Top Dem: Pentagon decision to delay transgender troop enlistment 'outrageous'
House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) condemned the Trump administration on Saturday for issuing a delay in allowing transgender soldiers to serve in the military.Hoyer, the No. 2 House Democrat, called the Pentagon's move "outrageous" and argued it was done "without providing any evidence."“It is outrageous that the Trump Administration would issue a delay in allowing transgender Americans to serve openly in our military without providing any evidence to support such a decision," Hoyer said i..>> view originalBody of missing 5-year-old boy Aramazd Andressian Jr. found in California
LOS ANGELES -- The body of a 5-year-old boy missing since April has been found. The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department confirmed to CBS Los Angeles Saturday that the body of Aramazd Andressian Jr. was found after homicide detectives returned to the Lake Cachuma area of Santa Barbara County Friday "in an effort to locate additional evidence."The exact location where the boy's remains were located were not confirmed. What prompted detectives to return to Santa Barbara County was also not im..>> view originalNew Jersey, Maine shut down amid spending disputes
Disputes between Republican governors and Democratic-led state legislatures have forced the state governments of Maine and New Jersey into partial shut-downs over the July Fourth holiday weekend.The failure to reach budget deals ahead of the beginning of the new fiscal year means state parks and beaches will be closed during one of the busiest holiday weekends of the year. Non-essential state workers will stay home, and most government buildings will not open until deals are reached.In both stat..>> view originalThe week in politics
President Donald Trump waits to speak on the phone with Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar to congratulate him on his recent election victory in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC, on Tuesday. Trump interrupted this conversation to tell Irish reporter Caitríona Perry, the US bureau chief for RTÉ News, that she "has a nice smile." Perry later described the experience as a "bizarre moment." White House deputy press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders speaks during a press briefing wh..>> view originalTrump proves to be an unreliable ally to Republicans in the health-care fight
President Trump is more than his own worst enemy. The damage he has inflicted during his first five months in office has undermined Republican congressional leaders, frustrated members of his Cabinet, exasperated top advisers and strained relations with some of the nation’s most important allies. This week’s case study is health care. The most significant domestic initiative of the Trump presidency and the Republican Party is the fulfillment of a promise to “repeal and replace” the Affordable C..>> view original'I'm President and They're Not': Trump Attacks Media at Faith Rally
In a Twitter message on Saturday morning, Mr. Trump said that “numerous states are refusing to give information to the very distinguished VOTER FRAUD PANEL. What are they trying to hide?” Mr. Trump set up the Presidential Advisory Commission on Voter Integrity to find evidence for his debunked claim that millions of votes were cast illegally in the 2016 presidential election. On Wednesday, the group sent a letter to all 50 secretaries of state asking for personal data about the nation’s 200 mil..>> view originalDoctors Work Furiously in Bid to Save Victims of Hospital Rampage
A medical student who was shot in the head sustained a grievous brain injury. Another bullet bored into the liver of a second-year resident in family medicine. There were more gunshot wounds, all of them severe — to a gastrointestinal fellow’s hand, a medical student’s abdomen and a medical resident’s neck. With gunfire thundering through the hospital, doctors dragged their colleagues and patients out of harm’s way and put them on elevators. Photo Police officers responding to the reports of a..>> view originalMarijuana Fans Cheer as Recreational Pot Goes on Sale in Nevada
LAS VEGAS — Cheers and long lines of tourists and locals alike greeted the first day of sales of recreational marijuana on Saturday as Nevada became the fifth state with stores selling pot to the public in a market that is expected to outpace all others in the U.S. thanks to the millions of visitors who flock to Las Vegas each year. Veteran consumers, first-timers, twenty-somethings and retirees were among those who defied triple-digit temperatures before they made it into stores across the ..>> view originalTrump says states are 'trying to hide' things from his voter fraud commission. Here's what they actually say.
More than two dozen states have refused to fully comply with a sweeping and unprecedented White House request to turn over voter registration data, including sensitive information like partial Social Security numbers, party affiliation and military status. Overall, the states that have said they will not be complying at all with the Kobach commission's request represent over 30 percent of the nation's population. That could complicate any efforts to build a truly national voter file, although i..>> view originalArkansas nightclub shooting may be gang related, police say
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- Clubgoers screamed and scrambled for cover as dozens of gunshots rang out during a rap concert in downtown Little Rock early Saturday, leaving 28 people injured from an 11-second melee that police said may be gang-related. The volley of gunfire inside the Power Ultra Lounge came so fast that investigators believe multiple people had to have been involved. Police Chief Kenton Buckner credited quick work by first responders for there being no fatalities. Twenty-five people bet..>> view original
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