Homeland Security To Compile A Database Of Journalists, Bloggers And Influencers The Department of Homeland Security sparked concerns among media circles after news spread that the agency was creating an online database to monitor journalists, bloggers, social media influencers and others. Word got out after Bloomberg Law surfaced a job […]
Trump’s lawyer referred a client to Stormy Daniels’ former lawyer, raising new questions about collaboration Michael D. Cohen, President Trump’s longtime personal lawyer, steered a client to Stormy Daniels’ then-attorney last fall, a year after the two men negotiated a secret $130,000 deal silencing the porn star about an alleged […]
Trump to Skip Correspondents’ Dinner. But Talk Radio? He’s In. President Trump — buffeted by rumbling trade tensions with China, delicate negotiations with North Korea and fallout from the Russia investigation — took a few minutes this week to reach for the media equivalent of Linus’s blanket: New York City […]
After Parkland shooting, Fox Valley schools adding cameras, bullet-resistant glass and increased security checks In the nearly two months since a fatal shooting at a Florida high school, some Fox Valley districts are experiencing heightened focus on security at their own schools. In St. Charles, where discussions about large-scale security […]
Trump administration backs Asian-American students in Harvard admissions lawsuit The Trump administration threw its weight Friday behind a student group that says Harvard University discriminates against Asian-Americans in its admissions process, urging a federal judge Friday not to keep years’ worth of admissions records under wraps. The move by the […]
Trump Aims New Threat at China as Mnuchin Warns of Trade War President Trump defended his pugnacious approach to trade policy on Friday and the Treasury secretary warned there could be a trade war with China, as Mr. Trump doubled down on a White House plan to punish Beijing by […]
Rep. Ralph Norman pulls out own gun to make a point about violence Republican Rep. Ralph Norman pulled out his loaded, personal .38-caliber Smith & Wesson handgun Friday and laid it on the table at a diner where he was meeting with his constituents in Rock Hill, South Carolina. Norman […]
Chief of Staff Advised a Resistant Trump to Fire the E.P.A. Chief John F. Kelly, the White House chief of staff, told President Trump last week that Scott Pruitt, the embattled administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, needed to go following damaging allegations about ethical infractions and spending irregularities, according […]
BlackRock to offer new funds that exclude stocks of gun makers and retailers including Walmart The world’s largest asset manager has created two new exchange-traded funds and a series of new index-tracking products for pensions and employee retirement plans that exclude stocks of gun makers and large gun retailers. The […]
Target to Pay $3.7 Million in Settlement Over Job-Screening Policies Target Corp. TGT 0.81% has agreed to pay more than $3.7 million and overhaul job-screening guidelines for hourly workers to resolve a civil-rights class-action complaint that alleged the company’s policies regarding criminal-background checks were too broad and discriminated against African-Americans […]
