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Aussie deputy PM Barnaby Joyce expecting baby with former staffer
Speaking with The Weekend Australian Magazine with his wife a year ago, Mr Joyce revealed how he barely spent any time at home with his family since getting into politics. Ms Campion worked as Mr Joyce's media advisor before she moved into a more senior role with Resources Minister Matt Canavan in April previous year. [Full Article...]
Super Bowl LII national anthem singer Pink is dealing with the flu
Many chained themselves to both the platform and others in an attempt to stop service for ticket holders. The protest Sunday afternoon was carried live on the Facebook page of Unicorn Riot, an alternative news website that has been on the scene of many urban protests in the Twin Cities for the past couple of years. [Full Article...]
Jordan Peele "Seriously Considering" A Sequel To "Get Out"
Get Out is back in theatres thanks to its Academy Award nominations , but writer-director Jordan Peele is continuing to look toward the future. But given his fantastic Stan Lee impersonation, and oft-on-TV declared love for a certain action star, we're also rooting for him to one day make a Marvel movie...starring "Liam Neesons though". [Full Article...]
House Intelligence Committee to vote Monday on releasing Democrats' memo
Frank LoBiondo of New Jersey and Mike Turner of OH said those lawmakers were certain or likely to vote for the memo's release. When "This Week" host George Stephanopoulos asked Hurd why his GOP colleagues couldn't wait to release both memos at the same time , Hurd said the information in the Democrats' memo "wasn't ready to go, and so we chose to release ours". [Full Article...]
McCain's DACA Fix Is Likely Dead On Arrival
Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.) is cosponsoring a bipartisan immigration bill with Sen. Graham's positions on immigration remain outside the mainstream for American voters, who by a plurality want to see less immigration to the US, not more . [Full Article...]
Why the Winter Olympics are always held in the Northern Hemisphere
Pence arrived Tuesday in Japan, where he will meet with Prime Minster Shinzo Abe and US service members. Thirty years later, on February 9, North Korea and South Korea will march under the same flag for the Winter Olympic Games, with a light blue map of the Korean peninsula on it to represent the two countries. [Full Article...]
Do Democrats even want an immigration deal?
And 75 percent of its 46 million viewers said they liked it, too, according to the polls. The 2018 midterms will be the first national referendum on Trump's presidency. and work requirements, which is a major plank in our philosophy". "And when I made that statement the other night", Trump said in an aside, "there was zero movement from the Democrats". [Full Article...]
Trump mocks 'Little Adam Schiff' as Democrats seek to counter GOP memo
On Saturday, he claimed, incorrectly, that the memo "totally vindicates" him in the continuing investigation into Russia's interference in the 2016 election. The memo controversy has overshadowed more pressing legislative issues, including another deadline to fund the government and a potential fix for a programme that grants deportation reprieves to illegal immigrants brought to the United St... [Full Article...]
House GOP working on averting another shutdown
What lawmakers pass to get them to that point remains is still very much the subject of intense negotiations, according to multiple sources with direct knowledge the talks. Legislators are looking at enormous increases for military and domestic spending, but have been squabbling over figures in the tens of billions of dollars as Democrats push for increases for domestic agencies to match whateve... [Full Article...]
Gautam Rode and Pankhuri Awasthy enter wedlock
The wedding took place in a fort that has been converted into a hotel and the ceremonies looked grand. While Gautam and Pankhuri kept the wedding a private affair, the fan pages of the duo shared several photos and videos of their nuptials and gave an insight into the fairytale wedding. [Full Article...]
Dad of North Korea detainee to be guest of Pence at Olympics
Kim serves as president of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly, North Korea's rubber-stamp legislature, and is a member of the powerful Central Committee within the Workers' Party. There he will meet with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and visit troops at Yokota Air Base before departing for Seoul on Thursday, where he will meet with South Korean President Moon Jae-in. [Full Article...]
Heavy snow on the way for your Wednesday morning
Destination Oneonta's annual meeting set for Wednesday has been postponed because of the storm forecast, organizers said. "The reason for the Winter Storm Warning is because 5 to 10" with some spots getting upwards of a foot of snow during this time frame. [Full Article...]
Netanyahu Visits Golan Heights, Warns Israel's Enemies Not to 'Test Us'
Lebanon's top three leaders accused Israel on Tuesday of threatening the stability of the border region between them amid rising tension over territorial and maritime boundaries. The statement came after a Monday meeting between Lebanese and Israeli military officials and United Nations peacekeepers, amid escalating tensions between the countries. [Full Article...]
Railways grants Rs 6000 cr for suburban project in Bengaluru
Out of it, Rs 563 crore will be used for electrification in the East Coast Railway jurisdiction. However, two things that have been left out and has become a cause of concern is that despite being sent as a proposal by the South Western Railways, the Railway Board has not approved the quadrupling of Whitefield-Bangalore Cantonment Line, which will play a major role in the operation of Suburban Rai... [Full Article...]
Court Allows Pennsylvania To Redraw GOP-Favored District Map
House of Representatives. State Rep. Cris Dush circulated a letter to House colleagues Monday urging the ouster of five justices who ruled that the legislature must redraw Pennsylvania's gerrymandered maps. But as Michael McDonald, a University of Florida redistricting expert who testified in the case, tweeted , that's also false. Stepping back from this Trump-like swirl of baseless accusatio... [Full Article...]
Misuse fear no bar for Aadhaar: SC
Justice DY Chandrachud said there were many judgments of the Supreme Court that concluded that a mere possibility of misuse could not lead to striking down of a legislation. "Aadhaar can't identify whether a person is a terrorist or money launderer, unless you have information of the crime", the lawyer added. Justice A K Sikri pointed out that the government, if it wants, can find out detail... [Full Article...]
House Intelligence Committee Votes Unanimously To Release Democratic Memo
The memo now goes to the White House for a five-day review, a national security survey like that for the memo written by staff of Chairman Devin Nunes (R-Calif.). Imagine how such guardians of the Constitution would protest if, say, that self-same government were to hold suspects in detention for a decade or more without charges or trials. [Full Article...]
Prime SJW Justin Trudeau scolds young woman: We say 'peoplekind,' not 'mankind'
The Washington Times reports that many religious organizations attended the kiki, and the woman speaking was affiliated with Mission Society Church of God, a South Korea-based religious organization that believes in "God the Mother". During a Q&A last week, a young woman asked the Canadian leader about the policies surrounding religious charitable organizations. "We won't be pushed around", ... [Full Article...]
Judge doesn't believe Nassar can be reformed
A judge on Monday ordered Nassar's third and final sentence: 40 to 125 years in prison. The MSU athletic director retired soon after. Faculty leaders are moving to hold a no-confidence vote against the university's Board of Trustees, the Lansing State Journal reported on Sunday. [Full Article...]
NBA Predictions: Are the Thunder giving up too many points vs. Lakers?
After losing two of three games this season to Houston , the Warriors remain unconcerned. The Oklahoma City Thunder will take on the Golden State Warriors in one of the National Basketball Association games on Tuesday, start time at 10:30 PM ET, at Oracle Arena , Oakland, CA. [Full Article...]