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Former President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama have set a deal to create new programming with Netflix, the streaming service announced Monday. Former President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama have set a deal to create new programming with Netflix, the streaming service announced Monday.
Independent U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders said Monday he will run for re-election on an agenda that would prioritize working families. The campaign said Sanders would kick off his re-election bid with a series of rallies across Vermont next month.
The meat industry, fearing societal changes toward increased environmental and health awareness, has moved swiftly to try and combat lab-grown and plant-based meat. Both promise a slew of benefits for the environment and human health, but threaten to upend the existing meat industry, spurring efforts on the latter's part to prevent use of the term "meat" in association with these new types of meat products.
As Mignon Clyburn left the Federal Communications Commission, the longtime telecom regulator worried that the FCC is abandoning its "prime directive" of protecting consumers. "I'm an old Trekkie," Clyburn told Ars in a phone interview, while comparing the FCC's responsibility to the Star Trek fictional universe's Prime Directive .
The former U.S. senator, secretary of state and presidential contender will speak at the gathering Wednesday. The party is meeting for two days this week at Hofstra University on Long Island to nominate candidates for governor, attorney general and other offices up for election this fall.
Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., speaks to supporters at the opening of her campaign field office Friday, May 18, 2018, in Ferguson, Mo. Less than six months before Election Day, McCaskill's standing with Missouri's African-American community is in question.
A former coal mine executive who lost West Virginia's Republican Senate primary said Monday he'll run as a third-party candidate, even if the state says he can't. Earlier this month, Blankenship lost the state's GOP primary for the seat.
Regulators in the US and Canada have been investigating over 70 cryptocurrency-related companies for fraud and shady marketing practices. The crackdown, dubbed "Operation Cryptosweep," has been going after initial coin offerings , mining services and trading platforms.
Independent U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont says health care and infrastructure will be the most important issues in his campaign for re-election. Sanders says he expects to spend a great deal of time in Vermont, but added he will campaign for progressives across the country as well.
On Sunday, a post was shared on the Oklahoma County Republicans' Facebook page seemingly comparing Democrats to Nazis. The original post was first shared by another page 'Direct to the People,' listing side-by-by comparisons of Nazis and Democrats.
HARRISBURG - With outsider candidates from the left and the right having success in last week's Pennsylvania primaries , some high-ranking legislative leaders are discussing opening the nomination races to independent, or nonaffiliated, voters. Senate President Pro Tempore Joe Scarnati Monday told a Press Club luncheon that he intends to introduce legislation that would open up the primary process.
LOS ANGELES - Barack and Michelle Obama will work both in front of and behind the camera in a multi-year production deal with Netflix. The unique pact was announced on Monday.
Four Senate Democrats asked Scott Pruitt on Monday for details about a new legal defense fund to help the Environmental Protection Agency administrator as he weathers a series of federal ethics investigations. Pruitt confirmed at a Senate hearing last week that people he did not identify have created the legal defense fund in his behalf, but he gave no specifics on its operation.
In this Oct. 22, 2015, file photo, then-Democratic presidential candidate, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, before the House Benghazi Committee. An upcoming Justice Department inspector general report is expected to criticize the FBI over a weeks-long delay in reviewing a newly discovered trove of Hillary Clinton emails in the days before the 2016 presidential election.
Four Senate Democrats asked Scott Pruitt on Monday for details about a new legal defense fund to help the Environmental Protection Agency administrator as he weathers a series of federal ethics investigations. Pruitt confirmed at a Senate hearing last week that people he did not identify have created the legal defense fund in his behalf, but he gave no specifics on its operation.
This is such a great way to squash white privilege. African Americans and others who think stupid white privilege is un-American are exercising their rights to "BBQ While Black" at the park beside Oakland's Lake Merritt.
On Sunday funeral services were held for 17-year-old Pakistani exchange student Sabika Sheikh, who had been attending Santa Fe High School since last August when she was killed Friday in a shooting.
The United States on Monday issued a steep list of demands to be included in a nuclear treaty with Iran to replace the deal scuttled by President Donald Trump and threatened "the strongest sanctions in history" if Iran doesn't change course. Drawing sharp contrasts with the 2015 deal, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said a stronger pact should require that Iran stop enrichment of uranium, which was allowed within strict limitations under the previous deal.