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Trump Administration Targets Immigrants Who Receive Public Benefits
The Trump Administration is proposing a federal rule that would make it so that immigrants who use public benefits could be deemed ineligible for legal status in the U.S. Under the rule, using food stamps, receiving Medicaid, using housing vouchers or living in public housing could make it more difficult for some immigrants to obtain green cards or get admitted to the U.S. Those who utilize the Medicaid Part D program for prescription drugs would also be hurt by the rule. The Department of Homeland...
Christine Blasey Ford Confirms Intent To Testify Against Kavanaugh For Judiciary Committee
Christine Blasey Ford, the woman accusing Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault, has agreed to testify this Thursday in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee. Ford’s attorney Debra Katz confirmed Ford’s testimony in an email Saturday, meeting the 2:30 p.m. deadline set last night by Committee chairman , Iowa Senator Charles Grassley. NEWS: Christine Blasey Ford’s lawyers tell Senate Judiciary staff she accepts the committee’s request to testify about...
White House Drafts Antitrust Order To Investigate Google And Facebook’S Business Practices
(Bloomberg) — The White House has drafted an executive order for President Donald Trump’s signature that would instruct federal antitrust and law enforcement agencies to open investigations into the business practices of Alphabet Inc.’s Google, Facebook Inc. and other social media companies. The order is in its preliminary stages and hasn’t yet been run past other government agencies, according to a White House official. Bloomberg News obtained a draft of the order. The...
President Trump Promises More Firings To Rid Justice Department Of ‘Lingering Stench’
(SPRINGFIELD, Mo.) — President Donald Trump has issued an ominous warning about the Justice Department and the FBI, promising more firings to rid a “lingering stench” after reports that Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein discussed secretly recording Trump. Trump, at a political rally Friday night in Missouri, did not explicitly mention the Rosenstein furor, first reported by The New York Times and confirmed by The Associated Press. But the president lashed out against what he...
Judiciary Committee Gives Kavanaugh Accuser More Time
WASHINGTON — The high-stakes brinkmanship over whether Brett Kavanaugh’s accuser would testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee came to a momentary standstill as GOP Chairman Chuck Grassley gave Christine Blasey Ford more time to decide on the terms of her appearance. The Republican-led committee insisted that if Ford missed a Friday night deadline to respond to the panel’s latest offer it would hold a vote Monday on recommending Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court nomination for...
Judiciary Committee Gives Kavanaugh Accuser More Time
WASHINGTON — The high-stakes brinkmanship over whether Brett Kavanaugh’s accuser would testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee came to a momentary standstill as GOP Chairman Chuck Grassley gave Christine Blasey Ford more time to decide on the terms of her appearance. The Republican-led committee insisted that if Ford missed a Friday night deadline to respond to the panel’s latest offer it would hold a vote Monday on recommending Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court nomination for...
Ronald Reagan’S Daughter Comes Out As Sexual Assault Survivor In Op-Ed Defending Kavanaugh Accuser
Patti Davis, daughter of President Ronald Reagan and First Lady Nancy Davis Reagan, has revealed that she was a victim of sexual assault in an op-ed defending Christine Blasey Ford, the woman accusing Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of misconduct. In the op-ed, published by The Washington Post , Davis writes about meeting with a music executive nearly 40 years ago while she was working on her entertainment career. She said she remembers being offered cocaine, which she is “90%...
Trump Has Wanted To Fire Rosenstein For Months. Has He Just Been Given A Reason?
Cool-headed lawyers and advisors around President Donald Trump have advised him for months that firing Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, who oversees the Russia investigation and hired Robert Mueller to lead it, would unnecessarily provoke the special counsel and unleash a political firestorm. But a report Friday that Rosenstein suggested recording Trump and invoking the Constitution’s 25th Amendment to remove Trump from office has roiled the White House and renewed calls for...
President Trump’S Tweets Show Why Most Sex Assault Victims Never File Police Reports, Advocates Say
President Trump tweeted Friday that Christine Blasey Ford should have “immediately filed” a police report some 36 years ago if her alleged sexual assault by Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh “was as bad as she says.” But advocates and lawyers say Trump’s tweets ignore the reasons many victims do not report sexual assault right away – or even come forward at all. “Number one, I do not think teenagers report to the police immediately,” says Colby...
Trump Attacked Brett Kavanaugh’S Accuser. Now People Are Revealing #WhyIDidntReport
About one year after the #MeToo movement became a rallying cry for survivors of sexual harassment and assault to speak out, some victims are using another hashtag to explain why they stayed silent about their experiences. Twitter was aflame Friday with the hashtag #WhyIDidntReport , which came in reaction to a tweet early in the day from President Donald Trump attacking Christine Blasey Ford, the woman who has accused Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her at a party when...
U.N.: Excessive Drinking Killed Over 3 Million People Worldwide In 2016
(GENEVA) — Drinking too much alcohol killed more than 3 million people in 2016, mostly men, the World Health Organization said. The U.N. health agency also warned that current policy responses are not sufficient to reverse trends predicting an increase in consumption over the next 10 years. In a new report Friday, the agency said that about 237 million men and 46 million women faced alcohol problems, with the highest prevalence in Europe and the Americas. Europe has the highest global per...
Greek Beach Completely Covered In Giant Spider Webs
A Western Greek beach has nearly been taken over with more than 900 feet of spider webs. Photos have emerged of a lagoon beach in Aitoliko, Greece, where a veil of spiderwebs has covered hundreds of feet of plants, giving the beach an eerie look. But the spiderwebs are not uncommon, according to Maria Chatzaki, an associate professor in the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics of the University of Thrace. Chatzaki told local news site NewsIt that the spiderwebs are a seasonal phenomenon that...
China Scraps Trade Talks As New U.S. Tariffs Loom
(Bloomberg) — China has scrapped planned trade talks with the U.S. and is unlikely to sit down with Washington until after November’s mid-term elections, according to people familiar with the situation. The decision to call off a planned delegation next week comes as President Donald Trump signals he’s prepared for short-term pain for the U.S. economy by ramping up the trade war, in the pursuit of what he sees as the long-term gains from king on China. The White House had no...
Survivor Found Inside Capsized Tanzanian Ferry, Two Days After It Killed Over 200
(NAIROBI, Kenya) — The death toll soared past 200 while a survivor was found inside a capsized Tanzania ferry two days after the Lake Victoria disaster, officials said Saturday, while search efforts were ending to focus on identifying bodies. The survivor, an engineer, was found near the engine of the overturned vessel, Mwanza regional commissioner John Mongella told reporters. The Tanzanian Broadcasting Corporation, which reported the death toll, said he had shut himself into the engine room....
24 Dead After Gunmen Attack Iranian Military Parade, Regional Countries And Their ‘U.S. Masters’ Blamed
(TEHRAN, Iran) — Gunmen disguised as soldiers attacked an annual Iranian military parade Saturday in the country’s oil-rich southwest, killing at least 24 people and wounding 53 in the bloodiest assault to strike the country in recent years. The attack in Ahvaz saw gunfire sprayed into a crowd of marching Revolutionary Guardsmen, bystanders and government officials watching from a nearby riser. Suspicion immediately fell on the region’s Arab separatists, who previously only attacked...
3d-Printed Guns Advocate Cody Wilson Arrested In Taiwan After Fleeing Underage Sex Charge In Texas
Cody Wilson, who gained national prominence for his legal battle over 3D-printed guns , has been arrested in Taiwan two days after authorities in Texas charged him with having sex with an underage girl. U.S. Marshals confirmed Wilson’s arrest on Friday following an international manhunt. “We are fully engaged with our international partners on this matter,” officials said in a statement. Authorities in Wilson’s hometown of Austin, Texas issued a warrant for...
Bill Gates Talks To TIME About A Coming ‘Third Wave’ Of Development In Africa
There’s a very big difference between simple and easy—especially when it comes to global health. It’s simple to eradicate polio—just get all children vaccinated. It’s simple to reduce nighttime malaria infections—make sure everyone in malaria-endemic areas sleeps under a bed net. But none of that is easy. The tension between simple and easy is at play when it comes to eradicating poverty in the developing world too, as the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation makes...
‘We Are At An Impasse.’ Britain’S Theresa May Plays Chicken With E.U. Leaders Over Brexit
British prime minister Theresa May says she will stand by the Brexit blueprint that was rejected by 27 other European leaders on Thursday, putting the U.K. into a deadlock with the E.U. over the terms of its departure. May criticized the E.U. for dismissing the U.K.’s plans but not offering any viable proposals of its own. “We are at an impasse,” she said in a speech on Friday inside her London residence. In a speech that was briefly delayed by a power outage in 10 Downing...
Prince Harry Pulled A Hilariously Mischievous Move At His Wife’S Cookbook Party
Prince Harry may be the stealthiest snacker in the royal family. At least that’s what video evidence capturing the newly minted Duke of Sussex at his wife Meghan Markle’s cookbook launch on Thursday seems to suggest. During the formal event, he appears to have snagged multiple appetizers and hid them behind his back before it was officially time for everyone to dig in. And royal reporters from ITV were all over the moment with their cameras, capturing the low-key move on video. This...
Mexican President-Elect Grounded On Commercial Flight Insists He’Ll Sell Presidential Jet
Mexico’s President-elect Andrés Manuel López Obrador has insisted he will sell the presidential jet despite being delayed on a commercial flight for around four hours at an airport on Wednesday. Due to adverse weather in Mexico City as a result of the country’s rainy season, the airport was temporarily closed inconveniencing hundreds of passengers, including the politician’s flight from the beach resort of Huatulco on the Pacific coast to the capital. In a video...
