A supposedly bipartisan deal to repeal North Carolina’s anti-LGBT law collapsed when both sides balked and started blaming each other, likely meaning the state will remain a pariah shunned by corporations,… A supposedly bipartisan deal to repeal North Carolina’s anti-LGBT law collapsed when both sides balked and started blaming each other, likely meaning the state will remain a pariah shunned by corporations, entertainers… The closing of an illegal Los Angeles music club highlights growing friction between underground venues and authorities who see them as disasters-in-waiting. California has put the brakes on Uber’s weeklong experiment with using self-driving cars on the streets of San Francisco.
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Eric Trump stops fundraising for his charity after scrutiny
California has put the brakes on Uber’s weeklong experiment with using self-driving cars on the streets of San Francisco. California has put the brakes on Uber’s weeklong experiment with using self-driving cars on the streets of San Francisco.
Obama administration joins European Union in blacklisting 15 Russian entities
Donald Trump has won the presidency after narrowly carrying a few states to put him above 270 electoral votes.But according… Senate Republicans refused to give President Obama’s pick to replace Supreme Court Justice Scalia even the courtesy of a… The Obama administration has slapped sanctions on 15 Russian individuals and businesses because of their involvement in projects in Ukraine and Crimea. The Treasury Department designated seven individuals and eight corporate entities involved in a range of projects, including the construction of a bridge connecting Russia to the Crimean peninsula.
Donald Trump calls Berlin terror strike ‘an attack on humanity’
Trump calls Berlin terror strike ‘an attack on humanity’ as he distances himself from Monday statement about Muslims targeting Christians Asked about his claim Monday that the Berlin attack on a Christmas market was part of a ‘global jihad,’ he tacked to saying it was ‘an attack on humanity’ On Wednesday he revealed that he hasn’t spoken to President Barack Obama since the Berlin attack and the assassination of a Russian diplomat in Turkey Donald Trump has called Monday’s deadly strike on a Berlin Christmas market ‘an attack on humanity,’ saying Wednesday that the rise of Islamic terrorism in the West ‘is disgraceful.’ ‘It’s an attack on humanity.
Parents of US woman held by Taliban hopeful for her release
The parents of an American woman being held captive by the Taliban say they are hoping President-elect Donald Trump will broker her release if President Barack Obama doesn’t succeed before he leaves office. Jim and Lyn Coleman, of Stewartstown, Pennsylvania, spoke to ABC’s “Good Morning America” Wednesday after a new video appeared showing their daughter Caitlan, her Canadian husband and their two children.
Parents of US woman held by Taliban hopeful for her release
The parents of an American woman being held captive by the Taliban say they are hoping President-elect Donald Trump will broker her release if President Barack Obama doesn’t succeed before he leaves office. Jim and Lyn Coleman, of Stewartstown, Pennsylvania, spoke to ABC’s “Good Morning America” Wednesday after a new video appeared showing their daughter Caitlan, her Canadian husband and their two children.
Poll: Democrats want someone new for 2020
President-elect Donald Trump has yet to take office, but pollsters have already begun to dip their toes into the next presidential cycle. A USA Today/Suffolk University poll released Wednesday found Democratic and independent voters lukewarm on a handful of party leaders and most excited for “someone entirely new.”
Obamacare 2017 enrollment hits record, despite Trumpa s threat to repeal
Although President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to repeal Obamacare next month, a record number of people have signed up for coverage for 2017. Nearly 6.4 million Americans have selected Obamacare policies through the federal exchange for coverage starting Jan. 1, federal officials announced Wednesday.
Former Trump Campaign Manager Starts Consulting Firm Near White House
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, right, walks with his campaign manager Corey Lewandowski after speaking at a news conference in Dubuque, Iowa, Aug. 25, 2015. Two former senior Trump advisers announced Wednesday that they will be forming a government relations and consulting firm one block from the White House, and not joining the administration.
Obama’s DOJ Says It One More Time: Private Prisons Aren’t Working
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Obama’s DOJ Says It One More Time: Private Prisons Aren’t Working
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Senators urge action to block drastic drug price hikes
Angered by skyrocketing drug prices, a pair of senators on Wednesday urged Congress to block companies from cornering the market on old, off-patent drugs. Sens. Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., released findings from a year-long investigation into companies like Turing Pharmaceuticals, which generated national outrage last year after hiking the price of a life-saving anti-infection drug by more than 5,000 percent.
Donald Trump holds court with Boeing, Lockheed CEOs weeks after public spat
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump met on Wednesday with the chief executives of two major defense companies he has singled out for criticism over project costs, part of his push to save taxpayer money on high-profile contracts. Co and Marillyn Hewson from Lockheed Martin Corp at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort, where he is spending Christmas.
Donald Trump holds court with Boeing, Lockheed CEOs weeks after public spat
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump met on Wednesday with the chief executives of two major defense companies he has singled out for criticism over project costs, part of his push to save taxpayer money on high-profile contracts. Co and Marillyn Hewson from Lockheed Martin Corp at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort, where he is spending Christmas.
Trump: Deadly violence in Germany is a attack on humanitya
President-elect Donald Trump declared Wednesday that the deadly truck attack on a Christmas market in Germany was “an attack on humanity and it’s got to be stopped.” He also suggested he might go forward with his campaign pledge to temporarily ban Muslim immigrants from coming to the United States.
“House of Cards” showrunner urges complaint calls to Trump’s new D.C. hotel
Beau Willimon arrives at the Q&A Screening of “The House Of Cards” at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater on Monday, April 27, 2015, in Beverly Hills, Calif. Donald Trump’s unexpected transformation from business mogul to next leader of the free world may sound like an episode right out of House of Cards , but it’s a political reality that has the creator of the Netflix series writing a new script.
Trump meeting security adviser after attacks abroad
President-elect Donald Trump is planning to meet with his incoming national security adviser in the aftermath of violence abroad as the process of filling top jobs in his administration presses on, marked by some infighting among advisers. Trump opened his day Wednesday by boasting anew about his Nov. 8 election victory, tweeting that his win in the Electoral College was more difficult to pull off than winning the popular vote would have been if he had tried.
Texas Makes New Move to Cut Off Planned Parenthood Read Story Associated Press
Pro-choice activists hold signs in front of the U.S. Supreme Court on Jan. 22, 2014 on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. Alex Wong / Getty Images It’s a move that federal judges have blocked in other Republican-controlled states, which are now waiting to see if President-elect Donald Trump will strip the organization of taxpayer money. Planned Parenthood responded by vowing to ask a court to stop Texas from defunding clinics in January.
Trump team kinda sorta working on conflict of interest problem – by proposing a ‘half-blind’ trust
Donald Trump has won the presidency after narrowly carrying a few states to put him above 270 electoral votes.But according… Senate Republicans refused to give President Obama’s pick to replace Supreme Court Justice Scalia even the courtesy of a… Is there such a thing as a “half-blind” trust? No. No, there is not.
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Donald Trump has won the presidency after narrowly carrying a few states to put him above 270 electoral votes.But according… Senate Republicans refused to give President Obama’s pick to replace Supreme Court Justice Scalia even the courtesy of a… Donald Trump has been steadfastly unwilling to divest himself from his business empire, and indeed has continued to use his status as candidate and now president-elect to funnel money to that empire. It runs the gamut from using Trump-owned venues for meetings and fundraisers to serving Trump-branded bottled water to renting out floors of Trump Tower to the government agency assigned to protect him.
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ItA s been a difficult year politically for NeverTrumpians. Take, for example, Peter Wehner, the former speechwriter for George W. Bush, who spent most of the year expressing outrage over Donald Trump.
Trump adviser says he is ditching ‘drain the swamp’
One of Donald Trump’s advisers says the president-elect is no longer interested in his rallying cry “drain the swamp.” “I’m told he now just disclaims that.
Energy Dept. offers $2B loan to carbon-storage project
The Energy Department said Wednesday it is offering a conditional, $2 billion loan guarantee to capture and store carbon dioxide at a planned Louisiana methanol plant, the latest element of the Obama’s administration’s strategy to slow global warming. The Lake Charles Methanol plant will use petroleum coke, a byproduct of oil refining, to make methanol, a chemical used in products such as paint, glue, plastics and formaldehyde.
AP Poll: US election voted top news story of 2016
This Thursday, Nov. 10, 2016 file photo shows the front pages of various British newspapers in London reporting on Donald Trump winning the U.S. presidential election. Widely viewed as a long shot, with an unconventional campaign featuring raucous rallies and pugnacious tweets, he outlasted 16 Republican rivals.
The oilman who brought Trump and the Bush world together
Throughout the presidential campaign, the Bush family and many of its Republican allies turned their backs on Donald Trump. Now, they’re finding common cause with Trump over his pick to lead the State Department: Exxon Mobil CEO Rex Tillerson, who has long orbited their same political, philanthropic and business worlds.
After violence abroad, Trump meeting with security adviser
President-elect Donald Trump is planning to meet with his incoming national security adviser in the aftermath of a rattling day of violence around the world. Trump appeared to jump ahead of investigators in blaming Islamic terrorists for deadly incidents Monday in Turkey and Germany and vowing anew to eradicate their regional and global networks.
Eugene Robinson:Who in the Gop will stand up to Trump?
President-elect Donald Trump’s victory tour was more than just an opportunity to strut and preen around the country like a peacock with a comb-over. It was a warning to Republican leaders in Congress that Trump intends to be in charge — and that there will be consequences if the party establishment does not fall in line.
Courts could be a firewall if Trump seeks to expand presidential powers
President-elect Donald Trump speaks Dec. 13 at the Wisconsin State Fair Exposition Center during his thank you tour. Donald Trump is moving into a White House that has seen presidential powers markedly expanded by its previous two occupants.
The Latest: Trump says UN vote on Israel complicates peace
A sinkhole forming north of Detroit forced the Christmas Eve evacuations of more than a dozen homes and the closure of a busy roadway that was expected to collapse due to a possible sewer problem. Tens of thousands of children from around the world plan to call the North American Aerospace Defense Command to ask where Santa is, and starting Saturday they will get a cheery answer about the mythical route from… Children from around the world are calling the North American Aerospace Defense Command to ask where Santa is, and they’re getting a cheery answer about the mythical route.
AP Poll: US election voted top news story of 2016
The turbulent U.S. election, featuring Donald Trump’s unexpected victory over Hillary Clinton in the presidential race, was the overwhelming pick for the top news story of 2016, according to The Associated Press’ annual poll of U.S. editors and news directors. The No.
Trudeau Joins Obama in Freezing Arctic Offshore Oil Drilling
President Barack Obama banned new offshore oil and gas drilling in more than 100 million acres of the U.S. Arctic and undersea canyons in the Atlantic Ocean, a move certain to provoke a fight with the Republican-led Congress and his successor in the White House. In an announcement coordinated between two of the world’s biggest oil producers, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau also committed to freeze new offshore leasing in his nation’s Arctic waters and review the matter every five years.
Obama Said to Use 1953 Law to Restrict Offshore Oil Drilling
President Barack Obama is preparing to block the sale of new offshore drilling rights in most of the U.S. Arctic and parts of the Atlantic, a move that could indefinitely restrict oil production there, according to people familiar with the decision. Obama will invoke a provision in a 1953 law that gives him wide latitude to withdraw U.S. waters from future oil and gas leasing, said the people who spoke on condition of anonymity because the decision had not been announced.
In NYCa s Russian enclaves, a big a nyeta to hacking talk
Clutching a cobbler’s tool in his hand, Roman Gadayev defiantly lashed out against accusations that Russia meddled in the U.S. election to sway the vote to Donald Trump. “Simply impossible,” said the Kazakhstan native who runs a shoe repair shop near the Brighton Beach boardwalk.
City’s can-do attitude leads North band to inauguration
Columbus has a can-do spirit. The latest proof is the success of a fundraising campaign to send the Sound of North marching band from Columbus North High School to Washington, D.C., for the Jan. 20 presidential inauguration festivities.
Journal Junction for December 21
I see where West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey wants to have EPA rules relaxed for coal surface mining, compared to saving our streams for drinking water, coal still seems to be the number one topic in getting this state going. Are we not smart enough to look for other industry to take its place? I still believe in saving the environment, not destroying it.
It’s Over: President-elect Trump’s electoral win seals the deal
Throughout the United States, presidential electors cast their ballots Monday. Fewer than a handful of them broke faith with their states’ electorates by not voting as the Nov. 8 results in their states indicated they should.
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A powerful chain-reaction explosion ripped through Mexico’s best-known fireworks market on the northern outskirts of the capital Tuesday, killing at least 29 people, injuring scores more and sending a huge plume of charcoal-gray smoke billowing into the sky. Video of the blast showed a dramatic staccato of rockets exploding in flashes of light, leveling the open-air San Pablito Market in Tultepec in Mexico State as it bustled with shoppers stocking up on fireworks to celebrate Christmas and New Year’s.
To thwart Trump, Obama bans new drilling in Arctic, Atlantic
US president Barack Obama has permanently banned new oil and gas drilling in most US-owned waters in the Arctic and Atlantic oceans, a last-ditch effort to lock in environmental protections before he hands over to Donald Trump. Obama used a 1953 law that allows presidents to block the sale of new offshore drilling and mining rights and makes it difficult for their successors to reverse the decision.
Footage from The Apprentice shows Trump saying – every racist thing’
Actor and comedian said he received the material before last month’s election but he did not release it because of a confidentiality clause The actor Tom Arnold has claimed to have video of Donald Trump using racist language, obscenities and denigrating his own son in outtakes of The Apprentice . “I have the outtakes to The Apprentice where he says every bad thing ever, every offensive, racist thing ever.
Trump infrastructure plan might not materialize
Trump infrastructure plan might not materialize The president-elect has been backing down from his promises to repair America and create jobs. Check out this story on yorkdispatch.com: A worker lifts materials last month as construction continues on the new roadway deck of the Bayonne Bridge in Bayonne, New Jersey.