Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has denounced Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as the “new Hitler of the Middle East”, as tensions simmer between the regional rivals. Saudi Arabia and its arch-rival Iran have traded a bitter war of words after a missile fired from Yemen was intercepted near Riyadh airport on November 4.…
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Note: We’ll be updating this through Cyber Monday. For the deal seeker, there are few days headier than Black Friday (and maybe the day after Christmas). Unlike, say, Amazon Prime Day, Black Friday is kind of a monster we’re always trying to tackle to the ground, one that grows more limbs every year. The “Black Friday” discounts started over a week ago, and almost every major retailer is making it seem like they’re going all-out this year. The number of deals out there is dizzying. How do you cut through the crud? We’ve be populating a list of the best deals all weekend long. …
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On Thanksgiving morning, President Trump delivered a message via teleconference from his luxury resort in Mar-a-Lago to American military service members overseas — but not everyone is happy about it. Retired Lieutenant General Mark Hertling appeared on CNN Thursday to air his grievances with the content of President Trump’s Thanksgiving message to the troops, referring…
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TRENTON — One of New Jersey’s longest-serving state Senators said he plans to hold public hearings to question the next governor’s push to legalize marijuana next year. Sen. Ronald Rice, D-Essex, announced Monday he would use his authority as chairman of the Legislative Black Caucus to call public hearings to explore the negative consequences felt in…
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Missouri school officials said a non-white student confessed this week to scrawling a racist message on a girls’ bathroom mirror, causing unrest at a St. Louis-area high school. The controversial phrase, “White Lives Matter,” followed by the N-word was discovered on a girls’ bathroom mirror at Parkway Central High School in Chesterfield on Nov. 15. In…
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Jimbo Fisher has been rumored for a couple of jobs, but it looks like Florida State is doing their best to keep their head coach. First it was LSU last year, and now Texas A&M has become heavily involved in trying to pry Fisher away from the Seminoles, as A&M is reportedly parting ways with current…
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A University of California, Riverside student who boasted of stealing a “Make America Great Again” hat in September faces charges that may land her in jail for up to one year. The Riverside County District Attorney’s Office has filed a misdemeanor count of grand theft against Edith Marcias, a UC Riverside student who declared “f- your…
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Thanksgiving overflows with traditions shared by households around the country — from extended families flying in to see loved ones to carving the delicious and well-prepared turkey to watching football after an incredible meal. One Thanksgiving tradition shared by some, but perhaps not as discussed as much as some others, is getting the family out of…
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Rep. Ron DeSantis said Wednesday that he’s working on legislation to prevent tax dollars from paying for settlements of congressional members. “I’m working on legislation to unseal settlement records, bar use of tax dollars to pay claims against members & staff, prohibit members from using office budgets to camouflage payments (a Conyers rule) & require reimbursement…
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Uber endured a data breach that allowed hackers to steal the personal information of more than 57 million users, the ride share company’s chief executive acknowledged Tuesday. Hackers accessed a third-party server used by Uber in late 2016 and gleaned the names, email addresses and mobile phone numbers of 57 million ride share users, as well…
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The mayor of Philadelphia inserted himself into national politics Wednesday, calling President Donald Trump a “bully” for ending an immigration program for Haitian refugees. Democratic Mayor Jim Kenney was speaking to a group of immigration advocates when he went after Trump in his speech, according to the local NBC affiliate. “There is no compassion whatsoever in…
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Sen. Lisa Murkowski says she supports repealing Obamacare’s individual mandate to hold insurance, giving a notable thumbs up to a contentious piece of President Trump’s tax overhaul, though she stopped short of a full endorsement of the tax plan. Ms. Murkowski, an Alaska Republican who helped sink the GOP’s Obamacare repeal efforts over the summer over…
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Sen. Rand Paul’s wife fired back Wednesday at media reports minimizing the attack that left her husband with several broken ribs. “This was not a ‘scuffle,’ a ‘fight’ or an ‘altercation,’ as many in the media falsely describe it,” Kelley Paul wrote in an op-ed for CNN. “It was a deliberate, blindside attack. The impact left…
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At The Brownstone restaurant in Paterson, New Jersey, the founder of a small but mighty nonprofit organization and its sponsors gathered on November 14 to honor Rich Farley and other veterans. Farley received Jack — a highly trained service dog — a few years ago, thanks to the work of J.T. Gabriel’s nonprofit organization, K9 Soldiers,…
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by CHQ Staff Last Friday, in an action to further uphold the rule of law in the executive branch, Attorney General Jeff Sessions issued a memo prohibiting the Department of Justice from issuing guidance documents that have the effect of adopting new regulatory requirements or amending the law. The memo prevents the Department of Justice from evading required rulemaking processes by using guidance memos to create de facto regulations. In the past, the Department of Justice and other agencies have blurred the distinction between regulations and guidance documents. Under the Attorney General’s memo, the Department may no longer issue guidance documents that purport to create rights or obligations binding on persons or entities outside the Executive Branch. This is a huge change from the lawless Obama administration when Attorneys General Eric Holder and Lorretta Lynch issued “guidance” almost at will to circumvent Congress and the checks and balances built into our Constitution. The Attorney General’s Regulatory Reform Task Force, led by Associate Attorney General Brand, will conduct a review of existing Department documents and will recommend candidates for repeal or modification in the light of this memo’s principles. “Guidance documents can be used to explain existing law,” Associate Attorney…
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Many of the states refusing to cooperate with President Donald Trump’s election commission aren’t in compliance with federal law on maintaining voter registration lists, according to government watchdog groups. So far, 18 states and the District of Columbia have declined or are still considering whether to provide election data to the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election…
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