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Apple CEO Tim Cook on Monday defended his attendance at President-elect Donald Trump’s tech summit last week in New York, telling employees that the best way to influence policy is from within, not by yelling from the sidelines. Mr. Cook made the comments on Apple’s internal employee info service Apple Web, TechCrunch reported. “Personally, I’ve […]

PHILADELPHIA — A federal judge denied former Congressman Chaka Fattah’s bid to remain out of prison while he appeals his conviction on racketeering conspiracy, bribery, money laundering and other crimes. The Pennsylvania Democrat must now report to begin serving his 10-year sentence on Jan. 25, U.S. District Judge Harvey Bartle III wrote in a 10-page

President-elect Donald Trump nominated Vincent Viola as Secretary of the Army, his transition team announced Monday. Viola is a West Point graduate, the founder of electronic trading firm Virtu Financial, former chairman of the New York Mercantile Exchange, owner of the NHL’s Florida Panthers and founder of the Combating Terrorism Center at West Point. “I

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Monday pardoned 78 people and shortened the sentences of 153 others convicted of federal crimes — the most individual clemencies ever granted in a single day by any president. As he nears the end of his second term, Obama has issued more commutations than the previous 11 presidents combined,

Donald Trump officially became president-elect Donald Trump shortly after 3:30 pm Monday, as he secured a majority of the Electoral College vote and easily overcame a last-ditch effort by protesters to keep him out of the White House. Despite efforts to convince Trump electors to deliver a conscience vote for a different candidate, Trump avoided

A neo-Nazi group is targeting Jewish residents of a small Montana town, publicizing their personal information and calling upon white supremacists to harass them – a form of cyber bullying colloquially known as “doxing”. The doxing campaign, led by the neo-Nazi website The Daily Stormer, is targeting Jewish residents of Whitefish, Montana, where the mother

Looking back at a Democratic Party that has been shattered nationwide under his leadership, President Obama is accepting blame for building a campaign organization that benefited mainly himself. The president said Monday that he and his political team didn’t pay enough attention to local Democratic races after he came into office in 2009, saying he

Close Packed into a cramped Senate hearing room, the crowd erupted into prolonged whistles and cheers. Bernie Sanders had just joined a “Hands Off Medicare” rally-cum-press conference on December 7, and the activists in attendance, mostly union members in matching T-shirts, were enthralled. When the headliners of the event, Democratic Party leaders Nancy Pelosi and

If it’s controversy the Clintons tried to avoid during the presidential race, former President Bill Clinton’s private meeting with U.S. Attorney Gen. Loretta Lynch did not help, especially as it had occurred just before presidential nominee Hillary Clinton’s meeting with the FBI. Clinton boarded Lynch’s plane at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport in June. Following