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The Latest on debate at the North Carolina General Assembly on efforts to alter the state's early in-person voting program : Alterations to North Carolina's early voting program by the Republican-controlled legislature are heading to Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper's desk. The Senate voted 23-11 on Friday for changes made public less than two days earlier in the House.
During the past two years, we have written about potential litigation arising under the Department of Labor's, first proposed, then adopted fiduciary rule . In the first of those articles, when the Rule was initially proposed, we predicted the following as to sales of index and other annuities: "From a litigation perspective, this change to a fiduciary status for the sales agent is substantial and in many cases will afford litigants unhappy with investment results or the ultimate characteristics of a particular form of annuity, the opportunity to second-guess the original decision applying a significant range of issues."
Back in the United States, book publishers are reporting that Bill Clinton's new novel, "The President Is Missing," co-written with James Patterson, has sold more copies in its first week than any other fiction book in the past two years. This is despite the fact that on his highly publicized book tour Clinton has repeatedly diminished the #MeToo movement, saying that he does not owe Monica Lewinsky an apology.
Trump slaps steep tariffs on hundreds of Chinese products Trump leveled major tariffs Friday on more than $30 billion in Chinese-made goods. Check out this story on USATODAY.com: https://usat.ly/2tapZt7 The Dept.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell told the Washington Examiner that it's time for special counsel Robert Mueller to conclude the federal probe into Russian meddling in the 2016 election and possible collusion with Moscow by President Trump. Said McConnell: "What I think about the Mueller investigation is, they ought to wrap it up.
Florida officials say a roller coaster passed a state inspection only hours before it derailed and sent two riders plummeting to the ground. Florida Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam said Friday that the Sand Blaster at the Daytona Beach Boardwalk had been seen Thursday by inspectors from the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.
Seth Meyers and Trevor Noah joked about the former FBI director during their late night shows Thursday after the Justice Department's inspector general released a report earlier that day about Comey's handling of the Hillary Clinton email probe during the 2016 election. Although the report made it clear that, if anything, Comey helped Trump by re-opening the Clinton investigation before the election, Meyers focused on the "infuriating" detail about Comey's own email use.
FEMA uses direct lease as a way to secure temporary lodging for residents whose homes were destroyed or severely damaged by last year's hurricanes. On St. Croix and St. Thomas, FEMA has a sufficient inventory of direct rentals to accommodate displaced hurricane survivors-but the situation is different on St. John where there is a shortage of rental units.
President Donald Trump said Friday he would not sign a "moderate" immigration bill being finalized by House Republicans, igniting confusion on Capitol Hill over a GOP bill that Trump's allies believed had his support.
John Miller of Yolo High School and Andy Martinez of Davis High School sitting at their station while Dr. Craig Wilson instructs them on the corn earworm at the National Germplasm Clonal Center in Davis. Instead of cracking open a textbook and having their students read paragraph after paragraph, teachers across Yolo County are preparing to have science examined under a microscope come fall through hands-on activities.
President Trump said Friday that "if you took a poll in the FBI, I would win that poll more than anyone has ever won a poll." His comments came after the Department of Justice's inspector general, Michael Horowitz, released a highly critical report of the FBI's handling of the Hillary Clinton email investigation.
US President Donald Trump says former FBI director James Comey will "now officially go down as the worst leader, by far, in the history of the FBI," and adds he did "a great service to the people in firing him." Trump is tweeting about findings by the Justice Department's internal watchdog that branded Comey as insubordinate for repeatedly breaking with Justice Departm... US President Donald Trump says former FBI director James Comey will "now officially go down as the worst leader, by far, in the history of the FBI," and adds he did "a great service to the people in firing him."
There is something refreshing about having the Republican Party's cowardice out in the open, acknowledged by its own members. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Corker, R-Tenn., speaks to reporters after meeting with Canada's Minister of Foreign Affairs Chrystia Freeland on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, June 13, 2018.
Donald Trump has disputed findings by the Justice Department that former FBI director James Comey's handling of the Hillary Clinton email probe was not politically motivated. The department's inspector general report, while critical of the FBI and Mr Comey personally, did not find evidence that political bias tainted the investigation of Mrs Clinton's email practices in the months and days leading up to Mr Trump's election.
School children carry a crown of flowers for Claudia Gomez Gonzalez a Guatemalan immigrant who was fatally shot by a U.S. Border Patrol agent in Texas, during the second day of her wake, in San Juan Ostuncalco, Guatemala, Friday, June 1, 2018. The young woman, who was fatally shot by a U.S. Border Patrol agent in Texas on May 23, had graduated as a forensic accountant but was unable to attend college or find a job, so she had left Guatemala for the U.S., according to her aunt.
President Donald Trump said Friday he did the nation "a great service" by firing James Comey as FBI director and he cited an internal Justice Department report that found Comey was "insubordinate" in his handling of the Hillary Clinton email investigation. Trump's comments came in his first tweets since the department's inspector general released its 500-page report that also rebuked FBI officials for exchanging anti-Trump text messages during the 2016 campaign.
Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, the leader of the House Freedom Caucus, said he would pursue legislation to protect journalists in the wake of the Justice Department seizing a New York Times reporter's private email and phone records. "When you think about the context of the last several years, you've seen the IRS target conservatives for their political beliefs.
Thanks as always for being loyal readers and bearing with us on the linking issues yesterday - now onto the news! WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE DOJ REPORT ON HOW FORMER FBI DIRECTOR JAMES COMEY HANDLED THE HILLARY CLINTON INVESTIGATION The report stated that while Comey and the FBI showed no political bias, Comey " deviated " from bureau procedures. Rudy Giuliani is using this to push to end the Mueller investigation , citing the "bias" shown in the report.
Some of President Donald Trump's closest confidants have urged him to pardon Michael Milken, the 1980s "junk bond king" who has unsuccessfully sought for decades to reverse his securities fraud conviction, according to people familiar with the matter. The idea of a Milken pardon is being supported by Anthony Scaramucci, the financier who briefly directed White House communications; Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin; and Trump son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner, the people said.
Each week, USA TODAY's OnPolitics blog takes a look at how media from the left and the right reacted to a political news story, giving liberals and conservatives a peek into the other's media bubble. This week, commentators debated the significance of President Donald Trump's historic meeting with North Korean despot Kim Jong Un in Singapore.