President Donald Trump on Tuesday condemned recent threats against Jewish community centres in the U.S. as “painful reminders” of lingering prejudice and evil, his first full-throated comments on the rise of anti-Semitic venom after pressure for him to speak out forcefully. With his somewhat delayed denunciation, Trump sought to reset his relationship with American Jews, which has been strained by a recent White House statement on the Holocaust, comments by some of his supporters and his own fractious exchange with a reporter for an Orthodox Jewish publication.
Day: February 22, 2017
Dakota Access pipeline: Deadline looms for protesters to leave camp
A deadline for protesters to leave a Dakota Access pipeline protest camp amid fears that an expected rise in water levels could pose a danger to demonstrators is set to pass Wednesday as a relatively small group of protesters vowed to defy the order. North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum last week ordered that demonstrators evacuate the Oceti Sakowin protest camp amid fears that quickly melting snow could cause flooding in southern Morton County.
Department of Homeland Security Releases Expanded Deportation Policies
The implementation guidelines also call for the hiring of an additional 10,000 Immigration Customs & Enforcement agents, 5,000 Customs and Border Protection agents, and 500 air and marine agents. Under these new rules, the will be expanded, which means ICE and CBP will recruit local police officers and sheriff’s deputies to act as de facto immigration agents to assist with deportations.
Trump, House Republicans Seek Delay In Healthcare Ruling – Because…
Republican legislators have long resisted the Affordable Care Act and fought for its repeal , but this week, the Trump Administration and House Republicans seemed to initiate a retreat. In May 2016, the party won a lawsuit blocking the Obama Administration from issuing “illegal” cost-sharing reduction payments to insurers .
Big banks rack up $6.4 billion in ATM and overdraft fees
If you’ve ever had to pay $3 to get your own money out of an ATM machine, you aren’t alone. America’s three biggest banks – JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America and Wells Fargo – earned more than $6.4 billion last year from ATM and overdraft fees, according to an analysis by CNNMoney that was verified by SNL Financial.
Ivanka Trump and daughter go to the Supreme Court
The first daughter is there as an invited guest as Justice Anthony Kennedy, whom she met at the inaugural lunch at the Capitol last month just after her father’s swearing-in ceremony. Supreme Court justices often host guests for arguments, and there is a gallery above the courtroom where visitors are able to observe the judicial branch in action.
Scientists Identify Chain Reaction That Shields Breast Cancer Stem Cells From Chemotherapy
Working with human breast cancer cells and mice, researchers at Johns Hopkins say they have identified a biochemical pathway that triggers the regrowth of breast cancer stem cells after chemotherapy. The regrowth of cancer stem cells is responsible for the drug resistance that develops in many breast tumors and the reason that for many patients, the benefits of chemo are short-lived.
6 ways to spread facts
The simple but frustrating truth is that facts alone are not enough to convince people. Even the most thorough, accurate piece of reporting might still be trumped by a poorly reasoned and false counterargument.
Day editor got it wrong on Republicans dealing on budget
To continue reading up to 10 premium articles, you must register , or sign up and take advantage of this exclusive offer: The Day’s editorial page editor allowed Republican lawmakers 11 days to come up with a $40 billion budget response to the tax and spending plan laid out by Gov. Malloy Feb. 8. It took the Malloy’s bureaucratic budget experts presumably all fall and into the winter to create a universally disliked proposal – most Democrats not living in Hartford, New Haven and Bridgeport don’t support it either – that shovels much of the state’s looming $3.6 billion deficit onto to towns and cities and builds in concessions from state employees.
Liberal activists warn partya s lawmakers: Primaries are coming
Frustrated by the party’s performance on Capitol Hill and emboldened by the mass protests against President Donald Trump, a coalition of progressive groups say they are open to supporting primary challengers next year against Democratic members of the House and Senate – even if many inside the party believe that intra-party races might ultimately only help the Republican Party gain more power. The organizations, many run by former members of Bernie Sanders’ insurgent presidential campaign, say they haven’t drafted a list of targets just yet.
Two-thirds of Americans stressed about the nation’s future, study…
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Government ‘was obliged to pay A 1m to terrorist’
The disclosure that the government paid 1 million compensation for unfair detainment to a British suicide bomber who was operating for so-called Islamic State seems scandalous. But a senior lawyer with a close knowledge of the case says the then Justice Secretary, Ken Clarke, would have felt he had no choice – in that failure to make the out-of-court settlement with Jamal al-Harith would have resulted in highly sensitive security information being disclosed in a court case.
Watch Harrison Ford’s Close Call At California Airport
Orange County’s John Wayne Airport has released video of Harrison Ford’s close call with a jet Monday. Seen from a variety of angles, the video show’s Ford’s yellow Aviat Husky private plane coming in for a landing uncomfortable close to a taxiing American Airlines jet.
U.S. Gave Hundreds of Millions in Financing to Supplier of Mines Accused of Slave Labor
Over the past decade, the U.S. supplied an industrial chain said to involve slave labor, human rights violations and environmental destruction in Africa with $315 million in taxpayer-supported credit . Between 2007 and 2015, the US Export-Import Bank provided 48 insurance policies to the New Jersey-headquartered Connell Company to pursue deals with at least 17 mining companies in seven sub-Saharan countries.
Fundraiser starts for urban farm resource center in Detroit
State economic development officials and a nonprofit urban farming group have launched a crowdfunded campaign to turn a vacant Detroit building into a community resource center. The campaign to raise $50,000 was launched Tuesday by the Michigan Economic Development Corp. and Michigan Urban Farming Initiative.
Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown likely to trigger lawsuits
In this Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017, file photo, people wave U.S. flags during a naturalization ceremony at the Los Angeles Convention Center, in Los Angeles. Since Trump’s immigration enforcement order and travel ban, immigrants have been rushing to prepare applications to become Americans.
‘Don’t play with your friends’: Why Trump’s frequent golfing…
President Donald Trump has gotten plenty of guff from the media for playing six rounds of golf in his first month as president despite spending years berating Barack Obama for spending so much time on the links. NBC’s Bradd Jaffy on Sunday tweeted: Trump today made his 6th trip to the golf course in 30 days as president.
House Speaker Paul Ryan confirms McAllen visit
The Office of Speaker of the House Paul Ryan publicly confirmed his visit to McAllen for the first time Wednesday morning amid tight security. “The speaker will be visiting McAllen, Texas Wednesday to examine the challenges of securing our border and learn more about the issues facing border communities,” spokeswoman AshLee Strong said in a brief email.
Supreme Court orders new hearing for black Texas inmate
The Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered a new court hearing for a black Texas prison inmate who claims improper testimony about his race tainted his death sentence. The justices voted 6-2 in favor of inmate Duane Buck.
Trudeau: No, we won’t be stopping illegal border crossings. Why do you ask?
The other day we looked at a somewhat amusing story of people illegally crossing the border from the United States into Canada. The numbers remain only a tiny trickle compared to the flow of illegal aliens coming into the United States across our southern border, but the trend should still be worrying for Canadians.
Floating homes aren’t houseboats and a Maine town will vote on banning them
Edgecomb voters will soon decide whether to place a temporary ban on floating homes while the town develops regulations to govern them. On Feb. 14, the Edgecomb Board of Selectmen voted 2-1 to hold a special town meeting to consider the moratorium.
Democrats face fierce urgency of 2018
Near a nadir of political power, Democrats across the country say their comeback must begin with key races next year – and warn that failure to make big gains in state races in 2018 will doom them to another decade in the minority in Washington. More than three-dozen states will choose governors in the next two years, while voters pick state legislative candidates in thousands of districts across the country.
A ObamaCare fix hinges on Medicaid clash in Senate
The most divisive issue for Senate Republicans when it comes to repealing and replacing A ObamaCare is what to do with Medicaid. The Affordable Care Act gave states the option of accepting federal funds to expand Medicaid, the healthcare program for the poor and disabled.
Ellison holds edge in DNC race
As Democrats head to Atlanta this weekend to vote on their party’s next chair, the race to lead the Democratic National Committee chair is coming down to its two leading candidates. Rep. Keith Ellison has the edge over former Labor secretary Tom Perez in The Hill’s new survey of DNC members.
House Democrats hit GOP over town hall protests in Twitter ad campaign
House Democrats’ campaign arm is launching Twitter ads that will target House Republicans in nearly two dozen districts over the backlash they’re facing at town halls over ObamaCare. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee’s ads, which were provided first to The Hill, will be running in 23 GOP-held districts ahead of the 2018 midterm elections.
Will U.K Tidal Project Start Global Energy Revolution?
The proposed tidal lagoon would enclose Swansea Bay with a rock wall incorporating 16 turbines and generating 320MW of electricity. LONDON – Ambitious plans have been drawn up for a network of “tidal lagoons” around the UK coast that could provide up to a quarter of the country’s electricity – and there is potential to roll out the technology in many parts of the world.
Does this N.J. congressman have the political will to explore Trump-Russia link? | Editorial
It would seem obligatory – patriotic, even – for our elected officials to weigh in on the Trump Administration’s novel approach to foreign relations. But the one congressional representative from New Jersey in position to help illuminate the electorate and steer the country through the labyrinth ahead is curiously mute.
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President Donald Trump’s pick for national security adviser, Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster, hasn’t shied away from expressing strong public opinions on military and strategic issues.
How the Zulu coconut was saved from extinction
The Times-Picayune is marking the tricentennial of New Orleans with its ongoing 300 for 300 project, running through 2018 and highlighting the moments and people that connect and inspire us. Today, the series continues with the state’s 1987 “Coconut Bill,” which preserved a true Mardi Gras original.
Steve Price hints he’ll Quit I’m a Celebrity due to Keira
The moment Harrison Ford came TERRIFYINGLY close to an air disaster: New video shows his plane passing just feet over a 737 with 106 people aboard as he misses runway and lands on taxiway Freed to kill in a sanctuary city: Illegal immigrant gangster ‘robbed then murdered man at rail station’ weeks after being released in Denver despite request from ICE to keep him jailed for deportation Arrival ‘just sucked’, La La Land is ‘not memorable’ and Meryl Streep is ‘like a clown’: One Academy member reveals her votes Anne Frank Center director blames Trump and his ‘henchman’ Steve Bannon for the ‘cancer’ of anti-Semitism currently in America: ‘Our president is creating an incubator of hatred’ Was this woman about to be kidnapped? Terrified teen driver tells how she found a shirt wrapped around her windshield wiper in a dark parking lot as two cars idled nearby San Jose declares a state of … (more)
The Trump-Reagan parallels
The media laugh at any attempt to compare President Trump with former President Ronald Reagan, but there are many similarities, not the least of which are the withering attacks both men endured while running for and as president. The extraordinary assaults by media, celebrities and jealous politicians against Mr. Trump have been unending.
Nicole Scherzinger flashes bra at London’s Paper nightclub
The moment Harrison Ford came TERRIFYINGLY close to an air disaster: New video shows his plane passing just feet over a 737 with 106 people aboard as he misses runway and lands on taxiway Freed to kill in a sanctuary city: Illegal immigrant gangster ‘robbed then murdered man at rail station’ weeks after being released in Denver despite request from ICE to keep him jailed for deportation Arrival ‘just sucked’, La La Land is ‘not memorable’ and Meryl Streep is ‘like a clown’: One Academy member reveals her votes Anne Frank Center director blames Trump and his ‘henchman’ Steve Bannon for the ‘cancer’ of anti-Semitism currently in America: ‘Our president is creating an incubator of hatred’ Was this woman about to be kidnapped? Terrified teen driver tells how she found a shirt wrapped around her windshield wiper in a dark parking lot as two cars idled nearby San Jose declares a state of … (more)
Trump admin lays out new approach to illegal immigration
In this photo taken Feb. 7, 2017, released by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, an arrest is made during a targeted enforcement operation conducted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement aimed at immigration fugitives, re-entrants and at-large criminal aliens in Los Angeles. The Trump administration is wholesale rewriting the U.S. immigration enforcement priorities, broadly expanding the number of immigrants living in the U.S. illegally who are priorities for deportation, according to a pair of enforcement memos released Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017.
Coast Guard rescues Medford man clinging to overturned boat
A Medford man is recovering after he was found clinging to his overturned boat in Yarmouth and had to be rescued by the U.S. Coast Guard. Arthur Moscufo’s girlfriend alerted authorities late Monday that he had gone out to launch his boat on the Bass River that morning and hadn’t contacted her since.
U.S. appeals court upholds Maryland’s ban on assault rifles
A federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld Maryland’s ban on assault rifles, ruling gun owners are not protected under the U.S. Constitution to possess “weapons of war,” court documents showed. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit decided 10-4 that the Firearm Safety Act of 2013, a law in response to the massacre in Newtown, Connecticut, by a gunman with an assault rifle, does not violate the right to bear arms within the Second Amendment.
Showdown looms for protesters near site of Dakota Access pipeline
The Oceti Sakowin protest camp near the site of the Dakota Access pipeline in Cannon Ball, North Dakota, U.S. is pictured in this February 19, 2017 handout photo. Governor Doug Burgum and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers have set a Feb. 22 deadline for demonstrators to vacate and cleanup the camp.
Trump team sounding out tech firms ahead of delayed cyber order
The Trump administration has quietly consulted technology industry leaders ahead of issuing a delayed executive order on cybersecurity, even as executives have clashed with the White House over policies including the president’s efforts to limit entry to the U.S. President Donald Trump delayed the signing of a cybersecurity directive that had been planned for Jan. 31 just as legal challenges stalled his effort to ban travel to the U.S. by citizens of seven predominantly Muslim countries. While no new date has been set for signing the cyber order, executives attending a security conference in San Francisco this week said the administration has sought input to help smooth the rollout.
Ransomware emerging as medical device cybersecurity threat
Healthcare IT executives have had their hands full trying to protect health data from ransomware. But providers will see medical devices increasingly targeted by this kind of file-encrypting malware, according to a Department of Homeland Security official.
Sterling Heights to discuss lawsuit settlements
The City of Sterling Heights recently settled two federal lawsuits after they blocked the construction of a mosque. The city council has yet to release details of the settlements, but there is a press conference scheduled for later this morning, where we hope to learn if and how much the city may have to pay out for the suits.
Bathroom Bills Are Upending the Meetings Industry Across the U.S.
Visit Dallas President and CEO Phillip Jones speaks at a press conference organized by the Texas Welcomes All coalition, which was mobilized to oppose the state’s pending bathroom bill. Besides stripping away the fundamental rights of an already marginalized group, the stack of “Bathroom Bills” piling up in state legislatures around the country will only drive away meetings and conventions, and the valuable economic income they bring with them.