2017年2月8日星期三

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Obama photographer taunts Trump on Instagram

Posted: 08 Feb 2017 01:03 PM PST

Obama photographer (Instagram)Pete Souza has been throwing shade at Trump by posting images like the one of the former president meeting with Mexican leader Enrique Peña Nieto.


Senate confirms Sessions for attorney general

Posted: 08 Feb 2017 05:27 PM PST

Sen. Jeff Sessions (Getty Images)The Alabama lawmaker was an early supporter of Donald Trump and one of the Senate's most conservative Republicans.


Schumer says Republicans are afraid of Trump

Posted: 08 Feb 2017 02:05 PM PST

Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer of N.Y., accompanied by Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., gestures during a news conference on Capitol Hill. (AP)The Democratic Senate minority leader says his GOP colleagues are troubled by the president — but won't do anything.


What Trump may do next on immigration

Posted: 08 Feb 2017 01:54 PM PST

Activists demonstrate against President Trump's immigration policies. (AP)Could federal officials proactively deport undocumented immigrants with criminal records? It's not being ruled out.


Senator to Trump: 'Come after me you fascist'

Posted: 08 Feb 2017 01:02 PM PST

Pennsylvania state Sen. Daylin Leach (Getty Images)Pennsylvania lawmaker Daylin Leach goes after President Trump in a profanity-laced Facebook post.


How a 1902 fistfight stopped Elizabeth Warren

Posted: 08 Feb 2017 12:56 PM PST

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (J. Scott Applewhite/AP)The Senate rule that silenced the senator's critique of Trump's attorney general pick has an unusual origin.


ISIS celebrates Trump's travel ban: Report

Posted: 08 Feb 2017 11:27 AM PST

ISIS members march in Syria. (AP)The terrorist group reportedly believes President Trump's executive order proves that the West is at war with Islam.


MLB rethinks its stance against gambling

Posted: 08 Feb 2017 09:05 AM PST

Rob Manfred (Getty Images)Commissioner Rob Manfred says he and team owners are mulling whether to allow legalized gambling on games.


'Conflict minerals' rule may be targeted

Posted: 08 Feb 2017 03:37 PM PST

A flock of birds fly over the White House at dusk. (Getty Images)A rule that requires firms to disclose if a product contains materials from war-torn parts of Africa could change soon.


Full moon, comet share special double billing

Posted: 08 Feb 2017 11:17 AM PST

A full moon. (Space.com)The night-sky show starts with Friday's lunar eclipse and continues when a glowing green comet zooms past Earth.


Troubles foreseen with tax refund delay

Posted: 08 Feb 2017 08:19 AM PST

Tax refund delay means 'a pothole in consumer spending'As many as 30 million households will have to wait to get their refunds this year, and that's expected to affect consumer spending.


Open-Internet rules look dead. Now what?

Posted: 07 Feb 2017 03:16 PM PST

Open-internet rules look dead. Now what? (AP)Diluting net neutrality regulations looks to be a priority for the new head of the Federal Communications Commission.


Trump to police: 'Turn in the bad ones'

Posted: 08 Feb 2017 09:37 AM PST

President Donald Trump speaks to the Major County Sheriffs' Association and Major Cities Chiefs Association. (AP)The president attends a gathering of law enforcement leaders to speak about "illegal immigrant gang members."


Immigration ban rattles a city for refugees

Posted: 08 Feb 2017 09:25 AM PST

Participants take the oath of citizenship to become U.S. citizens during th e first of two naturalization ceremonies on June 26, 2014, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas in Corpus Christi. (Rachel Denny Clow/Corpus Christi Caller-Times/AP)Amarillo is the leading safe haven in Texas, which is the top state for refugee resettlement.


Japan charts its own path with Trump

Posted: 07 Feb 2017 11:43 PM PST

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, left, and President Trump. (AP)The country is heartened by its prime minister's invitation to the "Winter White House" in Palm Beach, Fla.


GOP senator: 'Rogue agency' is too powerful

Posted: 08 Feb 2017 07:52 AM PST

GOP senator: 'Rogue agency' is too powerful (Reuters)The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) works with student loans, mortgages, and credit cards.


Court blocks N.C. law limiting governor

Posted: 08 Feb 2017 11:50 AM PST

Gov. Roy Cooper (Getty Images)A law that stripped Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper of some of his powers has been temporarily halted.


U.S. appeals court slammed by Trump

Posted: 08 Feb 2017 08:28 AM PST

Trump says judicial system is "so political." (AP)The president attacked what he described as the "disgraceful" court hearing on his refugee and travel ban.


Mother of slain backpacker blasts Trump

Posted: 07 Feb 2017 04:00 PM PST

Mia Ayliffe-Chung; the crime scene. (Facebook; AFP Photo/STR)The mother of a backpacker killed in Australia rips the president for labeling her daughter's death as a terror attack.


Republicans' silencing of Warren backfires

Posted: 08 Feb 2017 07:36 AM PST

Elizabeth Warren (Getty Images)Social media explodes in protest after the democratic senator is stopped from reading a letter by Coretta Scott King.


Trump weighs in on Ivanka's Nordstrom drama

Posted: 08 Feb 2017 08:22 AM PST

Donald and Ivanka Trump (Getty Images)The president calls the department store "terrible" after reports surface that it dropped his daughter's line.


Trump's likely choice for solicitor general

Posted: 08 Feb 2017 05:21 AM PST

Trump's likely choice for solicitor general Chuck Cooper. (AP)As the nation's top advocate, Chuck Cooper would be charged with defending legal challenges to laws and executive orders.


The letter Warren wasn't allowed to read

Posted: 08 Feb 2017 05:19 AM PST

The letter Warren wasn't allowed to read. (AP)During the Jeff Sessions hearing, Sen. Warren was stopped by Republicans from reading a letter written by Martin Luther King's widow.


Clinic's false Alzheimer's diagnoses

Posted: 08 Feb 2017 12:52 PM PST

Clinic falsely tells dozens they have Alzheimer's. (AP)More than 50 people are suing a now-closed Ohio clinic's former director for wrongly diagnosing patients with dementia.


Trump announces his full Cabinet roster

Posted: 07 Feb 2017 08:45 PM PST

President Trump (AP)President Trump's Cabinet will have 24 members, more than either of his two most recent predecessors.


Why fake news is now ensnaring liberals

Posted: 07 Feb 2017 04:45 PM PST

President Trump (Getty Images)One of the most charged political terms of the Trump presidency is becoming increasingly prevalent on the left.


Federal judges asked to ignore Trump comments

Posted: 07 Feb 2017 05:33 PM PST

Government lawyer urges 9th Circuit not to consider Trump?s Muslim ban commentsFederal judges are urged not to consider statements by Trump and his advisers about wanting to ban the entry of Muslims into the U.S.


President uses dark language to defend ban

Posted: 07 Feb 2017 04:00 PM PST

Donald Trump reacts after delivering a speech in Charlotte, N.C. (Gerald Herbert/AP)In defending the barring of refugees and curbs on immigration, he's using striking language to emphasize the danger posed by Islamic extremists.


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