressman's staff announced Wednesday. The tele-town hall will give all Third District residents a chance to ask questions and get answers about current events and issues of general concern.
The majority owner of the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station in northern San Diego County announced Monday that it is committed to moving spent nuclear fuel to another site. The commitment by Southern California Edison settled a lawsuit filed by an anti-nuclear group nearly two years ago, which opposed the California Coastal Commission's approval of expanded nuclear waste storage at the seaside plant.
"'Price gougers are heroes,' says Reason's Katherine Mangu-Ward. When 'people who go into disaster zones, we generally praise them,' but when their motivations include 'mak[ing] money suddenly they're villains.'
At various times during our history, American troops abroad have been targeted with special ferocity by enemies aware that the more U.S. troops they killed, the more likely our government would be to accelerate already declared timetables for withdrawal. That ends now, President Donald Trump declared last week in an important speech about policy toward the war in Afghanistan.
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Attorneys and a Texas lawmaker are urging homeowners to try and file claims for property damage inflicted by Hurricane Harvey before Friday, when a new insurance law goes into effect. The law will affect policyholders who file a lawsuit against their insurance company for failing to pay enough in claims or repaying claims too slowly.
The team led by special counsel Robert Mueller is looking into Trump's role in drafting the statement his son, Donald Trump Jr., gave in response to news that he met with a Kremlin-connected lawyer last June during the presidential campaign, NBC News reported on Monday. Mueller is spearheading the FBI's counterintelligence investigation into whether the Trump campaign colluded with Moscow to tilt the 2016 election in Trump's favor.
With Texas in the middle of a devastating natural disaster, President Donald Trump is promising relief as he plans to visit the state on Tuesday. Washington bureau reporter Alberto Pimienta filed the following report.