Новости за 07.03.2018

Carl Icahn, billionaire investor and close associate of President Donald Trump, issued an unusual statement Wednesday defending his recent sale of steel-related stock several days before Trump announced his intention to impose hefty tariffs on steel imports. Icahn sold more than $30 million in steel-related stock, crane manufacturer Montiwoc, several days before Trump’s announcement. After Trump’s announcement last […]

Carl Icahn, billionaire investor and close associate of President Donald Trump, issued an unusual statement Wednesday defending his recent sale of steel-related stock several days before Trump announced his intention to impose hefty tariffs on steel imports. Icahn sold more than $30 million in steel-related stock, crane manufacturer Montiwoc, several days before Trump’s announcement. After Trump’s announcement last […]

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos visited Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida on Wednesday to meet with survivors of last month’s mass shooting that led to the deaths of 17 students and teachers. But students said they were unimpressed with her visit. After her visit to the school, DeVos held a news conference in Parkland and told […]

A federal court has denied the Trump administration’s last-ditch effort to prevent a landmark climate lawsuit from going to trial. It called the motion “entirely premature” and argued that the administration had failed to reach the “high bar” required for dismissal. “There is enduring value in the orderly administration of litigation by the trial courts, […]

On Tuesday evening, news broke that adult film star Stormy Daniels filed a lawsuit to nullify an nondisclosure agreement surrounding a sexual relationship she says she had with Donald Trump. The lawsuit is potentially a major development — it will make it more difficult for Trump to avoid answering questions about the alleged affair, and what he […]

To the Trump administration, the world is facing two choices when it comes to the future of energy: more coal and fossil fuels, or a return to the 1800s, when people lit their homes with lanterns and got around via horse and buggy. At the annual CERAWeek energy conference in Houston, Texas on Wednesday, reporter Lisa Friedman […]

On Tuesday, one of President Trump’s appointees at the Department of Energy (DOE) complained about recent media coverage of nuclear energy and promised to do something about it. Suzanne Jaworowski, chief of staff for DOE’s Office of Nuclear Energy, told attendees at a nuclear summit, “A lot of the challenges that we have have been blown […]

The White House is trying to deflect questions about a blockbuster lawsuit filed by adult film actress Stormy Daniels by claiming they have already been asked and answered. This is false and there are receipts. Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, filed the lawsuit on Tuesday against the President of the United States in […]

A complex banking bill currently making its way through the Senate is praised by proponents as a common sense revision of banking regulations, that would help small banks and lenders thrive. But activists for fair housing practices are increasingly sounding alarms warning the bill opens the door for many financial institutions to hide racially discriminatory […]

When President Donald Trump shared a series of anti-Muslim tweets from Jayda Fransen, a bigoted, outspoken member of the far-right Britain First party last November, her message and group appeared ascendant. In the few months since, however, the only thing that seems to have risen is the number of court rulings against Fransen and her […]

Over the past several months, Wisconsin lawmakers have waged a war on the state’s Medicaid program by requesting federal permission to add time-limits, work rules, and drug tests. But new data obtained by ThinkProgress suggests these drug tests are especially costly and virtually ineffective at enabling care. And if the Trump administration green-lights Wisconsin’s request, […]

Texas has never sent a Latinx woman to Congress, but that’s about to change, with at least two Latina candidates likely headed to Washington, D.C. after November. They’re part of a wave of new faces flooding the Texas midterm elections in what could be a historic year for the state come November. The first midterm […]

The Department of Housing and Urban Development has a new mission statement, thanks to Secretary Ben Carson — and gone is language about creating communities that are inclusive and free from discrimination or working to strengthen the housing market to protect consumers. According to a memo sent out Monday to HUD’s political staff and obtained […]

In response to security concerns following the mass shooting at a Parkland, Florida high school several weeks ago, a high school in Idaho became the latest to implement a policy banning backpacks. Seeking to ensure that students feel safe, Caldwell High School announced the new policy banning all backpacks on Monday, the Idaho Press-Tribune reported. […]

During a CNN appearance on Tuesday night, former Trump campaign senior economic adviser Stephen Moore tried to downplay adult film star Stormy Daniels’ new lawsuit to nullify an nondisclosure agreement surrounding a sexual relationship she says she had with Donald Trump. It did not go well. After Republican strategist Kevin Madden said that “the fact […]

After calling candidate Donald Trump a “pathological liar” and “narcissist” during the 2016 presidential campaign, one might have thought that Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) would have emerged as a critic of the president’s mounting ethical issues. He has not — and in an unusually candid comment on Wednesday, he made it clear why. Asked about the chaotic […]

In her 27 years, activist and author Sarah McBride has already experienced many significant life events. Her new memoir, Tomorrow Will Be Different: Love, Loss, and the Fight for Trans Equality documents the whirlwind that has been her past six years. In 2012, she came out as transgender as she finished her term as student body […]

Stormy Daniels is not going away quietly. In a new lawsuit filed in a California court, the adult film star, whose legal name is Stephanie Clifford, claims her agreement with Donald Trump to keep their alleged affair secret is not binding because Trump never signed it. The lawsuit provides embarrassing new details about the nature […]

KANSAS CITY, KANSAS — At the start of trial Tuesday in litigation over the Kansas law requiring documentary proof of citizenship to vote, an attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union began the day by reminding the judge that “this case is about the most fundamental right in our democracy.” Dale Ho, an attorney for the […]

Gary Cohn, President Donald Trump’s chief economic adviser and director of the National Economic Council, plans to resign, The New York Times reported Tuesday evening. Cohn’s resignation comes a few days after Trump announced his plan to impose tariffs of 25 percent on steel imports and 10 percent on aluminum — a plan Cohn vehemently opposed. Politico reported last […]

It turns out the “sword and shield” for young white supremacists isn’t worth much. Kyle Bristow, a lawyer who had been an outspoken legal advocate for white supremacists and a close associate of Richard Spencer, announced over the weekend that he’d no longer be affiliating with white supremacists. According to Bristow, he is leaving the Foundation for […]

On Tuesday, the Mississippi state senate passed a bill 35-14 that would ban abortions after just 15 weeks of pregnancy. The senate vote brings the state one step closer to enacting the most restrictive abortion ban in the country. Current state law prohibits the procedure 20 weeks after a woman’s last period. No other state has a 15-week restriction. State […]

Two Senate Democrats asked Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt on Tuesday to provide information about the head of his security detail to determine whether the agent used his role in the agency to help influence who received EPA government contracts. Questions are being asked about whether any federal conflict-of-interest rules were violated in […]

During a joint news conference with President Trump on Tuesday, Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven criticized the U.S. president’s recent proposal to slap a 25 percent tariff on imported steel and a 10 percent tariff on imported aluminum, saying that they would hurt everyone “in the long run.” “Sweden and the United States are two of […]

During a joint press conference with Swedish Prime Minster Stefan Löfven on Tuesday, a Swedish journalist asked President Trump “what do you think Sweden should learn from how the Russian influence campaign affected the presidential election in the US?” The question comes amid strong indications from the NSA and State Department that little is being done to stop Russia from interfering […]