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Who will be the next top prosecutor in New Jersey? Trump to pick Garden State's next top federal prosecutor Check out this story on northjersey.com: http://northjersy.news/2jXuEs8 Legal and political insiders are still wondering who might be the next federal prosecutor for New Jersey after Inauguration Day, and whether the state's top Republican, Gov. Chris Christie, will have any say in the process. The top prosecutor job in each of the 94 federal judicial districts is a political appointment.
Former U.S. intelligence contractor Edward Snowden has been given leave to remain in Russia for another couple of years, authorities in Moscow have confirmed. Maria Zakharova, spokeswoman for the Russian foreign ministry said: 'Snowden's residency in Russia has just been extended by another couple of years.'
Over at Fox News, the headline blares: " Clinton Global Initiative to lay off employees, shut down amid dwindling donations ." Let's pause for a moment and contemplate why donations to the overarching Clinton Foundation would be dwindling.
Russian authorities have extended a residence permit for U.S. intelligence contractor Edward Snowden, who leaked thousands of secret documents from the National Security Agency. Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said in a post on Facebook late Tuesday that Snowden's residence permit has been extended for "a couple of years."
Unlike his soon-to-be boss, the choice for commerce secretary has agreed to divorce himself from a vast financial empire. Billionaire investor Wilbur Ross can expect questions about his business dealings at his Senate confirmation hearing.
The Trump administration said Friday it has thawed its temporary freeze on contract and grant approvals at the Environmental Protection Agency, with all $3.9 billion in planned spending moving forward. A media blackout at the agency also appears to have been partially lifted, as a trickle of press releases were issued by the EPA this week.
A bill has been re-filed named in honor of an East Texas mother who died in a hotel room after her daughter was unable to directly reach 911. Kari Hunt's daughter tried calling 911 from the Baymont Inn and Suites in Marshall on Dec. 1, 2013, to get help for her mother who had been stabbed repeatedly by her estranged husband, Brad Dunn.
Georgia and Atlanta economic developers are scrambling to win the Amazon prize, a new corporate headquarters worth billions of dollars in jobs and investment. Amazon's bid says right up front it wants a cultural fit.
Donald Trump has promised that his inauguration will "very, very special, very beautiful." By one measure, the event will definitely be as "bigly" as Mr. Trump envisions, given his inaugural committee has raised a record $90 million in private donations.
US President Barack Obama's decision Tuesday to commute Chelsea Manning's sentence brought fresh attention to another figure involved in the Army leaker's case: Julian Assange. On Twitter last week, Assange's anti-secrecy site WikiLeaks posted, "If Obama grants Manning clemency Assange will agree to US extradition despite clear unconstitutionality of DoJ case."
Democratic senators hammered Betsy DeVos, President-elect Donald Trump's pick to lead the Education Department, during Tuesday's confirmation hearing, claiming she is not qualified to lead the nation's education system. DeVos stood firm in her long held beliefs that parents - not the government - should be able to choose where to send children to school, pledging to push voucher programs should she be confirmed to lead the nation's education system.
More than 117,000 people signed online petitions asking the president to commute her sentence, but some lawmakers fear the president has set a dangerous precedent. "There are very serious consequences when you release the type of documents that she did," says Senator Robert Menendez.
At eight o'clock in the evening on November 8th, India Standard Time, just hours before American voters shocked the world by electing Donald Trump as their next President, Narendra Modi, the Prime Minister of India, went on television to address his country's more than a billion citizens. At midnight, Modi proclaimed, all of India's five-hundred-rupee and thousand-rupee notes, worth about seven dollars and fifteen dollars, respectively, and constituting about eighty-six per cent of all cash in circulation, would be banned from use, in an effort to battle corruption.
"Citizens United made a movie about the personal life and record of Hillary Clinton. They did not advocate for her election or defeat, though the movie was clearly unflattering.
Man burned during protest outside Trump hotel in D.C. Man burned while setting fire outside Trump International Hotel, authorities said. Check out this story on USATODAY.com: http://usat.ly/2k33Pae Demonstrators carry signs during a "Love Rally" in New York on Nov. 11, 2016, to protest the election of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump.
School choice advocate Betsy DeVos answered a wide range of questions during a three-hour confirmation hearing in Washington D.C. Tuesday night. The billionaire from West Michigan could head the U.S. Department of Education soon.
Lady Gaga, a Hillary Clinton supporter who performed at the Democratic presidential candidate's final rally in North Carolina, is no stranger to making political statements, especially against President-elect Trump. Lady Gaga, a Hillary Clinton supporter who performed at the Democratic presidential candidate's final rally in North Carolina, is no stranger to making political statements, especially against President-elect Trump.
Donald Trump's pick to head the Department of Education had a particularly rough hearing on Tuesday, taking a battering from Minnesota Senator Al Franken and Sen. Bernie Sanders However, nothing quite caught the flavor of how poorly her hearing went than her response to Sen. Chis Murphy who asked her, "Do you think guns have any place in or around schools?" After saying the availability of guns should be "best left to locales and states to decide," Devos replied to further questioning on guns on campus by adding, "I will refer back to Senator Enzi and the school he was talking about in Wyoming a I would imagine that there is probably a gun in the schools to protect from potential grizzlies."
President-elect Donald Trump has told 'Fox & Friends' co-host Ainsley Earhardt that he doesn't mind Democratic members of Congress boycotting his inauguration, saying "I hope they give me their tickets." At least 60 Democratic members of the House of Representatives have opted to miss Friday's ceremonies, most notably Georgia Rep. John Lewis, who said last week that he did not consider Trump a "legitimate" president.