Joel Embiid has been the NBA’s best story by far this season, both on and off the court. But as fans found out Thursday night, none of that mattered to coaches in the Eastern Conference, who denied the Sixers phenom a trip to this year’s All-Star game .
Day: January 27, 2017
DC’s March for Life to highlight gains by abortion opponents
Wade” U.S. Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion in Wa… . FILE – In this Friday, Jan. 22, 2016, file photo, people walk past Capitol Hill and the Supreme Court in Washington, during the March for Life 2016, the annual rally held on the anniversary of 1973 ‘Roe v.
Republicans divided over border wall as Trump era begins
Congressional Republicans leave their annual policy retreat divided over paying for President Donald Trump’s border wall, one of several thorny issues looming to trip them up as the GOP adjusts to full control of Washington.
In need of allies, Trump and Britain’s Theresa May to meet
British Prime Minister Theresa May steps off her plane upon her arrival at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Thursday, Jan. 26, 2017. May will meet President Donald Trump on Friday.
‘Fatal Vision’ doctor claims innocence in family’s slaying
A former Army surgeon who has always insisted he was wrongly convicted of slaughtering his pregnant wife and their two young daughters nearly 50 years ago won’t give up, even if his latest appeal fails to clear his name, his lawyer says. Jeffrey MacDonald is “going to keep fighting and will continue to maintain his innocence until the end of his days,” Attorney Hart Miles said after a hearing at the 4th U.S. District Court of Appeals on Thursday.
DC’s March for Life to highlight gains by abortion opponents
For the first time in years, abortion opponents will have all the political momentum when they hold their annual rally Friday on the National Mall. The March for Life, held each year in Washington to mark the anniversary of the 1973 Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion, will have one of its biggest-name speakers in years: Vice President Mike Pence.
Mexico’s Richest Man Carlos Slim Just Called a Rare Press Conference
Mexico’s Richest Man Carlos Slim Just Called a Rare Press Conference – Mexican mogul Carlos Slim, who was attacked by President Donald Trump during his election campaign but who later met with the U.S. leader in Florida, on Thursday called a press conference for Friday amid growing tensions between the two nations.
US Political Divide Seeps Into Football, Super Bowl
A New England Patriots fan holds a sign referring to Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, head coach Bill Belichick and President Donald Trump during the first half of the AFC championship NFL football game between the Patriots and the Pittsburgh Steelers in Foxborough, Mass., Jan. 22, 2017. Not even the grandest of American sports spectacles is immune to the nation’s deep political divisions.
In the news
U.S. Rep. Lamar Smith, R-Texas, chairman of the House science panel, said in a speech on the House floor that it is better to get news directly from President Donald Trump than from the news media.
Trump’s choice for labor secretary outsourced jobs
President Donald Trump ‘s pick for labor secretary outsourced his fast-food company’s technology department to the Philippines, a move that contradicts Trump’s vow to keep American jobs in the U.S. Trump has blasted, threatened and tried to charm American companies that have so much as contemplated moving jobs overseas, saying he’s sticking up for American workers who aren’t feeling the economic recovery and form his political base. But a filing with the Labor Department on CEO Andrew Puzder’s company – and a spokesman’s acknowledgement that CKE continues to use the IT operation in the Philippines – provides a window into a key contradiction raised by the nomination.
How Mary Tyler Moore Hurt America for Generations
Is it just me . . . or are you tired of hearing about Saint Mary Tyler Moore? What did she do that was so great or important for America? Nothing.
Political football: For some, Super Bowl reflects US divide
Patriots fans have spent nearly two full seasons being reminded of the close friendship between President Donald Trump and their team’s three top figures – owner Robert Kraft, star quarterback Tom Brady and coach Bill Belichick. As the Super Bowl approaches, that has put the typically united Patriots Nation at odds over how hard to celebrate a team chasing its fifth Super Bowl win under Brady and Belichick.
Questions abound after Trump says tax will pay for wall
” President Donald Trump is promising Mexico will pay for his massive border wall. On Thursday, his administration finally suggested how: a 20 percent tax on products imported from south of the border.
Bloomberg View: Markets don’t care about alternative facts
The new White House got into a petty argument during its first week in office over the smaller crowd at President Donald Trump’s inauguration versis Barack Obama’s eight years ago. “We have alternative facts,” said Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway.
GOP leaders: Bill to build wall will cost up to $15 billion
Congress will move legislation this year providing up to $15 billion to build a wall along the Mexican boundary, Republican leaders said Thursday. But they would not say how they’d prevent the massive project from worsening federal deficits, and were meeting resistance from GOP lawmakers.
Editorial: Fighting back
One in three Canadian women over the age of 16 will be the victim of sexual assault in their lifetimes. Many cases are never reported to the police or even other family members.
Donald Trump and Theresa May: Another ‘special relationship’?
The close relationship between US and British leaders dates back to Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt, but how the long-standing “special relationship” will fare under US President Donald Trump’s isolationist administration and UK Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit Britain is still in question. May will be the first foreign leader to meet with President Trump on Friday.
In need of allies, Trump and Britaina s Theresa May to meet
President Donald Trump is set to meet his first world leader since taking office – British Prime Minister Theresa May, a friendly ally who hopes to nudge the populist president toward the political mainstream. The visit Friday comes a day after Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto called off his own trip to Washington, planned for next week, amid wrangling over who will pay for Trump’s planned wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.
Trump’s visit to Britain could happen around June: London police chief
U.S. President Donald Trump’s state visit to the United Kingdom could happen around June, the outgoing chief of London’s Metropolitan Police said on Thursday. Speaking on an LBC radio show, police chief Bernard Hogan-Howe said: “I think President Trump is coming around June.”
The Simplest Path to Repealing and Replacing Obamacare
As 2016 came to a close, Republican congressional leaders believed they had a basic idea of how they were going to repeal and replace Obamacare. But in the new year, this sense of a broad consensus has collapsed.
Pearl Harbor Navy salvage diver dies at 103
Ken Hartle, who as a Navy diver during World War II had the grim task of retrieving bodies from ships sunk by the Japanese at Pearl Harbor, has died Ken Hartle, who as a Navy diver during World War II had the grim task of retrieving bodies from ships sunk by the Japanese at Pearl Harbor, has died The March for Life has become a familiar ritual in Washington after more than four decades, but this year, abortion opponents have political momentum on their side The March for Life has become a familiar ritual in Washington after more than four decades, but this year, abortion opponents have political momentum on their side Far from the cacophony enveloping Washington in Trump’s first week in office, the Iowa voters who helped him capture the state and the presidency last November give the president high marks for reversing eight… Far from the cacophony enveloping Washington in Trump’s first … (more)