Caitlin Moran, the widely-celebrated feminist author and columnist, has called for girls to avoid reading any books with male authors until they are grown women. Moran, a Times of London columnist behind the best-selling How to Be a Woman, argued that reading great works by males will make young women cripplingly insecure.
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Trump tests dealmaker image to sell healthcare bill
President Donald Trump has launched a charm offensive of the type not seen before in his brief and chaotic tenure, forcefully rallying behind legislation to repeal the Obamacare healthcare law while trying to placate the bill’s opponents. U.S. President Donald Trump walks from Marine One as he returns to the White House in Washington, U.S., March 5, 2017.
GOP-led House passes bill to curb legal claims against big biz over discrimination, consumer gripes
The House has approved a bill that would make it harder for individuals or groups to bring legal claims against companies in consumer disputes, employment discrimination cases and other areas. Lawmakers approved the Republican-sponsored measure, 220-201, Thursday night.
Besides the whole killing people thing, Trumpcare has a potentially fatal flaw
Donald Trump has won the presidency after narrowly carrying a few states to put him above 270 electoral votes. But… At his Senate confirmation hearing, Attorney General Jeff Sessions lied under oath that he had never had contact with the… Despite promising to release his tax returns in a televised debate with Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump continues to show that… There are lots of things brewing in the House’s version of Trumpcare, which has now passed out of both the Energy and Commerce and Ways and Means committees, that are going to be a big problem for the Senate.
Restaurant owners Khalid Pitts and Diane Gross speak
Owners of Cork Wine Bar say Donald Trump’s hotel lease takes away business. It’s the latest lawsuit to challenge Trump’s refusal to relinquish ownership of his real-estate empire while serving as president.
In Syria, our troops try to keep our allies from killing each other. What’s the long-term plan?
Donald Trump has won the presidency after narrowly carrying a few states to put him above 270 electoral votes. But… At his Senate confirmation hearing, Attorney General Jeff Sessions lied under oath that he had never had contact with the… Despite promising to release his tax returns in a televised debate with Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump continues to show that… We still don’t know what the Trump administration’s intentions in Syria are.
3rd Circuit Addresses Requirements of Mandatory Arbitration
As the costs of employment litigation continue rising, employers continue to look to alternative dispute resolution processes to gain control over potential lawsuits. In Zimmer v.
Fearing deportation, undocumented domestic violence victims are abandoning claims against abusers
Donald Trump has won the presidency after narrowly carrying a few states to put him above 270 electoral votes. But… At his Senate confirmation hearing, Attorney General Jeff Sessions lied under oath that he had never had contact with the… Despite promising to release his tax returns in a televised debate with Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump continues to show that… Fearing Donald Trump’s Deportation Force, four undocumented domestic violence victims in Denver have abandoned their claims against their abusers.
Gov. Sandoval Signs Letter to Pres. Trump Requesting Emergency Assistance for Northern Nevada
Governor Brian Sandoval today announced he has signed a letter to President Donald Trump respectfully requesting a major disaster declaration for Northern Nevada following the February weather event and sent a formal communication to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for assistance specific to Lemmon Valley in Washoe Valley. “I was grateful for the three-day approval for the funds related to the January event but even at that time, we knew the sustained weather event would likely require a second request from our federal partners,” said Governor Brian Sandoval.
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House Energy and Commerce Committee member Rep. Tony Cardenas, D-Calif., left, and Rep. Raul Ruiz, D-Calif., pause as members of the committee argue the details of the GOP’s “Obamacare” replacement bill after working all… . After working through the night, House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Rep. Greg Walden, R-Ore., is seen on a TV monitor as Rep. Buddy Carter, R-Ga., seated at center, and Rep. Ryan Costello, R-Pa., listen to deba… WASHINGTON – The sun rose Thursday on a House committee’s marathon debate of the Republican health care bill as one lawmaker made a novel offer to mercifully end the session – the promise of food.
Transgender families press education secretary on rights
A little girl in bronze defiantly facing Wall Street’s mammoth Charging Bull didn’t appear suddenly or spontaneously in Manhattan’s financial district in the middle of the night. Washington state’s attorney general is asking a federal judge to affirm that an order blocking President Donald Trump’s first travel ban will also apply to a revised travel ban.
The Latest: Source says Jags to spend big to improve defense
A little girl in bronze defiantly facing Wall Street’s mammoth Charging Bull didn’t appear suddenly or spontaneously in Manhattan’s financial district in the middle of the night. A little girl in bronze defiantly facing Wall Street’s mammoth Charging Bull didn’t appear suddenly or spontaneously in Manhattan’s financial district in the middle of the night.
SEC nominee reveals possible Wall Street conflicts
The Wall Street attorney chosen by President Donald Trump to head the Securities and Exchange Commission has worked on many of the kinds of deals the agency regulates and represented some of the biggest financial firms. A financial disclosure report Jay Clayton filed with the government reveals clients that pose potential conflicts of interest for the SEC job.
After 27-hour Hill debate, second House committee OKs Obamacare repeal
A second House committee approved the Republican Party’s Obamacare repeal bill Thursday, as President Donald Trump flexed his deal-making skills to build momentum behind the legislation amid growing concern among prominent GOP figures that fast-tracking the measure could backfire. The House Energy and Commerce Committee voted to move the bill to the House floor after a marathon hearing lasting 27 hours and 18 minutes, hours after the Ways and Means panel registered the first milestone for the American Health Care Act, endorsing it after their own 18-hour session.
The Latest: Source says Osweiler and picks to Browns
Republicans on a pivotal House committee are nearing an initial triumph in their effort to scuttle former President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul. Republicans on a pivotal House committee are nearing an initial triumph in their effort to scuttle former President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul.
6 days later, no more clarity from Trump on wiretapping claims
Six days after he accused his Oval Office predecessor of wiretapping him, President Donald Trump on Thursday again avoided questions about the charge, leaving his aides and allies still-struggling to explain his Saturday-morning broadside. Trump was initially scheduled to come before cameras twice in the Roosevelt Room Thursday.
FBI Director James Comey meets with Congress ‘Gang of Eight’
FBI Director James Comey went to Capitol Hill on Thursday to meet with eight members of Congress who represent those who have access to the most highly classified intelligence information, a source told CNN. In the Senate, that includes Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, and the chairman and ranking member of the Senate Intelligence committee, Republican Sen. Richard Burr and Democrat Mark Warner respectively.
GOP’s Obamacare Replacement May Reduce Bureaucracy, but Not Bureaucrats
Republicans have spoken for years of the need to remove government from individual health care decisions. And in touting their new American Health Care Act, House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., said the “most important thing it does” is “it takes the power out of the bureaucracy and puts it back to the doctors and patients where it belongs.”
Son of former boxing champ tells lawmakers about detention
Muhammad Ali Jr., son of the late boxing legend Muhammad Ali, arrives for a forum on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 9, 2017, on the consequences of President Donald Trump’s immigration policies, sponsored by House House Judiciary Committee members Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., and Rep. Luis Gutierrez, D-Ill., a leading advocate in the House for comprehensive immigration reform.
Doug Chin
In this Feb. 3, 2017, file photo, Hawaii Attorney General Doug Chin speaks at a news conference in Honolulu announcing the state of Hawaii has filed a lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump’s travel ban. The state of Hawaii has become the first state to sue to stop Trump’s revised travel ban.
Ex-Trump adviser Carter Page at center of Russia storm
In this Friday, July 8, 2016, file photo, Carter Page, then adviser to U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, speaks at the graduation ceremony for the New Economic School in Moscow, Russia. Page, once a little-known investment banker-turned-adviser in the outer circle of the improbable Trump campaign, is emerging as a central figure in the controversy surrounding campaign connections to Russia.
Lawmakers call plan to raise sales tax for roads a hard sell
Democratic Rep. Diane Mitsch Busch, left with Democratic House Speaker Crisanta Duran, second from left, and Republican Senate President Kevin Granthamm second from right, and Republican Sen. Randy Baumgartner, right, discuss a bipartisan transportation funding bill at the state Capitol in Denver on Thursday, March 9, 2017. Their bill would ask voters to approve a state sales tax hike and $3.5 million in bonds to fund roads and other transit needs over the next 20 years.
When Discussing Trump’s Muslim Ban 2.0, Cable News Largely Excluded Muslim Guests Again
Cable news once again virtually ignored Muslim voices when hosting guests to discuss President Donald Trump’s revised Muslim ban that now blocks migrants from six majority-Muslim nations , a pattern which has been consistent in cable news reporting since the election of Trump. On March 6, Trump signed a new executive order temporarily banning U.S. entry for immigrants and refugees from six majority-Muslim countries.
Roger Stone, Trump confidante, spoke privately with Russian hacker prior to the election: Report
Roger Stone, President Trump’s former campaign adviser, communicated privately with an entity directly involved in hacking the Democratic National Committee ahead of the 2016 White House race, The Smoking Gun reported Wednesday. Mr. Stone, a veteran political consultant, swapped private Twitter messages last year with “Guccifer 2.0,” the website reported Wednesday citing an unnamed source.
Locked-Out Media Watch While Trump Administration Retreats Into Secrecy
“We want to ensure at all times, if confirmed, that the secretary of state and the State Department is fully transparent with the public.” – Secretary of State Rex Tillerson at his January 11, 2017 , confirmation hearing.
The Economy Created 2.1 Million Jobs In 2016, But The News Talked About Only 700 Of Them
Media Matters research for the fourth quarter of the year found that broadcast evening news fixated on then President-elect Donald Trump’s misleading announcement that he was responsible for saving hundreds of jobs at an American manufacturer while largely ignoring the roughly 2.1 million jobs gained by the U.S. economy in 2016. Television news fawned over Trump’s late-November participation in negotiations between state authorities and Indiana-based appliance manufacturer Carrier in which the company decided to move only half of its jobs to Mexico in exchange for tax subsidies.
Tim Kainea s son arrested protesting against pro-Trump rally
The youngest son of U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine, who was Hillary Clinton’s running mate last year, was one of six people arrested while protesting against a rally in support of President Donald Trump at the Minnesota state Capitol building last weekend.
Why fact-checkers won’t use the word ‘lie’
Interpretation of the news based on evidence, including data, as well as anticipating how events might unfold based on past events The notion that President Trump lies has gone mainstream. “Trump Repeats Lie About Popular Vote in Meeting With Lawmakers,” blared the headline of a Jan. 23 story in the New York Times regarding the president’s claim that 3 million to 5 million unauthorized immigrants voted for Hillary Clinton in November, depriving him of a win in the popular vote.
EU Council Chief Tusk Re-Elected Despite Opposition
Donald Tusk has been re-elected as European Council President despite attempts by Poland to prevent his bid for a second term. Bloomberg’s Caroline Connan reports on “Bloomberg Markets: European Close.”
GOP-run committee backs Trump’s pick for US envoy to Israel
A Republican-led Senate committee on Thursday narrowly approved the nomination of the combative lawyer selected by President Donald Trump to be ambassador to Israel, setting aside concerns that David Friedman lacked the temperament for such a critical diplomatic post. Members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted largely along party lines, 12-9, to recommend that the full Senate consider Friedman’s nomination.
Enslaving debt has soared to almost $20 trillion
Within 40 days our national debt is likely to be $20 trillion; four of which is from eight years of George W. Bush and 10 from eight years of Barack Obama – the two biggest spending presidents in U.S. history. Obama alone accumulated more debt than all previous presidents put together.
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Senate Bill 50 cleared the state House of Representatives on Wednesday by a vote of 77-18. It now heads to Republican Gov. Matt Bevin’s desk.
Jury selection begins in trial of gunman in barracks ambush
Jury selection is about to get underway Thursday, March 9, 2017, in the capita… . In this Friday, March 6, 2015 file photo, a sign marks the location of the barracks for the Pennsylvania State Police in Blooming Grove Township, Pa.
U.S. Retail Group Supports Repeal of Obamacare
The National Retail Federation supports legislation unveiled by House Republicans this week to repeal and replace former President Obama’s Affordable Care Act. “Retailers want reforms that push us toward a more competition-driven private health care market, and the ObamaCare repeal-and-replace bills take us in that direction,” NRF Senior Vice President for Government Relations David French said.
Thanks to Trump and the GOP, a California single-payer healthcare system is now possible
Republican proposals for Medicaid block grants unintentionally would remove a key obstacle to California creating its own single-payer insurance system. Republican proposals for Medicaid block grants unintentionally would remove a key obstacle to California creating its own single-payer insurance system.
Cooper’s first budget signals left’s defeat
Roy Cooper has just submitted his first budget proposal as governor of North Carolina. It is a political document – and I don’t mean that as an insult.
Democrats: a Trumpcarea is a a tax break for the richa
Sen. Chris Van Hollen and Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer head for a news conference with people who may be negatively affected by the proposed American Health Care Act, the Republicans’ attempt to repeal and replace Obamacare, outside the U.S. Capitol. March 9. Democrats, who’ve struggled for a way to separate President Trump from the voters who powered his upset victory, believe they’ve found one with the American Health Care Act.
10 for Today: Thursday, March 9
HEALTHCARE: House Majority Whip Steve Scalise of La., left, joined by Rep. Phil Roe, R-Tenn., holds up a copy of the original Affordable Care Act bill during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 8, as the GOP leadership talks about its work on the long-awaited Republican plan to repeal and replace “Obamacare.” The anti-secrecy group, meanwhile, raises the prospect of providing technology companies additional sensitive details it says it has about the agency’s hacking tools.
U.S. senators ask government for proof Obama wiretapped Trump
Two senior senators asked the FBI and Justice Department on Wednesday for any information they have on President Donald Trump’s unsubstantiated claim that his predecessor Barack Obama wiretapped him during the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign. In a letter to James Comey, director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and Acting Deputy Attorney General Dana Boente, Republican Lindsey Graham and Democrat Sheldon Whitehouse wrote: “We request that the Department of Justice provide us copies of any warrant applications and court orders related to wiretaps of President Trump, the Trump campaign, or Trump Tower.”
Meadows Pushes Changes in Obamacare Repeal Bill
Despite increasing pressure from the White House and congressional leaders, Rep. Mark Meadows isn’t backing down from his opposition to House Republicans’ legislation repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act, seeking significant changes to bring conservatives on board. Meadows, chairman of the House Freedom Caucus, and conservative colleagues in both the House and Senate have raised major objections in the days following the release of the long-awaited health care replacement, putting in question Republicans’ ability to pass the legislation.