Why having so many 'acting' leaders in the Trump administration could be problematic

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“There will be 10 major vacancies across the administration by Friday.”

Experts warn of a “substitute teacher effect.” Even Republican lawmakers have voiced concern about a leadership void at critical agencies. But the President Donald Trump appears in no rush to fill many of the vacancies. By the end of the week, 10 major leadership positions in the Trump...

Nunes files $150M lawsuit against McClatchy, alleging conspiracy to derail Clinton, Russia probes

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House Intelligence Committee ranking member Devin Nunes filed a $150 million lawsuit in Virginia state court against The McClatchy Company and others on Monday, alleging that one of the news agency's reporters conspired with a political operative to derail Nunes' oversight work into the Hillary...

Nunes sending eight criminal referrals to Attorney General William Barr

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California Rep. Devin Nunes, the top Republican on the House Intelligence Committee, said Sunday he was planning to send eight criminal referrals to Attorney General William Barr as soon as this week. Nunes, who investigated accusations of FBI and Department of Justice abuse while he was...

A 2016 hangover: Some Bernie Sanders supporters still upset

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IOWA CITY, Iowa — It was hard to miss Cheri Pichone's excitement about Bernie Sanders' second presidential run. She showed up to a recent Iowa rally decked out in Sanders gear, complete with a figurine of the Vermont senator and progressive icon. But underneath her exuberance, the 36-year-old...

Legend of the Singing River

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“Native Themes in New Deal-Era Murals”

Legend of the Singing River by Lorin ThompsonPascagoula, Mississippi Post OfficeUsed with the permission of the United States Postal Service®. LORIN THOMPSON WAS BORN IN PITTSBURG, Pennsylvania in 1911. After being awarded the commission to create the New Deal-era mural...

Trump gets a U.S. Supreme Court victory on immigration detention

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Supreme Court on Tuesday endorsed the U.S. government’s authority to detain immigrants awaiting deportation anytime - potentially even years - after they have completed prison terms for criminal convictions, handing President Donald Trump a victory as he pursues...

Nunes sues Twitter, some users, seeks over $250M alleging anti-conservative 'shadow bans,' smears

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California GOP Rep. Devin Nunes filed a major lawsuit seeking $250 million in compensatory damages and $350,000 in punitive damages against Twitter and a handful of its users on Monday, accusing the social media site of "shadow-banning conservatives" including himself to influence the 2018...

A photographer captured the last images of Kenya's 'elephant queen' just before her death

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The last photos of one of Africa's great "tusker" elephants have just been released. The photos were taken by British photographer Will Burrard-Lucas, who last month photographed a rare African black leopard for the first time in more than 100 years. The elephant, named F_MU1 and whom...

Household net worth falls by largest amount since the Great Recession, new Fed data shows

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In this Tuesday, March 6, 2018, photo homes stack up in a neighborhood in San Jose, Calif. NerdWallet calculated affordability for 173 metropolitan areas by comparing the median annual household income and the monthly principal-and-interest payment for a median-priced single-family home and...

The stunning winning entries in the Outdoor Photographer of the Year competition

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From MSN via The Daily Mail These are the spell-binding images that have been commended in a prestigious annual photography competition. The Outdoor Photographer of the Year contest has been running for eight years and this year it received 20,000 entries from around the globe in several...