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Trump signs budget deal, government reopens
- February 10, 2018
White House Chief of Staff John Kelly fueled the discord by saying illegal immigrants not shielded by DACA were "too afraid" or "too lazy to get off their asses and sign up" for the program, according to audio released by The Washington Post . (more...)
- February 10, 2018
White House Chief of Staff John Kelly fueled the discord by saying illegal immigrants not shielded by DACA were "too afraid" or "too lazy to get off their asses and sign up" for the program, according to audio released by The Washington Post . (more...)
Sterling slumps after Michel Barnier says Brexit transition is "not a given"
- February 10, 2018
Only once this is agreed can the negotiations move on to discussing the shape of the future trade partnership between the United Kingdom and the EU. Both London and Brussels hope to agree by a March 22-23 summit a transition deal lasting until the end of 2020, in which Britain would remain in the single market and be bound by all European Union laws. (more...)
- February 10, 2018
Only once this is agreed can the negotiations move on to discussing the shape of the future trade partnership between the United Kingdom and the EU. Both London and Brussels hope to agree by a March 22-23 summit a transition deal lasting until the end of 2020, in which Britain would remain in the single market and be bound by all European Union laws. (more...)
Government shutdown looms, exposing Republican divide
- February 10, 2018
House Speaker Paul Ryan , R-Wis., however, backed the agreement and was hoping to cobble together a coalition of moderate Democrats and Republicans to push it through. We must pass this budget agreement first, though, so that we can get onto that. The Senate approach metes out $266 million to more than 200 hospitals, while the House plan would concentrate the funds in 28 non-profit hospitals that cater to low-income patients. (more...)
- February 10, 2018
House Speaker Paul Ryan , R-Wis., however, backed the agreement and was hoping to cobble together a coalition of moderate Democrats and Republicans to push it through. We must pass this budget agreement first, though, so that we can get onto that. The Senate approach metes out $266 million to more than 200 hospitals, while the House plan would concentrate the funds in 28 non-profit hospitals that cater to low-income patients. (more...)
Trump signs bill ending United States government shutdown
- February 10, 2018
Markets barely flinched at the last shutdown in January, but that was before a dizzying selloff that started on Jan. 30 amid concerns about inflation and higher interest rates. Under Senate rules, lawmakers had to wait an "intervening day" before they could vote on that procedural motion, unless they got an agreement from all 100 senators to speed up the clock. (more...)
- February 10, 2018
Markets barely flinched at the last shutdown in January, but that was before a dizzying selloff that started on Jan. 30 amid concerns about inflation and higher interest rates. Under Senate rules, lawmakers had to wait an "intervening day" before they could vote on that procedural motion, unless they got an agreement from all 100 senators to speed up the clock. (more...)
DOJ official Rachel Brand to step down
- February 10, 2018
Rosenstein, who is overseeing the special counsel's inquiry into Russian influence in the 2016 election. This story is breaking and will be updated . But, amid Trump's recent attacks against the Justice Department, two people familiar with the matter told the New York Times Friday that Brand plans to resign. (more...)
- February 10, 2018
Rosenstein, who is overseeing the special counsel's inquiry into Russian influence in the 2016 election. This story is breaking and will be updated . But, amid Trump's recent attacks against the Justice Department, two people familiar with the matter told the New York Times Friday that Brand plans to resign. (more...)
Fox News VP slams Olympics team for 'darker, gayer, different' agenda
- February 10, 2018
Olympic team remains still overwhelmingly white and straight, Moody attacked the team and said this year's group of "'darker, gayer, different" athletes will let the country down. The response to the piece was shaped in part by Moody's lofty title. The person said editors were too deferential to Moody due to his longevity at the network and so didn't put the column through a proper vetting process. (more...)
- February 10, 2018
Olympic team remains still overwhelmingly white and straight, Moody attacked the team and said this year's group of "'darker, gayer, different" athletes will let the country down. The response to the piece was shaped in part by Moody's lofty title. The person said editors were too deferential to Moody due to his longevity at the network and so didn't put the column through a proper vetting process. (more...)
Oil prices declines amid higher USA stockpiles
- February 10, 2018
Also later Friday, Baker Hughes Inc.is set to release its weekly data on the number of rigs drilling for oil in the US, a bellwether for activity in the sector. China is showing strong demand for oil. But the biggest market driver was U.S. production. In the last three years, the U.S. has seen huge growth in the production of shale, particularly after the federal government decided in 2015 to end the ban on USA exports of crude oil. (more...)
- February 10, 2018
Also later Friday, Baker Hughes Inc.is set to release its weekly data on the number of rigs drilling for oil in the US, a bellwether for activity in the sector. China is showing strong demand for oil. But the biggest market driver was U.S. production. In the last three years, the U.S. has seen huge growth in the production of shale, particularly after the federal government decided in 2015 to end the ban on USA exports of crude oil. (more...)
Brexit transition period may not happen, Barnier warns
- February 10, 2018
The UK government has issued a technical note calling on the European Union and more than 100 countries with which it has worldwide deals to treat the UK as if it were a member state so signed agreements on the likes of trade, nuclear co-operation and aviation can continue to function during the transition. (more...)
- February 10, 2018
The UK government has issued a technical note calling on the European Union and more than 100 countries with which it has worldwide deals to treat the UK as if it were a member state so signed agreements on the likes of trade, nuclear co-operation and aviation can continue to function during the transition. (more...)
Barnier Says EU Waiting for United Kingdom to Make Choices
- February 10, 2018
But he said it was hard to see how Prime Minister Theresa May would secure a new arrangement and avoid the need to adopt a fall-back position of full alignment with the customs union and single market on the island of Ireland. "We await with great interest the choices to be made by the British government", Barnier said. The proposal will anger Brexiteers who have warned of the danger of Britain being a "vassal state" during the transition. (more...)
- February 10, 2018
But he said it was hard to see how Prime Minister Theresa May would secure a new arrangement and avoid the need to adopt a fall-back position of full alignment with the customs union and single market on the island of Ireland. "We await with great interest the choices to be made by the British government", Barnier said. The proposal will anger Brexiteers who have warned of the danger of Britain being a "vassal state" during the transition. (more...)
Hardik meets Mamata, says asked to join Trinamool
- February 10, 2018
The Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti Convenor, however, did not make his stand clear but he would take advice from her, if required. "But if you ask my personal opinion, I will say she is an intelligent woman who has a history of being a revolutionary leader and she should come forward to be the leader (of Opposition parties)", he said after the hour-and-half long meeting. (more...)
- February 10, 2018
The Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti Convenor, however, did not make his stand clear but he would take advice from her, if required. "But if you ask my personal opinion, I will say she is an intelligent woman who has a history of being a revolutionary leader and she should come forward to be the leader (of Opposition parties)", he said after the hour-and-half long meeting. (more...)
Remains of three children found in Montana not connected to Skelton boys
- February 10, 2018
When these remains were found, police said it would take months to run DNA comparison . The coroner's office - working in conjunction with anthropologists and crime lab pathologists - has filed a report suggesting that that bone samples from Missoula are "historical and archaeological in origin", and therefore over 99 years old. (more...)
- February 10, 2018
When these remains were found, police said it would take months to run DNA comparison . The coroner's office - working in conjunction with anthropologists and crime lab pathologists - has filed a report suggesting that that bone samples from Missoula are "historical and archaeological in origin", and therefore over 99 years old. (more...)
Colombia tightens border, gives aid as Venezuelans flee crisis
- February 10, 2018
Speaking at the border town of Cucuta, which is connected by a pedestrian bridge to Venezuela, Santos said that he would deploy 3,000 new security personnel to patrol the two countries' porous land border. Along with Minister Terra, Justice Minister Torquato Jardim, Defense Minister participated in Raul Jungmann, and the head of the Office of Institutional Security, General Sergio Etchegoyen also went to Boa Vista to speak to local officials. (more...)
- February 10, 2018
Speaking at the border town of Cucuta, which is connected by a pedestrian bridge to Venezuela, Santos said that he would deploy 3,000 new security personnel to patrol the two countries' porous land border. Along with Minister Terra, Justice Minister Torquato Jardim, Defense Minister participated in Raul Jungmann, and the head of the Office of Institutional Security, General Sergio Etchegoyen also went to Boa Vista to speak to local officials. (more...)
Rays formally announce Ybor City as preferred home
- February 10, 2018
The 14-acre site is near the downtown's Channel District and is mostly made up of warehouses now. It's the first time the team has publicly said it prefers Tampa over St. The Rays have been looking for years to replace Tropicana Field , their home since 1998. Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn brought up baseball names such as Wade Boggs, who finished his Hall of Fame career with the Rays, and Lou Pinella and Tony La Russa as he discussed the city's history with baseball. (more...)
- February 10, 2018
The 14-acre site is near the downtown's Channel District and is mostly made up of warehouses now. It's the first time the team has publicly said it prefers Tampa over St. The Rays have been looking for years to replace Tropicana Field , their home since 1998. Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn brought up baseball names such as Wade Boggs, who finished his Hall of Fame career with the Rays, and Lou Pinella and Tony La Russa as he discussed the city's history with baseball. (more...)
Gold firm as equities drop; heads for second weekly loss
- February 10, 2018
Gold prices fell 0.56 percent to United States dollars 1,310.70 an ounce in Singapore today. The U.S. dollar.DXY rose against a currency basket, heading for its strongest week in almost 15 months, with major U.S. "Currently, there are two competing forces in the gold market", said Walter Pehowich, executive vice president of investment services at Dillon Gage Metals. (more...)
- February 10, 2018
Gold prices fell 0.56 percent to United States dollars 1,310.70 an ounce in Singapore today. The U.S. dollar.DXY rose against a currency basket, heading for its strongest week in almost 15 months, with major U.S. "Currently, there are two competing forces in the gold market", said Walter Pehowich, executive vice president of investment services at Dillon Gage Metals. (more...)
1 dead in shooting at GA War Veterans Nursing Home
- February 10, 2018
A call to Richmond County Dispatch went out at 11 a.m. According to the August Fire Department, the shooting was a domestic violence attack and is not considered an active shooter situation. The shooter fled in a sports utility vehicle, and was no longer near the university, about 145 miles east of Atlanta, the Augusta Chronicle reported . (more...)
- February 10, 2018
A call to Richmond County Dispatch went out at 11 a.m. According to the August Fire Department, the shooting was a domestic violence attack and is not considered an active shooter situation. The shooter fled in a sports utility vehicle, and was no longer near the university, about 145 miles east of Atlanta, the Augusta Chronicle reported . (more...)
Presidential visit to Kuwait now possible, MalacaƱang spokesman says
- February 10, 2018
Duterte has in recent weeks been highly critical of alleged abuse suffered by some of the two million Filipino workers in the Middle East, even threatening a ban on the whole region. The incident came as the Philippines government begins to enforce a ban on employment of Filipino workers in Kuwait that was declared on January 19 because of concerns over the rising number of abuse cases and deaths. (more...)
- February 10, 2018
Duterte has in recent weeks been highly critical of alleged abuse suffered by some of the two million Filipino workers in the Middle East, even threatening a ban on the whole region. The incident came as the Philippines government begins to enforce a ban on employment of Filipino workers in Kuwait that was declared on January 19 because of concerns over the rising number of abuse cases and deaths. (more...)
Palestinians Clash with Zionist Occupation Forces in Various Cities after Friday Prayer
- February 09, 2018
The two sides will discuss the economic crisis that has "put Gaza on the edge of the abyss", Barhoum said. The visit also comes within the framework of Hamas-Fatah reconciliation agreements signed in 2011 and 2017, he added. Last October, Hamas signed a new reconciliation agreement with Fatah in Cairo, but the recommendations from the agreement have yet to be implemented. (more...)
- February 09, 2018
The two sides will discuss the economic crisis that has "put Gaza on the edge of the abyss", Barhoum said. The visit also comes within the framework of Hamas-Fatah reconciliation agreements signed in 2011 and 2017, he added. Last October, Hamas signed a new reconciliation agreement with Fatah in Cairo, but the recommendations from the agreement have yet to be implemented. (more...)
New memo: Second Steele report was based on input from Clinton allies
- February 10, 2018
The referral concerns a separate report by Steele who is the author of the now-discredited Trump "dossier". "You'd have to be a fool to believe" Rhodes did not have the dossier, Nunes said. Grassley and Graham reminded Wray and Rosenstein that Fusion GPS paid for Steele's dossier efforts "on behalf of the Democratic National Committee and the Clinton campaign" - which meant the dossier was opposition research. (more...)
- February 10, 2018
The referral concerns a separate report by Steele who is the author of the now-discredited Trump "dossier". "You'd have to be a fool to believe" Rhodes did not have the dossier, Nunes said. Grassley and Graham reminded Wray and Rosenstein that Fusion GPS paid for Steele's dossier efforts "on behalf of the Democratic National Committee and the Clinton campaign" - which meant the dossier was opposition research. (more...)
Cadbury's Has Openings For The Dream Job Of Chocolate Tester
- February 10, 2018
All of the positions are paid and part-time, totaling at just 7.5 hours per week and including necessities like holidays and pension. In the pursuit of perfection, the testers will have to try chocolate products as well as cocoa drinks, helping the company to hone its current recipes as well as launching new projects. (more...)
- February 10, 2018
All of the positions are paid and part-time, totaling at just 7.5 hours per week and including necessities like holidays and pension. In the pursuit of perfection, the testers will have to try chocolate products as well as cocoa drinks, helping the company to hone its current recipes as well as launching new projects. (more...)
Egypt: Tillerson to Visit Egypt Next Week for Talks On Partnership
- February 10, 2018
State Department said Thursday. The statement noted Tillerson will visit Turkey to discuss regional and bilateral issues with senior Turkish officials. The Secretary's visit will emphasize USA support for the Lebanese people and the Lebanese Armed Forces. This is the third time the Secretary will gather with his counterparts for a meeting of the Global Coalition, and the first since the defeat of ISIS in Raqqa and Iraq declared its territory liberated. (more...)
- February 10, 2018
State Department said Thursday. The statement noted Tillerson will visit Turkey to discuss regional and bilateral issues with senior Turkish officials. The Secretary's visit will emphasize USA support for the Lebanese people and the Lebanese Armed Forces. This is the third time the Secretary will gather with his counterparts for a meeting of the Global Coalition, and the first since the defeat of ISIS in Raqqa and Iraq declared its territory liberated. (more...)
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