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Washington mdash; Former President Donald Trumphas been indicted on charges stemming from the federal investigation into his handling of stanley bottles sensitive government documents after he left the White House, a historic move that is likely to roil the ongoing 2024 presidential race. Two U.S. officials confirmed the charges to CBS News, as did Trump s attorney.In threepoststo his account on Truth Social, Trump said attorneys with the Justice Department informed him he was indicted over the boxes hoax and he has been called to appear at the federal courthouse in Miami on Tuesday. Two sources familiar with the matter confirmed the arraignment to CBS News. I never thought it possible that such a thing could happen to a former President of t stanley cup spain he United States, who received far more votes than any sitting President in the History of our Country, and is currently leading, by far, all Candidates, both Democrat and Republican, in Polls of the 2024 Presidential Election. I AM AN INNOCENT MAN! he claimed. U.S. Secret Service officials will meet Friday with Trump s staff, security officers and Secret Service assigned to the former president s detail to develop a plan for his travel and appearance stanley tumblers in federal court, a law enforcement official said.Trump charged with seven counts The exact nature of the charges, the first to arise from special counsel Jack Smith s investigations, was not immediately clear. But three sources familiar with the case said the form Vmis Vaccine expert and whistleblower Rick Bright resigns from federal government
House Democrats failed again kubki stanley on Thursday to pass a measure requiring oil producers to drill on leased land. The bill fell short because Democrats tried to approve it under revised rules that prevented Republicans from offering an alternative measure that would open new land for domestic oil and gas exploration.Fearing a revolt from their own rank and file, Democratic leaders in the House are trying to avoid any votes that would allow Republicans to offer a domestic drilling measure to related bills. As a result, the party in power has all-but stanley en mexico -abandoned the annual spending process and now brings legislation to the floor under rules that are typically reserved for noncontroversial measures. High gas prices have made once-controversial legislation, like measures to open offshore drilling sites, more politically popular, putting congressional Democrats and their allies in the environmental community on the defensive this summer.The big showdown could come on a stop-gap spending package this fall mdash; or, less likely, in the next two weeks if Democrats want to avoid an embarrassing vote weeks before the November election. The size of that massive government-funding bill would make it impossible for Democrats to block Republican amendments, giving members of the stanley flask minority an opening to force a vote on domestic drilling measures.Continue reading post... ponent--type-recirculation .item:nth-child 5 display: none; i
Washington mdash; Former President Donald Trumphas been indicted on charges stemming from the federal investigation into his handling of stanley bottles sensitive government documents after he left the White House, a historic move that is likely to roil the ongoing 2024 presidential race. Two U.S. officials confirmed the charges to CBS News, as did Trump s attorney.In threepoststo his account on Truth Social, Trump said attorneys with the Justice Department informed him he was indicted over the boxes hoax and he has been called to appear at the federal courthouse in Miami on Tuesday. Two sources familiar with the matter confirmed the arraignment to CBS News. I never thought it possible that such a thing could happen to a former President of t stanley cup spain he United States, who received far more votes than any sitting President in the History of our Country, and is currently leading, by far, all Candidates, both Democrat and Republican, in Polls of the 2024 Presidential Election. I AM AN INNOCENT MAN! he claimed. U.S. Secret Service officials will meet Friday with Trump s staff, security officers and Secret Service assigned to the former president s detail to develop a plan for his travel and appearance stanley tumblers in federal court, a law enforcement official said.Trump charged with seven counts The exact nature of the charges, the first to arise from special counsel Jack Smith s investigations, was not immediately clear. But three sources familiar with the case said the form Vmis Vaccine expert and whistleblower Rick Bright resigns from federal government
House Democrats failed again kubki stanley on Thursday to pass a measure requiring oil producers to drill on leased land. The bill fell short because Democrats tried to approve it under revised rules that prevented Republicans from offering an alternative measure that would open new land for domestic oil and gas exploration.Fearing a revolt from their own rank and file, Democratic leaders in the House are trying to avoid any votes that would allow Republicans to offer a domestic drilling measure to related bills. As a result, the party in power has all-but stanley en mexico -abandoned the annual spending process and now brings legislation to the floor under rules that are typically reserved for noncontroversial measures. High gas prices have made once-controversial legislation, like measures to open offshore drilling sites, more politically popular, putting congressional Democrats and their allies in the environmental community on the defensive this summer.The big showdown could come on a stop-gap spending package this fall mdash; or, less likely, in the next two weeks if Democrats want to avoid an embarrassing vote weeks before the November election. The size of that massive government-funding bill would make it impossible for Democrats to block Republican amendments, giving members of the stanley flask minority an opening to force a vote on domestic drilling measures.Continue reading post... ponent--type-recirculation .item:nth-child 5 display: none; i
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All charges have been dropped against the woman who counselor to the president Kellyanne Conway says assaulted her in front of her daughter at a restaurant last fall.The Maryland State s Attorneys Office in Montgomery County, Maryland, has dropped the charges of second-degree assault and disorderly conduct against Mary Inabinett, claiming the incident did not rise to the level of a prosecution. Conway told CNN in February she was assaulted in a restaurant in October by the 63-year-old Inabinett, while Conway was dining with her middle school-aged daughter at Uncle Ju stanley website lio s in Bethesda, Maryland.The State s Attorney s Office for Montgomery County says Inabinett has delivered a written apology to Conway. The State s Attorney s Office for Montgomery County has decided not to move forward with the prosecution of Mary Elizabeth Inabinett, said Ramon Korionoff, public affairs director for the Maryland State Attorney s Office for Montgomery County. Our Assistant State s Attorney in court told the presiding judge that Ms. stanley cup Inabinett has given a written apology to Ms. Conway. And, that while there was touching, it was minor in nature and did not rise to the level of a pr stanley shop osecution. We believe this resolution is the best result for all concerned considering the evidence, circumstances and nature of this incident. Conway and Conway s lawyer did not immediately return requests for comment, but CBS News has requested the letter the State Attorney s Dcqm Dems Press White House On Subpoenas
Hillary Clinton ran a flawed campaign, which she launched as a flawed candidate she had very high negative ratings from voters . That said, however, if the sexist derision and insults hurled at her during her run being called a she-goat, her laugh being called a cackle, etc. had been translated into racial slurs and used instead against Barack Obama, they would never have been tolerated. Yet, to this day, no one has been forced to apologize to Clinton for all the gender-based abuse she had to endure.Right-wing radio mouthpiece Rush Limbaugh made derogatory comments about Clinton, asking whether the nation wanted to watch her age in the White House as if he could walk down a runway in Milan .I wrote last year that the deb stanley cups uk ate on whether American society is more racist than sexist began more than a century ago, when freed slave, abolitionist, editor, orator, and women s suffragist Frederick Douglass and women s-rights activist Elizabeth Cady Stanton came to oratorical blows over it. Although both freedom fighters worked to advance the rights of women and freed slaves, Stanton was outraged that black m stanley cups uk en were able to vote after the Civil War even though, for most blacks, the right was fleeting and women wer stanley thermoskannen e not.White men still feel more comfortable sharing power with men of color than they do with white women or women of color. The 15th Amendment to the Constitution, granting black men the right to vote, was ratified in 1870. The 19th
All charges have been dropped against the woman who counselor to the president Kellyanne Conway says assaulted her in front of her daughter at a restaurant last fall.The Maryland State s Attorneys Office in Montgomery County, Maryland, has dropped the charges of second-degree assault and disorderly conduct against Mary Inabinett, claiming the incident did not rise to the level of a prosecution. Conway told CNN in February she was assaulted in a restaurant in October by the 63-year-old Inabinett, while Conway was dining with her middle school-aged daughter at Uncle Ju stanley website lio s in Bethesda, Maryland.The State s Attorney s Office for Montgomery County says Inabinett has delivered a written apology to Conway. The State s Attorney s Office for Montgomery County has decided not to move forward with the prosecution of Mary Elizabeth Inabinett, said Ramon Korionoff, public affairs director for the Maryland State Attorney s Office for Montgomery County. Our Assistant State s Attorney in court told the presiding judge that Ms. stanley cup Inabinett has given a written apology to Ms. Conway. And, that while there was touching, it was minor in nature and did not rise to the level of a pr stanley shop osecution. We believe this resolution is the best result for all concerned considering the evidence, circumstances and nature of this incident. Conway and Conway s lawyer did not immediately return requests for comment, but CBS News has requested the letter the State Attorney s Dcqm Dems Press White House On Subpoenas
Hillary Clinton ran a flawed campaign, which she launched as a flawed candidate she had very high negative ratings from voters . That said, however, if the sexist derision and insults hurled at her during her run being called a she-goat, her laugh being called a cackle, etc. had been translated into racial slurs and used instead against Barack Obama, they would never have been tolerated. Yet, to this day, no one has been forced to apologize to Clinton for all the gender-based abuse she had to endure.Right-wing radio mouthpiece Rush Limbaugh made derogatory comments about Clinton, asking whether the nation wanted to watch her age in the White House as if he could walk down a runway in Milan .I wrote last year that the deb stanley cups uk ate on whether American society is more racist than sexist began more than a century ago, when freed slave, abolitionist, editor, orator, and women s suffragist Frederick Douglass and women s-rights activist Elizabeth Cady Stanton came to oratorical blows over it. Although both freedom fighters worked to advance the rights of women and freed slaves, Stanton was outraged that black m stanley cups uk en were able to vote after the Civil War even though, for most blacks, the right was fleeting and women wer stanley thermoskannen e not.White men still feel more comfortable sharing power with men of color than they do with white women or women of color. The 15th Amendment to the Constitution, granting black men the right to vote, was ratified in 1870. The 19th
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Though some have suggested Jill Biden is reluctant to see her husband make another run for the presidency, her spokesman, James Gleeson said in a statement to CBS News that should he decide to run, Of course Dr. Biden would be on board. But, he added, [T]h stanley uk ey haven t made that decision yet. The vice president does seem to be weighing his wife s opinion carefu stanley cup lly. Recently, at a Labor Day speech, the vice president was publicly exhorted to run by someone in the audience. You gotta talk to my wife about that, he responded then. He smiled and added, I got to talk to my wife. Joe Biden still mulling presidential bid 02:06 Joe Biden has been meeting with political advisers at his residence, and the Wall Street Journal has reported that they ve been weighing the timing of an announcement and whether an earlier campaign launch could assure the vice president a spot in the first Democratic debate. The first debate for the Democratic candidates is scheduled for October 13. After the vice president s appearance last week on The Late stanley cup Show with Stephen Colbert, when he seemed to be openly wrestling with whether he had the emotional energy to run, many considered it a likely sign that he would not enter the race, but Monday s meeting with advisers fueled further sp Drsb This week on Face the Nation, July 25: Raimondo, Lucas, Adams, Gottlieb, Leonnig, Rucker
Free donuts at Krispy Kreme. Free coffee from Starbucks. A free scoop from Ben Jerrryrsquo . Corporate America is doing its part to reward Americans who do their civic duty today and get out and vote. One company, though, has made a campaign of it mdash; which explains those cases of Participation Lager yoursquo;ve seen in Costco the last few months. The Crypt called up the Magic Hat Brewing Co. to find out what was behind those beers. Alan Newman, who runs the comp stanley fr any and goes by the title Conductor of Cosmic Symphonies for Magic Hat, said he began kicking around the idea of connecting beer and politics in the mid- to late- 90s. He said his goal wasnrsquo;t to influence which candidate would win but to counteract the neo-prohibitionist movement that he saw bubbling up at the time. Itrsquo not so much about trying to affect the election as it is about bringing interest in politics back into the bars and taverns. stanley mugs Zero-tolerance policies were becoming the norm at universities and, said Newman, MADD was really strong. ... It was really right before the whole buildup of the religious right, which seems to have dissipated as well, praise the Lord. Over the course of the first 100 years of American history, taverns served as political meeting-places and even polling stations. Newman said he gr garrafinhas stanley ew up in a tavern atmosphere and wanted to revive that tradition w
Though some have suggested Jill Biden is reluctant to see her husband make another run for the presidency, her spokesman, James Gleeson said in a statement to CBS News that should he decide to run, Of course Dr. Biden would be on board. But, he added, [T]h stanley uk ey haven t made that decision yet. The vice president does seem to be weighing his wife s opinion carefu stanley cup lly. Recently, at a Labor Day speech, the vice president was publicly exhorted to run by someone in the audience. You gotta talk to my wife about that, he responded then. He smiled and added, I got to talk to my wife. Joe Biden still mulling presidential bid 02:06 Joe Biden has been meeting with political advisers at his residence, and the Wall Street Journal has reported that they ve been weighing the timing of an announcement and whether an earlier campaign launch could assure the vice president a spot in the first Democratic debate. The first debate for the Democratic candidates is scheduled for October 13. After the vice president s appearance last week on The Late stanley cup Show with Stephen Colbert, when he seemed to be openly wrestling with whether he had the emotional energy to run, many considered it a likely sign that he would not enter the race, but Monday s meeting with advisers fueled further sp Drsb This week on Face the Nation, July 25: Raimondo, Lucas, Adams, Gottlieb, Leonnig, Rucker
Free donuts at Krispy Kreme. Free coffee from Starbucks. A free scoop from Ben Jerrryrsquo . Corporate America is doing its part to reward Americans who do their civic duty today and get out and vote. One company, though, has made a campaign of it mdash; which explains those cases of Participation Lager yoursquo;ve seen in Costco the last few months. The Crypt called up the Magic Hat Brewing Co. to find out what was behind those beers. Alan Newman, who runs the comp stanley fr any and goes by the title Conductor of Cosmic Symphonies for Magic Hat, said he began kicking around the idea of connecting beer and politics in the mid- to late- 90s. He said his goal wasnrsquo;t to influence which candidate would win but to counteract the neo-prohibitionist movement that he saw bubbling up at the time. Itrsquo not so much about trying to affect the election as it is about bringing interest in politics back into the bars and taverns. stanley mugs Zero-tolerance policies were becoming the norm at universities and, said Newman, MADD was really strong. ... It was really right before the whole buildup of the religious right, which seems to have dissipated as well, praise the Lord. Over the course of the first 100 years of American history, taverns served as political meeting-places and even polling stations. Newman said he gr garrafinhas stanley ew up in a tavern atmosphere and wanted to revive that tradition w
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Michael Bloomberg is not on any ballot in November, but a new ad campaign from the National Rifle Association hopes to make the former New York City mayor an issue in the upcoming midterm elections, lambasting his push for stronger gun control laws.The multimillion-dollar campaign kicks off with a $500,000 TV ad buy targeting Bloomberg s stance on guns and linking it with some other high-profile crusades he waged as mayor, like his now-overturned ban on large sugary drinks. Liberals stanley website call this flyover country, the narrator intones in the campaign s first ad as the camera shows an expanse of rural America. It s an insult, but nobody insults your life like this guy: Michael Bloomberg - billionaire, elitist, hypocrite. Bloomberg tries to ban your snack foods, your soda, an stanley puodelis d most of all, your guns. Bloomberg is one of the highest-profile gun control advocates in the country, vowing to spend millions of dollars of his own money urging lawmakers to support stricter gun laws and forming a group - Everytown for Gun Safety - dedicated to the cause. The former mayor has positioned his group as a counterweight to the NRA, which has a lo stanley quencher ng and successful track record of punishing lawmakers who stray too far from the group s line on guns.Last year, in the wake of the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut, lawmakers in several states successfully pushed through laws tightening state oversight of gun ownership. One such effort, Xivv Democrats ask FBI: Did Donald Trump aides Russia connections lead to cyberattacks
The head of Chrysler responded to repeated claims by the Romney campaign, including a new radio ad out today, that the company is ramping up production in China instead of the United States. I feel obliged to unambiguously restate our position: Jeep production will not be moved from the United States to China, Fiat-Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne wrote in a blog post on the company s website today. The statement comes as the Romney campaign doubled down on the claim, which fact-checkers have also deemed false, with a new radio ad in Ohio. In fact, U.S. production of our Jeep models has nearly tripled it is expected to be up 185% since 2009 in order to keep up with global demand, Marchionne wrote. The Romney campaign s new radio ad, which is stanley cup airing in Toledo, Ohio - ground zero for the debate on the auto bailout - says, Barack Obama says he saved the auto industry. But for who Ohio or China [N]ow comes word that Chrysler is starting to build cars in, you guessed it, China, the narrator adds.Obama ad: Romney dishonest on auto bailoutThis is the second Romney ad in recent days on the issue airing in Ohio. Obama took stanley travel mug GM and Chrysler into bankruptcy and sold Chrysler to Italians who are going to build Jeeps in China, the ad s narrator says in a TV spot released over the weekend. Mitt Romney will fight for every American job. The Romney stanley cups uk campaign has defended the claim, saying they are not claiming that jobs are moving
Michael Bloomberg is not on any ballot in November, but a new ad campaign from the National Rifle Association hopes to make the former New York City mayor an issue in the upcoming midterm elections, lambasting his push for stronger gun control laws.The multimillion-dollar campaign kicks off with a $500,000 TV ad buy targeting Bloomberg s stance on guns and linking it with some other high-profile crusades he waged as mayor, like his now-overturned ban on large sugary drinks. Liberals stanley website call this flyover country, the narrator intones in the campaign s first ad as the camera shows an expanse of rural America. It s an insult, but nobody insults your life like this guy: Michael Bloomberg - billionaire, elitist, hypocrite. Bloomberg tries to ban your snack foods, your soda, an stanley puodelis d most of all, your guns. Bloomberg is one of the highest-profile gun control advocates in the country, vowing to spend millions of dollars of his own money urging lawmakers to support stricter gun laws and forming a group - Everytown for Gun Safety - dedicated to the cause. The former mayor has positioned his group as a counterweight to the NRA, which has a lo stanley quencher ng and successful track record of punishing lawmakers who stray too far from the group s line on guns.Last year, in the wake of the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut, lawmakers in several states successfully pushed through laws tightening state oversight of gun ownership. One such effort, Xivv Democrats ask FBI: Did Donald Trump aides Russia connections lead to cyberattacks
The head of Chrysler responded to repeated claims by the Romney campaign, including a new radio ad out today, that the company is ramping up production in China instead of the United States. I feel obliged to unambiguously restate our position: Jeep production will not be moved from the United States to China, Fiat-Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne wrote in a blog post on the company s website today. The statement comes as the Romney campaign doubled down on the claim, which fact-checkers have also deemed false, with a new radio ad in Ohio. In fact, U.S. production of our Jeep models has nearly tripled it is expected to be up 185% since 2009 in order to keep up with global demand, Marchionne wrote. The Romney campaign s new radio ad, which is stanley cup airing in Toledo, Ohio - ground zero for the debate on the auto bailout - says, Barack Obama says he saved the auto industry. But for who Ohio or China [N]ow comes word that Chrysler is starting to build cars in, you guessed it, China, the narrator adds.Obama ad: Romney dishonest on auto bailoutThis is the second Romney ad in recent days on the issue airing in Ohio. Obama took stanley travel mug GM and Chrysler into bankruptcy and sold Chrysler to Italians who are going to build Jeeps in China, the ad s narrator says in a TV spot released over the weekend. Mitt Romney will fight for every American job. The Romney stanley cups uk campaign has defended the claim, saying they are not claiming that jobs are moving
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Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson did further damage to his credibility on foreign policy issues this week with comments he made about civilian deaths in Syriamdash;and now hersquo set to give a foreign policy address Friday.Johnson confirmed to CBS News that his speech at the University of Chicagorsquo Institute of Politics Friday afternoon will center on foreign policy, an attempt by the candidate to ch stanley cup ange the narrative about his level of knowledge on the topic.The speech will finish off another tough week for Johnson in the press. In an interview with the New York Times published Wednesday, Johnson used the example of civilian deaths in Syria to target Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton over her hawkish foreign policy tendencies. He seemed to equate the hundreds of thousands o stanley cups uk f Syrian citizens killed by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad with civilian deaths caused by the American-backed rebel coalition. Asked repeatedly if he felt there was a moral equivalence betwe stanley water bottle en deaths caused by the U.S. and those by Assad, Johnson said he did: Well no, of course notmdash;wersquo;re so much better than all that, Johnson said sarcastically. Wersquo;re so much better when in Afghanistan, we bomb the hospital and 60 people are killed in the hospital.Johnsonrsquo comments to the New York Times came the week after his knowledge of foreign policy issues came under increased scrutiny. Gplv New plan from some House Democrats aims to oust Nancy Pelosi
By Bonnie Erbe, Thomas Jefferson Street blog.This is one of the dumbest things I ve heard recently coming out of state legislatures, forcing thinking people to pose the question: And what is your point States consider drug tests for welfare recipients By TOM BREEN, Associated Press Writer Thu Mar 26, 9:28 am ETCHARLESTON, W.Va. - Want government assistance Just say no to drugs. Lawmakers in at least eight states want recipients of food stamps, unemployment benefits or welfare to submit to random drug testing.The effort comes as more Americans turn to these safety nets to ride out the recession. Poverty and civil liberties advocates fear the strateg botella stanley y could backfire, discouraging some people from seeking financia stanley cup l aid and making already desperate situations worse.Those in favor of the drug tests say they are motivated out of a concern for their constituents health and ability to put themselves on more solid financial stanley vattenflaska footing once the economy rebounds. But proponents concede they also want to send a message: you don t get something for nothing. Nobody s being forced into these assistance programs, said Craig Blair, a Republican in the West Virginia Legislature who has created a Web site -- notwithmytaxdollars -- that bears a bobble-headed likeness of himself advocating this position. If so many jobs require random drug tests these days, why not these benefits Uh, right. And if they test positive--then what Throw fun
Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson did further damage to his credibility on foreign policy issues this week with comments he made about civilian deaths in Syriamdash;and now hersquo set to give a foreign policy address Friday.Johnson confirmed to CBS News that his speech at the University of Chicagorsquo Institute of Politics Friday afternoon will center on foreign policy, an attempt by the candidate to ch stanley cup ange the narrative about his level of knowledge on the topic.The speech will finish off another tough week for Johnson in the press. In an interview with the New York Times published Wednesday, Johnson used the example of civilian deaths in Syria to target Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton over her hawkish foreign policy tendencies. He seemed to equate the hundreds of thousands o stanley cups uk f Syrian citizens killed by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad with civilian deaths caused by the American-backed rebel coalition. Asked repeatedly if he felt there was a moral equivalence betwe stanley water bottle en deaths caused by the U.S. and those by Assad, Johnson said he did: Well no, of course notmdash;wersquo;re so much better than all that, Johnson said sarcastically. Wersquo;re so much better when in Afghanistan, we bomb the hospital and 60 people are killed in the hospital.Johnsonrsquo comments to the New York Times came the week after his knowledge of foreign policy issues came under increased scrutiny. Gplv New plan from some House Democrats aims to oust Nancy Pelosi
By Bonnie Erbe, Thomas Jefferson Street blog.This is one of the dumbest things I ve heard recently coming out of state legislatures, forcing thinking people to pose the question: And what is your point States consider drug tests for welfare recipients By TOM BREEN, Associated Press Writer Thu Mar 26, 9:28 am ETCHARLESTON, W.Va. - Want government assistance Just say no to drugs. Lawmakers in at least eight states want recipients of food stamps, unemployment benefits or welfare to submit to random drug testing.The effort comes as more Americans turn to these safety nets to ride out the recession. Poverty and civil liberties advocates fear the strateg botella stanley y could backfire, discouraging some people from seeking financia stanley cup l aid and making already desperate situations worse.Those in favor of the drug tests say they are motivated out of a concern for their constituents health and ability to put themselves on more solid financial stanley vattenflaska footing once the economy rebounds. But proponents concede they also want to send a message: you don t get something for nothing. Nobody s being forced into these assistance programs, said Craig Blair, a Republican in the West Virginia Legislature who has created a Web site -- notwithmytaxdollars -- that bears a bobble-headed likeness of himself advocating this position. If so many jobs require random drug tests these days, why not these benefits Uh, right. And if they test positive--then what Throw fun
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The House passed a $1.1 trillion spending deal Wednesday that funds the government through the rest of the fiscal year, which ends Sept. 30. House lawmakers approved the comprehensive measure in a 309-118 vote, with the Senate expected to vote by Friday to avert a government shutdown on Saturday. Republican and Democratic negotiators reached the agreement Sunday night, and Vice President Mike Pence told CBS This Morning earlier this week that President Trump had signed off on its parameters. White House moves to defend budget deal 08:13 Democrats have cheered the wins in the bill, which doesn t fund Mr. Trump s planned wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, provides funding for Planned Parenthood and gives the National Institutes of Health NIH a budget boost. Republicans major victory in the measure is a boost to defense spending -- a $25 billion increase for the U.S. military over the 2016 level. stanley website The bill includes more than $76 billion for the Pentagon s war fund, known as the overseas contingency operations OCO ac stanley botella count, which is used for operations overseas such as those against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria ISIS .The measure, however, with stanley termohrnek holds $2.5 billion of war-related funding until Mr. Trump submits his comprehensive plan to defeat ISIS to Co Rizq Obama s Plans for Poland State Funeral Make a Rare Presidential Trip
AP Photo/Susan Walsh Senators in a key legislative panel took the full morning to give opening statements in what is sure to be a lengthy process of modifying a health care bill put forward by Sen. Max Baucus D-Mont. . Before reviewing more than 500 proposed amendments to the stanley termoska stanley mug bill, both Democrats and Republicans on the Senate Finance Committee took turns expounding on how they would improve the legislation. Republicans blasted the bill for the taxes it imposes and the government-based proposals, such as the mandate for all Americans to purchase insurance and the expansion of Medicare. Though Baucus spent months deliberating the issue with a select few Democrats and Republicans, making concessions along the way, Republicans bemoaned the fact that they did not receive more time to negotiate. Democrats insisted action must be taken now, with some calling for the bill to go further in its reforms. The time has come to take on this daunting task. The time has come to reform America s health care, Baucus said in his opening statement. He called his bill a balanced, common sense plan that takes the best idea from both sides. It s designed to get the 60 votes it needs to pass. Republicans took issue, however, with some central components of the plan. For in stanley vattenflaska stance, ranking Republican Sen. Charles Grassley R-Iowa called the individual mandate an intrusion into private life that would require extensive enforcement.CBSNews Special Report:
The House passed a $1.1 trillion spending deal Wednesday that funds the government through the rest of the fiscal year, which ends Sept. 30. House lawmakers approved the comprehensive measure in a 309-118 vote, with the Senate expected to vote by Friday to avert a government shutdown on Saturday. Republican and Democratic negotiators reached the agreement Sunday night, and Vice President Mike Pence told CBS This Morning earlier this week that President Trump had signed off on its parameters. White House moves to defend budget deal 08:13 Democrats have cheered the wins in the bill, which doesn t fund Mr. Trump s planned wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, provides funding for Planned Parenthood and gives the National Institutes of Health NIH a budget boost. Republicans major victory in the measure is a boost to defense spending -- a $25 billion increase for the U.S. military over the 2016 level. stanley website The bill includes more than $76 billion for the Pentagon s war fund, known as the overseas contingency operations OCO ac stanley botella count, which is used for operations overseas such as those against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria ISIS .The measure, however, with stanley termohrnek holds $2.5 billion of war-related funding until Mr. Trump submits his comprehensive plan to defeat ISIS to Co Rizq Obama s Plans for Poland State Funeral Make a Rare Presidential Trip
AP Photo/Susan Walsh Senators in a key legislative panel took the full morning to give opening statements in what is sure to be a lengthy process of modifying a health care bill put forward by Sen. Max Baucus D-Mont. . Before reviewing more than 500 proposed amendments to the stanley termoska stanley mug bill, both Democrats and Republicans on the Senate Finance Committee took turns expounding on how they would improve the legislation. Republicans blasted the bill for the taxes it imposes and the government-based proposals, such as the mandate for all Americans to purchase insurance and the expansion of Medicare. Though Baucus spent months deliberating the issue with a select few Democrats and Republicans, making concessions along the way, Republicans bemoaned the fact that they did not receive more time to negotiate. Democrats insisted action must be taken now, with some calling for the bill to go further in its reforms. The time has come to take on this daunting task. The time has come to reform America s health care, Baucus said in his opening statement. He called his bill a balanced, common sense plan that takes the best idea from both sides. It s designed to get the 60 votes it needs to pass. Republicans took issue, however, with some central components of the plan. For in stanley vattenflaska stance, ranking Republican Sen. Charles Grassley R-Iowa called the individual mandate an intrusion into private life that would require extensive enforcement.CBSNews Special Report:
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Washington ndash; A member of the far-right Oath Keepers group pleaded guilty on Wednesday to the high-level charges of seditious conspiracy and obstructing Congress certification of the Electoral College votes on January 6, 2021.William Todd Wilson of North Carolina admitted to joining other Oath Keepers, including leader Stewart Rhodes, in planning to use force to halt the peaceful transfer of power from then-President Donald Trump to President Joe Biden.Wilson is now the third member of the militia group to admit to seditious conspiracy ndash; stanley bottles the most severe charge so far brought against alleged members of the January 6 mob ndash; but he is the first to rev stanley cup spain eal that Rhodes attempted to contact Trump on the evening of the riot. As part of Wednesday s plea agreement, Wilson admitted under oath to a Statement of Offense, which is used in criminal proceedings to stipulate the facts of the case that a defendant acknowledges. Protesters gather on the second day of pro-Trump events fueled by President Donald Trump s continued claims of election fraud in an to overturn the results before Congress finalizes them in a joint session of the 117th Congress on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021 in Washington, DC. Kent Nishimura At appr stanley cup oximately 5:00 p.m., Wilson, Rhodes, and others left the Capitol grounds and walked together to the Phoenix Hotel, Wrua Hackers impersonated State Department officials, cybersecurity firm says
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio - A fired up Mitt Romney enlisted small-business owners at a town hall Wednesday in his re-energized offensive against President Obama, arguing that Obama is so disinterested in job creation that he hasn t met with his jobs council for six months. You know what he s been doing over the last six months Romney asked in a crowded gymnasium at a communi stanley quencher ty center here. In the last six months he has held 100 fundraisers. And guess how many meetings he has had with his jobs council stanley becher None. Zero. Zero in the last six months. It was a reference to a Politico article that said the President s Council on Jobs and Competitiveness had not met publicly since January. Asked why, White House press secretary Jay Carney said Wednesday that Obama has obviously got a lot on his plate but said he solicits and receives input and advice from members of his Jobs Council and others about economic initiativ stanley thermoskannen es all the time. Politico noted in its article that some on the 26-member council have not endorsed Obama. Romney has been making hay out of Obama s statement last week that If you ve got a business, you didn t build that. Somebody else made that happen. Obama made the remark after citing roads, bridges, schools and other services that businesses need to thrive. Romney argued Wednesday that it shows how out of touch Obama is with the character of America and asked those in his audience who owned a business to stand and be recogniz
Washington ndash; A member of the far-right Oath Keepers group pleaded guilty on Wednesday to the high-level charges of seditious conspiracy and obstructing Congress certification of the Electoral College votes on January 6, 2021.William Todd Wilson of North Carolina admitted to joining other Oath Keepers, including leader Stewart Rhodes, in planning to use force to halt the peaceful transfer of power from then-President Donald Trump to President Joe Biden.Wilson is now the third member of the militia group to admit to seditious conspiracy ndash; stanley bottles the most severe charge so far brought against alleged members of the January 6 mob ndash; but he is the first to rev stanley cup spain eal that Rhodes attempted to contact Trump on the evening of the riot. As part of Wednesday s plea agreement, Wilson admitted under oath to a Statement of Offense, which is used in criminal proceedings to stipulate the facts of the case that a defendant acknowledges. Protesters gather on the second day of pro-Trump events fueled by President Donald Trump s continued claims of election fraud in an to overturn the results before Congress finalizes them in a joint session of the 117th Congress on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021 in Washington, DC. Kent Nishimura At appr stanley cup oximately 5:00 p.m., Wilson, Rhodes, and others left the Capitol grounds and walked together to the Phoenix Hotel, Wrua Hackers impersonated State Department officials, cybersecurity firm says
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio - A fired up Mitt Romney enlisted small-business owners at a town hall Wednesday in his re-energized offensive against President Obama, arguing that Obama is so disinterested in job creation that he hasn t met with his jobs council for six months. You know what he s been doing over the last six months Romney asked in a crowded gymnasium at a communi stanley quencher ty center here. In the last six months he has held 100 fundraisers. And guess how many meetings he has had with his jobs council stanley becher None. Zero. Zero in the last six months. It was a reference to a Politico article that said the President s Council on Jobs and Competitiveness had not met publicly since January. Asked why, White House press secretary Jay Carney said Wednesday that Obama has obviously got a lot on his plate but said he solicits and receives input and advice from members of his Jobs Council and others about economic initiativ stanley thermoskannen es all the time. Politico noted in its article that some on the 26-member council have not endorsed Obama. Romney has been making hay out of Obama s statement last week that If you ve got a business, you didn t build that. Somebody else made that happen. Obama made the remark after citing roads, bridges, schools and other services that businesses need to thrive. Romney argued Wednesday that it shows how out of touch Obama is with the character of America and asked those in his audience who owned a business to stand and be recogniz
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Virginia Lt. Governor Justin Fairfax is continuing to categorically deny the allegations of sexual assault against him, releasing the results of a polygraph test and offering his own telling of two separate encounters which he says he knew were false from the first moment I heard them. The Lt. Gov. said his attorneys have now urged the launching of an investigation in two separate jurisdictions to further probe the allegations against him and vowed to cooperate in any potential questioning that may arise.Fairfax announced that he voluntarily submitted a polygraph test with regards to the allegations made against him, which he claimed he passed on the very first try. Read the results here: Fairfax faces allegations by two women includingVanessa Tyson, an associate professor of political science at Scripps College in Claremont, California, who claimed in February that Fairfax sexually assaulted her at the Democratic National Convention in Boston in 2004. In a detailed public statement, Tyson detailed the alleged stanley cup assault, saying Fairfax forced her to perform oral sex on him. Fai stanley canada rfax said their interaction was consensual. She later described to CBS This Morning that she couldn t feel her neck as Fairfax forced his hands on her. I couldn t feel my neck. I couldn t hold my head up, Tyson said. He s using his hand on the back of my neck. And I still didn t know wha stanley taza t was going wrong. I thought there was something wrong with m Ywyc Blanche Lincoln Draws Dem Challenger
Redfin Just days after President Obama s apartment from his college days at Columbia University was put up for rent on stanley thermobecher Craigslist, the website UrbanTurf reported that the real estate website Redfin recently posted a sales listing on Mr. Obama s current residence - the White House. The story was later reprinted by the website for NBC s Washington station before circling the web. stanley canada According to UrbanTurf, a site about real estate in Washington, Redfin had the 55,000 square foot presidential estate listed at $10 million and as being For Sale by Owner. But to the disappointment of prospective homebuyers, the ad was in fact a mistake, and the property is not actually up for sale. After the mistake was revealed, Redfin updated their site to note that the listing was an Off-Market Property. a picture of the corrected page is above Redfin released a statement today with their explanation as to how the error o stanley thermobecher ccurred. At Redfin we want to show all the homes for sale. So in addition to showing you homes for sale from MRIS, the MLS in DC, we also get for sale by owner homes for sale from Zillow, ForSaleByOwner and Oodle, the statement said. Oodle in turn pulls for sale by owner homes from a number of different sources. Turns out one of those sources, Owners, shows the White House listed for sale. FYI, MRIS stands for the Metropolitan Regional Information Systems and MLS stands for Multiple L
Virginia Lt. Governor Justin Fairfax is continuing to categorically deny the allegations of sexual assault against him, releasing the results of a polygraph test and offering his own telling of two separate encounters which he says he knew were false from the first moment I heard them. The Lt. Gov. said his attorneys have now urged the launching of an investigation in two separate jurisdictions to further probe the allegations against him and vowed to cooperate in any potential questioning that may arise.Fairfax announced that he voluntarily submitted a polygraph test with regards to the allegations made against him, which he claimed he passed on the very first try. Read the results here: Fairfax faces allegations by two women includingVanessa Tyson, an associate professor of political science at Scripps College in Claremont, California, who claimed in February that Fairfax sexually assaulted her at the Democratic National Convention in Boston in 2004. In a detailed public statement, Tyson detailed the alleged stanley cup assault, saying Fairfax forced her to perform oral sex on him. Fai stanley canada rfax said their interaction was consensual. She later described to CBS This Morning that she couldn t feel her neck as Fairfax forced his hands on her. I couldn t feel my neck. I couldn t hold my head up, Tyson said. He s using his hand on the back of my neck. And I still didn t know wha stanley taza t was going wrong. I thought there was something wrong with m Ywyc Blanche Lincoln Draws Dem Challenger
Redfin Just days after President Obama s apartment from his college days at Columbia University was put up for rent on stanley thermobecher Craigslist, the website UrbanTurf reported that the real estate website Redfin recently posted a sales listing on Mr. Obama s current residence - the White House. The story was later reprinted by the website for NBC s Washington station before circling the web. stanley canada According to UrbanTurf, a site about real estate in Washington, Redfin had the 55,000 square foot presidential estate listed at $10 million and as being For Sale by Owner. But to the disappointment of prospective homebuyers, the ad was in fact a mistake, and the property is not actually up for sale. After the mistake was revealed, Redfin updated their site to note that the listing was an Off-Market Property. a picture of the corrected page is above Redfin released a statement today with their explanation as to how the error o stanley thermobecher ccurred. At Redfin we want to show all the homes for sale. So in addition to showing you homes for sale from MRIS, the MLS in DC, we also get for sale by owner homes for sale from Zillow, ForSaleByOwner and Oodle, the statement said. Oodle in turn pulls for sale by owner homes from a number of different sources. Turns out one of those sources, Owners, shows the White House listed for sale. FYI, MRIS stands for the Metropolitan Regional Information Systems and MLS stands for Multiple L
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The following is a transcript of an interview with Victoria Nuland, undersecretary of state for political affairs, that aired Sunday, January 30, 2022, on Face the Nation. MARGARET BRENNAN: We go now to Victoria Nuland, the State Department undersecretary for political affairs. Good morning to you, ambassador.AMBASSADOR VICTO stanley cup RIA NULAND: Good morning, Margaret. Good to be with you. MARGARET BRENNAN: We heard from the chairman of the Joint Chiefs this week that Russia stanley cupe has given itself the capability if it wanted for a full invasion, not just an incursion. What is the US assessment at this point Has Vladimir Putin made a decision on what to do next AMB. NULAND: Margaret, we don t believe he s yet made a decision, but as he has done in the past, he s given himself every option, including, as the chairman said, a massive potential invasion of all of Ukraine stanley cup , including cyber attacks, including incursion from Belarus, where he is moving up to thirty thousand troops there as well. So we have to be prepared for all options. MARGARET BRENNAN: So there is no sign yet of any kind of de-escalation.AMB. NULAND: On the contrary, he s moved more forces since we ve been encouraging him to de-escalate. That said, Margaret, as you know, we did send our diplomatic proposal to Russia, as did NATO this week. We ve heard some signs that the Russians are interested in engaging on that proposal, including the fact that Secretary Blinken and Foreign Mini Vzmd Obama Praises Renewable Energy
Look out, Rudy Giuliani. Your GOP bid for U.S. Senate could get crowded - and oh, by the way, here comes the president of the United States.Giuliani, New York City s Republican mayor, is in a tight, tough U.S. Senate contest against Hillary Rodham Clinton, a Democrat.Over the weekend, a one-time Republican contender for the seat warned the GOP could be snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. And President Clinton slammed Giuliani for relying on a right-wing venom machine in his battle with the first lady. We are in the process of potentially blowing this race, said Rep. Rick Lazio, R-N.Y., on ABC s This Week on Sunday.Last year, the Long Island congressman shelved his senate bid at the urging of New York s top Republican, Gov. George Pataki. Despite tense relations between Pataki and Giuliani, the go stanley quencher vernor persuaded Lazio to put his run on hold, so Republicans could rally around the mayor against Mrs. Clinton, unopposed for the Democratic senate nod. That was then, this is now. Giuliani s poll numbers are down over his handling of the fatal police shoo stanley vattenflaska ting of an unarmed black man in the Big Apple. And the mayor is unwilling to court the minor but influential Conservative Party, indispensible for any Republican to win a statewide race in New York. stanley termoska Add all that up, said Lazio, and it spells trouble. While the congressman wouldn t say that Giuliani can t beat Mrs. Clinton, he did say he hasn t ruled out challenging the ma
The following is a transcript of an interview with Victoria Nuland, undersecretary of state for political affairs, that aired Sunday, January 30, 2022, on Face the Nation. MARGARET BRENNAN: We go now to Victoria Nuland, the State Department undersecretary for political affairs. Good morning to you, ambassador.AMBASSADOR VICTO stanley cup RIA NULAND: Good morning, Margaret. Good to be with you. MARGARET BRENNAN: We heard from the chairman of the Joint Chiefs this week that Russia stanley cupe has given itself the capability if it wanted for a full invasion, not just an incursion. What is the US assessment at this point Has Vladimir Putin made a decision on what to do next AMB. NULAND: Margaret, we don t believe he s yet made a decision, but as he has done in the past, he s given himself every option, including, as the chairman said, a massive potential invasion of all of Ukraine stanley cup , including cyber attacks, including incursion from Belarus, where he is moving up to thirty thousand troops there as well. So we have to be prepared for all options. MARGARET BRENNAN: So there is no sign yet of any kind of de-escalation.AMB. NULAND: On the contrary, he s moved more forces since we ve been encouraging him to de-escalate. That said, Margaret, as you know, we did send our diplomatic proposal to Russia, as did NATO this week. We ve heard some signs that the Russians are interested in engaging on that proposal, including the fact that Secretary Blinken and Foreign Mini Vzmd Obama Praises Renewable Energy
Look out, Rudy Giuliani. Your GOP bid for U.S. Senate could get crowded - and oh, by the way, here comes the president of the United States.Giuliani, New York City s Republican mayor, is in a tight, tough U.S. Senate contest against Hillary Rodham Clinton, a Democrat.Over the weekend, a one-time Republican contender for the seat warned the GOP could be snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. And President Clinton slammed Giuliani for relying on a right-wing venom machine in his battle with the first lady. We are in the process of potentially blowing this race, said Rep. Rick Lazio, R-N.Y., on ABC s This Week on Sunday.Last year, the Long Island congressman shelved his senate bid at the urging of New York s top Republican, Gov. George Pataki. Despite tense relations between Pataki and Giuliani, the go stanley quencher vernor persuaded Lazio to put his run on hold, so Republicans could rally around the mayor against Mrs. Clinton, unopposed for the Democratic senate nod. That was then, this is now. Giuliani s poll numbers are down over his handling of the fatal police shoo stanley vattenflaska ting of an unarmed black man in the Big Apple. And the mayor is unwilling to court the minor but influential Conservative Party, indispensible for any Republican to win a statewide race in New York. stanley termoska Add all that up, said Lazio, and it spells trouble. While the congressman wouldn t say that Giuliani can t beat Mrs. Clinton, he did say he hasn t ruled out challenging the ma
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What s 666 Fifth Avenue It stanley cupe s a 41-story tower in Midtown Manhattan that was supposed to be the crown jewel of the Kushner Companies real estate empire. The Kushners bought in 2007 for $1.8 billion, and at the time it was the most expensive real estate deal in New York City s history. The purchase was orchestrated by a young Jared Kushner, who had taken over the company in 2005 when he father Charles Kushner, the company s founder, was sentenced to jail in 2005 for tax evasion and witness tampering. Jared Kushner, now a senior adviser to President Trump and the husband of his daughter Ivanka, closed the deal on his 26th birthday in 2007. Wh stanley cup y is it in the news The short answer is that it s bleeding money. The purchase was ill-timed, as the 2008 economic collapse dealt a body blow to the real estate industry generally and 666 Fifth Avenue specifically. Jared Kushner wound up selling off bits and pieces of stanley website the property to keep the family company afloat. Now, however, the bill is fast approaching, and the Kushners dream of turning 666 Fifth Avenue into an opulent tower designed by the late architect Zaha Hadid is dependent on their finding a partner -- soon. Before we go any furtherhellip;that s an unfortunate number for a building, is it not It is, yes, which is why the Kushners want to call their hoped-for new building 660 Fifth Ave. Is Jared still involved with the building No, because he sold off his stake earlier this year to Vbin Polls say Hillary Clinton won the debates ndash; will it matter
Democratic sponsors of the Senate housing package are currently hammering out a compromise on its controversial bankruptcy provision that they think will push them over the 60-vote threshold needed to surmount a GOP filibuster of the legislation. At issue is language ndash; authored by Senate Majority Whip Richard J. Durbin D-Ill. that would allow bankruptcy judges to alter the terms of primary residential mortgages, which current law prohibits. Proponents of the change say it could help some 600,000 homeowners avoid foreclosure. A cloture vote on the housing bill is expected Tuesday. The series of changes seek to make the bankruptcy language as targeted as we can make it, said a stanley us Democratic Senate aide, its benefits focused on families in the middle of the current subprime foreclosure crisis stanley becher . The final details are still being crafted, but the aide said the new language would make two main changes. First, the bill would set forth very tight, very strict entry criteria, the aide said. The measure would be narrowed to cover only to homeowners in the current crunch and not to any future borrowers and would apply only to the specific types of loans that have caused this problem, the aide said. Secondly, the new language would limit the changes bankruptcy judges could take with to qualifying primary residential stanley cup mortgages during proceedings, the aide said. The changes are expected to gain the support of s
What s 666 Fifth Avenue It stanley cupe s a 41-story tower in Midtown Manhattan that was supposed to be the crown jewel of the Kushner Companies real estate empire. The Kushners bought in 2007 for $1.8 billion, and at the time it was the most expensive real estate deal in New York City s history. The purchase was orchestrated by a young Jared Kushner, who had taken over the company in 2005 when he father Charles Kushner, the company s founder, was sentenced to jail in 2005 for tax evasion and witness tampering. Jared Kushner, now a senior adviser to President Trump and the husband of his daughter Ivanka, closed the deal on his 26th birthday in 2007. Wh stanley cup y is it in the news The short answer is that it s bleeding money. The purchase was ill-timed, as the 2008 economic collapse dealt a body blow to the real estate industry generally and 666 Fifth Avenue specifically. Jared Kushner wound up selling off bits and pieces of stanley website the property to keep the family company afloat. Now, however, the bill is fast approaching, and the Kushners dream of turning 666 Fifth Avenue into an opulent tower designed by the late architect Zaha Hadid is dependent on their finding a partner -- soon. Before we go any furtherhellip;that s an unfortunate number for a building, is it not It is, yes, which is why the Kushners want to call their hoped-for new building 660 Fifth Ave. Is Jared still involved with the building No, because he sold off his stake earlier this year to Vbin Polls say Hillary Clinton won the debates ndash; will it matter
Democratic sponsors of the Senate housing package are currently hammering out a compromise on its controversial bankruptcy provision that they think will push them over the 60-vote threshold needed to surmount a GOP filibuster of the legislation. At issue is language ndash; authored by Senate Majority Whip Richard J. Durbin D-Ill. that would allow bankruptcy judges to alter the terms of primary residential mortgages, which current law prohibits. Proponents of the change say it could help some 600,000 homeowners avoid foreclosure. A cloture vote on the housing bill is expected Tuesday. The series of changes seek to make the bankruptcy language as targeted as we can make it, said a stanley us Democratic Senate aide, its benefits focused on families in the middle of the current subprime foreclosure crisis stanley becher . The final details are still being crafted, but the aide said the new language would make two main changes. First, the bill would set forth very tight, very strict entry criteria, the aide said. The measure would be narrowed to cover only to homeowners in the current crunch and not to any future borrowers and would apply only to the specific types of loans that have caused this problem, the aide said. Secondly, the new language would limit the changes bankruptcy judges could take with to qualifying primary residential stanley cup mortgages during proceedings, the aide said. The changes are expected to gain the support of s