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At a Fourth of July event in Fremont, Ohio, Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) spoke out against a report that he turned a blind eye to alleged sexual abuse at Ohio State University when he was an assistant wrestling coach, saying the "things they said were just not true."
Glencore Plc will buy back as much as $1 billion of its shares, a move that may soothe investor concerns after the world's top commodity trader was hit by a U.S. Department of Justice probe earlier this week. Will Kennedy reports on "Bloomberg Markets: European Open." (Source: Bloomberg)
"I think they're trying to out-trump Trump while trying to out Trump each other," said one Democratic strategist who has worked on presidential campaigns and has noticed the uptick in anti-Trump rhetoric. "It's open season on who can jab the hardest and best."
In this Dec. 1, 2017 file photo, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., leaves a closed-door session on Capitol Hill in Washington. A possible U.S. Senate vacancy in Arizona would be temporarily filled by a Republican appointee in the event of the death of Sen. John McCain, who is battling cancer, but it's unclear whether an election would be held in November or 2020.
DigitalGlobe , a Maxar Technologies company , announced today that Mike Edwards has joined as Vice President, Senior Advisor Defense Programs, to provide strategic leadership on various defense programs, including the company's work with the U.S. Department of Defense and collaboration with aero-defense companies. Edwards joins the company's senior leadership team and will report to DigitalGlobe President Dan Jablonsky.
Over the past several weeks, we've had heartrending conversations about what's happening to migrant children and their families at the U.S. border. The Trump administration's "zero tolerance" immigration policy has separated children from their parents and raised the possibility that the U.S. will indefinitely detain migrants, even those seeking asylum.
The Texas Progressive Alliance considers the Supreme Court to be on the ballot in every election as it brings you this week's roundup. SocraticGadfly talked about the Supreme Court travel ban ruling , along with a bit about the other rulings of last week, and then analyzed Anthony Kennedy's career after he announced his retirement.
If there is a silver lining in Donald Trump's sadistic presidency, we saw it on vivid display on June 26. The victories of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ben Jealous against establishment candidates confirm what many have been saying since last year, that Trump is one of the greatest recruiting tools the left has ever had. He is, as it were, a personification and distillation of all the evils of neoliberal capitalism, all the decadence, the corruption, the awe-inspiring greed and misanthropy, the savage disregard for humanity and all things living in the cause of a debased and orgiastic self-glorification whose telos is the self-immolation of civilization itself.
A Democratic member of the House Armed Services Committee compared Jewish Israeli settlers to termites on Monday while speaking at an event sponsored by an anti-Israel organization that supports boycotts of the Jewish state. Rep. Hank Johnson launched into a tirade against Israel and its policies toward the Palestinians, comparing Jewish people who live in disputed territories to "termites" that destroy homes.
Not many Jamaicans can boast about feeding the Obamas. Being invited by then Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton to cater a private dinner at her residence.
It will be a nationwide referendum on the Trump presidency. But that will mean very different things depending on what part of the nation we're talking about.
The citizen-suit provision of the Clean Water Act "allows any individual or organization that can establish standing to bring litigation against both private parties and the Environmental Protection Agency ," and incentivizes such suits by allowing filers to collect attorney's fees. While some valuable enforcement actions may result, writes Marc Robertson for the Washington Legal Foundation , it is not difficult for shakedown litigators to identify targets.
Thirty Sailors assigned to United States Navy Nimitz-class nuclear-powered supercarrier USS Ronald Reagan helped in packing of 3,000 Department of Social Welfare and Development relief boxes on June 28 for the victims of the January eruption at Mount Mayon. USS Ronald Reagan arrived in Manila on June 26 for a regularly scheduled port visit together with two other cruisers.
President Donald Trump isn't the only administration official meeting with potential nominees for the Supreme Court. The Associated Press has learned that Vice President Mike Pence has met with some of the candidates in recent days.
WASHINGTON – Vice President Mike Pence has met with some of the contenders for the Supreme Court vacancy created by Justice Anthony Kennedy's retirement, The Associated Press has learned. The meetings took place in recent days, a person familiar with the search process said.
Democrats and Republicans once largely agreed that the upcoming midterm elections would hinge on the economy, health care and President Donald Trump's popularity.
The NFL has never had a group of top wide receivers as good as the one it has in 2018. With a bevy of established superstars who continue to play a high level, young, promising receivers are having a hard time crashing the party.
The Fourth of July holiday is a time to reflect on the courage of our Founding Fathers to pursue independence from the tyrannical British government. Unfortunately, we now get to spend the other 364 days dealing with the tyrannical federal government in Washington.
In 1989, a New York businessman who was worried about chronic federal budget deficits erected the National Debt Clock in midtown Manhattan to keep a running tally of how much the U.S. government owes. The total had reached $2.7 trillion, and Seymour Durst wanted "to call attention to the soaring debt and each family's share of it."