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Less than a month before Gov. Kim Reynolds fired him, Dave Jamison said 100 percent of his staff had taken sex harassment prevention class Iowa state official fired for sexually explicit language had recently completed sexual harassment prevention training Less than a month before Gov. Kim Reynolds fired him, Dave Jamison said 100 percent of his staff had taken sex harassment prevention class Check out this story on USATODAY.com: https://usat.ly/2LYoPJU Dave Jamison was independently warned by as many as three high-ranking executives of the Iowa Finance Authority to tame his sultry talk. Then Gov. Terry Branstad, Lt.
Bill Clinton's defensive response to questions about his affair with White House intern Monica Lewinsky and the #MeToo movement are just one reason Democrats want distance from the former President, top Democratic operatives told CNN on Monday. Clinton, speaking with NBC in an interview with aired Monday, defended himself from recent criticism about his handling of his affair with Lewinsky in 1995.
NASA is talking to several international companies about forming a consortium that would take over operation of the International Space Station and run it as a commercial space lab, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine said in an interview. "We're in a position now where there are people out there that can do commercial management of the International Space Station," Bridenstine said in his first extensive interview since being sworn in as NASA administrator in April.
President Donald Trump participates in the U.S. Coast Guard Change-of-Command ceremony at U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters in Washington, June 1, 2018. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File President Donald Trump participates in the U.S. Coast Guard Change-of-Command ceremony at U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters in Washington, June 1, 2018.
Democratic hopes to retake control of the House will rise or fall in California, where the party is pursuing a string of Republican-held seats in Tuesday's primary election. Democrats need to gain 23 districts nationally to take the gavel in the House, and a key part of that strategy is expanding their 39-14 advantage in the home state of Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi .
In the hours following the US Supreme Court narrowly sided in a favor of Christian bakery's ability to turn away gay couples, several of Oklahoma's members of Congress praised the decision, while one of the state's most prominent LGBTQ rights groups appeared cautiously optimistic. The case surrounded Masterpiece Cakeshop in Lakewood, CO.
The Trump administration added another complication to already fractious talks with Canada and Mexico on Tuesday, suggesting that President Trump now wants to negotiate separate bilateral deals with those nations rather than continue three-country discussions to rewrite the North American Free Trade Agreement. "His preference now, and he asked me to convey this, is to actually negotiate with Mexico and Canada separately," Larry Kudlow, the White House chief economic adviser, said of the president on Fox & Friends Tuesday morning.
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos said Tuesday that the Federal Commission on School Safety she leads would not be examining how guns play a role in school violence. "Will your commission look at role of firearms as it relates to gun violence in our schools?" Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., asked DeVos at a Senate Appropriations subcommittee hearing.
Bill Clinton's return to the spotlight was supposed to help make his new novel a best seller, but the ex-president has found interviewers in the #MeToo era unwilling to turn the page on his checkered past with women. The former president is on the interview circuit in promotion of his new political thriller co-authored with James Patterson, "The President is Missing."
Eight states are casting midterm primary ballots on Tuesday, with outcomes that could help determine control of the U.S. House and Senate and decide several governor's races. Here are six things to keep in mind as primaries are being held in Alabama, California, Iowa, Mississippi, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico and South Dakota: 1. California is a jungle: There are no party primaries in California, with voters instead choosing among all candidates on one ballot, with the top two vote-getters advancing to November regardless of party.
Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson told federal officials Monday that free trade has been good for his state and warned that new trade barriers could undermine its economy. "I don't like the potential of a trade war," Hutchinson said in an interview Monday evening.
I'm confronted by this dilemma in downtown Blanco at Old 300 BBQ, which is run by pitmaster Ladd Pepper, who's cooked for countless celebrities, including Beyonc and former President Barack Obama. Earlier in the week I convinced my friend Rolando to make the short 48-mile trip from Austin to Blanco with a promise that there would be both barbecue and beer.
A Democratic senator is accusing the Trump administration of being part of a "cruel" effort against unauthorized immigrant children after he was denied entry to a Texas immigration center for unaccompanied minors when he showed up asking for a tour of the facility. Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley -- who acknowledged that he had been told in advance he wouldn't be admitted to the facility -- told CNN's "New Day" Monday morning that he believes President Donald Trump, Attorney General Jeff Sessions and the Department of Homeland Security "do not want members of Congress or the public to know what's going on" in the center.
We've come a long way from harmless playground jibes like "your mother wears combat boots," to those of today from the likes of critics blame his harsh rhetoric for the language they use to attack him. Perhaps he bears some responsibility, but that is poor justification for bad behavior from others who might set a better example.
A United States senator tried to enter a federal facility in Texas where immigrant children are being held, but police were summoned and he was told to leave. Sen. Jeff Merkley's attempt late Sunday to enter the facility, and his request to speak to a manager, comes amid a national debate over the practice of separating families caught crossing the border illegally.
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It seems almost quaint today. But back when Barack Obama was president, Republicans strenuously objected to his expansive use of executive orders to maneuver around Congress on issues like climate change and immigration.
EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt testifies before a Senate Appropriations Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Subcommittee hearing on the proposed budget estimates and justification for FY2019 for the Environmental Protection Agency on Capitol Hill last month.
The Philadelphia Eagles will not visit the White House on Tuesday after President Donald Trump rescinded the team's invitation, citing several players on the team who planned not to attend.
Martin Luther King. Steve Jobs. John F. Kennedy. Winston Churchill. Fine examples of politicians, leaders, business men that many would claim were very charismatic public speakers.