After a scheduled meeting in Wisconsin was cancelled, President Trump met with executives from Harley-Davidson in Washington, D.C on Feb. 2. DETROIT – President Trump welcomed executives of Harley-Davidson to the White House this week, alongside union representatives, and spent much of a camera spray reminiscing about how union members spurned their leaders to vote for him. “Sometimes your top people didn’t support me, but the steelworkers supported me, right?” Trump said.
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The government on Saturday suspended enforcement of President Donald Trump ‘s refugee and immigration ban and scurried to appeal a judge’s order, plunging the new administration into a crisis that has challenged Trump’s authority – and ability to fulfill campaign promises. The stand-down, a day after a federal judge in Washington state temporarily blocked the ban, marked an extraordinary setback for the White House.
Single mom turns tragedy into comedy on stage
Sarah Stevens prowls the stage. The angled lights from the ceiling illuminate the words on her pinkish-white T-shirt: My body is a gangster’s paradise.
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The Trump White House says it will seek to overturn a judge’s decision that lifted the week-old ban on travellers from seven countries. In a conference call late Friday, the US government told lawyers from airlines that they should resume boarding passengers from the seven predominantly Muslim countries.
Romney on 2018 Senate run: ‘All doors are open’
Former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney declined to rule out – and in – a run for a Senate seat in the future. “I don’t have any predictions on what I might do.
GOP lawmaker given police escort due to rowdy protesters
Republican congressman Tom McClintock was given a police escort out of a town hall near Sacramento, Calif., on Saturday in response to a mob of protesters at the event, according to local reports. Outside the venue, the Sacramento Bee reported that hundreds of demonstrators gathered, totting signs that read “Resist,” “Dump Tom McTrump” and ” Climate change is real,” signs and chanting “vote him out.”
Budget, teacher pay, Real ID face 2017 Oklahoma Legislature
Oklahoma lawmakers will be confronted by familiar issues Monday when they convene the 2017 Oklahoma Legislature: a nearly $870 million state budget shortfall, teacher salaries that have not been increased since 2008, complying with a divisive federal anti-terrorism law involving identification cards and relieving pressure on the state’s overcrowded prisons. Leaders of the Republican-controlled House and Senate say they will focus on their priorities during the four-month legislative session.
ACLU praises judge’s order blocking travel ban
The American Civil Liberties Union on Saturday praised a Seattle-based federal judge’s order temporarily blocking President Trump’s executive order denying entry to the U.S. for citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries. “This ruling is another stinging rejection of President Trump’s unconstitutional Muslim ban,” said Omar Jadwat, the director of the ACLU’s Immigrants’ Rights Project.
Trump delivers for religious right
The last several days have brought a slew of victories for evangelicals, many of whom set aside their reservations about Trump to back him during the presidential campaign. From the nomination of Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court, to Trump’s affirmation of support for allowing tax-exempt churches to engage in politics, to the appointment of Liberty University President Jerry Falwell Jr. to an education task force, evangelicals are seeing the new president quickly deliver on a number of fronts.
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Donald Trump is known for his bluster and braggadocio. But he is also capable of canny and clever moves, of the kind that have propelled him forward in both business and politics.
Arkansas’ latest anti-abortion law has a little bit of everything for misogynists
The “Unborn Child Protection From Dismemberment Abortion Act,” signed into law last week by Gov. Asa Hutchinson , bans dilation and evacuation procedures, in which the physician removes the fetus from the womb with surgical tools. D&E procedures are the safest and most common way women can end their pregnancies after 14 weeks of gestation, according to the American Medical Association.
VP: Gorsuch will join Supreme Court ‘one way or the other’
PALM BEACH, Fla. – Vice President Mike Pence pledged Saturday that Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch will join the nation’s highest court “one way or the other.”
Pence says Gorsuch would be worthy successor to Scalia
Vice President Mike Pence said Saturday that he believes Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch will be confirmed soon — warning Democrats he will receive “an up or down vote on the Senate floor one way or the other.” Pence was in Philadelphia, where he addressed a meeting of the Federalist Society, a leading conservative legal organization.
U-boat captain swam Four Miles to shore after sinking
Back to the daily grind: Intern Malia Obama heads to Weinstein Company offices in New York after being spotted out the night before enjoying star-studded Girls after party White House launches investigation into embarrassing phone call leaks: Trump demands answers after tense conversations with Australia and Mexico were made public Is Trump ALREADY sending the ‘feds’ into Chicago? ATF is asking agents to transfer to the city to form a ‘Crime Guns Strike Force’ after president announced a crackdown on violence Trump is STILL keeping ties to business: New documents show the president still has ties to his real estate empire – despite insisting he severed all links ‘Big trouble!’ Homeland Security suspends enforcement of travel ban as furious Trump slam ‘so-called’ judge’s decision to halt immigration order, warning it could lead to ‘death and destruction’ Russian tech exec sues Buzzfeed … (more)
Romney, Utah Olympic fans celebrate 15th anniversary of 2002 Games
The Salt Lake Tribune) A steady line of former Olympic volunteers asked for photos with Mitt Romney at the 15th Anniversary of the 2002 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games at Utah Olympic Park, Soldier Hollow Nordic Center, Saturday, February 4, 2017. The Salt Lake Tribune) A steady line of former Olympic volunteers asked for photos with Mitt Romney at the 15th Anniversary of the 2002 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games at Utah Olympic Park, Soldier Hollow Nordic Center, Saturday, February 4, 2017.
I’m terrified my ex will hold me hostage again: Rape victim’s…
A woman held hostage and raped by a grenade-wielding maniac she met online has said she is “petrified” he will return and strike again. Victim Marina Adams was subjected to a horrific 15-hour ordeal by illegal immigrant Alexander Volynets after she ended their brief fling.
Iran Carries Out New Missile Tests After Trump Imposes Sanctions
Iran carried out further missile tests during an annual military exercise, a day after President Donald Trump imposed fresh sanctions on a raft of individuals and companies in response to the country test-firing a ballistic rocket last week. The country successfully tested a range of land-to-land missiles and radar systems during the drills in a 35,000 square-kilometer stretch of desert in the northern Iranian province of Semnan, the semi-official Tasnim agency reported Saturday, citing Amir Ali Hajizadeh, commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps’ aerospace division.
2President Trumpa s do-it-himself approach just suffered a big – and unusual – early setback
A federal judge in Seattle on Feb. 3 temporarily blocked the enforcement of President Trump’s travel ban. Here’s what you need to know about the judge’s ruling.
Iran Mobilizes ‘Massive Military Exercise’ In Response To Trump’s Sanctions
Iran mobilized a large swath of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps Saturday in response to President Donald Trump’s treasury sanctions for conducting illegal ballistic missile tests. Iranian military spokesmen indicated the IRGC would test 3 missiles as part of the exercise, “to showcase the power of Iran’s revolution and to dismiss the sanctions.”
President Trump’s Second Week of Action
On Tuesday, President Trump nominated Judge Neil Gorsuch to become Associate Justice on the Supreme Court, filling the seat left behind by the late Justice Antonin Scalia. The next day, President Trump met with various stakeholders to thank them for their input in making such an important decision.
Why Vincent Viola turned down Trump’s nomination for Army Secretary
The billionaire investor’s decision represents one possible solution to a dilemma faced by many of Trump’s picks: conflicts of interest spawned by their business holdings. “Everybody likes Vincent,” President Trump remarked as he signed a nomination for investor Vincent Viola to serve as Secretary of the Army last month.
S Carolina’s 1st openly gay lawmaker from deep-red district
Reps. Jason Elliott, R-Greenville, left, and Jimmy Bales, D-Richland, right, walk through the South Carolina Statehouse Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017, in Columbia, S.C. Recently elected in November, Elliott is a 46-year old attorney… .
State Dept. reverses visa revocations, allows banned travelers to enter U.S.
The State Department says previously banned travelers will be allowed to enter the United States after a federal judge in Washington state on Friday temporarily blocked enforcement of President Trump’s controversial immigration ban. “We have reversed the provisional revocation of visas under” Trump’s executive order, a State Department spokesperson said Saturday.
Trump’s wall – ” the US’ growing protectionist stance
United States President Donald Trump announced last week that he was going ahead with his campaign promise to build a wall along the country’s southern border with Mexico to keep out illegal immigrants. He blames immigrants from all over South and Central America for getting jobs which, he said, should go to Americans.
Abortion numbers dropped in Arizona in 2015, continuing four-year decline
Abortion numbers dropped in Arizona in 2015, continuing four-year decline State health officials say Arizona’s abortions rates are falling, following a declining trend that started in 2011. Check out this story on azcentral.com: http://azc.cc/2kzR5ro WASHINGTON – The number of abortions in Arizona fell in 2015, continuing a four-year downward trend that began in 2011, according to Arizona Department of Health Services.
Shoot the Democrats
In their frenzy to turn around their political fortunes, the Democrats show that they can get quite as irrational and strike out in anger just as much as Trump and his anti-democratic collaborators. I keep running across internet posts that make Hillary Clinton responsible for taking the first bite of the Eden serpent’s apple and, therefore, causing the demise of the Democratic Party.
Sanders applauds ruling to temporarily stop Trump’s immigration order
Former presidential candidate Bernie Sanders applauded the ruling by a federal judge to temporarily stop President Trump ‘s immigration travel ban nationwide. “I’m heartened by this decision to halt Trump’s immigration order, which runs afoul of our constitution and who we are as a nation,” the Vermont Senator tweeted Saturday morning.
Schumer: Trump attacks on judges raises bar ‘even higher’ for Gorsuch
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer fired a warning shot at President Trump and his Supreme Court nominee after Trump sent out Saturday morning tweets criticizing a federal judge in Seattle for implementing a nationwide restraining order on his executive order barring citizens from seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the U.S. Early Saturday morning, Trump expressed his dissatisfaction with the “opinion of this so-called judge,” on the morning after Judge James Robart slapped a temporary restraining order on the president’s one-week old executive action that temporarily bans non-U.S. citizens from Somalia, Iran, Iraq, Sudan, Syria, Libya and Yemen for 90 days.
On foreign policy, Trump still speaking campaign language
In this Feb. 2, 2017, photo, President Donald Trump speaks during his meeting with House and Senate legislators in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. For all of the White House’s early bravado,Trump has taken office with few concrete plans for how to make good on his pledge to unravel President Barack Obama’s foreign policy and tackle some of the biggest national security challenges facing his administration.
Author Sam Harris to Bill Maher: ‘The left has allied itself with Islamists’
Host Bill Maher and author Sam Harris agreed on HBO’s “Real Time” that the liberal establishment needs to stand up to Islamic extremism more, with Harris declaring “the left has allied itself with Islamists.” “You don’t have to be a fascist or a racist or even a Trumpian to not want to import people into your society who think cartoonists should be killed for drawing the prophet,” Harris told Maher on Friday.
Schumer slams Trump for attacking federal judge
Charles Schumer Schumer slams Trump for attacking federal judge These times call for big people The Trump opposition: Hell hath no fury like Democrats’ scorn MORE on Saturday slammed President Trump for his tweet against the “so-called judge” who imposed a halt on his travel ban. “The President’s attack on Judge James Robart, a Bush appointee who passed with 99 votes, shows a disdain for an independent judiciary that doesn’t always bend to his wishes and a continued lack of respect for the Constitution, making it more important that the Supreme Court serve as an independent check on the administration,” Schumer said in a statement .
Trump blocks Booker-backed rule to curb retirement financial adviser abuse
WASHINGTON — Rules designed to curb abuses by financial advisers handling retirement funds were put on hold by President Donald Trump even as he spent the campaign railing against Wall Street . Trump blocked new U.S. Labor Department requirements that such advisers recommend retirement investments that would be best for their clients, even if they carried smaller fees and generated less profits than other funds.
US reinstates visas as court’s freeze on travel ban takes hold
US authorities on Saturday suspended President Donald Trump’s controversial ban on travelers from seven Muslim countries, following a court ruling that blocked its enforcement. “We have reversed the provisional revocation of visas,” a US State Department spokesman told AFP.
Federal Judge Halts Trump’s Muslim Travel Ban
Late yesterday, a Federal Judge in Seattle issued an order that at least temporarily halts the most important provisions of President Obama’s Executive Order regarding travel to or from seven majority Muslim countries: A federal judge in Seattle on Friday temporarily blocked President Trump’s week-old immigration order from being enforced nationwide, reopening America’s door to visa holders from seven predominantly Muslim countries and dealing the administration a humbling defeat. The White House vowed late Friday to fight what it called an “outrageous” ruling, saying it would seek an emergency halt to the judge’s order as soon as possible and restore the president’s “lawful and appropriate order.”
Refugee resettlement agencies brace for funding loss
Refugee resettlement organizations are bracing for significant funding cuts and possible layoffs over the coming months during President Donald Trump’s temporary refugee ban. The agencies receive a certain amount of federal dollars per refugee they help resettle, which means they would lose a key source of funding unless the Trump administration provides funds in the interim during the 120-day temporary halt to refugees entering the U.S. Catholic Charities USA says the executive order will cost the organization millions of dollars and put at risk about 700 jobs out of the 54,000 jobs at its agencies around the country, according to spokeswoman Patricia Cole.
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Donald Trump and his wife Melania arrive at the Vanity Fair Oscar party hosted by Graydon Carter held at Sunset Tower in West Hollywood on February 27, 2011. Photo credit: Mehdi Taamalah/ABACAUSA/Newscom I don’t know whether it’s “fake news,” but it’s almost certainly fake concern: all the solicitude in the mainstream media over First Lady Melania Trump’s supposed sham marriage with her extremely famous husband.
Trump administration should label Muslim Brotherhood ‘terrorist organization’
Trump himself was often critical of President Obama’s outreach to the Muslim Brotherhood, and Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, has proposed a bill to call for declaring the Brotherhood a terror organization. In the past, it has been accused of supporting terrorist groups around the world, and several countries, including Muslim nations, have banned them.
County News: Sussex Man charged following alleged removal of items from Wwi wreck
A Sussex man has been charged in connection with the alleged removal of items from a sunken Royal Navy warship in the English Channel. The man is charged with three counts of dishonestly failing to disclose items of wreck to the Receiver of Wreck with intent to make a gain, according to Kent Police.
Misnamed a Stream Protection Rulea must be overturned
For the last eight years, Kentuckians have been subject to an unprecedented and destructive level of overregulation. From the coal industry to the family farm, the federal government’s regulatory burden has weighed heavy on our Commonwealth.
5 House GOP’s corporate tax scheme has its Republican skeptics
House Republicans face opposition to their plan to overhaul the way corporations pay federal taxes from a powerful group of lawmakers – other Republicans. “I’m not very enthused about it,” said Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah, the chairman of the Finance Committee and the Senate’s top tax writer.