The world needs China and the United States to have a stable and cooperative relationship, Chinese President Xi Jinping told U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, just days before new uncertainty looms with Donald Trump taking office as president. Meeting on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Xi told Biden that he “positively appraised” his efforts to increase friendship and mutual understanding between the two countries, China’s Foreign Ministry said late on Tuesday.
Day: January 17, 2017
Newbury High School students eager to witness Donald Trump’s inauguration
Newbury High School senior Mak Sanders and several of his classmates witnessed the beginning of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign last year when they spent several days following presidential candidates in Iowa. Sanders and 16 other Newbury students arrived in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday to pick up their inauguration tickets and tour attractions such as the U.S. Capitol, Library of Congress and Smithsonian Institution museums.
Kansas lawmakers move quickly on new special elections rules
Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, right, confers with Bryan Caskey, left, his elections director, during a state Senate committee hearing on a bill that would rewrite the state’s rules for special congressional elections to give military personnel overseas more time to cast their ballots, in Topeka, Kan. The bill arose from President-elect Donald Trump’s nomination of U.S. Rep. Mike Pompeo, R-Kan., as Central Intelligence Agency director.
McCarthy Subpoenaed In Jackson Divorce Case
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NATO and Obsolescence: Donald Trump and the History of an Alliance
It should be a point of some delicious reflection for peace activists who have fought for decades against the nature of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation. It brought the US deep into West European affairs, turning European states into garrisons.
Obama Just Received ‘The Best’ Swag Of His Presidency
We don’t always talk about Barack Obama’s sense of style all that much , but when we do, it’s when it involves “the best swag” he’s gotten during his eight years as president. Or, at least, that’s how POTUS put it when the Chicago Cubs paid a visit to the White House yesterday and gifted him a treasure trove of personalized gear.
Rush Limbaugh: Who Cares if John Lewis, ‘Schlonged’…
The list has grown to 60 members or nearly one-third of the House Democrats are boycotting the Inauguration on Friday. Today Rush Limbaugh weighed in on the boycott.
‘Cops as Pigs’ Painting Removed by Architect of Capitol, Rep. Clay to Appeal
The controversial Congressional Art Competition winning student painting depicting police officers as pigs that hung in the U.S. Capitol complex for six months was removed over the Martin Luther King holiday weekend by the Architect of the Capitol for violating rules against controversial contemporary political themes. The painting’s patron, Rep. William Lacy Clay said he will appeal the removal.
Julian Assange Will Be Extradited To The United States
On Tuesday Barack Obama decided to commute the sentence of Chelsea Manning, a decision which has drawn lots of criticism. Since the announcement late Monday afternoon, numerous tweets have been sent out by WikiLeaks indicating that Assange will be extradited to the U.S. If Obama grants Manning clemency Assange will agree to US extradition despite clear unconstitutionality of DoJ case https://t.co/MZU30SlfGK Assange is confident of winning any fair trial in the US.
Trump meets with Supreme Court candidate
Judge William Pryor met with Trump in New York Saturday, a person familiar with the meeting said Tuesday. The person, who asked for anonymity because the details of the meeting are not public, provided no further information.
Against Trump or Against Capitalism?
The election of 2016 represents the true contemporary existence of capitalism. Clinton’s manipulation of the Democratic primaries, the “leaks” by the Republicans, the Russian “hacks” and the manipulations against minority voters in many States.
Oil ticks up on weaker dollar, U.S. production outlook caps gains
Jan 18 Crude oil futures edged higher on Wednesday with a weaker dollar underpinning the market, although gains were limited by expectations that U.S. producers would boost output. U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude oil futures were trading up 3 cents at $52.51 per barrel at 0058 GMT.
Hair stylist to Marla Maples: No free services in exchange for inauguration a exposurea
Tiffany Trump arrives at VH1’s Save The Music Foundation’s Hamptons Live Benefit on Saturday, August 8, 2015, in Sagaponack, NY. Actress Marla Maples is seen at the R Lounge where Hennessy V.S.O.P Privilege Celebrated Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Final Performance in “Hamilton” on Saturday, July 9, 2016, in New York.
Nation-Now 33 mins ago 7:22 p.m.DeVos outlines vision for U.S. Department of Education
Betsy DeVos, a Michigan advocate for school choice and vouchers and President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for education secretary, vowed Tuesday to protect any schools public, private or otherwise as long as they are working for students and parents and serving their needs. Facing Democrats who questioned DeVos’ support of school choice and what it may mean for public schools, DeVos said she supports “any great school” including public schools and those beyond what “the system thinks is best for kids to what moms and dads want, expect and deserve.”
Detyens Wins Medgar Evers Overhaul Contract
Detyens Shipyards Inc. said it was awarded a $13.6 million firm-fixed-price contract for a 60-calendar day shipyard availability for the regular overhaul and dry-docking of U.S. Navy’ Military Sealift Command cargo ship USNS Medgar Evers .
a I will not go forward quietlya
That’s a personal motto with which I have occasionally consoled myself since I was a teenager. It means that for as much as we naturally seek to avoid the unpleasant situation, to find a way over or around it, there are times in this life when the only option is to go through it, to endure the unendurable thing and pick up the pieces on the other side.
Oregon ocean tragedy underscores need for greater awareness
In this photo provided by the Oregon State Police taken Sunday, Jan. 15, 2017, OSP troopers on all-terrain vehicles search a beach about two miles north of Cape Blanco, Oregon, where a father and his young son were swept out to sea Sunday as they walked near the surf. In this photo provided by the Oregon State Police taken Sunday, Jan. 15, 2017, a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter searches a beach about two miles north of Cape Blanco, Oregon, where a father and his young son were swept out to sea Sunday as they walked near the surf.
Poll: Young Americans fear they will be worse off post-Trump
In this Nov. 8, 2016 file photo, a woman weeps as election results are reported during Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton’s election night rally in the Jacob Javits Center glass enclosed lobby in New York. As Donald Trump approaches his inauguration as president, young Americans have a deeply pessimistic view about his incoming administration, with young blacks, Latinos and Asian Americans particularly concerned about what’s to come in the next four years.
Obama commutes Chelsea Manninga s sentence and she will be released from prison in May
White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said Friday that there is temptation to compare the cases of Edward Snowden and Chelsea Manning because their crimes are “relatively similar.” Earnest pointed to the scale and aftermath of each of their crimes as the biggest differences that President Barack Obama will consider in the process of presidential clemency.
Legislative leadership offers early session outlines
Democratic State Representatives Kristine Lytton and Pat Sullivan join their Senate counterparts Sens. Sharon Nelson and Chrisitne Rolfes for a Jan. 17 press availability to discuss the status of early legislation in the 2017 Legislative Session in Olympia while Republican legislators Senators Curtis King and Mark Miloscia along with Rep. J.T. Wilcox and Rep. Shelly Short joined Senate Majority Leader Mark Schoesler for their party’s overview on education funding later on Tuesday. Thurston County Commissioners John Hutchings and Gary Edwards take their oaths of office during a ceremony at South Puget Sound Community College on Dec. 28, 2016.
Philip K. Dick’s Intellectual Vision for Living in a Fascist America
In Philip K. Dick’s 1962 alternative-history novel “The Man in the High Castle,” a single, terrifyingly plausible shift in history has produced a profoundly transformed world. In 1933, Franklin Delano Roosevelt is assassinated at a rally in Florida, setting off a chain of disastrous events: after Republicans take power and reverse the New Deal, the U.S. neither recovers from the Great Depression nor enters the Second World War.
DOJ: Deutsche Bank Agrees to Pay $7.2 Billion for Misleading Investors an hour ago
Deutsche Bank AG reached a final settlement with the U.S. Justice Department over its handling of mortgage-backed securities before 2008, resolving one of its biggest litigation risks. The bank agreed to pay $7.2 billion and admitted to misleading investors, according to the Justice Department.
Rob Schneider Lectured John Lewis On MLK, There Is No God
By now you’ve probably seen or heard about President Splash Mountain ‘s feud with civil rights leader and U.S. Representative, John Lewis. If you haven’t, I’ll get you right up to speed.
Betsy DeVos is pro-charter schools, but this charter school teacher is anti-DeVos
Donald Trump’s pick for Secretary of Education, Betsy DeVos, is a long-time Republican donor. DeVos is an advocate of charter schools, school voucher programs, and tax credits for businesses that give private scholarships.
The 5 craziest hours in the White House
The most frenzied American ritual you’ve never seen is called the “transfer of families,” a five-hour tsunami of activity that transforms President Obama’s home into President Trump’s. “I call it organized chaos,” said Gary Walters, who choreographed several transfers of families in his 21 years as the White House chief usher.
USDA calls for comment on organic check-off proposal as demand for organic outstrips supply
The US Department of Agriculture’s call today for public comment on the Organic Trade Association’s application to create an organic check-off program comes at a time when sales of organic products in the US are soaring but hampered by limited domestic supply. “The popularity of organic products has never been higher,” according to the trade association which estimates organic product sales reached $43.3 billion in 2015, “up a robust 11% from the previous year’s record level and far outstripping the overall food market’s growth rate of 3%.”
Former Gov. Jennifer Granholm named senior political commentator at CNN
Former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm is joining CNN as a senior political commentator, according to Adweek , a trade publication covering the media and advertising industry. Granholm, a Democrat, is one of nine political commentators and contributors added by the cable news network for 2017 as President-elect Donald Trump prepares to take office.
Obamacare more popular than ever before, poll finds, even as GOP plans to repeal it
A new poll suggests President Barack Obama’s besieged health care plan is more popular than it’s ever been, even as congressional Republicans and President-elect Donald Trump prepare to dismantle it. The poll finds 45 percent of respondents think that the Affordable Care Act is a good idea, the highest percentage since the NBC News/ Wall Street Journal poll began asking the question in April 2009.
These women shattered ceilings, here’s their message for you
American women have come far since the first women’s rights convention in 1848. The first female conductor, speaker of the house, astronaut to walk in space, chess grandmaster and others explain what it was like to break the glass ceiling in their field, and what is next for America’s women.
The Latest: White House acknowledges Obama can’t close Gitmo
White House press secretary Josh Earnest listens as President Barack Obama speaks at his final daily press briefing, Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2017, in the briefing room of the White House in Washington. White House press secretary Josh Earnest listens as President Barack Obama speaks at his final daily press briefing, Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2017, in the briefing room of the White House in Washington.
Foxx: Private dollars alone can’t solve transportation woes
In this Jan. 11, 2016 file photo, Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx speaks in Des Moines, Iowa. Stimulating private investment in infrastructure projects, as Donald Trump has proposed, can cover only a fraction of the costs of solving America’s transportation problems, Foxx warned as he prepares to leave office.
Butterfield, Adams say they won’t attend Trump’s inauguration
Democratic 1st District Congressman G.K. Butterfield and 12th District Congresswoman Alma Adams both used the social media platform to announce their decisions. “Considering Mr. Trump’s brand of division & insult, I believe it would be hurtful to my constituents for me to attend the inauguration,” Butterfield wrote.
‘Shattered’ to tell story of Clinton’s failed presidential bid
Hillary Rodham Clinton John Lewis betrays his own legacy with Trump comments ‘Shattered’ to tell story of Clinton’s failed presidential bid John Lewis has a point in questioning Trump’s legitimacy MORE ‘s failed bid for the White House on April 18 co-authored by The Hill’s White House correspondent Amie Parnes. “Shattered” is a follow-up to HRC, which offered an inside look at Clinton’s years as secretary of State.
The startling similarities between ‘Young Pope’ and Donald Trump
When “The Young Pope’s” Lenny Belardo, the pontiff played by Jude Law, steps to the window overlooking St. Peter’s Square to address his subjects, he’s shrouded by darkness and immediately uses a harsh tone – uncommon for the Bishop of Rome. This eerily resembles a Donald Trump public appearance .
CBO: 18 million more Americans would be uninsured under 2016 GOP repeal
Insurance premiums would soar and some 18 million Americans would lose health coverage if Republicans partially repeal President Barack Obama’s health care law without a replacement, Congress’ nonpartisan budget office estimated Tuesday. The Congressional Budget Office analyzed a GOP 2016 repeal measure, which Republicans have cited as a starting point for their 2017 drive to dismantle and replace Obama’s health overhaul.
Obama admin injects another $500M into global climate fund
The Obama administration has made a second $500 million payment into an international climate change adaptation fund, the State Department announced Tuesday. With the announcement, the Obama administration has now spent $1 billion on the Green Climate Fund despite broad GOP opposition to U.S. financing for the fund.
The Latest: Killer set to be executed appeals to high court
The Latest on the scheduled execution of a man convicted of killing a family of four in Virginia : A Virginia inmate scheduled to be put to death this week for the slayings of two young girls has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to halt his execution. Ricky Gray filed an emergency appeal with the high court on Tuesday.
Putin: Obama administration trying to undermine Trump
President Vladimir Putin took a parting shot at the Obama administration Tuesday, accusing it of trying to undermine Donald Trump’s legitimacy with fake allegations and “binding the president-elect hand and foot to prevent him from fulfilling his election promises.” In his first public remarks about an unsubstantiated dossier outlining unverified claims that Trump engaged in sexual activities with prostitutes at a Moscow hotel, Putin dismissed the material as “nonsense.”
Group Urges Trump to Counter Iran Deal
A bipartisan group of former top U.S. officials is calling on Donald Trump to establish a dialogue with Iranian exiles to counter the deal Obama made with Iran. In a three-page letter to the president-elect, the officials called on him to begin dealing with the Paris-based National Council of Resistance of Iran and its main component the Mujahedeen-e Khalq , which have been the premier voices of opposition to the Tehran regime since 1979.
Poll: Young Americans fear they will be worse off post-Trump
As Donald Trump approaches his inauguration, young Americans have a deeply pessimistic view about his incoming administration, with young blacks, Latinos and Asian Americans particularly concerned about what’s to come in the next four years. That’s according to a new GenForward poll of Americans aged 18 to 30, which found that the country’s young adults are more likely to expect they’ll be worse off at the end of Trump’s first term than better off.