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Business leaders said Monday they are digging in their heels to push an Asia-Pacific deal through Congress this year.
Doug Oberhelman, CEO of Caterpillar and chairman of Business Roundtable, defended the business community’s Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) lobbying campaign, saying they will not give up the fight and are locked into non-stop full-court press mode. Continue reading “Business leaders fighting for TPP vote this year”
Wall Street Journal – by Byron Tau
WASHINGTON—The chairman of a House committee has subpoenaed three information-technology workers who helped maintain Hillary Clinton’s private email server, amid questions about why an email archive was deleted.
Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R., Utah), the chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform committee, has ordered Paul Combetta, Bill Thornton and Bryan Pagliano to appear at a congressional hearing tentatively scheduled for Tuesday. Continue reading “House Panel Subpoenas Three Tech Workers Over Clinton Email Questions”
Washington Post – by Josh Rogin
After long and arduous negotiations, Israel and the Obama administration have agreed on a landmark military aid package that would increase U.S. aid to Israel over the next 10 years. But the White House is reluctant to sign the deal because officials are upset one leading lawmaker won’t go along: Sen. Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.). Continue reading “U.S.-Israel deal held up over dispute with Lindsey Graham”
Hillary Clinton has pneumonia, her doctor said Sunday, hours after the Democratic nominee stumbled and exited a 9/11 commemoration ceremony early.
The incident seems certain to prompt further scrutiny of Clinton’s health and her campaign’s transparency — though Republican rival Donald Trump was uncharacteristically silent throughout a solemn day marking the 15th anniversary of the September 11 attacks. Continue reading “Hillary Clinton has pneumonia, doctor says, after early 9/11 event exit”
The Obama administration stepped into a dispute on Friday over a planned oil pipeline in North Dakota that has angered Native Americans, appealing for calm while blocking construction on federal land and asking the company behind the project to suspend work nearby.
The move came shortly after U.S. District Judge James Boasberg in Washington rejected a request from Native Americans for a court order to block the project. The government’s action reflected the success of growing protests over the proposed $3.7 billion pipeline crossing four states which have sparked a renewal of Native American activism. Continue reading “After protests, U.S. halts North Dakota pipeline near tribal lands”
The Washington Post – by Dan Morse
A 28-year-old gang member charged in the brutal stabbing death of a Maryland teenager had been deported twice to El Salvador in the past two years, according to U.S. immigration officials.
Oscar Delgado-Perez is expected to make his first appearance in Montgomery County court on Friday afternoon in a killing detectives suspect was over gang bragging rights. Continue reading “Immigration officials: Suspect in Maryland gang murder had been deported twice”
On June 8, 1789, James Madison rose in the House of Representatives and read his thoughts about amendments to the Constitution. Based on the recommendations of several ratifying conventions and the fears expressed by the Anti-Federalists, his suggestions would insert many rights of the people into the Constitution.
Not everyone was in support of a Bill of Rights, and much debate ensued. Many of Madison’s proposals were accepted, and some were rejected. The legislative process had to take place, with formal bills being introduced in the House, being voted on and approved, then sent to the Senate where they were debated and modified, and with both Houses eventually coming to agreement on twelve articles of amendment. Continue reading “First Twelve Articles of Amendment”
The Department of Justice reportedly gave immunity to a computer expert who deleted Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s emails during its investigation into her private email server despite being ordered by Congress to keep them.
The New York Times reported Thursday that the Justice Department’s immunity deal with Paul Combetta likely means that Republican lawmakers’ calls for federal authorities to investigate his deletions will go unheard. Continue reading “DOJ reportedly granted immunity to computer expert who deleted Clinton emails”
Anti-War – by Andrew Napolitano
On Sept. 2, the FBI released a lengthy explanation of its investigation of Hillary Clinton and a summary of the evidence amassed against her. It also released a summary of Clinton’s July FBI interrogation.
The interrogation was in some respects standard and in others very troubling. It was standard in that she was confronted with emails she had sent or received and was asked whether she recalled them, and her judgment about them was challenged. The FBI was looking for gross negligence in her behavior about securing state secrets. Continue reading “Hillary Clinton and the FBI”
LAPLACE, La. — It made national news last month when an undocumented immigrant with no driver’s license and a history of poor driving got behind the wheel of a chartered bus and crashed into a Louisiana highway accident scene, killing a local fire chief and a Mississippi man.
The person who arranged for the bus to take a crew of at least 24 workers to flood cleanup work in the Baton Rouge area also was an undocumented immigrant with a troubled history, but lots of paperwork to establish his legitimacy as a businessman. Continue reading “Recruiter for firm involved in fatal La. bus wreck in U.S. illegally”
A female student shot another girl at Alpine High School in West Texas before turning the gun on herself, Brewster County Sheriff Ronny Dodson said Thursday.
The Brewster County Sheriff’s Office were called to the scene for reports of an active shooter around 9 a.m. and evacuated students and put the campus, surrounding schools and administration on a “critical lockdown.” Nearby Sul Ross State University also was placed on lockdown. Continue reading “Sheriff: Female student shooter dead, another girl injured at Alpine High School in West Texas”
The Obama administration has sent Congress a plan to modernize the country’s emergency oil reserve, a step that could set in motion a sale of about 8 million barrels from the stash later this year to help pay for the revamp, the Energy Department said on Wednesday.
Under the $1.5-$2 billion revamp plan, three dedicated marine terminals would be added to the Strategic Petroleum (SPR), a string of 60 heavily-guarded underground caverns on the Texas and Louisiana coasts. Continue reading “U.S. advances oil reserve revamp plan, potential crude sale”
Donald Trump’s campaign and congressional Republicans are pushing to re-open the Hillary Clinton email case – at the Justice Department, as well as in the court of public opinion – in the wake of newly released FBI documents which are fueling claims her team may have destroyed evidence.
The latest call came Tuesday from former New York City mayor and top Trump surrogate Rudy Giuliani, who urged the FBI to review its own findings and the department to appoint a special prosecutor to take over the case. Continue reading “Republicans push to re-open Clinton email case after FBI document drop”
Daily Caller – by Peter Hasson
Under a Massachusetts civil rights agency’s interpretation of new anti-discrimination law, churches can be forced to let biological males who identify as transgender women use the women’s bathroom.
Recently passed legislation amending the state’s anti-discrimination law to include protections for “gender identity” will take effect Oct. 1. Continue reading “Massachusetts Government Can Force Transgender Bathroom Policies On Churches, Guidance Says”
Goldman Sachs has enacted a set of rules that bans the firm’s top employees from contributing to certain campaigns, including the Trump-Pence ticket.
The rules kicked in Sept. 1 and will apply only to partners of the firm. The memo detailing the rule change was first reported by Politico. The firm says the rules were meant to remove any implication of so-called “pay to play.” Four years ago, the bank paid $12 million to settle charges that a former Boston-based banker had picked up bond underwriting business in the state while working for and contributing funds to the campaign of a then Massachusetts state treasurer and governor-hopeful, Tim Cahill. Continue reading “Goldman Sachs Bans Employees from Donating to Trump”
WASHINGTON (AP) — An American Indian tribe succeeded Tuesday in getting a federal judge to temporarily stop construction on some, but not all, of a $3.8 billion four-state oil pipeline, but its broader request still hangs in the balance.
U.S. District Judge James Boasberg said Tuesday that work will temporarily stop between North Dakota’s State Highway 1806 and 20 miles east of Lake Oahe, but will continue west of the highway because he believes the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers lacks jurisdiction on private land. Continue reading “Judge grants partial stop on North Dakota pipeline work”
Trouble is brewing in New England for gun manufacturers. The Massachusetts attorney general has launched an innovative investigation of major firearm makers based on her state’s expansive consumer-protection law.
The probe targets at least two companies—Glock Inc. and Remington Outdoor Co.—and possibly others. The investigation came to light because of lawsuits the gun companies recently filed seeking to block or narrow the Massachusetts safety investigation, calling it overly intrusive. Continue reading “A New Legal Assault on Firearm Makers: Some Guns May Be Dangerous”