Republican: ‘It’s pretty simple’ to call out white supremacists

While some Republicans have failed to criticize President Donald Trump by name for his remarks on the deadly Charlottesville, Virginia, attack, one Republican congressman is doubling down on his criticism of Trump's claim that there were "very fine people on both sides." After Trump made the remarks on Tuesday, Republican Rep. Paul Mitchell, of Michigan, tweeted, "You can't be a 'very fine person' and be a white supremacist @POTUS" He echoed those comments in an interview with Kate Bolduan on CNN's "Outfront," saying, "I don't believe you can be a fine person and a white supremacist.

Both Bush presidents condemn anti-Semitism in Charlottesville

George W. Bush speaking at a conference at the US Chamber of Commerce in Washington, DC, June 23, 2017. Former Presidents George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush issued a joint statement rejecting "racial bigotry, anti-Semitism, and hatred in all forms."

Perry declares support for PNNL, Hanford; vague on funding – Wed, 16 Aug 2017 PST

In his first visit to the Tri-Cities, Energy Secretary Rick Perry offered enthusiastic support for the Hanford cleanup and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, but gave no assurance he will advocate to maintain current funding. Perry's first Northwest visit began with a tour of McNary Dam on Monday and continued Tuesday with stops at the national laboratory, the Volpentest HAMMER federal training center and the Hanford nuclear site.

Iran supreme leader mocks US over Charlottesville

The combative leftists and self-described anarchists who are ready and willing to use violence as a reaction against neo-Nazis and the alt-right Dancing to her death: Doctor, 38, is filmed entering drug dealer's apartment where she took fatal overdose and the shameful moment her HBO producer friend skulked off after calling paramedics and leaving her corpse in the hallway O Clinton-a: Hillary dotes on baby Aidan as she and Bill are joined by Chelsea, Marc and the grandkids on family vacation in Quebec Woman was left with huge open wound across her entire face from melanoma despite always wearing sunscreen and avoiding the sun Tom Cruise BROKE his ankle during ill-fated daredevil roof jump stunt for Mission: Impossible 6... putting production behind by EIGHT WEEKS Now BOTH Bushes weigh in against Trump after Mitch McConnell joins John Kasich in Republican attack saying 'there are no good ... (more)

Victim of car attack in Virginia remembered: ‘This is just the beginning of Heather’s legacy’

At a memorial service today for Heather Heyer, the woman killed Saturday when a car rammed into a crowd of counterprotesters at a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, Heyer's mother was met with a standing ovation as she said, "They tried to kill my child to shut her up -- well, guess what -- you just magnified her." "Although Heather was a caring, compassionate, person, so are a lot of you.

Nevada Unemployment Rate Sees Slight Uptick

Listen Live Welcome to KXNT News/Talk 840 AM KXNT NewsRadio 840 AM is dedicated to being the dominant information [] CBS Sports Radio 1140 CBS Sports Radio 1140 and 107.5-3 FM HD3 7255 South Tenaya Way Suite 100 Las Vegas, NV 89113 Business Office: 702-889-7397 Business Fax: 702-889-7373 CONTACTS: Maureen Pulicella, [] FAA Move Could Affect Timeline For Raiders' Vegas Stadium Officials in Clark County have said key permits for the stadium's construction won't be considered until the FAA makes a final determination. Nevada Unemployment Rate Sees Slight Uptick The Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation reported Wednesday that July's unemployment rate was at 4.8 percent.

Raw feelings close to the surface at Fox over Trump remarks

The CEO of Campbell Soup is resigning from a White House jobs panel over comments about racism made by President Donald Trump. Mourners will gather in Charlottesville on Wednesday to honor the woman who was killed when a car rammed into a crowd of people protesting a white nationalist rally.

FAA Move Could Affect Timeline For Raiders’ Vegas Stadium

Listen Live Welcome to KXNT News/Talk 840 AM KXNT NewsRadio 840 AM is dedicated to being the dominant information [] CBS Sports Radio 1140 CBS Sports Radio 1140 and 107.5-3 FM HD3 7255 South Tenaya Way Suite 100 Las Vegas, NV 89113 Business Office: 702-889-7397 Business Fax: 702-889-7373 CONTACTS: Maureen Pulicella, [] FAA Move Could Affect Timeline For Raiders' Vegas Stadium Officials in Clark County have said key permits for the stadium's construction won't be considered until the FAA makes a final determination. Nevada Unemployment Rate Sees Slight Uptick The Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation reported Wednesday that July's unemployment rate was at 4.8 percent.

Governors of 2 pot states push back on Trump administration

Governors in at least two states that have legalized recreational marijuana are pushing back against the Trump administration and defending their efforts to regulate the industry. Alaska Gov. Bill Walker, a one-time Republican no longer affiliated with a party, sent a letter to U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions this week asking the Department of Justice to maintain the Obama administration's more hands-off enforcement approach to states that have legalized the drug still banned at the federal level.

Ex-CIA chief: Trump will do ‘lasting harm to American society’

Former CIA Director John Brennan ripped President Trump's response to the violence in Charlottesville, Va., saying the president "will do last harm to American society." "Mr. Trump's words, and the beliefs they reflect, are a national disgrace, and all Americans of conscience need to repudiate his ugly and dangerous comments," Brennan wrote in a letter to CNN's Wolf Blitzer .

House panel to hold hearing on white supremacist threat

The U.S. House Homeland Security Committee will hold a hearing next month about threats from extremist groups, including domestic terrorism, following a violent white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, last weekend. The panel's chairman, Republican Representative Michael McCaul, announced the Sept.

New York Times Editor Testifies in Sarah Palin’s Defamation Lawsuit

The editor of the New York Times editorial board on Wednesday took the witness stand in a lawsuit filed by former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, who claims that a June editorial in the paper defamed her by linking her to a 2011 mass shooting. James Bennet testified at a hearing before U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff in a Manhattan federal court that he meant to link Palin to an "overall climate" of incitement to political violence, but not to say she caused the shooting.

On a chaotic day in DC, Trump goes after Amazon, again

Alabama Sen. Luther Strange will face off with Ten Commandments judge Roy Moore in a Republican runoff for the Senate seat that previously belonged to Attorney General Jeff Sessions. Alabama Sen. Luther Strange will face off with Ten Commandments judge Roy Moore in a Republican runoff for the Senate seat that previously belonged to Attorney General Jeff Sessions.

Parental choice is kicking bad schools out of school choice programs

Debate over school choice finds itself in new territory with proponents and opponents alike fighting over accountability. Opponents of school choice like Rep. Mark Pocan, D-Wis., made the news when he pressed Education Secretary Betsy DeVos to include some undefined accountability standards in any federal school choice program.