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DC appeals court orders EPA to move ahead with methane rule By Michael Biesecker Associated Press July 3, 2017 A federal appeals court in Washington ruled Monday that the head of the Environmental Protection Agency overstepped his authority in trying to delay implementation of an Obama administration rule requiring oil and gas companies to monitor and reduce methane leaks. In a split decision, the three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ordered the EPA to move forward with the new requirement that aims to reduce planet-warming emissions from oil and gas…
Robert Mueller just hired an Obama-era US prosecutor for Trump-Russia investigation By Chris Enloe The Blaze July 3, 2017 Department of Justice special counsel Robert Mueller recently added a prosecutor to his team investigating President Donald Trump and Russia, according to reports, who previously worked for former U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara. Bharara was appointed by former President Barack Obama and later fired by Trump. Andrew Goldstein, who served as the assistant U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, has been added to Mueller’s team, according to the New York Times. Goldstein, 43, previously led the district’s…
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Huckabee: Media ‘Hates Trump More Than They Love America’ By Sandy Fitzgerald Newsmax July 3, 2017 The media “goes totally crazy” when President Donald Trump posts a tweet such as the one over the weekend showing himself beating up CNN, but was quiet over ones like his Fourth of July tweet, and there’s a reason why, former Gov. Mike Huckabee said Monday. “The media basically hates Donald Trump more than they love America,” Huckabee told Fox News’ “Fox & Friends” program. Continue Reading…..
Trump, Putin meet at last By Stephen Collinson CNN July 3, 2017 They meet, at last. US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin have been circling one another, intrigued yet at a distance, ever since the former real estate tycoon launched his convention-busting White House bid. This week they will come face-to-face in one of the most keenly awaited meetings between two heads of state in years, one that is rich with political, geostrategic and personal storylines. Continue Reading…..
Miami judge rules Florida’s new Stand-Your-Ground law is unconstitutional By David Ovalle Miami Herald July 3, 2017 Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Milton Hirsch ruled that lawmakers overstepped their authority in modifying the law this year to force prosecutors to disprove a defendant’s self-defense claim at a pre-trial hearing. The judge ruled that under Florida’s constitution, that change should have been crafted by the Florida Supreme Court, not the Legislature. “As a matter of constitutional separation of powers, that procedure cannot be legislatively modified,” Hirsch wrote in a 14-page order. Continue Reading…..
‘Your worst nightmare: a successful Donald Trump presidency’ By David Smith The Guardian July 3, 2017 Sgy Michael Verardo, who lost an arm and a leg while serving with the US army in Afghanistan in 2010, says he was failed by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). He had to wait 57 days to get his prosthetic leg fixed and three and a half years for adaptations to his home. But then came Donald Trump. “Thank you, President Trump and [Veterans Affairs] Secretary [David] Shulkin for ensuring that we are not forgotten and that we will receive the…
Kushner, Ivanka rub elbows with Dem billionaire Soros at Hamptons party: report By Jacqueline Thomsen TheHill July 3, 2017 First daughter Ivanka Trump and her husband Jared Kushner were spotted at a party over the weekend rubbing elbows with billionaire Democratic financier George Soros and Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.), Politico reported Sunday. The couple were among the guests at Lally Weymouth’s Southampton home Saturday, where the former Washington Post editor — whose family owned the newspaper for decades — was holding a star-studded annual party. Continue Reading…..
Several FBI employees reportedly wear Comey shirts to Family Day event Mail Online July 2, 2017 Several FBI employees reportedly wore T-shirts reading ‘Comey is my homey’ at a recent FBI Family Day event. The shirts supporting fired FBI Director Jim Comey appeared at the Friday event in Washington, DC, according to a report in the Huffington Post that could not be independently confirmed. Continue Reading…..
Thousands march in L.A. for impeachment of President Trump; his supporters hold their own rally By Laura J. Nelson, Tony Barboza latimes.com July 2, 2017 Thousands of protesters marched down 5th Street and Broadway in downtown Los Angeles on Sunday, chanting, “Down, down, down with Trump — up, up, up with the people” as they urged Congress to impeach the president. John Meranda, 56 of Long Beach, held a sign showing Trump’s face on the body of a chubby baby, with the word “impeach” spelled out in wooden blocks. Continue Reading…..