As on so many other occasions during his presidency, Donald Trump on Tuesday night demonstrated that he’s ever the showman, having used part of his third official State of the Union address to ostensibly pander to black voters as he vies for another term in the White House. And as before, one thing seemed especially
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President Donald Trump described conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh as the “greatest fighter,” a “winner” and a charitable person when honoring him with the Medal of Freedom at the State of the Union Tuesday night. But Trump did not, of course, make note of his past record of controversial, conspiracy-driven and racist comments on the
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El PASO, Texas — Some tense moments Wednesday afternoon outside El Paso’s Cielo Vista Mall as police chased on foot a group of armed robbery suspects before catching them a short time later. There were conflicting reports initially about whether the mall was briefly on lockdown as events unfolded outside. It began about 1:30 p.m.
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No Native American tribe has ever received an invitation to store its traditional heirloom seeds in the Svalbard Global Seed Vault. The seed vault, commonly known as the “doomsday vault,” stores copies of the world’s seeds and was created in case catastrophe strikes — like disease, pests or war. It holds nearly 1 million packs
Continue Reading As a civil rights leader and an advocate for justice, Bayard Rustin was no stranger to being behind bars. He was arrested for his anti-war efforts in opposition to World War II. He was arrested for protesting segregation laws in the Jim Crow-era South. But in 1953, he was arrested for reasons outside his activism
Continue Reading ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Gov. Larry Hogan called for decisive action to fight “out-of-control violent crime” he said is “destroying Baltimore” in his annual State of the State address Wednesday to the Maryland General Assembly. From a boy shot in the stomach while riding in a car with his family on a Saturday morning to
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Police have served search warrants in the case of Kristin Smart, a young woman who went missing from a central California college campus in 1996, but authorities and Smart’s family are mum on what spurred the latest development in the case. In San Pedro, the site of one of the searches, FBI agents and local
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Blackstone CEO Stephen Schwarzman committed to giving the majority of his wealth to philanthropy by signing The Giving Pledge on Wednesday. The Giving Pledge is a movement that was started by Bill Gates, Melinda Gates and Warren Buffett in 2010. Targeting billionaires across the world, the pledge encourages people with a net worth of $1
Continue Reading Joe Biden spent eight years as Barack Obama’s vice president. And almost four decades in the Senate before that. From the day he entered the 2020 presidential race last spring, he has been the front-runner. And front-runners don’t finish fourth. Unfortunately for Biden, that’s exactly where he is in Iowa, with 75% of precincts reporting
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EL PASO, Texas – The city of El Paso announced Wednesday that it is canceling the annual summer Music Under the Stars concert series after 36 years due to declining attendance in recent times. In a statement, the city’s Museums and Cultural Affairs Department said “the outdoor program will go on an extended hiatus while the
Continue Reading President Donald Trump met with Venezuela opposition leader Juan Guaidó at the White House on Wednesday. The abruptly announced Oval Office meeting came a day after Guaidó was a surprise guest of Trump’s at the State of the Union address Tuesday evening. “Today, President Donald J. Trump will welcome Interim President Juan Guaidó of the
Continue Reading ExxonMobil used to have bragging rights as the world’s most valuable public company. Now, America’s largest oil company is in steady decline. A stunning $184 billion has been wiped off Exxon’s market valuation since its 2014 peak. That’s equivalent to the entire value of Boeing, or nearly1.5 Teslas. Exxon’s stock plunged to nine-year lows Tuesday
Continue Reading DOVER, Del. (AP) — A personal finance website founded by former University of Delaware students has agreed to pay $350,000 to settle allegations that it posted fake reviews and steered users toward companies that paid the site, according to federal regulators. The Federal Trade Commission on Monday announced a proposed consent agreement with LendEDU.com and
Continue Reading(CNN) — Una mujer que estaba en un hospital de Austria para hacerse la prueba del coronavirus escapó de las instalaciones, dijeron las autoridades. Karl Schupfer, un funcionario de prensa de la ciudad de Salzburgo, dijo que la paciente de 31 años salió de la Clínica Universitaria de Salzburgo alrededor de las 3 a.m. hora
Continue Reading Pete Buttigieg led the field in the first set of results released after Monday night’s Iowa caucuses, providing a major boost for the former South Bend, Indiana, mayor. With 71% precincts reporting as of early Wednesday morning, Buttigieg had 26.8% of state delegate equivalents, followed by Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders at 25.2%, Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth
Continue Reading A new study that used social media to measure the impact of tidal flooding along the US East and Gulf coasts suggests flooding happens more frequently in some areas than current flood monitoring technologies can detect. The study, published Tuesday in the journal Nature Communications, also finds that data from social media can help coastal
Continue Reading Days before the July 2019 call between President Donald Trump and his Ukrainian counterpart, US officials were still working to expedite the delivery of Javelin anti-tank missiles to the country, according to emails and other internal documents reviewed by CNN. The new information underscores how the July 18th decision to hold the military aid stunned
Continue Reading COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A federal judge has stripped a terrorist of his naturalized U.S. citizenship, siding with the government in the case of a Pakistan-born man convicted more than 15 years ago of plotting to destroy New York’s Brooklyn Bridge. Defendant Iyman Faris, once a truck driver in Columbus, Ohio, was sentenced in 2003
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(CNN) — El acto de romper el discurso del presidente de Estados Unidos por la presidenta de la Cámara de Representantes, Nancy Pelosi, fue sacada del libro de jugadas de Trump. Fue un comportamiento sin precedentes para una presidenta de la Cámara, sin arrepentimiento y agresivamente grosero, destinado a irritar a su base. Fue divisivo,
Continue Reading(CNN) — Utah Republican Sen. Mitt Romney said Wednesday he will vote to convict President Donald Trump in his impeachment trial, making him the first senator to cross party lines. “The President is guilty of an appalling abuse of public trust,” Romney said on the Senate floor.
Continue Reading Shortly after President Donald Trump finished his State of the Union address Tuesday night and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi tore up said speech on national television, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo took to Twitter to, uh, have some fun. He tweeted this — from his official account: It’s a screen grab of Lisa Simpson —
Continue Reading Nota del editor: Terry Schilling es director ejecutivo de American Principles Project, un centro de estudios conservador sin fines de lucro. Puedes seguirlo en Twitter en @Schilling1776. Las opiniones expresadas en esta columna son propias del autor. (CNN) – El viernes 24 de enero, Donald Trump se convirtió en el primer presidente en hablar en
Continue Reading Nota del editor: Alexis McGill Johnson es la presidenta interina y la presidenta ejecutiva de Planned Parenthood Federation y Planned Parenthood Action Fund. Las opiniones expresadas en esta columna son propias de la autora. (CNN) – Esta semana en Los Ángeles, una estudiante del último año de secundaria caminaba por el pasillo. Quizás venía de
Continue Reading If there were any senator to vote against his party on the impeachment of President Donald Trump for the sake of his own political preservation, it should be Doug Jones. The Alabama Democrat represents a state that Trump won in 2016 by more than 27 points. In 2017, Jones beat Roy Moore, a twice-defrocked state
Continue Reading A bill that would ban conversion therapy for minors is making its way through Virginia’s state Senate after the House of Delegates approved the measure earlier this week. The law, which is currently before the Senate’s education and health committee but is ultimately expected to pass the Democratically controlled chamber, would add the commonwealth to
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The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday permanently banned a senior Goldman Sachs executive from working in the banking industry for his role in a scandal involving a Malaysian sovereign wealth fund. Andrea Vella is accused of engaging “in unsafe and unsound practices” for his role arranging bond offerings for Malaysia’s state-owned development and investment company
Continue Reading Former Vice President Joe Biden is more sharply attacking his top rivals as he campaigns in New Hampshire after a poor showing in the Iowa caucuses, singling out Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and former South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg during a speech on Wednesday. Biden warned attendees at his event that Sanders would hurt
Continue Reading LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner will have to update his profile. He’s stepping down from the role after being at the helm for the professional networking service for more than decade. In an announcement, fittingly posted on LinkedIn, the company said Senior Vice President of Product Ryan Roslansky will become CEO on June 1, 2020. He’s
Continue Reading Hundreds of American malls are struggling. Their troubles just got worse. Macy’s, for decades a reliable anchor tenant for mall owners and a draw for shoppers, announced Tuesday that it will close 125 stores, roughly one-fifth of its portfolio, within the next three years. The company will pull out of “lower-tier” malls and focus on
Continue Reading A gloomy winter of Palestinian discontent has been made grimmer still by Donald Trump’s new “peace plan.” It’s been presented as a “take-it-or-leave it” offer, and invited comparisons with apartheid from its critics. And yet the very Palestinian politicians who’ve led negotiations over a future state of Palestine for more than two decades appear unsure
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