In this Nov. 20, 2016 file photo, President-elect Donald Trump talks to media as he stands with retired Marine Gen. John Kelly at the Trump National Golf Club Bedminster clubhouse in Bedminster, N.J. Kelly is likely to be pressed about plans to build a border wall and other steps to boost immigration security at a Senate confirmation hearing on Jan. 10, for President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for Homeland Security secretary.
Day: January 10, 2017
President Obama Speaks With National Geographic About Climate Change and the Environment
In a recent interview with National Geographic , President Barack Obama speaks with environment writer Craig Welch on the well-being of our Earth. Obama was on the atoll to tour Midway’s 1,100-acre Sand Island and view the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument.
Hanzo Launches Fortune 100’s “Best Kept Secret” for Web and…
Customers such as Twitter, LinkedIn, PayPal, Allianz, T Rowe Price, Ameriprise, United Healthcare, Coca-Cola, John Deere and the Department of Justice rely on The Hanzo Platform to ensure integrity of legally defensible content, collecting, preserving and analyzing content to prepare for multiple use cases within the Enterprise. Hanzo Preservea comes pre-built with the industry’s most common connectors to natively archive all website and social media content.
After Obamacare, what’s next?
Let’s try to get this straight. Donald Trump campaigned as the champion of lower-paid working people who deserve better than they have.
Bill to OK fish-farm bird kills revived
WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Rick Crawford introduced legislation Monday that would allow aquaculture producers to kill a migratory bird that feasts on Arkansas catfish.
Montana lawmakers to form panel to look at Obamacare repeal
In this March 23, 2010, file photo, President Barack Obama signs the health care bill in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Montana Republican legislators are forming a panel of lawmakers and industry leaders to try to come up with a replacement for the Affordable Care Act in the state.
American Association for Access, Equity and Diversity Urges Senate to …
After a review of the voting record of Senator Sessions, in addition to his many statements and actions as reported by the press and recounted by civil rights and government leaders, we cannot in good conscience remain silent. The American Association for Access, Equity and Diversity urges the United States Senate Judiciary Committee to reject the nomination of Senator Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III for the position of Attorney General of the United States.
Moby says he was asked to DJ at Donald Trumpa s inaugural ball
An avid Hillary Clinton supporter, the electro producer called the President-elect “an actual sociopath” during his election campaign. He also released a pair of satirical anti-Donald Trump songs called ‘Trump Is On Your Side’ and ‘Little Failure’.
Quicken Loans founder accuses DOJ of shakedown
Quicken Loans founder Dan Gilbert, whose company has refused to settle a lawsuit with the Department of Justice, said he’s looking forward to new leadership under President-elect Donald Trump. The Justice Department sued Quicken in 2015 following a three-year investigation, claiming the Detroit-based company approved hundreds of mortgages backed by the Federal Housing Administration that didn’t meet federal guidelines.
Palestinians await Israeli outpost’s evacuation
Once planted with tomatoes, cucumbers and okra, the wind-swept hilltop now hosts the white trailer homes of an Israeli settlement outpost that took root more than 20 years ago. Now, Abdel-Kareem and other Palestinian landowners are set to reclaim the property they watched stripped from them, hoping to finally put to rest a bitter, years-long legal saga on Feb. 8 – the latest court-ordered deadline for the evacuation of the Amona outpost.
Natalie Portman: Actresses too often treated as ‘objects of desire’
The star, who campaigned for Hillary Clinton in the run-up to the US presidential election, said there is still a lack of decent female parts in Hollywood – and suggested that society has a problem with female leaders. Natalie, 35, told Radio Times: “We are so often put in roles as objects of desire, with a male view, as opposed to subjects of desire with complex weaknesses, and moments of strength and focus – and you can be all of those things.”
GOP senator cites ‘civilization-warping crisis of public trust,’…
Republican Sen. Ben Sasse of Nebraska demanded in a statement on Saturday that President Donald Trump further explain his allegations that former President Barack Obama wiretapped Trump Tower during the election campaign. “The President today made some very serious allegations, and the informed citizens that a republic requires deserve more information,” Sasse said.
Emotional Senate Hearing Finds Backpage.com Complicit in Underage Sex …
“Those children were sold, and they simply tried to sanitize it. That, ladies and gentlemen, is the definition of evil”, said Sen. Claire McCaskill, glaring at the five company executives sitting in front of her.
Trump’s student debt plan offers hope
Despite decrying universities as echo chambers, President-elect Donald Trump has retreated to his own self-reinforcing machine: his Twitter account. Tweeting on a daily basis, in the midst of criticism coming from across the spectrum and the world, Trump can immerse himself in social media, where thousands of likes and retweets comfort him but only perpetuate confirmation bias.
Tuesday newspaper round-up: Retail sales, Tesco, Whitbread
UK retail sales continued to grow at the end of last year as Britons made a late dash for Christmas gifts and festive foods, according to industry figures that add to signs the economy ended 2016 on a strong note. The British Retail Consortium pointed to challenges ahead from rising costs and political uncertainty but said its members went into the new year having enjoyed solid sales growth over the crucial Christmas period.
Continue reading As President Obama Departs, We Owe Him Our Thanks a ‘
The final days of the Obama presidency are upon us. His popularity is rising with the economy, and with the increasingly stark contrasts to his successor.
GOP leaders vow to plow ahead with Obamacare repeal
A lead Republican in the fight to repeal Obamacare said Monday night that he wanted to work in a step by step manner to repeal Obamcare once a replacement was “available to the American people ” – Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN) is the chairman of the Senate’s HELP Committee and has been a leading voice