Day: March 10, 2017

ECB Said to Have Discussed Whether Rates Can Rise Before QE Ends

European Central Bank policy makers considered the question of whether interest rates could rise before their bond-buying program comes to an end, according to people familiar with the matter. Governing Council members meeting on March 9 exchanged views on ways of communicating and sequencing an exit from unconventional stimulus, euro-area central-bank officials said, asking not to be identified because the deliberations were private.

Schiff: I haven’t seen any evidence Obama admin wiretapped Trump

The top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee told CNN Friday he has not “seen any evidence whatsoever to substantiate” President Donald Trump’s claims that he was wiretapped by the Obama administration during the campaign. “I think when Sean Spicer isn’t even willing to talk about it, you know there’s a real problem,” Rep. Adam Schiff said.

Hill Republican leaders reject suggestion to move up Medicaid expansion sunset

Republican congressional leaders are rejecting Friday any hint from the White House that they should disrupt their carefully crafted bill to repeal and replace Obamacare. After CNN reported Thursday night that President Donald Trump was open to moving up the sunset of the Medicaid expansion up from 2020 to the end of this year, GOP leaders supporting the bill aren’t biting.

Where fake news goes to die

The command center in the war against fake news isn’t in some network’s conference room or tech startup’s offices. It’s in a large ranch home nestled in the foothills of the Santa Monica Mountains, just north of Los Angeles.

White House Suggests It Hired a National Security Adviser Without…

When Donald Trump named Michael Flynn as his national security adviser last November, liberals had good cause to raise their eyebrows. The retired general had established himself as a proud Islamophobe – one who believed that ” fear of Muslims is rational ,” and that Democrats had tried to impose Sharia law on the state of Florida.

The Latest: Man gets extension to seek deportation stay

Catalino Guerrero, center left, stands with U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez, left, and Newark Archbishop Cardinal Joseph Tobin, center right, during a rally outside of the Peter Rodino Federal Building before attending an immigration hearing, Friday, March 10, 2017, in Newark, N.J. Guerrero, who arrived in the U.S. illegally in 1991, is facing deportation. Organizers claim he is an upstanding citizen and should not be deported.

Trump’s first jobs report crushes expectations

The US economy added 235,000 nonfarm payrolls in February, many more than expected, and the unemployment rate dipped to 4.7%, a report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics showed on Friday. Economists had forecast 200,000 nonfarm payrolls in February, according to a Bloomberg survey.

Trump administration hits the 50-day mark

Time flies: Today marks the 50th day of President Donald Trump’s administration and the halfway point in the storied “first 100 days.” More than a week ago, Trump said that he would give himself an A for achievement but a C in messaging, though that self-assessment came before his address to a joint session of Congress, for which he was roundly praised by members of his own party.

Strawberries and these other foods have the most pesticides

Strawberries and these other foods have the most pesticides Eating pesticide-free may mean a diet with fewer strawberries, or at least eating their organic versions. Check out this story on thestarpress.com: http://usat.ly/2maTrdR Strawberries topped the Environmental Working Group’s “Dirty Dozen” list of produce with the most pesticides.

At Workmen’s Cafe, Lunchtime Is a Meat-and-Three Paradise

Despite never planning for a life in restaurants, Angie Bellinger is the one-woman show behind Workmen’s Cafe in James Island, South Carolina . “We went over the menu before we opened,” she says, referring to a conversation with her mother, Ruby Lee Whaley Bellinger, whose idea it was to open Workmen’s in the first place.

Pelosi says Trump’s wiretapping claims are false

House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi says there’s no way that former President Barack Obama had Donald Trump wiretapped in the lead up to the election, and FBI Director James Comey should say so. A member of the House Intelligence Committee, Pelosi questioned whether Trump understands the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, the law that allows the government to monitor the calls of foreign agents suspected of terrorism or espionage.

4 face charges tied to ATM thefts in Anchorage

The first of two cases filed Tuesday charges Jerd Thacker, Cristi Cozzeti and Jordan Cook with possession of stolen bank property – an ATM taken from First National Bank Alaska off Old Seward Highway on March 1, according to the charges. An Alaska state trooper arrested them on a property near Big Lake where an allegedly stolen truck and the ATM were found, according to a criminal complaint written by FBI special agent Barry Vaughan.

Apparently The Jobs Report Is No Longer A Massive Conspiracy?

President Donald Trump immediately retweeted right-wing media praise for a strong February 2017 jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics , which showed above-average job creation and a steady unemployment rate last month. Trump’s willingness to embrace the BLS monthly jobs report is at odds with his past approach — at least over the last four years — of slamming the number as “phony” and as merely a political tool of the Obama administration.

Body of teen hit by train 96 years ago to be exhumed

Officials are going to exhume the body of an unidentified teenage boy who died nearly a century ago after being struck by a train in Georgetown. News outlets report that the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System and the FBI hope that DNA evidence will help identify the victim.

Fox News Hosts Have No Clue What Planned Parenthood Does

After the release of Republicans’ long-awaited plan to repeal the Affordable Care Act , Fox News’ The Five put on a masterclass in how to get everything wrong about Planned Parenthood’s services and the implications of the attempt to defund the essential health care provider. Earlier this week, Republicans unveiled their alternative to the ACA, called the American Health Care Act .

On Cue, Adoring Pro-Trump Outlets Fawn Over February Jobs Report

Right-wing media reacted with predictable enthusiasm to a better-than-expected February 2017 jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics , which they attributed to President Donald Trump’s unique leadership. In reality, the economy is currently enjoying a 77-month streak of job creation that began under President Barack Obama — whom the same outlets routinely blasted for leading a sluggish economic recovery.

Peter Lucas: Mayor Obama would be most powerful man in D.C. again

According to my imaginary, non-existent Russian intelligence sources, the real reason the former president decided to live in Washington is so that he can run for mayor of Washington, D.C. Incumbent Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser would have to step aside, of course. Otherwise Obama would crush her in a primary the way he crushed Hillary Clinton in 2008.

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A three year investigation by local, state and federal law enforcement resulted in 19 people pleading guilty to conspiring to distribute $5.7 million of methamphetamine, according to a release from the Department of Justice. A three year investigation by local, state and federal law enforcement resulted in 19 people pleading guilty to conspiring to distribute $5.7 million of methamphetamine, according to a release from the Department of Justice.

Two unsatisfying articles about the 2016 Democratic sweep in Harris County

The Democratic sweep in Harris County has drawn some national attention, as writers from the left and right try to analyze what happened here last year and why Hillary Clinton carried the county by such a large margin. Unfortunately, as is often the case with stories about Texas by people not from Texas, the results are not quite recognizable to those of us who are here.

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Sen. Tom Cotton , a leading GOP senator, is warning his friend House Speaker Paul Ryan to “take a pause” and slow down when it comes to healthcare reform. Cotton told Breitbart News in an exclusive interview when asked what he would say to Ryan were he speaking directly to the embattled Speaker: Take a pause, lower the stakes, we don’t need to meet arbitrary legislative deadlines.

Dashcam video: Opelika police cleared of wrongdoing in 2014 officer-involved shooting

An appeals court has analyzed the evidence in a lawsuit filed against the City of Opelika in connection to a 2014 officer-involved shooting and determined there was no wrongdoing by the officer. On March 6, 2014, Michael Davidson was shot by Opelika police officer Phillip Hancock after he exited his vehicle along Interstate 85. Davidson was holding his black wallet, which the officer believed was a gun.

Trump administration slow to name deputies

President Donald Trump still hasn’t named a number of key deputy secretaries to back up his Cabinet – posts that experts say are essential to smooth functioning of the government. The lack of nominees for the key positions comes as Trump still needs to fill nearly 2,000 appointed positions in governments – and as Democrats continue to slow-walk confirmations of the nominees he has named.

On Trump trademarks, China says it treats applicants equally

China assesses all applications for trademarks equally in a transparent process, a top Chinese regulator said Friday, after Beijing awarded U.S. President Donald Trump preliminary approval for a trove of trademarks in a move that has drawn scrutiny. The process by which Trump and a related company were granted provisional approval for 38 trademarks “strictly conforms” to Chinese regulations, said Zhang Mao, chief of China’s State Administration for Industry and Commerce.

Americans oppose bathroom laws limiting transgender rights: poll

The majority of respondents to a new U.S. poll opposed laws barring transgender people from using bathrooms consistent with their gender identities and indicated growing acceptance for gay rights, a nonpartisan research group said on Friday. Fifty-three percent of the Americans surveyed oppose laws requiring transgender people to use bathrooms that correspond to their sex at birth, according to the national poll by the Public Religion Research Institute.

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New administration seeks resignations of 46 US attorneys

Attorney General Jeff Sessions is seeking the resignations of 46 U.S. attorneys who were holdovers from the Obama administration. Many of the federal prosecutors who were nominated by President Barack Obama have already left their positions, but the nearly four dozen who stayed on in the first weeks of the Trump administration have been asked to leave “in order to ensure a uniform transition,” Justice Department spokeswoman Sarah Isgur Flores said Friday.