Steven Mnuchin, Trump’s pick for Treasury secretary, confirmed by the Senate...
Steven Mnuchin was confirmed by the US Senate on Monday night as the new secretary of the Treasury. Mnuchin’s confirmation came down nearly on a party-line vote of 53 to 47, with no Republicans voting...
View ArticleTop foreign policy expert: Here’s why China isn’t more outspoken about North...
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View ArticleMichael Jordan and Adam Silver met with James Dolan and Charles Oakley and...
Just when the situation between the New York Knicks and Charles Oakley seemed to be spiraling into an uglier and uglier debacle, Michael Jordan and Commissioner Adam Silver arrived to seemingly save...
View ArticleThe Grammys’ biggest winner was a 77-year-old Memphis legend, according to...
Adele may have won best album at the Grammys, but the biggest winner of the night was William Bell – at least by Spotify streams. 77-year-old Bell won an award for best Americana album, for his “This...
View ArticleDisney has dropped PewDiePie, the world’s highest-earning YouTube star, over...
Disney has dropped PewDiePie, the world’s highest-earning YouTube star, after a series of videos that featured anti-Semitic messages, according to The Wall Street Journal. PewDiePie, a 27 year old...
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Michael Flynn resigns amid uproar over Russia ties
National Security Adviser Michael Flynn abruptly resigned Monday evening, amid an uproar over conversations with a Russian ambassador to the US and his broader dealings with Russia. The news comes...
View ArticleTrump mag zijn belastingteruggaven geheim houden van het Congres: “Privacy is...
Een comité van het Amerikaanse Congres is niet geïnteresseerd in de belastingteruggaven van president Donald Trump. De Democraten hadden hier op aangedrongen. Ze wilden wel eens weten welke zakenbanden...
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‘HOW FAR UP DID IT GO?’: Lawmakers say Russia controversy does not end with...
Democratic lawmakers say there are still many unanswered questions after Trump’s national security adviser Michael Flynn resigned on Monday evening. Several have asked whether Flynn’s apparent close...
View ArticleTrump says autism is on the rise, but experts who study autism disagree
Donald Trump said that autism cases are on the rise, but evidence suggests that’s not true. This is a common talking point of the anti-vaccine movement. Trump has expressed opposition to vaccines in...
View ArticleNASA just dashed our dreams of ever moving to this Earth-sized exoplanet
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View ArticleMike Pence was kept in the dark about the Justice Department’s assessment of...
Vice President Mike Pence was informed about a Justice Department assessment of former national security adviser Michael Flynn more than two weeks after President Donald Trump was briefed, according...
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How Fullscreen is trying to build a new Netflix using YouTube stars
Fullscreen is betting it can spin YouTube talent into shows you’ll pay good money for every month. Over the past few years, Fullscreen has ridden the wave of change in the online video ecosystem. The...
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The creators of ‘Cards Against Humanity’ explain the secret of their funny...
Back in November 2016, just weeks after Donald Trump was elected President of the United States, the creators of the irreverent card game Cards Against Humanity (CAH) raised just over $100,000 to dig...
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Trump’s campaign reportedly had multiple contacts with Russian intelligence...
Intercepted phone calls show members of President Donald Trump’s campaign had multiple communications with senior Russian intelligence officials before the US election, The New York Times reported on...
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North Carolina governor has a ‘compromise’ for the bathroom bill — but LGBT...
North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper proposed on Tuesday what he called a compromise to his state’s controversial “bathroom law” that he hopes can appease state Republicans. But his stiffest opposition...
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Trump could roll back a rule intended to protect your retirement savings —...
Last year, the US Department of Labor announced a new fiduciary rule, which would require investment advisers to put client interests above their own when it comes to overseeing retirement accounts....
View ArticleRand Paul on investigating Trump controversies: ‘I just don’t think it’s...
Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky on Tuesday suggested he’s not sold on the need for investigations into the mounting controversies roiling President Donald Trump’s administration. Paul said in a radio...
View ArticleWhite House staffer allegedly recorded ‘terse words’ with a reporter without...
An alleged heated exchange between Trump communications official Omarosa Manigault and a reporter was reportedly captured in a recording, The Washington Post reported Tuesday night. April Ryan, a...
View ArticleThe new iPhone may ditch the Home button in favor of ‘virtual buttons’
Renowned Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo of KGI Securities says that the next iPhone will ditch the home button entirely, in favor of ‘virtual buttons,’ MacRumors reports. That would mean the demise of a...
View ArticleYahoo is telling users that hackers may have accessed their accounts without...
Yahoo is telling some of its users that hackers may have logged into their accounts, using a forged “cookie” which gives access even without a password. According to CNET, the attack was originally...
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