As questions swirl about the contact members of President Donald Trump’s campaign had with Russians throughout the 2016 election, a majority of Americans favor an independent investigation, a new poll has found. Fifty-two percent of Americans support such an inquiry, while 23 percent are opposed, according to an Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research […]
President Trump will not ask the American Bar Association to evaluate candidates for federal judgeships prior to formally nominating them for the more than 100 existing judicial vacancies – a departure from a practice that has been previously criticized for bias against Republican nominees. ABA President Linda Klein announced Friday that the association was “notified
California’s cigarette tax increased by $2 a pack Saturday under new tobacco policies passed by voters during last November’s general election. Smokers in California will now pay $2.87 in state taxes for a pack of cigarettes, more than tripling the 87-cent tax levied before the new excise took hold April 1. In implementing the $2
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USANEW YORK — Revelations of sexual harassment claims involving Fox News keep piling up, with the news Saturday that two additional women who accused star anchor Bill O’Reilly had received settlements — one in 2011 and one just months ago. According to a report in The New York Times, late last year a payment of
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USAPresident Trump on Saturday told NBC News to stop reporting on Russia’s involvement in his White House victory as accusations concerning Moscow’s role in last year’s election face heightened scrutiny in the form of no fewer than three federal probes. Via his personal Twitter account, Mr. Trump fired off a pair of posts Saturday morning
With short viral videos, a Facebook group gets thousands of laughs when US-born bilingual youth poke fun at their esteemed Russian-speaking elders By Julie Masis Floating above the obligatory hammer and sickle, the centerpiece of this red Soviet Union flag is a six-pointed Star of David. The overtly Jewish symbol is front and center in
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International, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USA7-year-old Brady Duke was heartbroken to hear that one of his local police officers was killed in the line of duty. He could only imagine how sad the rest of the police force must be feeling after losing one of their own. So Brady selected his most prized possession to send along as a gift
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USAFormer “Star Trek” star George Takei on Saturday said he’d run next year again U.S. Rep. Devin Nunes, California Republican, triggering widespread support before his would-be congressional run was revealed to be a well-played April Fool’s Day prank. “Well, the cat’s out of the bag it seems. Let’s do this! #Takei2018,” the actor-turned-activist tweeted shortly
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USAOn the same day the stockbroker for then-Georgia Congressman Tom Price bought him up to $90,000 of stock in six pharmaceutical companies last year, Price arranged to call a top U.S. health official, seeking to scuttle a controversial rule that could have hurt the firms’ profits and driven down their share prices, records obtained by
Brussels (dpa) – NATO’s target of each country increasing defence spending to 2 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP) is “unrealistic” said German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel on Friday, amid calls by the US on its European allies for greater financial commitments. Gabriel said that hitting the defence target would mean allocating 70 billion
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International, USAA former CIA analyst is saying there’s an easy way to check who House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes met with at the White House when he viewed classified information he said supports the idea President Donald Trump’s election campaign was under surveillance. “It would take about 120 seconds for a for a White House
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International, USAA former chairman of the House Intelligence Committee warned Friday against Congress giving former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn immunity in exchange for testimony, saying he is concerned it could get in the way of an ongoing FBI investigation. Responding to a report in The Wall Street Journal that Mr. Flynn has offered to testify
Russia is “actively involved” in the French and German elections scheduled for later this year, Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Burr warned Wednesday. U.S. officials “feel part of our responsibility is to educate the rest of the world about what’s going on,” Burr said, because Moscow was launching “character assassination of candidates.” “What … was
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International, USAManatees — the aquatic mammals also known as “sea cows” — are no longer an endangered species, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced Thursday. But instead of welcoming the announcement as a cause for celebration, environmental groups were pushing back against the government’s new status for manatees. “We believe this is a devastating blow
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