Preet Bharara, the US attorney for the Southern District of New York – commonly known as the “sheriff of Wall Street” – was fired by President Donald Trump on Saturday after refusing to tender his resignation. I did not resign.
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Sandy proved stakes higher so Army studying new reality
Coastal storms like Hurricane Sandy aren’t new, but what is new are the stakes. Today we have more development and people living on our coast.
N.Y. pols push for feds to reimburse Trump Tower security costs
A bipartisan group of New York lawmakers submitted a formal request for the federal government to reimburse $18.7 million the city has shelled out for security around President Trump’s residence at Trump Tower on Wednesday. The group, led by Reps.
Today in History: March 4, 2017
On March 4, 1917, Republican Jeannette Rankin of Montana took her seat as the first woman elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, the same day President Woodrow Wilson took his oath of office for a second term . In 1789, the Constitution of the United States went into effect as the first Federal Congress met in New York.
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Attorney General Jeff Sessions ‘spoke twice with Russian ambassador during Trump’s campaign’ but failed to disclose either meeting when directly asked during his confirmation hearing ‘Ma’am, you look like you’re having a bad day.
Fans speculate Erin McNaught has had lip fillers
Touching moment UPS workers surprise their teenage colleague with a jeep after watching him walk 10 miles to and from work every day so he can make money for his sick mother Attorney General Jeff Sessions ‘spoke twice with Russian ambassador during Trump’s campaign’ but failed to disclose either meeting when asked during his confirmation hearing Is Bob Iger considering running for office? Disney CEO ‘consults Mayor Bloomberg about political career’ after being nudged by Democrats to launch 2020 presidential campaign Cheesed off! Man sues Papa John’s for ‘sending him so many promotional texts about pizzas that it caused him anxiety’ They’re cops AND robbers: SEVEN Baltimore police officers are arrested for ‘racketeering, stealing hundreds of thousands in cash and drugs, and lying in reports to cover their tracks’ Beau Biden’s widow is having an affair with his younger brother Hunter who … (more)
Could Pres Trump’s Deportations Drive Up Ag Wages?
COULD PRES TRUMP’S DEPORTATIONS DRIVE UP AG WAGES? Feb. 28, 2017 Bloomberg reports: Across America’s orchards and crop fields, a shrinking supply of migrants has already driven pay up faster than in the broader workforce. President Donald Trump’s immigration policy may turbocharge that trend.
What you need to know about new DNC chair Tom Perez
An 8-year-old was fatally shot following a car crash in Houston, Texas, early Saturday morning.Three cars collided at an intersection near Sam Houston Parkw… — California Republican Rep. Darrell Issa said a special prosecutor is needed to investigate into Russia’s alleged meddling in the 2016 presidential electi… NCBA Friday called an editorial on Country of Origin Labeling #FakeNews that recently aired on Tomi Lahren’s show. Lahren’s show on The Blaze gets quite a bit of internet a… Kearney, Neb.
President Donald Trump Will Not Attend White House Correspondents’ Dinner
President Donald Trump has tweeted his regrets to the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner, but wishes “everyone well and have a great evening.” Trump’s decision to break with tradition and skip the politico-press schmoozefest comes after a number of big-league news organizations have yanked their usual parties.
President Trump takes on the media
The White House press secretary, Sean Spicer, has taken to slapping journalists who write unflattering stories with an epithet he sees as the epitome of low-road, New York Post-style gossip: “Page Six reporter.” Whether the New England-born spokesman realizes it or not, the expression is perhaps less an insult than a reminder of an era when now President Donald Trump mastered the New York tabloid terrain – and his own narrative – shaping his image with a combination of on-the-record bluster and off-the-record gossip.
Jessica Marais looks effortlessly chic in flared denim
Mr Manhattan! Barack and Malia catch a star-studded play on Broadway as the former President is cheered by crowds at every turn during trip to New York Two ‘assassins’ reveal all: Women arrested over nerve gas killing of Kim Jong-nam tell police they were ‘good time girls hired in Malaysian massage parlors for $90 and told to carry out baby oil prank’ The secret of happiness? Live life in the slow lane, says Buddhist monk. Savor supermarket lines, take three days to make decisions and listen more than you talk ‘I have locked her at home, chased her around, grabbed her off the streets.
Fifty Shades Darker’s Bella Heathcote all smiles in Sydney
Mr Manhattan! Barack and Malia catch a star-studded play on Broadway as the former President is cheered by crowds at every turn during trip to New York Two ‘assassins’ reveal all: Women arrested over nerve gas killing of Kim Jong-nam tell police they were ‘good time girls hired in Malaysian massage parlors for $90 and told to carry out baby oil prank’ The secret of happiness? Live life in the slow lane, says Buddhist monk. Savor supermarket lines, take three days to make decisions and listen more than you talk ‘I have locked her at home, chased her around, grabbed her off the streets.
David Brooks Wants to Make America Great Again
Apart from being a police officer, firefighter, or soldier engaged in one of this nation’s endless wars, writing a column for a major American newspaper has got to be one of the toughest and most unforgiving jobs there is. The pay may be decent , but the pressures to perform on cue are undoubtedly relentless.
ALERT: Violent Anti-Trump Rioters Clash With Police [VIDEO]
Talk about monstrous hypocrites they were on display all across the nation yesterday as thousands participated in ‘Not My Presidents’ Day’ rallies against Trump. There were violent clashes with the police before the really big rally took place in Portland, Oregon.
Republicans, Where’s the Backbone?
Desperately seeking those GOP politicians who will stand up against a know-nothing bully who holds the highest office in the land. Congressional Republicans, we watched you at the White House Thursday.
Harrison Ford in near-miss with jet
Actor Harrison Ford had a potentially serious run-in with an airliner at a Southern California airport, NBC-TV reported. Ford, 74, was told to land his single-engine plane on a runway at John Wayne Airport in Orange County on Monday, but he mistakenly landed it on a parallel taxiway, passing over an American Airlines jet holding nearby, NBC reported.
Mika Brzezinski puts mansion on sale for $2million
Mika’s moving on: Morning Joe co-host puts her New York mansion on sale for $2million after divorcing her husband The MSNBC presenter’s three-storey home, on a third of an acre of land, has six bedrooms and four bathrooms Morning news anchor Mika Brzezinski has put the New York mansion she bought with her ex husband on the market. The 102 year old Tudor-style home in Bronxville is on sale for a cool $2.09 million, $200,000 more than she and former spouse James Hoffer paid for it in 2012.
Immigrants wait in fear after raids; Trump takes credit
In this Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017, photo released by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, foreign nationals are arrested 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. Advocacy groups said that Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers are rounding up people in large numbers around the country, with roundups in Southern California being especially heavy-handed, as part of stepped-up enforcement under President Donald Trump.
The Trump-shake: A look at Donald Trump and Shinzo Abe’s awkward handshake
This handshake between Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and U.S. President Donald Trump has been lampooned on social media. Source: Reuters/Jim Bourg In his own words , he has called the act a “barbaric” one that puts both giver and receiver at risk of contracting some kind of medical ailment.
Federal agents conduct sweeping immigration enforcement raids in at least 6 states
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Media conference revisits Nixon’s infamous interview 0:0
Try as they might, the American Magazine Media Conference could not avoid wading into political waters – even when there are no political leaders stopping by. Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf, Barack Obama, Sen. John McCain and former President Bill Clinton each stopped in over the years.
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Court rulings haltin… . In this 2009 photo provided by Whitman College, U.S. District Judge James Robart poses for a photo in Walla Walla, Wash.
Senate leader: New Yorkers would have access to abortion after Roe
Our goal for the week was to find 100 people who’ve never given a single dollar to NCPR. We found: Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s proposal to pass an amendment enshrining the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1973 abortion decision Roe v.
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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.
Photo credit: Mehdi Taamalah/ABACAUSA/Newscom
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.
Democrats see anti-Trump momentum, launch early bid to take Upstate NY House seats
House Democrats, seeing opportunity in grassroots rallies and protests against President Donald Trump’s policies, on Thursday launched their earliest effort in a campaign cycle to hire organizing staff and target key swing seats in New York state. The New York campaign will initially focus on U.S. Reps.
Today in History
On Feb. 1, 1942, during World War II, the Voice of America broadcast its first program to Europe, relaying it through the facilities of the British Broadcasting Corp. in London.
Today in History
On Feb. 1, 1942, during World War II, the Voice of America broadcast its first program to Europe, relaying it through the facilities of the British Broadcasting Corp. in London.
Today in History
On Feb. 1, 1942, during World War II, the Voice of America broadcast its first program to Europe, relaying it through the facilities of the British Broadcasting Corp. in London.
Today in History
On Feb. 1, 1942, during World War II, the Voice of America broadcast its first program to Europe, relaying it through the facilities of the British Broadcasting Corp. in London.
Immigration order playing well to Trump’s fans around nation
President Donald Trump’s order temporarily banning refugees and immigrants from seven mostly Muslim countries is playing well in Trump Country, those places that propelled him to the White House. The New York businessman and reality TV star promised to put America first during the campaign, his supporters say, and he’s doing it.
Protests erupt across the U.S. as thousands rally against Trump refugee ban
President Donald Trump’s sweeping executive order to suspend refugee arrivals and impose tough controls on travelers from seven predominantly Muslim countries was met with protests at U.S. airports. Thousands of demonstrators rallied outside the White House and in cities nationwide Sunday to protest President Trump’s refugee ban, as the executive order continued to halt travel in some locations, despite being weakened by federal judges overnight and having its constitutionality called into question as rulings spilled into Sunday.
Judge’s ruling blocks deportations of those being held due to Trump’s immigration order
Protestors rally during a demonstration against the Muslim immigration ban at John F. Kennedy International Airport on January 28, 2017 in New York City. A federal judge has temporarily blocked the deportation of those being detained at airports due to an executive order on immigration issued by U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday.
Federal judge bars deporting travelers with valid visas
A federal court in Brooklyn tonight granted an emergency stay on President Trump’s executive order that bans immigration from seven predominantly Muslim countries for two Iraqi men who had valid visas to enter the United States but were detained today when they arrived in New York. Trump’s order calls for an immediate suspension of immigration from countries with ties to terror, including Syria, Yemen, Sudan, Somalia, Iraq, Iran and Libya, for a time period of 90 days.
Resistance Trumps Hate as Protesters Rally Against Anti-Immigrant Executive Orders
The sky was gray, a light snow fell, and the weather was bitingly cold. But the mood outside New York’s John F. Kennedy Airport on Saturday was red hot with anger, as dozens, and then hundreds, and then, as night fell, thousands arrived to protest President Donald Trump’s executive order barring entry into the United States of all refugees-including Syrian refugees, perhaps indefinitely-as well as visa-holders from seven Muslim-majority countries.
Banned from the U.S.: ‘You need to go back to your country’
Hameed Khalid Darweesh, center, a former interpreter for the U.S. military in Iraq, speaks after his release from detention during a protest outside John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, Jan. 28, 2017. Reactions were divided after President Donald Trump issued an executive order Friday banning refugees from seven predominantly Muslim countries from entering the United States.
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The Trump administration will temporarily suspend the entry of foreign nationals from some Muslim-majority countries through executive order, according to refugee advocacy groups who have obtained what they say is a draft copy of an order to be signed by the new president. The document, which has been published by several news outlets and was obtained separately by The Hill, is titled “Protecting the Nation from Terrorist Attacks by Foreign Nationals.”
‘Sanctuary cities’ undaunted by Trump move to cut funding
Moina Shaiq holds a sign at a rally outside of City Hall in San Francisco, Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2017. President Donald Trump moved aggressively to tighten the nation’s immigration controls Wednesday, signing executive actions to jumpstart construction of his promised U.S.-Mexico border wall and cut federal grants for immigrant-protecting “sanctuary cities.”
Top Trump adviser registered to vote in two states
Kellyanne Conway, Steve Bannon and Reince Priebus speak outside St. John’s Episcopal Church on January 20, 2017, before Pence’s inauguration. Kellyanne Conway, Steve Bannon and Reince Priebus speak outside St. John’s Episcopal Church on January 20, 2017, before Pence’s inauguration.
March in NYC heads to president’s local home
Demonstrators march across 42nd Street during a women’s march, Saturday, Jan. 21, 2017, in New York. The march is being held in solidarity with similar events taking place in Washington and around the nation.