‘Dreamers’ get free legal assistance
Young undocumented immigrants or 'Dreamers' meet with immigrant rights advocates and pro-bono lawyers in West Palm Beach Sunday for free legal assistance. The event took place at Forest Hill High School.
Category Archives: US News
President Trump on deadly Las Vegas…
U.S. President Donald Trump makes a statement on the Las Vegas mass shooting at the Diplomatic Room of the White House October 2, 2017 in Washington, DC. President Trump called the Las Vegas attack "an act of pure evil" and called for national unity in the wake of the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history.
Tax Law Alert: “Big Six” Release Tax Reform Framework Supported by President Trump
After months of speculation a group of Republican leaders referred to as the "Big Six" this week released a nine-page summary of tax reform objectives titled the "Unified Framework for Fixing Our Broken Tax Code." The framework includes broad descriptions of objectives and does not contain detailed or specific proposals.
Rauner signed away his re-election with abortion bill
Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner sold out conservatives in this state on September 28 when he signed the controversial HB 40, which guarantees that abortion will remain available and legal in the state of Illinois.
Royal Navy to investigate – inappropriate relationship’ on board nuclear submarine
The Daily Mirror reported that the Ministry of Defence was probing an "inappropriate relationship" between crew members and that the captain of the vessel, who has not been named, had been relieved of his duties pending the outcome. The MoD refused to confirm the nature of the inquiry but said in a statement: "We can confirm the Royal Navy is undertaking an investigation.
Hammond Makes Corbyn the Bogeyman in Speech Thin on Brexit
U.K. Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond would usually use his keynote speech at the Conservative Party conference to set out new economic policies ahead of the Autumn Budget. This time there was hardly any of that, or of Brexit.
American Intellectual Property Law Association 2017 Annual Meeting to Draw Thousands
Intellectual Property practitioners from across the world will join together with their peers in the creative and legal communities at the American Intellectual Property Law Association's 2017 Annual Meeting. AIPLA's Annual Meeting, which gathers thought-leaders from all areas of patent, trademark, copyright, and trade secret law, expects hundreds of attendees to descend upon Washington, DC this fall.
Trump, US leaders react to Las Vegas shooting
The gunman in the mass shooting on the Las Vegas Strip on October 2, 2017, has been identified as 64-year-old Stephen Paddock, Las Vegas Sheriff Joseph Lombardo said Monday morning. WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump has been briefed on the shooting in Las Vegas, which has left at least 50 dead and 200 injured, White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said in a statement Monday morning.
Lawmakers react to Las Vegas attack, deadliest mass shooting in history
President Trump and other members of the administration offered support and condolences to those in Las Vegas after the deadliest mass shooting in history devastated the city on Sunday night. "My warmest condolences and sympathies to the victims and families of the terrible Las Vegas shooting.
Memo to President Trump: Support the Cuban doctors in Brazil
We call on President Trump to issue a statement of support for Cuban doctors fighting the corrupt system of sending medical personnel to other countries. In a rare act of collective defiance, scores of Cuban doctors working overseas to make money for their families and their country are suing to break ranks with the Cuban government, demanding to be released from what one judge called a "form of slave labor."
At least 40 Ladies in White arrested in Cuba in another Sunday of violent repression
The latest count has 40 Ladies in White violently arrested by Cuban State Security, including the leader of the group, Berta Soler. As usual, the arrests were followed up by "acts of repudiation" where the government assembles a mob that surrounds the homes of dissidents, throw rocks and other objects at them, and yell obscenities.
Latest Scandal Too Much For HHS Secretary Tom Price. He’s Out.
Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price resigned Friday, amid controversy over his use of private jets for official and personal business. He promised a day earlier to pay back some of the $400,000 spent on those flights, but the offer came too late for the Trump White House.
Congress Reacts to Las Vegas Mass Shootings
People scramble for shelter at the Route 91 Harvest country music festival after a gunman opened fire, leaving at least 50 people dead and more than 2oo wounded. A gunman opened fire on concert-goers on the Las Vegas Strip late Sunday night, killing at least 50 people and leaving at least 200 others injured, officials said.
AMC Entertainment sells $18.2 million worth of National CineMedia shares
The sale, which the theater operator said is consistent with plans to identify $400 million in assets to be monetized, fulfills AMC's obligation to the U.S. Department of Justice to reduce its ownership stake in National CineMedia as part of its acquisition of Carmike Cinemas last December. "Similar to last week's transaction, this sale will allow us to further enhance our liquidity position, strengthen our balance sheet through deleveraging and execute on our strategic capital allocation plans of buying back AMC shares all the while investing in our future growth through the renovation of our theaters," AMC Chief Executive Adam Aron said in a statement.
Trump to point out efforts to undo Obama regulations
President Donald Trump has set out to upend some of President Barack Obama's regulations, which he says circumvented Congress in the first place and cost American businesses and the economy billions of dollars. Without any major legislative accomplishments to point to despite the advantage of a Republican-controlled Congress, Trump on Monday is giving a speech highlighting his own directives to agencies, which have been ordered to cut two regulations for every new one imposed.
First Monday in October: New Supreme Court term begins
The nine justices are taking up several high-profile, difficult cases. This follows a term in which they were mostly shorthanded after Justice Antonin Scalia's death, and avoided controversial issues.
Card: President Trump Has a Steep Learning Curve
Buffalo, NY In town to address the Amherst Republican Dinner last week, former White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card visited the WBEN studios and spoke with Tom Puckett on the Trump White House. Card says discipline is improving, but the president tweets too much.
CALmatters Commentary: Maybe California has a couple of reasons to be paranoid
Nevertheless, two events last week bolster the notion that California is being targeted by the Trump administration, a Republican Congress and even the conservative-dominated U.S. Supreme Court. The first was a rollout of a Republican plan, backed by the White House, to overhaul the federal tax system.
Trump advisers say tax cut proposal wona t favor rich
President Donald Trump's top advisers say his proposed tax plan would not cut taxes disproportionately for the rich - despite an early non-partisan analysis that says it will. The White House and congressional Republicans released the broad strokes of a plan last week that would dramatically cut corporate tax rates from 35 percent to 20 percent, reduce the number of personal income tax brackets and boost the standard deduction.
Cold War radiation testing in US widespread, author claims
Three members of Congress are demanding answers after a St Louis scholar's new book revealed details of how the US government sprayed, injected and fed radiation and other dangerous materials to countless people in secret Cold War-era testing. Louis who wrote "Behind the Fog: How the US Cold War Radiological Weapons Program Exposed Innocent Americans," acknowledged that tracing diseases like cancer to specific causes is difficult.