Kanye tells Trump he wants more manufacturing jobs in Chicago
Kanye West meets President Donald Trump in the Oval Office Thursday to talk about Chicago. State Rep. La Shawn Ford, D-Chicago, reacts.
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Gov. John Bel Edwards heading to Israel this month for economic development, cybersecurity meetings
Gov. John Bel Edwards will travel to Israel later this month as part of an economic development mission with a focus both on cyber security and business opportunities for Louisiana companies. Edwards, a Democrat who took office in January 2016, will leave Louisiana on Oct. 26 and return on Nov. 2. The trip schedule includes a meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other government leaders in Jerusalem on Oct. 28, as well as meetings in Tel Aviv with businesses.
Republicans launch new attack ad on Phillips in House race
A new ad from Republican U.S. Rep. Erik Paulsen accuses Democratic challenger Dean Phillips of doing nothing about a sexual harassment case brought by seven female nurses against Allina Health clinic in 2007, when Phillips served on the Allina board. The commercial , which debuted on Twin Cities television Wednesday evening, cites a February 2007 lawsuit by the nurses, who alleged they were sexually harassed by a doctor at an Allina clinic in Richfield.
O’Rourke’s improbable Senate run still needs Latinos to win
This combination of Sept. 21, 2018, file photos show Republican U.S. Senator Ted Cruz, left, and Democratic U.S. Representative Beto O'Rourke, right, during their first Senate debate in Dallas.
Gov. Mark Dayton to undergo third back surgery
Gov. Mark Dayton will undergo back surgery Friday morning at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, another in a series of health complications the second-term governor has endured in recent years. Dayton's office released a statement saying the surgery is similar to procedures Dayton had in 2012 and 2015, which fused vertebrae in his lower back.
The Saudi Lobby Juggernaut
Sen. Rand Paul states: "The Saudis will keep killing civilians and journalists as long as we keep arming and assisting them. The President should immediately halt arms sales and military support to Saudi Arabia."
Let’s talk about the odds of something happening
You and your polls! You said Hillary Clinton had a 90 percent chance of winning/that Clinton would win in a landslide! Polls are wrong and you don't know what you're talking about! It's not the case that polling was generally wrong in 2016. Clinton had a wide advantage in the polls multiple times over the course of the campaign, but those leads consistently narrowed again.
Mitch McConnell says he’s ‘increasingly optimistic’ Republicans will hold the Senate
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Thursday that he is increasingly optimistic Republicans will maintain control of the Senate, calling a GOP defeat in November a "scary prospect" for voters who want to see more conservative judges on the nation's courts. In an interview with NPR's Kelsey Snell , McConnell said he generally refrains from making predictions but that he's pleased with how the midterm elections are shaping up for Senate Republicans.
Taylor Swift Succumbs to Competitive Wokeness
Over the past few days, there's been considerable discussion of the cultural power of the left and the political power, for now, of the right. The idea, as I understand it, is that while the left dominates the culture industries and elite academia, its devotees resent the fact that self-described conservatives are firmly in the driver's seat of the federal government.
State Supreme Court ruling makes Washington the 20th state to abandon capital punishment
The state's death penalty system, repeatedly revised since the 1970s, left black people roughly four times more likely to get a death sentence than similar white defendants. Cal Coburn Brown, killed by lethal injection in September 2010, will be the last person ever executed by the state of Washington after the Supreme Court there permanently ended capital punishment in a ruling Thursday.
Bad Times at the El Royale Is an Inventive and Indulgent Thriller
The new film from the director of The Cabin in the Woods boasts an impressive ensemble and is fascinating to watch, despite its many excesses. Bad Times at the El Royale is set in 1969.
Missouri Appeals Ruling That Blocked Part of Voter Photo ID
Jay Ashcroft, the Republican secretary of state in Missouri, answers a question during a convention of state secretaries of state, July 14, 2018, in Philadelphia. Missouri's top election official on Thursday said the state was appealing a judge's ruling that blocked enforcement of parts of a voter photo identification law, adding that the ruling was causing "mass confusion'' ahead of a key election for a U.S. Senate seat.
Wheeler’s first big science test shows alignment with Pruitt agenda on EPA board appointments
Acting EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler speaks to staff at the Environmental Protection Agency headquarters on July 11, 2018 in Washington, DC. CREDIT: Mark Wilson/Getty Images Acting Environmental Protection Agency administrator Andrew Wheeler appears to be continuing in the vein of his predecessor Scott Pruitt, after the official largely opted out of appointing scientists to an advisory panel on air pollution.
Rescues, damage in Florida after hurricane
Hurricane Michael formed off the coast of Cuba carrying major Category 4 landfall in the Florida Panhandle. Surge in the Big Bend area, along with catastrophic winds at 155mph.
Photos From the Aftermath of Hurricane Michael
Hurricane Michael crashed into Florida on October 10 as a powerful Category 4 storm - the third-most powerful hurricane ever to strike the U.S. mainland. With sustained winds of 155 mph, Michael is the strongest storm to hit Florida in 80 years, and the most powerful to ever strike its panhandle region.
‘Quite Something’: Kanye West Makes A Statement In The Oval Office
Rapper Kanye West shows a picture of a plane on a phone to President Trump during a meeting in the Oval Office on Thursday. During a meeting with President Trump, Kanye West delivered animated and wide-ranging remarks on issues from the 13th Amendment to U.S. manufacturing.
Rebecca Traister’s all-American anger: ‘In my dissent, I am deeply patriotic.’
If you are a woman, and you have always had a feeling that much of the power in this country is interconnected; and that all of those connected things are in cahoots against you - yes, you , personally! - not by accident, but actually by design; and this feeling has intensified over the last 24 months or so; and you worry that harboring these suspicions mean you are, as it is no longer in vogue to say, being hysterical, Rebecca Traister is here with an assurance: You are not. "It's not a conspiracy theory," she tells me by phone.
The Little College Where Tuition Is Free and Every Student Is Given a Job
Berea College, in Kentucky, has paid for every enrollee's education using its endowment for 126 years. Can other schools replicate the model? of air that explodes from every clap.
USDA loans and grants impact southeast Missouri, Gov. Parson responds
Gov. Mike Parson is applauding the United States Department of Agriculture for its grants that will be impacting southeast Missouri. Some of the local recipients will be the Stoddard County Development Corporation, East Prairie Municipal Corporation, and the Steele Municipal Improvement Corporation.
Americans Worry Less About Government Regulation
Thirty-nine percent of Americans believe there is too much government regulation of business and industry, the lowest level in a decade. A third say there is the right amount of regulation, the highest percentage in 11 years, and a quarter say there is too little.