Senate starts Dreamer debate and anything could happen The Senate voted to begin a free-wheeling debate on immigration Monday night — and no one knows how it will turn out. The goal is to find a bipartisan compromise that can get at least 60 votes in the Senate, the minimum […]
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How drug company money turned patient groups into “cheerleaders for opioids” The five biggest opioid manufacturers shelled out more than $10 million to patient advocacy groups, professional medical societies and affiliated individuals — who then “echoed and amplified” messages that encouraged use of those highly addictive drugs and set the […]
Obama admin discussed how much to share about Russia with incoming Trump team President Barack Obama met in January 2017 with then-FBI Director James Comey and other top national security officials to discuss sharing information related to Russia with the incoming Trump administration, where Obama stated that the Trump-Russia investigation […]
Obama unveils official portraits, jokes about wife’s ‘hotness’ Former U.S. President Barack Obama joked about his ears and gray hair and praised his wife Michelle Obama’s “hotness” at the unveiling of the couple’s official portraits at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery on Monday. The Obamas selected artists Kehinde Wiley and […]
Vanessa Trump taken to hospital as precaution after white powder sent to her home The suspicious letter that sent President Donald Trump’s daughter-in-law to a Manhattan hospital was postmarked from Boston and appeared to contain corn starch, multiple senior law enforcement officials told NBC News. The letter was addressed to […]
Harvard University names new president Harvard University’s new president is a Michigan-born economist and attorney who led neighboring Tufts University for a decade. Harvard on Sunday said Lawrence S. Bacow will succeed Drew Gilpin Faust, who is expected to retire in June after 11 years in the post. Faust, the […]
Grand Canyon helicopter crash victims identified, were from the U.K. A day after a tour helicopter crashed in the Grand Canyon, killing three and wounding four, the sky above the gorge was unusually quiet. Air tours were suspended as officials tried to piece together what caused the Papillon Airways helicopter […]
Trump To Unveil Long-Awaited $1.5 Trillion Infrastructure Plan President Trump will finally be unveiling his long-awaited $1.5 trillion plan to repair and rebuild the nation’s crumbling highways, bridges, railroads, airports, seaports and water systems Monday. But, the proposal will not be one that offers large sums of federal funding to […]
Hadas: Brexit trial could go worse than expected The infighting and reality-dodging that surrounds Britain’s exit from the European Union can seem like a grim comedy. However, it is no laughing matter that members of the government consider it their patriotic duty to criticise and ignore advice which doesn’t validate […]
Abuse Case Exposes Fissures in a White House in Turmoil The furor over spousal abuse allegations that forced the resignation of one of President Trump’s top advisers last week has exposed fissures within the White House that had been papered over since John F. Kelly took over last summer as […]
