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With irrefutable proof in hand that hackers have penetrated the U.S. electricity supply system, and the tragic situation in Puerto Rico reminding us that life without electricity is harsh - not only no lights, but no banks, ATMs, internet or communications, limited food and water supplies, hospitals unable to provide services - it is welcome news that the Department of Energy has established a new office dedicated to cyber and energy security, and emergency response.
So what's it going to be, America: a democratic republic, or Trumpistan? A nation governed by the rule of law, or an oversized kleptocracy, whose maximum leader uses the decayed shell of government to punish his political enemies and reward friends and family? In another way of putting it, the United States government increasingly resembles a professional wrestling spectacle - all scripted feuds and melodramatic revenge plots enacted by a cast of alternately sinister and clownish figures skirting the edge of self-parody. According to The Washington Post, President Trump has personally intervened with the postmaster general in a fruitless effort to double the rates Amazon.com pays the U.S. Postal Service to ship packages.
Many students and alumni stopped by the building to check on the progress and received tours from construction experts and faculty members. "We have two regulation size gymnasiums for the kids, state of the art science labs, all of our classrooms have extended learning areas on them so they can open doors and do extended learning in group sessions.
With few details about Gina Haspel's undercover career, debate over President Donald Trump's nominee to lead the CIA descended Wednesday into verbal spatting between those who praise her experience and others who want her disqualified because of her role in the spy agency's harsh interrogation of terror subjects after 9/11. Haspel faces a contentious hearing in the Senate intelligence committee next week ahead of what the White House admits will be a close confirmation vote in the full Senate.
Once upon a time, the word "socialist" wasn't considered a dirty word. In fact, in 1912 , roughly a million people , voted for a socialist for president.
President Donald Trump on Wednesday hired a veteran attorney who represented Bill Clinton during his impeachment process as the White House shifted to a more aggressive approach to a special counsel investigation that has reached a critical stage. The White House announced the hiring of lawyer Emmet Flood after disclosing the retirement of Ty Cobb, who for months has been the administration's point person dealing with special counsel Robert Mueller.
House Speaker Paul Ryan said Wednesday that a Democratic takeover of the House or Senate in November would lead to a stalemate in Congress while opening the way for partisan investigations of the Trump White House. If either the House or the Senate flips party control, "what you'll have is absolute gridlock," said Ryan, R-Wis.
The Latest on porn actress Stormy Daniels' claims that she had sex with President Donald Trump : The attorney for Stormy Daniels is calling for "serious consequences" for President Donald Trump after his new lawyer says the president reimbursed his personal "fixer" for a $130,000 payment to the porn actress. Michael Avenatti said Wednesday: "This is a stunning revelation.
Rudy Giuliani , the former New York City mayor who is now part of President Donald Trump 's legal team, confirmed one of the reasons James Comey was fired as director of the FBI last year. "He fired Comey because Comey would not, among other things, say that he wasn't a target of the investigation," Giuliani told Sean Hannity on Fox News on Wednesday night.
Three reproductive rights groups are suing the Trump administration over changes to the federal Title X program -changes that restrict comprehensive health services for women. Two separate lawsuits were filed against the Department of Health and Human Services: one by the American Civil Liberties Union and the National Family Planning & Reproductive Health Association, and another by Planned Parenthood affiliate groups in Wisconsin, Ohio and Utah.
Photo by Lori Comstock/New Jersey Herald - Officials from the Federal Aviation Administration greet officers with the New Jersey Park Police off Airport Road at the entrance of the former Jungle Habitat in West Milford. Officials were investigating a single-engine airplane crash that occurred after a takeoff from the nearby Greenwood Lake Airport.
The lobbyist whose wife rented a condo to Environmental Protection Agency head Scott Pruitt at $50 a night sought EPA committee posts for a lobbying client, according to a newly released EPA memo. J. Steven Hart's seeking those appointments from his wife's former tenant, Pruitt, shows "the extent to which the special interests providing him with gifts have sought specific favors from EPA in return," said Rep. Frank Pallone of New Jersey, the senior Democrat on the House Energy and Commerce Committee.
She might not be able to vote yet, but one Florida middle school student was more than willing to exercise her First Amendment rights when gave Rep. Matt Gaetz a one-fingered salute. Sixth-grader gives Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz the middle finger in viral photo She might not be able to vote yet, but one Florida middle school student was more than willing to exercise her First Amendment rights when gave Rep. Matt Gaetz a one-fingered salute.
Flames and smoke rise from an Air National Guard C-130 cargo plane after it crashed near Savannah, Ga., Wednesday, May 2, 2018. First responders seen through heat wave investigate the deadly crash of an Air National Guard C-130 cargo plane from Puerto Rico, near the intersection of state highway Georgia 21 and Crossgate Road in Savannah, Ga., Wednesday, May 2, 2018.
Contradicting President Trump, former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani said Wednesday that the president paid back his personal attorney Michael Cohen for $130,000 paid to porn star Stormy Daniels to keep quiet about an affair she claims to have had with Trump. Giuliani, who recently joined Trump'
A crew of nine Puerto Ricans were flying an Air National Guard C-130 into retirement in Arizona when it crashed onto a highway in Georgia on Wednesday, and authorities said there are no survivors. The plane crashed onto state highway 21 moments after taking off from the Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport, narrowly missing people on the ground and sending an orange and black fireball into the sky.
It's like the spinach in your colleague's teeth: You don't want to admit to yourself it's visible, because then you'd be compelled to address the issue. But it has to be done.
The Nobel Peace Prize should be awarded to President Donald Trump because of his work to ease nuclear tensions with North Korea, a group of Republican politicians have said. The Nobel Peace Prize should be awarded to President Donald Trump because of his work to ease nuclear tensions with North Korea, a group of Republican politicians have said.
With issues surrounding international trade now on the forefront of various countries' economic agendas, American proponents of free trade are finding themselves having to explain their viewpoints and defend the economic benefits of trade, including to a Republican White House. China is imposing tariffs on US fruits, nuts, pork and wine in retaliation for President Trump's steel tariffs.