Friday, January 13, 2017

Newt Gingrich says Trump is done with 'drain the swamp' and other top stories.

  • Newt Gingrich says Trump is done with 'drain the swamp'

    Newt Gingrich says Trump is done with 'drain the swamp'
    Donald Trump, left, and former House speaker Newt Gingrich, right, acknowledge the crowd during a campaign rally on July 6 in Cincinnati. (John Minchillo/Associated Press) There were two notable Trumpworld headlines Wednesday morning. One was the news that Corey Lewandowski — Donald Trump's former campaign manager who remained part of his inner circle long after leaving that job — had just opened a “full service government relations and consulting firm” half a block from the White House. Th..
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  • Poll: 62 percent of Democrats and independents don't want Clinton to run again

    Poll: 62 percent of Democrats and independents don't want Clinton to run again
    After Hillary Clinton's loss in November a majority of Democrats and independents said they would like to see a new name. | Getty Poll: 62 percent of Democrats and independents don't want Clinton to run again By Nolan D. McCaskill 12/21/16 03:36 PM EST Updated 12/21/16 03:59 PM EST A majority of Democratic and independent voters made clear that they don’t foresee Hillary Clinton in their 2020 vision of the p..
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  • Man allegedly killed stepmom for gloating about Cowboys' win

    Man allegedly killed stepmom for gloating about Cowboys' win
    A Texas man diagnosed with bipolar disorder fatally stabbed his stepmother because he thought she was “gloating” about a win by the Dallas Cowboys, court papers show. Pontrey O’Neal Jones, 20 — who stopped taking his meds two years ago — attacked Magdalena Ruiz inside their South Austin apartment following the Cowboys’ 26-20 victory over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday, according to an arrest warrant affidavit obtained by the Austin American-Statesman. Jones, who recently moved into the home..
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  • What the heck just happened with North Carolina's 'bathroom bill'?

    What the heck just happened with North Carolina's 'bathroom bill'?
    North Carolina's Senate has voted against repealing a law that requires transgender people to use the bathrooms of their assigned sex at birth. It's put the state in the middle of another heated national debate over transgender rights. (Reuters) Despite a bipartisan agreement to get rid of it, North Carolina's controversial “bathroom bill” will remain in place for the time being. Republicans and Democrats tried all day Wednesday to get all or parts of the law repealed, although they could..
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  • Conway: Trump will not pursue immigration ban based solely on religion

    Conway: Trump will not pursue immigration ban based solely on religion
    Asked repeatedly if an individual's religious affiliation would trigger heightened scrutiny, Conway said, "No."Instead, Trump will focus more on the country of origin, Conway said."You're going back to over a year ago in what he said about the (Muslim) ban versus what he said later about it, when he made it much more specific and talked about countries where we know that they've got a higher propensity of training and exporting terrorists," she told CNN's Chris Cuomo during an interview on "New ..
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  • Obama gets rid of visitor registry before Trump takes over

    Obama gets rid of visitor registry before Trump takes over
    The Obama administration is abolishing a national registry program created to track visitors from countries with active terrorist groups, a move likely intended to send a strong message to Donald TrumpDonald TrumpUN Security Council postpones vote on Israeli settlements Ivanka Trump, children harassed on JetBlue flight: report Obama gets rid of visitor registry before Trump takes over MORE just weeks before he takes office, the New York Times reports. The registry, officially called the National..
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  • Liberals gear up to stop Trump from creating Muslim database — despite no such plan

    Liberals gear up to stop Trump from creating Muslim database — despite no such plan
    The Left is preparing for a major fight to stop President-Elect Donald Trump’s plan to create a Muslim registry — despite the fact that there is no plan to do so. Many liberals are convinced of Trump’s intent because of comments he made on the campaign trail last year. Trump rekindled concern again Wednesday when he failed to reject the premise of a reporter’s question. “It’s being fundamentally dishonest about what is actually being proposed.” But as recently as last month, Trump transition sp..
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  • Miss. black church fire was called a hate crime. Now parishioner has been arrested for it.

    Miss. black church fire was called a hate crime. Now parishioner has been arrested for it.
    “Vote Trump” is spray painted on the side of the fire damaged Hopewell M.B. Baptist Church in Greenville, Miss., in November. (Rogelio V. Solis/AP) When the historic black church in Greenville, Miss., first burned last month, many, including the city mayor, speculated that the intentionally lit fire was a hate crime. It was a particularly tense time in America, just a week before the bitterly divisive 2016 presidential election came to a close. Then-candidate and now President-elect Donald T..
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  • Wal-Mart drops 'Black Lives Matter' merchandise after complaint

    Wal-Mart drops 'Black Lives Matter' merchandise after complaint
    Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has removed some "Black Lives Matter" merchandise from its website after receiving a complaint from the president of the National Fraternal Order of Police, who said in a letter addressed to Chief Executive Officer Doug McMillon that the apparel was "offensive." Wal-Mart said Wednesday it would remove apparel that contained the phrase "Bulletproof" with "Black Lives Matter" underneath. It has not removed other "Black Lives Matter" shirts and sweatshirts. The shirts and swea..
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  • Eric Trump Will Stop Raising Money For His Charity To Avoid Ethics 'Quagmire'

    Eric Trump Will Stop Raising Money For His Charity To Avoid Ethics 'Quagmire'
    “As unfortunate as it is, I understand the quagmire,” Trump said of the Eric Trump Foundation. “You do a good thing that backfires.” Trump’s adult children have come under fire in the past few weeks for fundraising efforts that offered donors face time with either them or their father. An online auction offering donors coffee with Ivanka Trump to raise money for the Eric Trump Foundation was canceled soon after the Times reported that businessmen bidders were openly vying for a chance to get the..
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