Department of Injustice
After foraging through the dumpster of discarded ideas, the Trump administration has dragged out another fetid reject as part of its campaign to roll back modernity, common sense and the will of the people.
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Vivek Lall joins Lockheed-Martin
Washington, Jan 6 : Distinguished aerospace expert Vivek Lall has joined Lockheed- Martin to look after the companys combat jet programme, specifically the newer generation F-16 Block 70 that the company has offered for production to India. Lall took over his new assignment as Vice President, Strategy and Business Development, on on January 2 at the company's aircraft production facility at Fort Worth, where the F-16 Falcon, F-35 Lightning II and other combat and transport aircraft like the F-22 Raptor and C-130J Super Hercules are made.
Republican senators want ex-British spy probed
Washington, Jan 6 : Two Republican senators have called for the investigation of Christopher Steele, the former British intelligence officer who compiled a dossier on alleged collusion between US President Donald Trump's election campaign and Russia. In a letter to the Justice Department on Friday, Charles Grassley and Lindsey Graham claimed there was reason to believe that Steele had misled US authorities over his contacts with journalists and called for him to be investigated, reports the Guardian.
California Cannabis Rush May Not Bring A Fortune For Stock Investors
The California Gold Rush of 1848 brought fame and fortune to a select few and trouble for many. Recreational cannabis may do the same.
Luck of the draw helps GOP in Virginia
Virginia Republicans cheered Thursday when their candidate won a state House of Delegates race by luck of the draw, having his name chosen first out of ceramic bowl. But inside a conference room in Richmond's Capitol Square, where the drawing was held, it was all agony of defeat and no joy of victory.
A Tale of Two Americas: Where the Rich Get Richer and the Poor Go to Jail
It is said that no one truly knows a nation until one has been inside its jails. A nation should not be judged by how it treats its highest citizens, but its lowest ones.
Trump border plan could prompt gov’t shutdown, Democrat Durbin warns
Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., the Senate Democratic whip, smiles as he heads for a weekly policy luncheon on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2017. President Donald Trump's proposed border security measures are undermining bipartisan negotiations on Capitol Hill -- and could potentially lead to a government shutdown, a top Senate Democrat said Friday.
U.S. Navy locates crashed plane deep on Pacific seabed
TOKYO The U.S. Navy has located a transport aircraft deep on the Pacific Ocean floor where it crashed in November, killing three sailors on board.
Commentary: Wolff’s ‘Fire and Fury’ finally splits Bannon, Trump
With all the news about Stephen K. Bannon unloading in Michael Wolff's upcoming book, "Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House," I am again reminded of the remarkable similarities between Bannon and Nick Nolte's character, Four Leaf Tayback, in the film "Tropic Thunder." Tayback looks like a grizzled, seasoned veteran, but really, he was just a fraud and a kook.
What House wants $18 billion to pay for wall over the next decade
The White House says that they will ask Congress for $18 billion over the next decade to build more than 300 miles of a new border wall along the US-Mexican border. The figures are the first hard numbers suggested by the White House and came in response to congressional negotiators who are trying reach and agreement with Democrats to fund the government after January 19. Trump has promised "a big, beautiful wall" with Mexico as a centerpiece of his presidency but offered few details of where it would be built, when and at what cost.
Task force to tackle housing crisis
Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton recently announced the establishment of a Governor's Task Force on Housing. Dayton called housing a for Minnesota families, and said wages for lower- and middle-income people have remained stagnant while rental rates have gone up.
Paycheck may be going up soon because of tax cuts
Millions of working Americans should start seeing fatter paychecks as early as next month, Republican leaders say, as a result of the recently passed tax law. But the precise timing hasn't been fixed yet.
Tillerson backs Trump as book casts mental health doubts
Washington, Washington's chief diplomat Rex Tillerson found himself obliged to defend President Donald Trump's fitness for office Friday after a bombshell new book called into doubt his mental health. In an extraordinary portion of a television interview on foreign policy challenges, Tillerson was asked about claims that Trump has a short attention span, regularly repeats himself and refuses to read briefing notes.
U.S. agency starts review for Alaska mine project opposed by environmentalists
U.S. regulators formally launched a review process on Friday that could produce a permit a Canadian mining group needs to build the Pebble Mine copper and gold project in southwest Alaska, which is opposed by environmentalists. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the federal agency that regulates the development and dredging of wetlands, has published the completed permit application from the Pebble Limited Partnership on its website.
Medical marijuana seen at risk following move by Sessions
When U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions green-lighted federal prosecutions of marijuana lawbreakers, the vast majority of U.S. states that allow some form of medical marijuana were unexpectedly placed at risk of a crackdown and are warily watching developments. Forty-six states - including Sessions' home state of Alabama - have legalized some form of medical marijuana in recent years, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.
Humans Can Fly in This Drone-Like Electric Hybrid ‘Octocopter’
The company that partnered with UPS to create a package-delivering drone is ready to fly its new passenger aerial vehicle. The SureFly, a two-seater electric hybrid helicopter , has received approval from the FAA to take a test flight at CES in Las Vegas on Jan. 8. Designed by Ohio-based commercial transportation solutions company Workhorse Group, the SureFly is designed to be safer, easier to fly and more affordable than a typical chopper.
Carr: Treasurer’s attitude was right on the money
He was the state treasurer for 27 years, and in the 27 years since he left office, there have been five state treasurers, mostly because they all had big egos, and they wanted something more, because they didn't know how good they had it, thanks mainly to Robert Quentin Crane. They were lucky, in other words, but they didn't appreciate it.
Immigrant cleared of San Francisco killing faces US charges
In this July 7, 2015 file photo, Jose Ines Garcia Zarate, right, is led into the courtroom by San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi, left, and Assistant District Attorney Diana Garciaor, center, for his arraignment at the Hall of Justice in San Francisco. Garcia Zarate, a homeless undocumented immigrant acquitted of killing Kate Steinle on a San Francisco pier ,is scheduled to be sentenced on a lesser gun charge Friday, Jan. 5, 2018.
Bannon Ouster Imminent?
One of the things I miss is how he would tell me ahead of time about big stories that he was about to break. He would tell me about something like, say, the Anthony Weiner story, or a big ACORN expose, the day before it broke.
Immigration advocates: DACA deal likely to give Trump his wall
Top immigrants' rights advocates advising Democrats on Capitol Hill say any deal to protect Dreamers this month will have to allow President Donald Trump to take credit for a border wall.