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DOJ: Early Media Release of FBI Agents' Texts 'Were Not Authorized'
In what one Democrat suggested was an "extraordinary" move on the eve of the House Judiciary Committee hearing, the Justice Department "invited a group of reporters to its offices to view the private text messages", as Rep. Around the same time, reporters from several media outlets were able to review those messages at the Justice Department, under the condition that the information not be attri... [Full Article...]
Popular National Parks Increase Entry Prices For 2018, Less Free Days
The NPS is also considering a fee increase at 17 parks - including the Grand Canyon -during the parks' busiest five-month periods. The National Park Service announced it will offer four days without entrance fees in 2018. Fish & Wildlife Service, Bureau of Land Management, Bureau of Reclamation, U.S. Forest Service, and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. An Interior Department spokeswoman didn't im... [Full Article...]
Kansas Democrat Andrea Ramsey quits congressional race amid sexual harassment allegations
In its rush to claim the high ground in our roiling national conversation about harassment, the Democratic Party has implemented a zero tolerance standard. In her announcement, Ramsey said that after the EEOC researched the cases, they picked not to seek after it and Funkhouser eventually rejected the claim intentionally. [Full Article...]
Republican tax bill finalized after senators announce support for bill
Rob Portman, a Republican from OH and a member of the tax conference. "People are looking at flat wages and higher expenses, and this will help". The conference bill that came out of negotiations between the two chambers is broadly similar to the legislation that passed the Senate at the beginning of the month. [Full Article...]
Erdogan: Turkey to try to annul Trump's Jerusalem decision at UN
Turkey had on Tuesday hosted a summit of Islamic nations which recognised East Jerusalem as the capital of a Palestinian state and featured fierce rhetoric where Erdogan called Israel a "terror state" that "feeds on blood" and kills children. [Full Article...]
Uber driver charged in rape of 16-year-old girl
Her trousers were down around her ankles when she was found. One of the young lady's companions at that point called a Uber ride for her, and that is when Jagne lifted her up, specialists told the station. "We know that from the start location to the end location it should have taken a short amount of time, but based on the trip data it took even longer". [Full Article...]
NYC bombing suspect charged with state offenses, federal terrorism charges to come
These charges carry sentences of five to 30 years each. The suspect in the explosion near Port Authority terminal in midtown Manhattan is a 27-year-old Bangladeshi ex-cabbie who lives in Brooklyn, authorities say. The tenants did not call police, he said. The incident, which was described by O'Neill as "terror-related", came just weeks after a man drove his pick-up truck through a busy Manhatt... [Full Article...]
Trump Administration Adds Restrictions for Visa-Waiver Countries
The H-4 visa was implemented in 2015 by the Obama administration to help attract and retain foreign talent, according to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services . Indians are the largest holders of H-4 visas, comprising almost 80% of the 125,000 issued in 2015 alone. It will also disproportionately affect women, who make up 90 percent of all H-4 visa holders. [Full Article...]