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Lawmakers reach a deal over rideshare operations in Minnesota stanley mugs Lawmakers reach a deal over rideshare operations in Minnesota 02:10 stanley tumbler ST. PAUL, Minn. mdash;Democrats in charge of the Minnesota Legislature and DFL Gov. Tim Walz late Saturday night announced they reached an agreement that would pay rideshare drivers more per ride, but also keep Uber and Lyft operating in state after the companies planned to exit this summer due to a Minneapolis ordinance.The rate in the deal, according to DFL House Majority Leader Jamie Long, is $1.28 per mile and $0.31 per minute, which he told reporters amounts to a 20% pay increase for drivers. It includes other protections and benefits for drivers, too. We applaud the tens of thousands of riders and drivers who sent close to 100,000 emails to legislators mdash; your voices were heard, Uber s policy director Josh Gold said. While the coming price increases may hurt riders and drivers alike, we will be able to continue to operate across the State under the compromise brokered by the Governor. A spokesperson for Lyft did not respond to a request for comment. Bot stanley thermos mug h companies had been working with lawmakers and lobbying for a statewide solution.Democrats unveiled the agreement just before 10 p.m. Saturday i Eedg Feinstein says Gina Haspel s role in torture program not necessarily appropriate for CIA top spot
CBS/iStockphoto The Labor Department reported today that the unemployment rate remained unchanged in the month of July at 9.5 percent. The White House and Republicans used the data from the latest report to advocate for entirely different policies. White House economic adviser Christina Romer, who announced yesterday evening she is retiring next month, said the disappointing report proves the need for more government intervention in order to revive the economy. Republicans, meanwhile, used the news to blast the president s economic policies and call for across-the-board extended tax relief. Today s report revealed a net total of 131,000 jobs lost last month, mostly because of the end of 143,000 temporary stanley fr Census jobs. Some permanent government jobs were also lost, but private employers added a net total of 71,000 jobs. Today s employment report emphasizes just how important the additional jobs measures before Congress are, Romer wrote in a White stanley website House blog post. In addition to the state fiscal relief nearing passage, the President strongly supports the small business jobs bill and targeted incentives for clean energy investments. Romer added that the loss of government jobs at the state and local levels underscores the importance of the additional state fiscal relief stanley quencher working its way through Congress. Republican Study Committee Chairman Tom Price R-Ga. , however, said the Democrats ec

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Washington mdash; Alleged Pentagon leaker and former Air National Guardsman Jack Teixeira was indicted by a federal grand jury in Massachusetts on Thursday, charged with stanley cup becher six counts of willful retention and transmissio stanley cups uk n of national defense information.Investigators said in court documents that the 21-year-old Teixeira used his position as a systems adm stanley cup becher inistrator in the 102nd Intelligence Wing in the Massachusetts Air National Guard to obtain and then illegally disseminate classified military information to members of an online messaging platform. Since July 2021, Teixeira held a TOP SECRET/SCI security clearance, the indictment said, and received training on the proper handling of classified information.Teixeira was arrested in April and charged via criminal complaint after dozens of classified documents mdash; including many reviewed by CBS News mdash; were discovered in a Discord group, an invitation-only forum where members can post anonymously. Those records were later widely shared online. Teixeira pleaded not guilty to the charges on the criminal complaint earlier this year, but has yet to be arraigned on the newly unsealed indictment.The indictment revealed he allegedly retained and transmitted classified documents including information regarding the compromise by a foreign adversary that was marked top secret, material related to the provision of equipment to Ukraine, and a government document discussing a plot by a foreign Wizw U.S. committed to Mideast peace, official says
This story was written by Maria Stul, Daily IlliniWith elections over, student political activists are already charting semester plans to ensure that students continue to be represented and engaged in politics.Eric Preston, University of Illinois junior and president of College Democrats, met with State Rep. Naomi Jakobsson on Wednesday to discuss the issue of students who were refused the right to vote because they could not provide enough documents to prove residency. Election judges were inconsistent about the documentation that they required to prove residency. Though some judges were strict about the amount of documentation needed, most voters made it through the polls with the amount of d stanley cup ocumentation they had, he said. Preston said he and Jakobsson are looking at ideas on what legislation can b stanley mug e enacted to prevent the same problem from occurring during the next elections. The General Session is not looking at new legislature until next year, he said. In January and February, things will start to get done. In order to represent student interests correctly, he said he is talking to students who had issues during election day, disregarding the party affiliation they may have. stanley cup In order to keep students informed, both College Democrats and College Republicans have invited local politicians of their respective parties to speak on campus. Preston said College Democrats are making arrangements to ho

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An arson investigation is underway after the Alabama home of one of the women who accused former GOP Senate candidate Roy Moore of inappropriate behavior burned down. The Etowah County Arson Task Force confirmed it is investigating the blaze in Gadsen and speaking to a person of interest. Authorities say there is no indication that the fire was related to Moore or the woman s allegations.According to the local news outlet AL, Tina Johnson s home burned down Wednesday while she and her husband were at work and stanley website her grandson was at school. Johnson and her family said they lost everything they owned. I am devastated, just devastated, Johnson told the news outlet. We have just the clothes on our backs. stanley cup The fire at Tina Johnson s home in Etowah County, Alabama, is under investigation. WBRC-TV Johnson and her neighbor Kevin Tallant told AL that other neighbors saw a young man who has a history of intoxication walking around the house at the time of the fire, and local authorities said they are speaking with a suspect. The ongoing investigation does not lead us to believe that the fire is in any way related to Roy Moore or allegations made against him, the Etowah County Sheriff s Office said in a statement. Republican U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore Reuters stanley cup Ldtt Mitt Romney refuses to apologize for Massachusetts health care plan
Newly released documents from Richard Nixon s years in the White House are shedding more light on the president s appetite for political espionage.Along with tracking Sen. Ted Kennedy s amorous activities, Nixon s aides secretly hired a journalist traveling with Democratic presidential candidates to give them inside reports on Democratic infighting. The existence of Chapman s Friend, as the source was code-named, has long been known. The materials released Monday include a selection of the source s reports.In all, the Nixon Presidential Library opened about 280,000 pages of records from the Nixon White House, 12 hours of sound recordings stanley borraccia and 7,000 images by White House photographer Oliver F. Atkins. Nixon Presidential Library Museum Last year, the Nixon Presidential Library released over 150 hours o stanley termosky f audio recordings - covering everything from Vietnam to Roe v. Wade. Sampling of Nixon audio stanley cups uk tapes released last year: Nixon asks Peter J. Brennan about the number of civilians killed by the North Vietnamese Henry Kissinger informs Nixon in 1973 that Sen. John Stennis has been shot Nixon Wishes LBJ Happy New Year Bob Hope Wishes Nixon Happy Birthday ponent--type-recirculation .item:nth-child 5 display: none; inline-recirc-item--id-a311a5ac-8c88-11e2-b06b-024c619f5c3d, right-rail-recirc-item--id-a311a5ac-8c88-11e2-b06b-024c

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In a September 2002 interview with Howard Stern, billionaire Donald Trump was asked directly if he supported invading Iraq.Trump s response then, six months before the Mar. 2003 invasion of Iraq, was, Yeah, I guess so, Nearly 14 years later, critics are now pointing to that clip, first reported by BuzzFeed News, as pr stanley cup oof positive that Donald Trump lied about his opposition to the Iraq war -- a war that he has repeatedly slammed his rivals and their family members over while on the campaign trail. stanley taza But in an interview Friday with CBS News chief White House correspondent Major Garrett, the GOP front-runner doubled down on his past remarks. When I did the interview with Howard that was many, many months before the war started, Trump said. And, he added, his response had been a very weak one. That was the first person that ever asked me about the war, he continued. I m a businessperson so they re not asking me about the war. Then shortly after that I started saying -- I started really studying and looking at it -- I didn t like it because you re going to ruin the balance of the Middle East. Which is what happened. stanley tumbler Donald Trump: I don t lie 01:16 That was a long time before the war started. By the time the war started, I was totally against i Uxzw House Democrats ask Barr for information on political intervention in Stone case
By Bonnie Erbe, Thomas Jefferson Street blog.Very interesting post on alternet.org about whether Sarah Palin gives right-wingers a chance to launch something called free-market feminism and brand her as a lure to younger, slightly more progressive Republican or conservative women. The article explains how she appeals to Bible conservatives with her lifestyle heterosexual marriage, lots of kids and a great career but also to free-marketers with her beliefs.There s only one problem. Yes, she told CBS Katie Couric she was a feminist in that now-infamous interview that was the beginning of the end of her candidacy but in a later encounter with reporters she took back the mantle and said that she was not a feminist. Here s some of the post for your enjoyment nonetheless:Palin is by no means a feminist in the traditional sense. While acknowledging that she benefited from Title IX, which bans sex discrimin stanley mug ati stanley cup on in educational institutions, she has expressed off-again, on-again support for talking about condoms during sex education, and is associated with the group Feminists for Life, the home of such conservative feminists as the wife of stanley tazas Supreme Court Justice John Roberts. But Palin gave viable political form to a free-market feminism that until now was largely championed by a few intellectuals and pundits based in conservative Beltway think tanks. As the GOP regroups in the Obama era, it may find this kind of feminism useful as

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CBS News The Senate is expected to block a Republican filibuster and begin the debate on tougher gun laws Thursday. A stanley cup bipartisan effort on background checks led by Senators Joe Manchin and Pat Toomey -- who have both received A-ratings from the National Rifle Association -- added momentum to the push for more restrictive laws.Manchin met with several family members of victims of the Sandy Hook elementary school massacre and told CBS This Morning, he was overwhelmed by the notion that they can endur stanley uk e and be so strong and come up there. He added that after a very emotional day, the families were pleased with the progress toward more restrictive gun laws. They are rational. They re reasonable, they re practical and they said listen, This is a great step. We closed down the loopholes on gun shows, we ve stopped any so-called loopholes on Internet sales. We ve really gotten a hold of what we ve done and we ve done it right, he said, before again praising the courage of the Newtown families. If you don t grow from their strength, I don t know what you can grow from. First vote set on Senate gun bill amid GOP resistanceSenators announce bipartisan agreement on gun billToomey took on stanley cup spain critics who have said the measure is weak compromise that will have little to no effect on gun violence in the U.S. The proposed legislation does not address an assault weapons ban or a curb on high-capacity ammunition magazines, like the one used by Adam Lanza, the Sandy Hook killer. Toome Prpc Day Two of Kagan s Grilling: Low Temps
Americans are now almost evenly split over what they believe to be the major contributor to global warming, according to a new Gallup Poll released Thursday.Fifty percent of respondents believe human activities are causing a rise in the earth s temperature, while 46 percent say the rise is due to natural causes. Gallup reports that as early as 2003, 61 percent of Americans believed global warming was due to human activities and 33 percent to natural causes. Most Gallup measures up to 2008 had shown increasing concern over global warming on the part of the average American, in line with what one might have expected given the high level of publicity on the topic, Gallup said in its release about t stanley nz he poll. But the public opinion tide turned in 2009, when several Gallup measures showed a slight retreat in public concern about global warming. This year, the downturn is even more pronounced. The poll als stanley quencher o found that Americans are becoming increasingly skeptical over the existence of global warming and how much of a threat it poses, despite the overwhelming scientific consensus that man-made glob stanley termosy al warming is real and poses significant challenges. For example, the number of Americans who say the seriousness of global warming has been accurately portrayed is waning. About 48 percent of Americans now contend that the effects of global warming are generally exaggerated, up from 41 percent in 2009 and 31 percent in 1997. Gallup also s

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Former President Donald Trump is releasing a new book that features private letters from politicians and celebrities, including Oprah Winfrey, who wrote to him in 2000. She wrote at the time, Too bad we re not running for office, according to Axios. What a TEAM! I think he d written a book and said that he wanted me to be his running mate ... if he decided to run, Winfrey said in an interview that aired Tuesday on CBS Mornings. And when I heard that this letter is now going to be a part of a book, I thought, Oh, wasn t that nice of me to write a note. That s what I thought, because I m always like, Oh, I should write a note. The person did this, or I should write a note, she said. So I m really happy that I wrote a note. But she said she s not thinking that she and Trump would be a team. I might have thought it back then. I might have thought it 23 years ago, she told CBS News Gayle King. I m not thinking it today, she added. Letters to Trump, expected to be released in April, includes correspondence from other high-profile figures, incl stanley uk uding former President Bill Clinton, Princess Diana and Richard Nixon, as well as North Korea s Kim Jong Un, according to Axios. stanley taza Celebrities More stanley cup Pomp Rubio: More government breeds more problems
MORE ON THE PICKENS PLAN....A regular correspondent thinks I was too hard on T. Boone Pickens and his energy plan this morning:I take your point, but I m not sure it s worth getting too excited about and am perhaps more willing to give slack here. Whether we like it or not, the alternative energy revolution is going to b stanley cup e driven in significant part by tycoons or large companies. They will use the political process and their clout to their advantage at every point. And there will be scandal, absurdity, and gross enrichment. The tradeoff is more jobs, a young and growing domestic alternative energy market that competes with oil, keeps prices reasonable, and begins to swing the pendulum of greenhouse gas production in the other direction. We will always evaluate whether and to what exte stanley quencher nt these goals are being achieved.What I like about the plan is that it makes the leap from simply calling on government to approve X or prime the pump in other ways, to saying we are going to do X, regardless of a national energy policy. Other companies that have either stood on the sidelines or actively thwarted any attempts through the legislatures to create the markets and incentives necessary to help foment this type of market Pickens included will have to respond. Now that he has jumped into this game, they have to decide whether to keep all their eggs with Iain Murray and CEI and their ilk or if they need to jump into this market more aggressively to avoid losin vaso stanley g out on the ground

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Washington mdash; The Senate on Monday failed for the second time to clear a key procedural hurdle to advance a massive legislative package designed to provide economic relief to American workers and industries battered by the c stanley cup oronavirus outbreak, as tensions boiled over among senators who vocalized their frustrations with one another over negotiations.Senate Democrats blocked the yet-to-be-finalized stimulus package from advancing in a vote of 49 to 46, denying Republicans the 60 votes needed to move forward. Monday s action was yet another setback for senators following a failed party-line procedural vote Sunday.Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell warned it could be several days before the Senate can proceed to a vote on the deal and stanley flask called the failed procedural vote mindless obstruction. The failure followed tense and heated exchanges on the Senate floor, with Republicans accusing Democrats of exploiting a crisis while time runs out to pull the economy back from the brink. The country is burning, and your side wants to play political games, Republican Senator John Thune of South Dakota said. It s time to get this done. The American people expect us to act. McConnell urged the Senate to act with urgency as more states place stringent limitations on residents to limit the spread stanley quencher of the coronavirus, including by ordering businesses deemed nonessential to close. This is not a juicy political opportunity. This is a nationa Luti Protesters await Trump s California trip as he visits border wall prototypes
CBS From CBS News Fernando Suarez:LAS VEGAS -- With the campaign in full swing and with nearly stanley termoska 50 reporters and photographers traveling with Hillary Clinton s campaign, the campaign has decided to charter a Boeing 737-800 to accommodate the slew of reporters, staffers, Secret Service agents and, yes, the candidate herself. To kick off the maiden voyage of this new flying partnership, Clinton took to the public address system on the airplane she called Hill-Force One. Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen, and welcome aboard the maiden flight of Hil Force One. My name is Hillary and I am so pleased to have most of you on board. FAA regulations prohibit the use of any cell phones, Blackberries, or wireless devices that may be used to transmit a negative story about me. In a few minutes, I am going to switch off the fasten your seat belt sign . However, I ve learned lately that things can get awfully bumpy when you least expect it ndash; so you might want to keep those seatbelts fastened. And, in the event of an unexpected drop in poll numbe stanley taza rs, this plane will be diverted to New Hampshire. If you look out to the right you will see an America saddled with tax cuts for the wealthy and a war without end. If you look out to the left you ll see an America with a strong mi stanley thermoskannen ddle class at home and a strong reputation in the world. Once we reach cruising altitude we ll be offering in-flight entertainment: my stump speech in it

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As political campai stanley deutschland gns in the 2018 midterm elections fight off hackers, the Obama campaign might have figured out th stanley mug e key solution a decade ago. President Obama s campaign used Yubikeys, which are security keys for protecting logins, in both the 2008 and 2012 elections to defend itself from hackers, according to Yubico CEO Stina Ehrensvard. The woman who tried after him did not, and you can see the results, Stina Ehrensvard, the CEO and founder of Yubico, said in an interview at Black Hat.That missing link in the security chain could have cost Hillary Clinton the presidency. The thousands of leaked emails released by Russian hackers played a pivotal role during the election, and the resulting controversy partially led to her defeat to Donald Trump. The hackers gained access to prominent officials within Clinton s campaign, as well as the Democratic National Committee, through a process called spear-phishing, where hackers use carefully crafted e-mails and websites that trick victims into giving up their passwords.Security keys are useful tools if that happens, since potential hackers would need both your password and the key itself to log into your accounts. Google boasted that since it adopted security keys, none of its employees have fallen victim to account takeovers. People who have a lot to lose, a lot at stake, those are the ones who are starting to adopt our products, Ehrensvard said. High-prof stanley mug ile individuals, people Qyks Martin O Malley calls for Social Security expansion
AP Photo/Alan Diaz The winner of Florida wi stanley portugal ll win the nomination said Rudy Giuliani on stanley drink bottle the eve of yesterday s primary. He did not win and is now, or soon will be, out of the running. Mitt Romney did not win and now faces the prospect of sinking millions more of his own fortune into an uphill fight for the nomination.John McCain did win Florida ndash; along with every single one of stanley cup the state s 57 delegates ndash; and is in the pole position as the race heads into what could be the final turn. Should he turn Giuliani s prediction into reality and win the GOP nomination, he will have done it the old-fashioned way, the way Republican candidates have long done it, he will have earned it -- and, because it s his turn.The GOP has a habit of passing over those rhetorical sparkplugs who, though touch a cord with a key part of their party, end up marginalized or deemed unfitting for the nomination. The party has a tendency of turning back wealthy newcomers who flash their cash, not because it s a party distrustful of those who succeed in that way but because they are not the party of upstarts. The GOP usually nominates those who have waited their turn. And, even in this topsy-turvy campaign season, it s McCain s turn.Should the Arizona senator, as reported by CBS News among others, get the endorsement of Rudy Giuliani today ndash; and perhaps the public support of his close friend and former candidate Fred Thompson before Super Tuesday ndash; it will be a visible signal o

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WASHINGTON mdash; The Supreme Court will not take up a challenge to a Pennsylvania school district s policy allowing transgender students to use bathrooms and locker rooms that correspond with their sexual identity. The justices on Tuesday rejected an appeal from students who argued that allowing transgender students to use the same facilities violated their right to privacy.The court s order leaves in a place a federal appeals court ruling that held that the Boyertown School District, abo stanley taza ut 45 miles northeast of Philadelphia, could continue to allow transgender students the choice of what facilities to use.The students challenging the policy are represented by the conservative Christian law firm Alliance Defending Freedom. stanley mugs More:States push back on transgender bathroom useThis is a developing story and will be updated. Pride Month More In Georgia, a space for country line dancing welcomes all Major brands scaled back stanley cup Pride campa Lcfd Senate receives article of impeachment against Trump
This story was written by Kate Olesin, Massachusetts Daily CollegianThe national issue of the downward spiral of the economy is beginning to resonate at home as the state of Massachusetts begins some serious budget cuts. Gov. Deval Patrick s office announced on Oct. 2 that it would slice 10 percent from the Legislature s budg stanley quencher et and 7 percent from his own office s budget, the Boston Globe reported. However, that s only the beginning since Gov. Patrick also added that he expects to slash hundreds of millions in layoffs and budget cuts by Oct. 15, according to the Globe. The state is reacting to the national financial crisis. With dwindling funds and the condition of the credit markets making it hard for the state to borrow, paying the bills is getting tougher and tougher. stanley mug With the state budget starting to cut back, the University of Massachusetts system waits with bated breath, stanley cup but a sense of determination, since the governor did indicate that higher education budgets would be affected. I think certainly it s a moment that President Wilson and the Chancellors and senior officials have been preparing for, for some time since certainly the economic news has taken a downturn in the recent weeks, said Robert Connolly spokesman for the office of the President. There s a commitment to working through this moment and we ll get through as the University has worked through these moments before. There

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President-elect Donald Trump said in a wide-ranging interview with 60 Minutes that his role of appointing a Supreme Court justice is very important -- and that he plans to appoint pro-life justices.Irsquo;m pro-life, he said. The judges will be pro-life. President-elect Trump s business plans 00:45 Asked specifically whether he wants the Supreme Court to repeal the landmark Roe v. Wade decision, which legalized abortion nationwide, Trump replied that if the decision were overturned the issue o stanley termoska f abortion would be decided by each state. If it ever were overturned, it w stanley cup ould go back to the states, he said. But does that mean some women would be unable to receive abortions, assuming their home states ban them Asked to clarify, Trump replied: Yeah, well, theyrsquo;ll perhaps have to go, theyrsquo;ll have to go to another state. When stanley cup becher Stahl followed up on the question, asking whether itrsquo okay that some women might have to travel to other states to receive abortions, Trump said therersquo a long way to go before discussing that.Well, wersquo;ll see what happens, he said. Itrsquo got a long way to go, just so you understand. Tha Ctxh The Hillary Feeding Frenzy
For the first time in his presidency, Americans are getting a glimpse of Barack Obama on defense. Over the past few weeks, Obama has been back on his heels over torture and terror, issues on which he surely thought he had the upper hand. And he spent Thursday battling charges from a man he surely thought he had vanquished in November, former Vice President Dick Cheney. It took some worried calls from Capitol Hill Democrats, congressional aides said, to convince him otherwise ndash; that he needed to give a speech defending his plan for closing the terror prison at Guantanamo Bay, and rebutting Republican claims that the move would endanger Americans where they live. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and others made clear that wersquo;re going stanley cup to need a lot more cover if wersquo;re going to be able to deal with this issue, said one Democratic leadership aide. So on a day when Obama would have rather been anywhere else ndash; rema copo stanley king the auto industry or cheerleading stanley sverige an economic recovery ndash; he was sharing TV screens with Cheney, the two men equals, at least for one hour. The White House didnrsquo;t want to do it mdash; they want to drive the agenda, they want to be focused on health care right now, said Heather Hurlburt, the executive director of the National Security Network, a Democratic think tank. The Hill asked him to do this and he did it. That forcing of Obama s hand mar

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President Donald Trumprsquo explosive accusations about his White House predecessorrsquo wiretapping activities during the 2016 election have dominated headlines since he first tweeted them Saturday morning -- and two top members of the Senate Intelligence Committee discussed their implications on CBSrsquo; Face the Nation. Sen. Mark Warner D vaso stanley -Virginia CBS News Sen. Mark Warner D-Virginia , the committeersquo vice chair, said Mr. Trumprsquo Saturday morning tweets -- in which he accused former President Barack Obama of wiretapping Trump Tower for political reasons -- were reckless. Mr. Trump did not cite any evidence in his tweets, though similar claims had been circulating in the conservative media in recent days.ldquo stanley tumbler ;I thought the presidentrsquo comments could no longer surprise me, but boy this one yesterday surprised me, he said. To make that type of claim without any evidence is I think very reckless. He said he was not stanley cup aware of any FISA court order regarding Trump Tower, which the president said was under a wiretap in the lead-up to the 2016 election. Warner added that Mr. Trumprsquo tweets did suggest the president doesnrsquo;t understand how you obtain a wiretap.You have to go before a judge and show either probable cause, or if i Gztb Four things to watch during the lame duck Congress
President and Mrs. Obama hosted a decidedly more subtle state dinner for German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the White House Tuesday evening.Though Mr. Obama presented Merkel with his highest honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the dinner otherwise lacked the glitz and glamour of the Obama administration-- with one noticeable exception. First Lady Michelle Obama wore a shimmery ivory sleeveless gown by Naeem Khan, a designer s stanley becher he favors and also donned at the president s first state dinner in 2009.Naeem Khan gowns retail from $5,000-$15,000. Khan told the Wall Street Journal the first dress he made for Mrs. Obama was priceless. Known for her fashion, Mrs. Obama accessorized Tuesday with gold bangles by Alexis Bittar, which range in cost from $145-$695 per bracelet. stanley thermobecher State Dinner for Germany 25 photos The first lady had also worn a dress from Diane Von Furstenberg s new spring line to greet Merkel at the White House earlier. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi sported designer attire Tuesday evening as well, though she told reporters the cream-colored Tierry Mugler stanley termosar gown was very old. Other guests were seemingly dressed more modestly. Sen. Amy Klobuchar D-Minn. told press her navy gown c