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Just In: Trump’s EPA Quietly Pushes Back Biz-Crushing Obama-Era Rule
EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt and the Trump administration are quietly delaying the implementation of a major Environmental Protection Agency air pollution rule from the Obama administration. Governors were notified this week of the delay of an ozone pollution rule.
How Minor Probation Violations Can Lead to Major Jail Time
In the early-morning hours one day last August, 25-year-old Giovanni Guzman-Vegas closed up his family's bar and went to pick up his seven-months-pregnant girlfriend from a babysitting gig. There, he said he found her upset: A man in the house, who'd accompanied the child's mother home, had groped her while she was asleep on a couch.
RNC’s false talking point about Comey came from “alt-right” trolls
The Republican National Committee pushed a false talking point that originated from the "alt-right"/fake news ecosystem to try to discredit former FBI Director James Comey's June 8 testimony to the Senate intelligence committee. During his testimony, Comey said that he believed President Donald Trump fired him due to the FBI's Russia probe, saying, "I know I was fired because of something about the way I was conducting the Russia investigation was in some way putting pressure on him, in some way irritating him, and he decided to fire me because of that."
It Comes at Night Is a Post-Apocalyptic Tale of the Unknown
Over and over again in It Comes at Night , Trey Edward Shults's bravura piece of psychological horror, the camera pans down a long, dark hallway, inching closer and closer to a locked red door. That door is the only way in and out of the boarded-up house in which the film is set; behind it lurks the unknown.
This map shows which states are vowing to defy Trump and uphold the US’ Paris Agreement goals
Eleven states, plus Washington, DC and Puerto Rico, have vowed to pursue policies that will uphold the US' commitments to the accord. They've joined the Washington governor Jay Inslee, New York's Andrew Cuomo, and California's Jerry Brown announced the formation of the group on June 1, following Trump's announcement about the Paris Agreement.
Michelle Obama reveals how she was scrutinised for every dress while…
Michelle Obama is not just praised for her evocative speeches and fighting for humanitarian causes, but also lauded for her style and fashion sense. The former first lady who made socio-political and cultural statements through her sartorial choices at the White House is still making heads turn.
House votes to roll back post-2008 financial rules
The Republican-led House has moved closer to fulfilling President Donald Trump's goal of doing "a big number" on Dodd-Frank, the landmark banking law created after the 2008 economic crisis that was designed to prevent future meltdowns. But the effort will likely require some major changes to bring about Democratic support in the Senate.
Sen. John McCain’s bizarre questioning of Comey
Sen. John McCain, R-Arizona, was the last senator to question former FBI director James Comey at Thursday's Senate Intelligence Committee hearing. Nearing the end of more than 2A1 2 hours of questioning, McCain focused his line on two FBI inquiries: the 2016 investigation of Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server as secretary of state and the 2017 investigation of Russian interference in the presidential election.
7 Telling moments in cable newsa s coverage of Comeya s hearing
Interpretation of the news based on evidence, including data, as well as anticipating how events might unfold based on past events Thursday's Senate testimony of former FBI director James B. Comey was a rare opportunity to compare how different news networks cover the same event. Every network aired it live, but not every network covered it in the same way.
Cuban dissident to receive West New York ‘key to town’
WEST NEW YORK -- A well-known Cuban dissident will be in West New York on Friday to speak out against continued human rights abuses on the island despite the recent thaw in U.S. relations, and to be honored by one of the town's own outspoken critics of the island's authoritarian regime. The dissident, Marta Beatriz Roque Cabello , is a 72-year-old economist and longtime critic of Fidel Castro and his brother Raul.
Comey testimony leaves a question about Sessions unanswered
Ousted FBI Director James Comey provided a lot of answers during his public testimony before a Senate committee , but he left one substantial question unanswered: How did the FBI know Attorney General Jeff Sessions was going to step aside from the investigation into the Trump campaign's Russia ties? The Justice Department responded late Thursday, saying that after consultations with department ethics officials Sessions recused himself because of his involvement in Trump's 2016 presidential campaign, "for that reason, and that reason alone." The department's statement did not directly respond to Comey's comment that he was "aware of facts" that would make Sessions' continued involvement in the Russia probe problematic.
Republicans urge Trump on tapes; Sessions to testify Tuesday
Fellow Republicans pressed President Donald Trump on Sunday to come clean about whether he has tapes of private conversations with former FBI Director James Comey and provide them to Congress if he does - or possibly face a subpoena, as a Senate investigation into collusion with Russia or obstruction of justice extended to a Trump Cabinet member. It was a sign of escalating fallout from riveting testimony from Comey last week of undue pressure from Trump, which drew an angry response from the president on Friday that Comey was lying.
49 victims of Pulse massacre remembered in daylong services
Church bells tolled 49 times, a giant rainbow flag hung from a county government building and the names of the victims of the Pulse nightclub attack were read aloud at various ceremonies Monday as people in Orlando and beyond remembered the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history. At 2:02 a.m., survivors, victims' families, club employees and local officials were gathered for a private service at the gay club at the exact time Omar Mateen opened fire a year ago and pledged allegiance to the Islamic State.
All a-Twitter over McCain
GO DIAMONDBACKS! U.S. Sen. John McCain yesterday tweeted that he had stayed up late watching baseball the night before the Senate hearing. U.S. Sen. John McCain's muddled questioning of ex-FBI boss James B. Comey was a baseball error, the senior senator jokingly said.
Top Takeaways: Comeya s high-drama testimony distilled
For all of the things that came into clearer focus with Thursday's testimony from fired FBI Director James Comey, plenty of other questions remain. THE OBSTRUCTION QUESTION >> A central - and unresolved - question from the hearing revolves around whether President Donald Trump was trying to derail the Russia investigation by pressuring, and ultimately firing, the man in charge.
Senators ask for black lung clinic support
As a member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., along with Sens. Tim Kaine, D-Va., Mark Warner, D-Va., Bob Casey, D-Pa.
Trump, critics gird for long war after Comey’s moment
The initial shock and awe phase of the great, unresolved Russia election mystery ended with James Comey's spellbinding testimony. Now a war of political attrition will rage that will further pollute the Washington swamp and confound the nation before special counsel Robert Mueller concludes his probe - however many months or years that takes.
Arab nations add names to terror list amid Qatar dispute
Jurors at Bill Cosby's sexual assault trial have heard excerpts from the comedian's lurid, decade-old deposition, but explosive sections about him obtaining quaaludes and giving them to women before sex are yet to... Jurors at Bill Cosby's sexual assault trial have heard excerpts from the comedian's lurid, decade-old deposition, but explosive sections about him obtaining quaaludes and giving them to women before sex are yet to come. Texas grand jury indicts sheriff's deputy, her husband on murder charges in death of man during late-night confrontation.
No perjury prosecution over costly VA hospital
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