Ivanka Trump’s bizarre new White House role that grants her a West Wing office and security clearance, but no official title or salary, simply does not work. That’s the message from government watchdogs Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), Democracy 21, and the Campaign Legal Center, in a letter (pdf) sent Friday to […]
President Donald Trump’s chief strategist Steve Bannon has been removed from the National Security Council (NSC), according to a White House memo (pdf) released Wednesday. Homeland Security adviser Tom Bossert’s role was already downgraded. National Intelligence Director Dan Coats and chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Marine Corps General Joseph Dunford, meanwhile, were restored […]
Since his inauguration, President Donald Trump has met with at least 190 corporate executives, not including phone calls with heads of banks or his numerous Wall Street appointees, the watchdog group Public Citizen reported Monday in a new analysis. And since the November election itself, he’s met with at least 224. “One of every five […]
The Trump administration announced Thursday that the Yellowstone grizzly bear population is losing its endangered species protections—a decision conservation groups say is “flawed and premature” and could make the iconic species the target of trophy hunters. CNN reports: “The bears received endangered species protection in 1975, when their population was about 136. Today, there are […]
Max Verstappen has criticized the FIA’s penalty points system in the wake of the issue surrounding Lewis Hamilton’s practice starts at Sochi, insisting a driver should not be punished for a mistake made by a team. Hamilton’s two practice starts which were conducted outside of the designated area at the end of the pitlane were […]
DOTHAN, Ala. — Tuesday’s Alabama special Senate election is the first under a new Alabama law that opens the door for more felons to vote, a law that could help boost turnout. State law has previously barred felons from voting if they were convicted of crimes of “moral turpitude.” But with no clear definition of that phrase, many felons were unable to […]
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OTTAWA — The security service charged with protecting Parliament Hill says it has stepped up its presence in the area following several recent reports of harassment against politicians and others. The Parliamentary Protective Service said it would not comment on specifics for security reasons, but the federal NDP said it reported one such incident on […]
Poor Canadians stand a greater chance of dying early than the well off and that gap has been growing for decades, says a detailed new analysis. The study, published Monday in the Canadian Medical Association Journal, found the chances of dying before age 75 of avoidable causes has been declining for almost everyone. But they’ve […]
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC), which works to elect Democrats to the U.S. House, has completed an investigative report into its own weaknesses and blind spots during last year’s electoral failure. With the party hoping to recoup years of losses during the upcoming 2018 mid-term elections, the review could be key to reversing Democrats’ […]