Politics|Trump's CIA Pick Is Conservative Kansas Congressman
WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump has offered the CIA director job to Mike Pompeo, a hard-line Republican congressman from Kansas who heavily criticized the Iran deal, blasted Hillary Clinton over the attack on a U.S. diplomatic outpost in Libya and believes Edward Snowden is a traitor.Before starting the job, Pompeo would have to be confirmed by the Senate. One issue that could dominate a confirmation hearing is Pompeo's views on using harsh interrogation techniques on detainees. Trum..>> view originalTrump appointees endorsed link between Islam and radicalism
For 15 years since the 9/11 attacks, presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama steadfastly avoided the suggestion that extremism was embedded in Muslim beliefs. “Islam is peace,” Bush said during a visit to a Washington Islamic center just days after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. “The face of terror is not the true face of Islam.”Story Continued Below But on the fringes of the terrorism debate, a community of self-described “anti-jihad” experts and commentators emerged who frequently..>> view originalJudge orders Border Patrol to improve detention conditions
PHOENIX – A federal judge in Tucson, Arizona, has ordered the Border Patrol to improve conditions at its holding facilities in most of the state, saying the agency was not following its own standards by keeping migrants in crowded, cold cells without proper bedding. Judge David Bury issued the temporary order Friday requiring the Border Patrol's Tucson Sector to provide clean mats and thin blankets to migrants held for longer than 12 hours and to allow them to wash or clean themselves. Bury sa..>> view originalFour killed in Nevada medical flight crash
Story highlightsAir ambulance company says it is "devastated by this event"No details available about circumstances surrounding crashAir ambulance company American Medflight released a statement about the crash late Friday.American Medflight "has confirmed the loss of three crew members and a patient in an air medical aircraft accident this evening," the statement said."We are devastated by this event and wish we had answers to the many questions being asked at this time. We are cooperating full..>> view original7 big areas where Jeff Sessions could change policy at DOJ
Sen. Jeff Sessions was an instantly divisive figure when President-elect Donald Trump named him as his next attorney general: conservatives and immigration hardliners welcomed the choice, while civil-rights groups and Democrats spent the day attacking the pick, with Sen. Elizabeth Warren saying his selection would be a “compromise with racism,” and Sen. Cory Booker saying, “I am concerned that he possesses ideologies that are in conflict with basic tenants of the Justice Department’s mission.”..>> view originalComics bring John Lewis' civil rights struggles to life
John Lewis's work in the Nashville civil rights movement propelled him to the national stage as a bloodied Freedom Rider, a bettered marcher, a prominent speaker and, for the past quarter-century, a congressman from Georgia. Karen Kraft / The TennesseanJohn Lewis graphic novel trilogy, "March"(Photo: Submitted)NASHVILLE — The comic book, with its grainy mustard-colored cover and drawing of Martin Luther King Jr. on the front, sold for only 10 cents.It spanned just 16 pages cover to cove..>> view originalTrump agrees to $25 million settlement in Trump University fraud cases
"My job was to sell, sell sell," says former Trump University instructor James Harris, who explains the inner workings of the company, detailing high pressure sales tactics and the battle for profit. (Dalton Bennett/The Washington Post) President-elect Donald Trump, who has repeatedly bragged that he never settles lawsuits despite a long history of doing so, has agreed to a $25 million settlement to end the fraud cases pending against his defunct real estate seminar program, Trump Univers..>> view originalNeoliberalism's epic fail: The reaction to Hillary Clinton's loss exposed the impotent elitism of liberalism
By the time last week’s presidential election was finally called for Donald Trump during the wee hours of Wednesday morning, the initial disbelief felt by the millions of Americans who had been assured of a Clinton victory by the media had turned into shock and panic — if not yet full-blown despair. As pollsters collectively changed their predictions and news pundits started to resemble confused and dejected children, the fight-or-flight response kicked in for countless viewers. Hearts pounded,..>> view original
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