Day: February 20, 2017

Departing election commissioner Ravel urges Trump to change system

A Democratic member of the U.S. Federal Election Commission said she will resign and called on President Donald Trump to fix a system that has allowed unaccountable money to flow into politics “from a tiny, highly unrepresentative segment of the population.” Ann Ravel said she’ll step down March 1 from a term that would otherwise have run through April 30. Her exit means that Trump can select her replacement, allowing him to influence how election laws are enforced for several years.

‘Poisoned’ Russian opposition activist leaves hospital for treatment abroad

A well-known Russian opposition activist who was left in a critical condition this month after an apparent poisoning has now left Russia for treatment abroad, his lawyer said. The case of Vladimir Kara-Murza attracted international attention and condemnation on Capitol Hill earlier this month when he was rushed to the hospital – poisoned, his doctors said, with an unknown substance.

Canadian police intercept 22 people on U.S.-Manitoba border overnight

The small town of Emerson has become a hotspot for asylum seekers seeking refuge in Canada since the election of President Trump, who made reducing illegal immigration and decreasing the number of refugees entering the U.S. a central part of his platform. The border town of 671 has been galvanized to help asylum seekers, as the issue has brought an influx of media attention from across the globe, according to the CBC .

Earth will survive, but probably not humanity

To continue reading up to 10 premium articles, you must register , or sign up and take advantage of this exclusive offer: I felt a need to respond to the letter, “ Spaceship Earth endangered, not that Trump cares ,” . First to drag in a man who has been president for 15 days simply means the letter isn’t about climate change, but about another disappointed Hillary Clinton supporter.

White House confirms adviser reassigned after disagreeing with Trump

A senior National Security Council adviser was reassigned to his old job at the National Defense University, a White House spokeswoman confirmed Sunday, after he criticized the Trump administration’s Latin American policies. Craig Deare was removed from his role as a senior adviser at the National Security Council’s Western Hemisphere division Friday and “sent back to his original position,” said Sarah Sanders, a White House spokeswoman.

AARP seeks to protect Medicare

AARP has launched a campaign to protect Medicare in the face of proposals by some in Congress that would hurt West Virginians who have paid into the program their entire working lives, AARP officials said in a news release. Congressional proposals to change Medicare into a voucher system would dramatically increase health care costs and risks for current and future retirees, AARP said.

Donald Trump changing nature of nation’s highest office

It’s a Presidents Day like no other as Donald Trump – having redefined campaigning as a brash, tweeting populist – redefines the Oval Office and its relationship to the media, trade partners and foreign governments. But politicos say it’s an open question whether this approach will end when Trump’s term does, or if he is fundamentally transforming the White House, and the march to it, for future candidates and presidents.

How to build an autocracy? Obama showed us how

An Atlantic magazine article by Washington journalist David Frum frets about a coming autocracy engineered by President Donald Trump, and the amazing thing is that the author did not notice the past eight years. It’s as if Noah’s Ark had finally landed and the understood message was that a flood was only now on its way.

Celeste Barber creates Emily Ratajkowski dog walk picture

‘I am coping’: Emotional Angelina Jolie speaks for the first time about ‘difficult’ split from Brad and insists ‘we’ll always be a family’ I did NOT make up a terror attack in Sweden! Trump cites Fox News report as he hits back in feud with Scandinavian nation and insists he was talking about immigration ‘Take it seriously’: White House chief of staff says Trump wasn’t kidding when he called the press ‘the enemy of the American people’ It’s open season on illegal immigrants: Trump declares that ANYONE in the US illegally can be deported, regardless of whether they’ve committed a crime Does Trump have ‘cabin fever’? Report claims the President is complaining that living cooped up in the White House is giving him headaches NFL star Greg Olsen’s bad-boy college quarterback brother is charged with rape after years of being kicked off teams for DUI, drugs and breaking team rules Mother who … (more)