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Top Democrat seeks to interview Ivanka Trump in Russian Federation probe
Trump and aides said Democrats and other critics are using Russia as excuse for Hillary Clinton's loss in the 2016 election, and unfairly trying to tie the president to Russians who hacked Democratic emails and promoted "fake news" about Clinton. [Full Article...]
Saudi women attend sports event for first time
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, 32, has been hailed as the face of these changes. On Thursday, Jeddah held Saudi Arabia's first auto exhibition aimed at women, a few months after Saudi Arabia announced it would grant them the right to drive. [Full Article...]
Who Is Edgar Ray Killen? Klansman, 'Mississippi Burning' Perpetrator Dies In Prison
The slayings shocked the nation, helped spur passage of the landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964 and were dramatized in the 1988 movie " Mississippi Burning ". After federal intervention, 18 men were trialled in 1967 on civil rights violation charges. With key witnesses dead and memories faded, the jurors, including three black members, said they convicted Killen of the lesser charge of manslaughte... [Full Article...]
Here's who would win if Oprah ran against Trump
King said. Kirsten Gillibrand and Sen Elizabeth Warren , as the nation contemplates Oprah Winfrey running against President Donald Trump in 2020. It's nearly like she thinks America should elect somebody with experience in politics. Oprah Winfrey must have been pleased with the talk after her speech at the Golden Globes awards ceremony the other night. [Full Article...]
Trump lawyer sues BuzzFeed for publishing Russian Federation dossier
At the time , President Obama's National Security Adviser Susan Rice and his ambassador to the UN, Samantha Power, made dozens of "unmasking" requests for the identities of members of Trump's team-asking to be provided with transcripts of conversations they took part in with their names not redacted, as would normally be done. [Full Article...]
Illinois Girl, 11, Can Take Medical Marijuana at School, Judge Agrees
The suit claims that the state's ban on taking the drug at school is unconstitutional because it denies the right to due process and violates the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act. Superintendent Andy DuRoss said officials were working to accommodate the girl as best they could within the law - but added the school would comply with whatever the co... [Full Article...]
Judge's ruling temporarily blocks President Trump's decision to end DACA
Trump announced in September that he meant to end the DACA program , which protects some 800,000 young illegal immigrants from deportation. District Judge William Alsup , from the Northern District Court of California, issued his decision on Tuesday in which he described Trump's decision in September 2017 to end DACA and to give Congress until March 5 to resolve the situation of its ben... [Full Article...]
Trump agrees to delay US-South Korea military drills during Olympics
The restart of talks follows tit-for-tat threats of nuclear war and the trading of personal insults between Kim and US President Donald Trump over Pyongyang's recent missile tests and ongoing nuclear program, which have prompted additional United Nations sanctions specifically targeting oil. [Full Article...]
Outrage Over President Trump's Derogatory Comments About Haitians and Other Immigrants
Jeffress tried to draw a distinction between Christian obligation and the politics of governing. Trump has since denied all allegations that he called the countries " shitholes " and instead said he has no issues with Haitians (but noticeably didn't rescind his comments about Salvadorians). [Full Article...]
U.S. citizens, senators slate Trump for his 'hate-filled, racist' comment
Trump spent Thursday evening making a flurry of calls to friends and outside advisers to judge their reaction to the tempest, said the confidant, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he wasn't authorized to disclose a private conversation. [Full Article...]
Trump Rips 'Sneaky' Sen. Feinstein for Releasing Full Trump-Russia Dossier Testimony
Dianne Feinstein , the top Democrat on the Judiciary Committee, on Tuesday unilaterally released a highly anticipated transcript of the committee's interview with one of the founders of the firm that produced a salacious and unsubstantiated dossier outlining a Russian effort to aid the Trump campaign. [Full Article...]
Republican senators claim to have not heard Trump's 'shithole' countries remark
The President did not answer. Mia Love, the only Haitian-American in Congress , called on President Donald Trump to apologize after he reportedly referred to Haiti , El Salvador and countries in Africa as " s***hole countries " during an Oval Office meeting . [Full Article...]
Trump to get first presidential physical exam Friday
Jackson added that "the president is in excellent health and I look forward to briefing some of the details on Tuesday". There is no formal requirement for presidents to undergo such a physical, but modern holders of the office have tended to undergo them anyway and receive doctors' notes indicating they are "fit to serve" as president. [Full Article...]
Judges angry about functioning of India's Supreme Court
The government has no say in it and does not wish to interfere, the sources said. The media conference, held at the residence of Justice Chelameswar, was the first of its kind for sitting judges of the Supreme Court on various issues relating to the apex judiciary. [Full Article...]
President Donald Trump finishes undergoing medical exam
A psychiatrist who edited a provocative book about President Donald Trump's mental health said Monday that there were signs he was "unraveling" as pressure from the Russian Federation probe increases on his administration. However, some experts suggest the results, which the White House has claimed it will publicize, may not reveal much information about the president's health and wellness, ... [Full Article...]
Politicians respond to Trump's alleged comment about Haiti
The Washington Post reported that several people who were in the meeting said the president grew frustrated with lawmakers when they discussed protecting immigrants from Haiti, El Salvador and African countries as part of a bipartisan immigration deal. [Full Article...]
Liam Livingstone called-up in England Test squad for New Zealand tour
Stokes missed the series after being banned from global duties as police investigate his alleged role in a brawl outside a Bristol nightclub in September 2017. Matt Prior , the former England wicketkeeper, has castigated county cricket for housing too many complacent cricketers without the ambition to succeed for England . [Full Article...]
Donald Trump denies calling Haiti a 'sh**hole'
And for all of you who have over the last few years uttered that exhausted, lazy, uninformed, uneducated, ignorant response of calling me and others who point out racist behavior racist - you know what you can do? Trump allegedly said: 'Why are we having all these people from shithole countries come here?' during a meeting yesterday. [Full Article...]
McCain Calls Trump's Controversial Comments Unpatriotic
Sen. Lindsey Graham , R-S.C., who was at the meeting to try to sell the president on a compromise plan to protect about 800,000 mostly younger immigrants from deportation, chimed in at the meeting to defend immigrants. What exactly did Trump say? One said lawmakers in the room were taken aback by Trump's remarks. Trump said, suggesting that more immigrants be brought into the country from pl... [Full Article...]
House reauthorizes controversial surveillance program
The bill was approved by a margin of 256 to 164, and will now move to the Senate. Earlier, the House rejected a measure that would have imposed stiffer restrictions on the Federal Bureau of Investigation. That caught aides and lawmakers off guard. A short time later, he went further. Trump might've had a lesson on what the FISA act is in between the two tweets. [Full Article...]