Day: February 26, 2017

John Thompson IIIa s Worst Week in Washington

Interpretation of the news based on evidence, including data, as well as anticipating how events might unfold based on past events On Wednesday night, the team lost on its home court to Depaul, the first time that had happened since 1991. Then on Saturday Georgetown headed to Madison Square Garden where they were beaten by the St. John’s Red Storm.

John McCain Fast Facts

Children: with Cindy McCain: Bridget, James, John and Meghan; with Carol McCain: Sidney, Andrew and Douglas Other Facts: Has been awarded the Silver Star, the Bronze Star, the Legion of Merit, a Purple Heart and the Distinguished Flying Cross. McCain’s father and grandfather were both four-star US Navy admirals.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg Fast Facts

December 12, 2000 – Ginsburg is one of the four dissenting votes in Bush V. Gore which resolves the disputed 2000 Presidential election in favor of Texas Governor George W. Bush. January 26, 2007 – In a speech at Suffolk Law School, she says she dislikes being the only woman on the Supreme Court.

Iowa Lawmakers Face Rage-Filled Recess

Iowa Lawmakers Face Rage-Filled Recess – So much for “Iowa Nice.” – Rowdy town hall forums are the new normal in the Hawkeye state. Contentious scenes of older, grey-haired Iowans lobbing hostile questions at Senators Chuck Grassley and Joni Ernst made national news this week.

Trump’s Cabinet has to work as a cleanup crew

Trump’s Cabinet has to work as a cleanup crew – After President Trump said that deporting undocumented immigrants was “a military operation,” Homeland Security Secretary John F. Kelly, speaking in Mexico, clarified that there would be “no use of military force in immigration operations.”

Court honors Cacioppo, Davis

Former Judge Mary Cacioppo and former Ward 3 Akron City Councilman Ed Davis were recognized Feb. 1 during a ceremony at Summit County Juvenile Court recently. Members from both families, friends and court staff gathered for a banner unveiling that highlighted their careers and accomplishments as part of the court’s observance of Black History and Women’s History months in February and March, respectively.

Liberal activists, new DNC chief face a Trump-era reckoning

When Tom Perez stepped to the stage as the newly elected Democratic national chairman, his first official act was to invite his vanquished rival to join him as deputy chairman. Minnesota Rep. Keith Ellison accepted on the spot and two men stood together, smiling like a national ticket at a presidential nominating convention.

TRI/Austin Presented Prestigious Tibbetts Award at the White House

Texas Research Institute Austin, Inc. has been recognized with the Tibbetts award through the participation in the Small Business Innovation Research program. Vice President of TRI/Austin, Dr. Michael Dingus and Director of Business Development, Vince Newton, accepted the award on January 9th, 2017 at the Eisenhower Building within the White House complex in Washington, D.C. The U.S. Small Business Administration ensures that the nation’s high-tech, innovative small businesses are a significant part of the federal government’s research and development efforts.

Trump decides to skip White House press dinner

U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Saturday that he would not attend the annual White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, a high-profile event that draws celebrities, politicians and journalists. “I will not be attending the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner this year.

Farming & Ranching for the Bottom Line

After focusing successfully on crop production for the past two years, the 2017 edition of “Farming and Ranching for the Bottom Line” will put more attention on beef cattle topics. The unique event, scheduled for February 28 at Bismarck State College, is a joint effort of the Area 4 Soil Conservation Districts, USDA’s ARS and NRCS, NDSU’s Extension Service and Agricultural Experiment Station, and BSC.

Don’t waste money on fees: Buffett

Investor Warren Buffett praised the country’s market system for its ability to allow Americans to continue building “mind-boggling amounts” of wealth. Photo / Supplied Billionaire Warren Buffett used his much anticipated annual letter to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders to reiterate his wariness of high Wall St fees and his positive outlook for the US economy.

Hillary’s America,’ – Batman v Superman’ top Razzies

Neither Batman nor Dinesh D’Souza could finagle their way out of a Razzie. The annual Golden Raspberry Awards bestowed a tying four “honors” to both D’Souza’s documentary “Hillary’s America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party” and the superhero blockbuster “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.”

[Jonathan Bernstein] Don’t ignore the dangers of a weak president

As the first month has passed of Donald Trump’s presidency with little sign of success, and some question whether he’s even up to trying to turn his campaign platform into a real legislative agenda, it’s occurring to more and more people that what we’re looking at is someone on the road to being a very weak president. My View colleague Ramesh Ponnuru has a nice item making that argument, focused on Trump’s reputation.

LU can’t continue to subsidize land grant match

Soldiers Memorial on the campus of Lincoln University honors the men of the 62nd and 65th Colored Infantries who founded the institution in Jefferson City after they fought in the Civil War. There is no money in the proposed budget bills for the 2017-18 state business year – introduced in the Missouri House last week – designated for Lincoln University to match available federal funds for LU’s land grant program.

Democrats: GOP Medicaid reform plan is really about tax cuts

Tensions emerged Saturday between Democratic and Republican U.S. governors over a GOP-led proposal for a major overhaul to Medicaid, with Democrats saying the changes would take away people’s health coverage to finance tax cuts for the wealthy. GOP governors intend to present Congress with a plan that they say would give states more flexibility to administer health coverage for poorer residents while protecting states from absorbing the costs of repealing the Affordable Care Act.

Trump’s deportation plans are costly, harsh and a logistical nightmare

Kelly signed a pair of memos that move forward with two of Trump’s executive orders regarding immigration, and give the federal government authorization to expand detention and prioritize deportation for a larger group of undocumented immigrants living in the us, according to Vox . But Eagly saidany expansion of expedited removal is likely to be challenged in the federal courts on the grounds that it denies due process.

New Details Finally Emerge On The GOP’s Obamacare Replacement Plan

Details have been scarce since Trump repealed the Affordable Care Act earlier this month, but after he pushed the Executive Order out to do so, Americans were assured a replacement was coming. The draft reveals that Republicans are hoping to “take down the foundation of Obamacare, including the unpopular individual mandate, subsidies based on people’s income, and all of the law’s taxes”.

Trump’s alt-right ambassadors must be resisted

US President Donald Trump walks to the Oval Office after returning to the White House in Washington D.C. Photo: Yin Bogu/Xinhua Donald Trump, through Joel Pollak as ambassador, will attempt to export the alt-right’s “civilisation of death” agenda, writes Ahmed Haroon Jazbhay. Speculation is rife that US President Donald Trump aims to send South African-born Joel Pollak as his ambassador to the country.

Sessions’ tough on crime talk could lead to fuller prisons

The federal prison population is on the decline, but a new attorney general who talks tough on drugs and crime and already has indicated a looming need for private prison cells seems poised to usher in a reversal of that trend. Jeff Sessions, a former federal prosecutor sworn in this month as the country’s chief law enforcement officer, signaled at his confirmation hearing – and during private meetings in his first days on the job – that he sees a central role for the federal government in combating drug addiction and violence as well as in strict enforcement of immigration laws.