Melania Trump to UN: ‘Come together’ for good of children
U.S. First lady Melania Trump addresses a luncheon at the U.S. Mission to the United Nations in New York Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2017.
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Same-Sex Couples Are Being Turned Away From Becoming Foster and…
Allowing state-contracted agencies to screen out prospective families based on religious criteria not only harms the children most in need, it is also unconstitutional. Like many other states, Michigan outsources child welfare services to private agencies.
U.S. Congress must work with president on tax reform
Americans deserve a tax structure that is both simple and fair. The brunt of the burden shouldn't sit on the middle class, especially not here in West Virginia where our citizens work hard every day to make ends meet.
Border agents engage in troubling pattern of intimidation and abuse, deportees allege
A U.S. Border Patrol vehicle drives in front of a mural in Tecate, Mexico, just beyond a border barrier in Tecate, Calif., on Friday, Sept. 8, 2017.
GOP Senator says it doesn’t matter how bad the latest Obamacare …
Republican Senator Chuck Grassley thinks that Republicans have a "responsibility" to repeal the affordable care act, even if it leaves the country worse off. Speaking with reporters in his home state of Iowa, Grassley argued that the GOP had campaigned on repealing Obamacare so much that they were left with no choice but to carry out their promises.
Elon Musk was right: It’s ‘super obvious’ hydrogen…
Tesla CEO Elon Musk speaks at unveiling of the Model 3, March 31, 2016, in Hawthorne, CA. CREDIT: AP/Justin Pritchard Back in 2015, Tesla CEO Elon Musk explained why hydrogen fuel cell vehicles "are extremely silly" and why " hydrogen is an incredibly dumb " alternative fuel compared to electricity .
With CBO sidelined, key senator turns to Trump administration’s …
A key Republican senator, who is likely to decide the fate of her party's latest effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act and phase-out Medicaid , says she will rely on a Trump administration office with a history of producing cooked figures in order to determine whether to back the bill. Earlier this week, the Congressional Budget Office announced that, due to the rushed process Senate Republicans are using to try to pass the latest version of Trumpcare, it will not be able to fully evaluate the bill until after a vote is expected next week.
News Click: The Millennial Suburb
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Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., leaves meeting of Senate Republicans,…
A brew of political pressures is pumping fresh life into the last-gasp Republican drive to erase the Obama health care overhaul. Two months ago, the Senate rejected the GOP effort to scuttle President Barack Obama's 2010 statute.
New Haven-Inspired Pizza Coming To Surly Brewer’s Table Space
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Prospects for air traffic control privatization appear slim
In this March 16, 2017 photo, air traffic controllers work in the tower at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York. President Donald Trump has embraced airlines' decades-long goal of removing air traffic control operations from the government and putting industry in charge, making it a key part of his agenda to boost the nation's infrastructure through privatization.
Reported document requests by special counsel indicate Trump’s actions in office are under scrutiny
Special Counsel Robert Mueller is reportedly seeking documents that focus on President Donald Trump's actions in the White House. In a story based on anonymous sources, the New York Times lists several actions by the presdident that are of interest to the special counsel.
Prosecutors Say Menendez Knowingly Concealed Flights and Gifts
Prosecutors arguing the federal corruption trial of U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez said on Wednesday that the senator purposely failed to report flights taken on co-defendant Salomon Melgen's private jet in 2008 and 2010. As per U.S. law, senators are required to fill out annual disclosure forms detailing gifts valued at over $335.
“Free Democrat ad”: Right-wing media assail Jimmy Kimmel for…
Right-wing media figures attacked Jimmy Kimmel, host of ABC's Jimmy Kimmel Live!, after Kimmel sharply criticized Sen. Bill Cassidy as having "lied right to my face" about health care in May. Kimmel pointed out that the Affordable Care Act repeal package Cassidy is co-sponsoring does not protect all children with pre-existing conditions, even though Cassidy told Kimmel he would support only those bills that passed that test. Jimmy Kimmel calls out Sen. Cassidy for lying about health care bills: "This guy, Bill Cassidy, just lied right to my face."
House Republican Leadership Continues To Push Privatized ATC
With the September 30 deadline looming, leadership in the U.S. House of Representatives and the White House are stepping up their efforts to build support for the AIRR Act, which would remove Air Traffic Control from the auspices of the FAA and place it in the hands of a private, non-profit corporation. The arguments on both sides are pretty well known by now, and it would appear that any FAA reauthorization bill that contains the ATC spinoff is "dead on arrival" in the U.S. Senate.
White House Nominates Bruce Landsberg For A Term On The NTSB
The White House nominated aviation safety expert Bruce Landsberg to serve on the NTSB, citing his impressive track record on aircraft safety issues. Landsberg is the former president of the AOPA Air Safety Institute, and currently serves as the senior safety adviser for the organization.
Apparently It’s Now Sexist To Not Want Women To Be Shot And Killed
Some people think I'm sexist because I don't want my future supermodel of a wife to get shot and killed during a home invasion. I'm solidly on the record as being very pro-women, and I have consistently fought for the rights of hot women to do pretty much whatever they want.
North Carolina editorial roundup
The News & Observer of Raleigh on University of North Carolina Board of Governors criticizing school officials over the recent controversy about a Confederate memorial statue at the Chapel Hill campus: Now 15 members of the University of North Carolina Board of Governors have criticized in a letter UNC system President Margaret Spellings, Board of Governors Chair Lou Bissette and by implication UNC-Chapel Hill Chancellor Carol Folt over the recent controversy about the Silent Sam Confederate memorial statue on the Chapel Hill campus.
Former statewide candidate Coleman planning Congress run RALEIGH,…
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This Randy Bryce Ad Attacking Paul Ryan Is the Most Dishonest Commercial of the 2018 Cycle
Randy Bryce is a plain-spoken iron-worker running against Paul Ryan in Wisconsin's 1st District. Bryce's first campaign ad turned him into an instant-celebrity, complete with massive social shares, lots of donations, and a hipster nickname .