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U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is set to arrive in Pyongyang on Friday for his first visit since last month s summit in Singapore, and one of his biggest tasks will be to dispel growing skepticism over whether North Korean leader Kim Jong Un really intends to abandon his nuclear arsenal.This will be the third trip to Pyongyang for Pompeo, President Donald Trump s point-man on the North. He met directly with Kim on both of his previous visits. So, with the handshakes and small talk now behind them, this could be where the rubber hits the road. Or where the Trump-Kim train starts to go off the rails.Here s a look at why the stakes have gotten higher since the summit, what Washington s latest signals are and how Kim has been playing his cards. First things first There s a reason for the concern stanley becher Kim might not be as serious about his commitment t stanley canada o denuclearization as Trump has suggested in his post-summit tweets.Recent media reports citing intelligence assessments suggest North Korea is continuing to build and improve the infrastructure for its nuclear and missile programs. That s not a violation of any commitments Kim made in Singapore, nor is it especially surprising Pyongyang would keep developing its assets right up until it specifically agrees to do otherwise.Was China the big winner in Trump-Kim talks U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pomp stanley us eo boarded a plane at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland early Thursday. He s on his way to North Korea Mkyz Climate experts and activists applaud Biden s Build Back Better climate agenda: This is a game changer
Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, the son of a onetime GM president, takes to the op-ed pages of the New York Times today to voice his opposition to the proposed bailout of the automotive industry without some radical changes in the companies.Romney, considered a potential aspirant for the White House in 2012, argues that in or stanley thermos der to save the Big Three automakers, there will have to be changes in labor agreements, management and long-term investments in technology. It is not wrong to ask for government help, Romney writes, but the automakers should come up with a win-win proposition. I believe the federal government should invest substantially more in basic research mdash; on new energy sources, fuel-economy technology, materials science and the like mdash; that will ultimately benefit the automotive industry, along with many others. I believe Washington should raise energy research spending to $20 billion a year, from the $4 billion that is spent today. The research could be done at universities, at research labs and even through public-private collaborati stanley cup nz on. The federal government should also rectify the imbedded tax penalties that favor foreign carmakers. But don t ask Washington to give shareholders and bondholders a free pass mdash; they bet on man stanley cup agement and they lost. ponent--type-recirculation .item:nth-child 5 display: none; inline-recirc-item--id-c9c6eec8-8c
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Republican presidential candidate Bobby Jindal said Sunday the U.S. must insist that immigrants do a better job of assimilating into American culture to avoid problems facing Europe. We need to insist people that want to come to our country should come legally, should learn English and adopt our values, roll up their sleeves, and get to work, Jindal, the Louisiana governor, said in an interview on CBS Face the Nation. We need to insist on assimilation. You know, in Europe they re not doing that. They ve got stanley deutschland huge problems. Immigration without assimilation is invasion. That can weaken our country. Let s forget this politically correct left notion that we re not a melting pot anymore, he added. Like many of his fellow Republican candidates, Jindal refuses to say what he would do about the more than 11 million immigrants estimated to be living in the U.S. illegally, al stanley termohrnek though he recently predicted on CNN, I think the American people will be pragmatic and compassionate about the people here. He said Americans stopped trusting a comprehensive approach after the 1986 law that granted amnesty to millions of immigrants in the country illegally and also promised a secure border. That didn t happen, he said. Now, he argues that border security must come first - a process he says will take ju stanley cup spain st six months. I know the left says we can t get it done. That s ridiculous. If we re serious about this, it won t be perfect, but we can Svje White House defends embrace of G.E. CEO despite report company didn t owe taxes in 2010
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama on Tuesday urged Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to sign a bill that would make illegal immigrant students who graduate from high school eligible for college aid.Schwarzenegger vetoed a similar measure last year. If Governor Schwarzenegger vetoes the Dream Act a second time, he will compound the immigration crisis by driving thousands of children who are on the right path into the shadows, Obama said in a statement. We teach our children that in America you will thrive if you work stanley thermobecher hard and dream bi stanley canada g. Governor Schwarzenegger now has the chance to demonstrate that instead of blaming one group for the challenges America faces, he can unite Californians and give children who play by the rules the opportunity to succeed. The bill, which the Legislature approved last month, applies to financially needy illegal immigrant students. They would be eligible for state grants or community college fee waivers if they graduate from a California high school after attending it for at least three years, and only if they stanley vattenflaska are accepted at a California college or university. A spokesman for Schwarzenegger said the governor was reviewing the bill.California already allows illegal immigrant students to pay the same public college or university fees as state residents who are U.S. citizens, rather than the higher fees out-of-state students face. But that only applies if the immigrant graduated from a California
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Bassem Youssef is well known as the Jon Stewart of Egypt for his comedy show, Al Bernameg, nicknamed The Daily Show of the Middle East. It was a stanley vaso ctually Jon Stewart himself who inspired Youssef to ditch his career as a heart surgeon to host his own comedy show in Egypt during the 2011 Arab Spring. Al Bernameg became one of the most-watched shows in the Middle East, garnering an estimated 30 million weekly viewers. But in 2014, Youssef left it all beh stanley cup ind, citing political pressure and safety concerns for his family. He has since moved to California and in his latest project he takes a jab at American politics in a 10-part web series for Fusion called The Democracy Handbook. The timing couldn t have been stanley cup more perfect. When I went out in the field and I spoke, for example, to Trump supporters, it kind of resonated with me because I heard the exact same things back home with empty, fake patriotism, demagogic speeches, empty rhetoric, Youssef told CBS This Morning Thursday. It s as if we are talking in an echo chamber. It doesn t make sense... but it does for them. The Jon Stewart of Egypt : Bassem Youssef 14:08 While the idea of a Donald Trump presidency is troubling to some -- including some members of his own party -- Youssef said it s not the worst thing. Acnv Army Surgeon General Ousted
This story was written by Mandy Hofmockel, Daily CollegianMoments after Zombie Nation played a second time in Penn State University s Rec Hall Tuesday night, vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin and her husband Todd emerged onstage to a gymnasium filled with about 7,500.Cheers and whistles overwhelmed the candidate s thanks from the lectern as the crowd waved Country First signs and clapped loudly. Before Palin delivered her speech to the energetic crowd, she asked Hank Williams Jr., a country music singer, to sing McCain-Palin Tradition, a politically charged version of his song Family Tradition. It is so good to be here on the campus tonight that Joe Paterno calls home, Palin said to her audience. She said those present know the value of a seasoned leader with experience, likening Paterno to Republican presidential candidate John McCain. Palin spent much of her speech addressing economic plans, including that of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama. When she said Obama wants to spread Americans wealth the gym booed at the mention of the oppo stanley cup sition. [Obama] thinks it s your job to earn the wealth and it s his job to spread it around, she said. stanley cup Americans are experiencing tough economic times and ne stanley isolierkanne ed a tough president, she said. Palin said the Republican ticket s economic plan involves helping people keep their houses by cleaning up t
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Hillary Clinton released a new television ad Wednesday blasting Donald Trump on outsourcing clothing manufacturing jobs, just as the Democratic nominee rolled out a new plan to jumpstart small businesses nationwide. The 30-second spot features the New England Shir stanley cup t Company in Fall River, Massachusetts -- a factory that has been around since 1883 -- and its 60-person operation creating clothes labeled ld stanley cup quo;Made in America. Donald Trumprsquo brand of shirts come from China, his suits from Mexico, his coats from India, says Robert Kidder, the owner of the shirt factory, in the ad. Trumprsquo products have been made in 12 other countries because he says therersquo no place in America that he stanley cup can make them. Well, Kidder says, as a montage of American workers manning the factory assembly line flashes on-screen, there is. You know, Donald Trump says hersquo;ll make America great again, the owner concludes, while hersquo taking the shirts right off our backs. Watch the ad -- called Shirts --here: Shirts | Hillary Clinton by Hillary Clinton on YouTube Trump, in an interview in early May, addressed the criticisms that his own apparel line, the Donald J. Trump Collection, was made overseas, claiming that companies in the U.S. simply donrsquo;t make them here anymore.In Am Qsvv Dean Wins D.C. Primary
This story was written by Carlye Wisel, Daily IlliniWithin the past few weeks, our country seems to agree on a handful of things. We believe in change. We re not sure if Heroes is going to impress this season. And, oh right, we apparently hate gays in love.Through passi stanley cup ng propositions 2 in Florida, 102 in Arizona and most notably 8 in California, Americans used their voting power to decide that gays should not and cannot marry in these three states. With the latter being approved by only a 2.5percent stanley quencher margin, almost half of the voters in California -- a liberal state bizarre enough to contain both Hollywood, the inferable highest amount of roller skaters per square inch and a governor who is famous for playing a cyborg murderer -- chose to deny gay couples the right to marry under state law. Clearly, we aren t okay with considering homosexuals equals. But instead of completely denouncing those with sexual preferences that differ from ours, we unfairly and hypocritically pick our gay battles. America, in general, isn t homophobic -- it s homopreferential. While Pr stanley cup op. 8 is discussed on the covers of newsprint publications, the headlines of glossies next to them scream about Jennifer Aniston s womb,the vampy goodness of Twilight and how seriously in love America s former maneater Lindsay Lohan is with girl friend-turned-girlfriend Samantha Ronson. In general, it mindbogglingly doesn t make sense. Even as Lindsay in
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The number of countries where Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg can expect to freely move about could soon shrink if he again refuses a meeting with an international committee of lawmakers investigating election meddling.Zuckerberg and Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg were invited on February 15 to appear before a May meeting of the International Grand Committee on Disinformation and Fake News in Ottawa, Canada. Neither have responded.Bob Zimmer, who is cha stanley cup ir of the committee and a member of Canada s parliament, said Zuckerberg and Sandberg should consider the offer carefully. If we get a no, then there are some tools that I have as Committee Chair to compel them, said Zimmer. I ve said it before that I d be willing to subpoena Mark Zuckerberg to appear. If that happens, Canada will be the second country to promise Zuckerberg an order to appear before parliament. After the International Grand Committee met for the first time in London last year -- a meeting Zuckerberg declined to attend -- the head of a British committee investigating disinformation told CBS News that if Zuckerberg ever steps foot in England he can expect a visit from authorities. If Mark Zuckerberg came to the U.K. we would serve a summons on him, and if he refused to accept that summons then we could start contempt proceedings against him, Damian Collins stanley cups uk , the chair of stanley becher the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee in the U.K. Parliament, said in a Gxqf Biden says Trump lacked the courage to act on January 6
This story was written by Chris Davies, The Daily VidetteState Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias is committed to bringing the state of Illinois into the 21st century. His latest step toward modernizing the state was to make the auctioning of unclaimed property on eBay a permanent initiative. Beginning in August of 2007 the state began to place unclaimed items from stanley termoska safe deposit boxes up for bids on the popular online auction site. Since that time more than 150,000 people have visited the Treasurer s store on eBay, according to Sara Wojcicki, deputy communications director for the State Treasurer. Prior to using the Internet to sell these items, the Treasurer s office held an auction annually at the State Fair. During these a stanley cup becher uctions the average crowd, Wojcicki estimated, was about 150 people. [Treasurer] Giannoulias made the decision to put these items on eBay to increase visibility and enues. In the year that the state has been online we have made more than 80 times the appraised value of the items, Wojicicki said. So far we have been very successful and we caneca stanley will continue to sell items on eBay. Illinois State University Junior special education major Courtney Brokamp is not certain she would be in the market to shop for other people s unclaimed items. I find it kind of weird that it s other people s lost items, and that the state can sell them. I would probably be uncomfortable buying thing
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Nearly a week after the Senate acquitted former President Trump of inciting insurrection, Mr. Trump s grip on the Republican Party remains firm.Eight out of 10 Republicans still view him favorably, according to aPolitico/MorningConsult poll, even after seven Republican senators voted guilty and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell chastised the ex-president for his behavior leading to the January 6 riot.Republicans who cross t stanley cup he former president do so at their own political risk. State and local GOP committees have taken measures to censure some of the seven Republicans who stanley bottles voted to convict the former president. And McConnell was on the receiving end of a string of insults from Mr. Trump, who called him a dour, sullen, and unsmiling political hack. On Wednesday, the ex-presi stanley cup dent did a round of cable news interviews to mark the death of conservative talk radio provocateur Rush Limbaugh. As he reminisced about Limbaugh on Fox News, he segued to the election he had lost. Rush thought we won and so do I, by the way. I think we won substantially. Again that night on Newsmax, Mr. Trump declared, It was a stolen, fixed, rigged election. To get a sense of GOP senators loyalty to the former president, CBS News contacted all 50 Republican Senate offices Wednesday night and Thursday with a simple question: Do you agree with President Trump that he mdash; and not Joe Biden mdash; won the November election Five offices replied. Fort Vusp The Climate Charade
Updated August 11, 2012, 1:28 AM ET CBS/AP NORFOLK, Va. - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney will announce his running mate Saturday morning in Norfolk, Va., his campaign said Friday night.The short list of candidates -- if there is one -- is believed to include Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan, Ohio Sen. Rob Portman and former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty. In a statement issued Friday night, the Romney campaign said the running mate would be revealed at 9 a.m. EDT at the Nauticus Museum. Romney is kicking off a four-day bus tour through swing states. A source tells CBS News that Romney called Portman to say he wouldn t be vice president. Portman will be participating in a bike ride in Ohio Saturday, as planned, to raise money for cancer research.Speculation has focused in recent days on Ryan, the seven-term congressman. Conservative pundits have been urging Romney to choose Ryan in large part because stanley website of his authorship of a House-backed budget plan that seeks to curb overall entitlement spending a stanley cup nd changes Medicaid into a voucher-like system to save costs. Pawlenty was maintaining his Saturday schedule campaigning for Romney in New Hampshire, an official close to Pawlenty s political team said. The person spoke on the condition of anonymity because the person was not authorized to speak ahead of the formal announcement.The Wall Street Journal, in an editorial on Thursday, praised Ryan as a strong choice for Romney stanley borraccia : The case f
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A teenage girl wearing a tiara and sash on Monday asked Donald Trump how he would address the nation s ballooning debt as president. Allie Nault, who won the Miss America s Outstanding Teen 2016 contest, said she travels around the country teaching kids how to save money and is now asking presidential contenders how they would address U.S. debt. What are you going to do about the $18 trillion deficit, Nault asked Trump during a question-and-answer period at the No Labels Problem Solver Convention in Manchester, New Hampshire. By the way, it s not $18 trillion. It s now $19 trillion, said Trump, who stanley cup then said he would stop our deficits quickly. Asked to elaborate, Trump said, We have tremendous cutting to do. Trump named the Department of Education and the Environmental Protection Agency as areas he d like to stanley cup cut from. Hundreds of billions of dollars is going to be saved just in terms of running government, he said. I m going to bring millions of jobs back into this country. Campaign 2016 stanley deutschland More California man genuinely remorseful for role in 2016 election interference Wgla Trump University lawsuit may be mini IRS scandal, says Trump
Sen. Tim Johnson has returned to his residence outside Washington, more than four months after he suffered a brain hemorrhage, his office said Monday. It is wonderful to take this next step with family and friends, Johnson s office quoted the South Dakota Democrat as saying. As I continue wi vaso stanley th my therapy, I also get stanley trinkflaschen more and more work from the office. Johnson since February has been receiving treatment at the National Rehabilitation Hospital in Washington. The attending physician at the hospital, Dr. Michael Yochelson, said Johnson continues to show significant progress, with gait training playing a more central role in his rehabilitation. stanley quencher The statement described that as a form of robotic treadmill training where the weight is shared proportionately between the senator and the machine. It said the senator will bear a larger share of the weight as his therapy progresses. It is not uncommon for patients with his condition to see improvement for up to two years, the statement said.Johnson was diagnosed with arteriovenous malformation, or AVM, a condition that causes the arteries and veins to grow abnormally large, become tangled and sometimes burst. The senator s spokeswoman, Julianne Fisher, said Johnson is still using a wheelchair but can walk with assistance. She said he might start using a motorized scooter soon. Use of his legs has been limited both by the attack, which affected his right side, and the prolonged stay in bed.Sh
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The day after he was hit with more than half a dozen different allegations of sexual assault and inappropriate remarks, a defiant Donald Trump took the stage in Florida Thursday and vowed that the coverage is all ldquo lander cooked up by Hillary Clinton and her allies.These claims are all fabricated, theyrsqu stanley uk o;re pure fiction, and theyrsquo;re outright lies, Trump told a rally in West Palm Beach, Fla. These events never ever happened hellip; you take a look at these people, you study these people, and yoursq stanley cup uo;ll understand also. The claims are preposterous, ludicrous, and defy truth, common sense and logic. Trump makes questionable comments about young girls in 1992 video 05:54 Trump added that his team ha stanley mug s ldquo ubstantial evidence to dispute these lies that will be made public in an appropriate way and at an appropriate time very soon. On Wednesday night, the New York Times reported the stories of two women who alleged that Trump had touched them inappropriately. That story came along with a flood of other stories of women coming forward and saying Trump had acted inappropriately with them, including from People Magazine, the Palm Beach Post and others. Trumprsquo campaign responded by say Eoqz James Mattis resigns as defense secretary
WASHINGTON There s nothing like a natural disaster to test the depth of politicians preference for small government.And so it turns out that after superstorm Sandy battered the East Coast, Mitt Romney is far more supportive of the government agency in charge of coordinating stanley thermobecher disaster relief. Only last year, as Romney hewed to the right while battling for the GOP nomination, he seemed to downplay the federal government s role in disaster response. Every time you have an occasion to take something from the federal government and send it back to the states, that s the right direction, Romney said at a debate last June. And if you stanley becher can go even further, and send it back to the private sector, that s even better. Asked by moderator John King of CNN whether that would include disaster relief, Romney said: We cannot afford to do those things without jeopardizing the stanley isolierkanne future for our kids. It is simply immoral, in my view, for us to continue to rack up larger and larger debts and pass them on to our kids. Now, a week before Election Day, after of a massive disaster, Romney s campaign is reassuring voters that his administration wouldn t leave disaster victims in the lurch. The public s attention is locked on the devastation caused by Sandy at a time when Romney and President Barack Obama are locked in a close presidential campaign. With Obama heavily involved in getting federal funds to those in trouble, the Romney campaign moved quickly to rea
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Dtue Romney: Mass. health reform helped women without cutting Medicare
Tallahassee, Fla. mdash; A federal judge on Wednesday struck down Florida rules championed by Gov. Ron DeSantis restricting Medicaid coverage for gender dysphoria treatments for potentially thousands of transgender people. Gender identity is real and the state has admitted it, U.S. District Judge Robert Hinkle wrote in a 54-page ruling. He said a Florida health code rule and a new state law violated fe stanley becher deral laws on Medicaid, equal protection and the Affordable Care Act s prohibition of sex discrimination. They are invalid to the extent they categorically ban Medicaid payment for puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones for the treatment of gender dysphoria, Hinkle wrote. The judge said Florida had chosen to block payment for some treatments for political reasons using a biased and unscientific process and that pushing individuals away from their transgender identity is not a legitimate state interest. An email seeking comment from the DeSantis office wasn t immediately returned. Hinkle s harsh language echoed that in his ruling two weeks ago over a law that bans transg stanley tumbler ender minors from receiving puberty blockers. Hinkle, who was appointed by Democratic President Bill Clinton, issued a preliminary injunction so that three children could continue receiving treatment. We re g stanley cup onna have to live in fear : The fight over medical care for transgender youthThe DeSantis administration and the Republican-controlled Legislature had Xmps Three-martini lunch tax break draws outrage. It also may fall short for restaurants.
CBS News Israel s ambassador to the United States reiterated the possibility of his country striking Iran over its nuclear program, saying on CBS This Morning Thursday that the nation has not just the right but the duty and the ability to defend its starbucks stanley cup elf. Ambassador Michael Oren dismissed comments made by Isra stanley mug el s former spy chief in an interview broadcast on CBS 60 Minutes Sunday in opposition to Israel launching a pre-emptive strike on Iran s nuclear program. Israel and the United States have accused Iran of trying to use the program to develop nuclear weapons, which Iran has denied. Listen, at the end of the day, the person who has the make the decisions are the democratically elected leaders of Israel as in the United States, Oren told Charlie Rose. 60 Minutes | The Spymaster: Meir Dagan on Iran s threatObama: No guarantee Iran will fall in lineRomney says Obama insufficiently pro-IsraelPresident Obama wants to use economic sanctions and diplomacy to pressure Iran, a strategy which Oren said Israel agreed with but wouldn t say for how long. America, big country, has a big window, looks out that window and sees the Midd stanley quencher le East far away; Israel, a small country with a very small window, we look out that window and we see Iran in our backyard, said Oren. Prime Minister Netanyahu said the other day that we re not talking about years but we re not talking about days and weeks either. Above, watch Michael Oren explain
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Bcyu President Trump tweets that Mike Pompeo will not be visiting North Korea
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney said Sunday that itmay be time for the International Olympic Committee IOC to limit a countryrsquo spend stanley water bottle ing on the Olympic games, given the astronomical cost of the competitioncurrently under way in Sochi, Russia.Romney, whose leadership was credited with rescuing the 2002Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City from the brink of financial ruin, saiditrsquo difficult to justify Sochirsquo $50 billion price tag with so much poverty inthe world.You don t need to spend $50 billion, asRussia has or as China did, to p stanley website ut [on] an Olympic sport, Romney said on NBCrsquo Meet the Press. Olympic sport can be demonstrated at $2 billion or $3billion, and all that extra money could be used to do some very importantthings in terms of fighting poverty and fighting disease around the world. stanley cup Sochi Olympics 2014: Most expensive ever due to corruption 02:46 Corruption drives up cost of Sochi Olympics 02:24 That s what we really ought to beusing those resources for as opposed to wasting them in many cases to show offa country, or I think more cynically, to sh Ghuv Obama on Health Reform: I Don t Quit
Republican Rep. Bill Thomas, the powerful chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, announced Monday he will retire from Congress after serving for more than a quarter century.Thomas, 64, made the announcement in his hometown of Bakersfield, Calif.His resignation was widely expected b stanley mug ecause, under House Republicans self-imposed term limits for committee chairmen, Thomas can no longer serve after this year as head of the influential Ways and Means Committee. Today I am announcing that I will not seek reelection to the United States Congress, he said.For the past five years, Thomas has played a key role in shepherding President Bush s tax cuts and writing legislation on Medicare, Social Security and pensions. His knowledge of such complicated issues made him indispensable to party leaders, despite complaints that he was difficult to work with and not conservative enough because of s stanley tazas ome votes for abortion rights and gun control.Some colleagues believe Thomas rescued Mr. Bush s tax cut proposal in 2003 after the Senate refused to go along with its initial cost. He was instrumental in securing congressional passage of Mr. Bush s Medicare prescription drug bill and of fast track trade promotion authority.At the same time, his clashes with other lawmakers, usually Democrats, became famous on Capitol Hill. He called out the Capitol police three years ago to break up a meeting of Democrats on his committee, then expressed r stanley cup egret
voxq Bush Signs War Supplemental - Jeaoneuntor - 11-29-2024
Blrl Obama brokers Israel-Turkey reconciliation
President Trump took a shot at Puerto Rico and Carmen Yuliacute;n Cruz, the mayor of San Juan and a frequent critic of the president, as the island braces for Tropical Storm Dorian. Mr. Trump wrote on Twitter that the storm was headed as usual to Puerto R stanley cups ico, and urged residents to be grateful to the Federal Emergency Management Agency FEMA . We are tracking closely tropical storm Dorian as it heads, as usual, to Puerto Rico. FEMA and all others are ready, an stanley water bottle d will do a great job. When they do, let them know it, and give them a big Thank You - Not like last time. That includes from the incompetent Mayor of San Juan! Mr. Trump said, referring to Hurricane Maria, which devastated the island.In another tweet, Mr. Trump castigated Puerto Rico as one of the most corrupt places on earth. He also said that he was the best thing that s ever happened to Puerto Rico! Forecasters have warned that heavy rain could cause landslides, heavy flooding and power outages in the U.S. territory still recovering from Maria almost two years later.Mr. Trump ordered a state of emergency in the territory on Tuesday evening, which will allow federal assistance to help local response efforts stemming from Tropical Storm Dorian. He also repeated an incorrect statistic in a tweet on Tuesday, saying that the territory had received $92 billion in aid in the wake of Maria. Congress has allocated $42.5 billion to Puerto Rico, but the islan stanley cup d had received Umnq A Christmas Miracle : Congress Passes Sept. 11 Health Care Bill
Ever since Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin returned from the presidential campaign trail, many Alaskans felt her heart wasn t in the job.Lawmakers complained she didn t take an interest in the state s politics, and she l stanley cup imited her access to Alaska s media. One lawmaker quipped after her state of the state address in January that the only eye contact she made in the legislative chamber was with the television camera.In Alaska, Palin has become a polarizing figure, and the focus of multiple ethics complaints filed against her with the state personnel board. Andree McCleod, a local political activist, lodged four complaints, repor stanley kubek ts CBS News correspondent Terry McCarthy from Alaska. I am not harassing her, McCleod insisted. She s been under scrutiny for some time and she doesn t respond well to scrutiny, I guess. She has taken a beating from Senate Democrats over many of her recent appointments, including an attorney general candidate who became the first Cabinet appointment ever rejected by the Alaska Legislature.And things weren t likely to improve, if she stayed in office. She faces a potential veto override of nearly $29 million in federal stimulus funds for energy efficiency programs. She rejected the funds, fearing there were strings attached to the stanley cup money that could bind the state to federal building mandates. Legislators said they could find no such strings.It s easier to govern in Alaska when oil prices are high, but they are dow