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The old Wall street saying is th stanley cups at it doesnrsquo;t pay to fight the Fed. But Donald Trump, as a candidate, showed his contempt for the Federal Reserve and its leader, Janet Yellen. Now, Yellen is fighting back, if ever so subtly.At a rally in September, Mr. Trump accused Yellen of doing President Barack Obamarsquo bidding by keeping interest rates artificially low, to prevent the economy from looking bad. She should be ashamed of herself, he said, What they are doing is, I believe, itrsquo a false market, referring to the central bank. He pledged not to reappoint her to a second four-year term once her current tenure ends in January 2018. Federal Reserve raises key interest rate .25% 07:13 stanley france Back then, she confined her response to a polite denial that Fed policy was set with elections in mind. I can say, emphatically, that partisan politics plays no role in our decisions about the appropriate stance of monetary policy, she said during a press conference following the Fedrsquo policy meeting that month. But in her news conference Wednesday, following theF stanley kubek edrsquo decision to raise short-term interest rates by a quarter-percentage point, Fed Chair Yellen stepped up her response, albeit in a measured way. She Iuzn Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announces reversal of Obama-era stance on Israeli settlements
Earlier this year, it seemed Al Gore could count on this Midwest battleground state and its 18 electoral votes. After all, his boss carried the state twice by margins higher than the national average. But the vice president 146 lead has slipped to a razor thin margin in the past couple of months, adding credence to the belief of political observers in Michigan that their state s vot stanley spain ers mirror those across the country. And right now, many of those voters remain undecided and conf stanley termoska used. A poll by the independent firm EPIC/MRA for the Detroit Free Press released on Thursday shows Gore leading Texas Governor George W. Bush by 44-42 percent. A w stanley cup eek ago, the same poll showed their numbers dead even. Ed Sarpolus, who conducted the two surveys, says the most interesting finding is that two weeks before the election, the number of undecided voters has increased to 11 percent. Things are happening really quick now 133; and there 146 a sense they 146;re getting confused over whom to pick, he says. But he adds that uncertainty is normal considering that voters here are being bombarded with ever-changing campaign ads about the presidential race. There 146 been so much thrown at them since the debates. The vice president would likely benefit if those ads and candidate visits overshadowed the memory of the debates, according to Sarpolus, who believes they hurt Gore. The pollster 146 numbers indicate Democrat 146 favorabili
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WASHINGTON -- President Obama is asking Congress to formally authorize war against Islamic State of Iraq and Syria ISIS militants and says the group could thre stanley cup aten the U.S. homeland if left unchecked.The president sent Congress a proposed three-page resolution on Wednesday to authorize military force. In a letter to lawmakers accompanying the request, Mr. Obama urges them to show the world we are united in our resolve to counter the threat. The White House confirmed to CBS News that it had submitted the resolution to Congress Wednesday morning. It was first obtained by the Associated Press. Mr. Obama would limit authorization to three years, with no restriction where U.S. forces could pursue the threat. Obama s proposal bans enduring offensive combat operations, an ambiguous term that attempts to define a middle ground between Democrats leery of another protra stanley cup cted Middle Eastern conflict involving ground troops, and Republicans, who largely believe the U.S. needs maximum flexibility to pursue ISIS. Lindsey Graham: You re gonna need boots on the ground against ISIS 03:05 The White House isn t sayin water bottle stanley g it favors a role for U.S. ground forces in combating Islamic State terrorists, a move that a few outspoken lawmakers, including Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-South Vwdv Bannon refused to answer House committee questions, Schiff says
First lady Michelle Obama was named the most powerful woman in the world by Forbes Magazine JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images Michelle Obama is the most powerful woman in the world, according to Forbes magazine.The magazine, which published its 2010 New Forbes Power Women story on Wednesday, named the first lady to the list s number one spot, calling her a true change-maker who has given a new generation of girls and women around the world a role model. Secretary of Sta stanley thermos te Hillary Clinton also made the list s top 10, along with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Lady Gaga, Ellen stanley termoska Degeneres and CEO of Kraft Foods Irene Rosenfeld. Forbes contrasted Mrs. Obama s first lady leadership style to that of Hillary Clinton, citing her decision to [stay] away from hard policy as a source of her power. A forceful advocate of school nutrition standards and military families affairs, she s more involved in policy than Laura Bush was, writes Forbes Meghan Casserly. But unlike Hillary Clinton, who cham stanley thermos mug pioned a secretive and ultimately unsuccessful health care reform, Obama has stayed away from hard policy. The first lady has become increasingly active on the campaign trail in recent weeks, rallying Democrats to get fired up about the issues, and warning them about the political implications of a Republican takeover of Congress in November. We re ju
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Hunter Biden, the son of presidential Democratic candidate Joe Biden, admitted in an interview on ABC News Good Morning America that he exercised poor judgment in working on the board of a Ukrainian energy companymdash;but said he did nothing improper in doing so. His role on the board of Burisma spurred President Donald Trump to ask Ukraine s president ina now-infa stanley cups mous July 25 callto investigate the Bidens for corruption and to tell reporters earlier this month that both Ukraine and China should look into the Bidens. The president s Ukraine call led the U.S. House to launch a formal impeachment inquiry against Mr. Trump.Biden told ABC News that he has no regrets about joining the board of Burisma, but what I regret is not taking into account that there would be a Rudy Giuliani and a president of the United States that would be listening to this ridiculous conspiracy idea. The president, whose children stanley vaso have business dealings in other countries, continues to make baseless claims that Hunter Biden s work amounted to corruption, citing the fact that Joe Biden was vice president at the time and working on diplomatic efforts in Ukraine. Biden, who recently announced that he will step down from the board of a Chinese private equity firm, said he only had a brief exchange with his father about his role in Ukraine. I gave a hook to stanley website some very unethical people to act in illegal ways to try to do some harm to my father, Biden Aycl With Obama up in new polls, Romney heads to Ohio
The Senate began debate Wednesday on John Bolton s nomination to be United Nations ambassador, and Republicans say they are confident he will be confirmed before lawmakers leave Washington for the Memorial Day weekend.A Senate vote on Bolton s nomination would end weeks of wrangling over whether Bolton mistreated co-workers or took liberties with government intelligence.Republicans believe they will prevail in a chamber they control 55-44, with a Democratic-leaning independent. Democrats, meanwhile, say they have not ruled out a procedural tactic to postpone a vote, but several say it is unlikely. There is no desire for a filibuster, Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn., said Tuesday.Sen. George Voinovich of Ohio, the maverick Republican who denied President Bush s U.N. nominee a smooth sail through the GOP-led Senate, asked colleagues Tuesday to vote against a controversial and ineffective ambassador. In these dangerous times, we cannot afford to stanley mugs put at risk our nation s ability to successfully wage and win the war on terror with a controversial and ineffective ambassador to the United Nations, Voinovich wrote to all 99 other senators. I worry that Mr. Bolton could make it more difficult for us to achieve the important U.N. reforms n stanley kubek eeded to restore the strength of the institution. Voinovich first forced a delay in Bolton s confirmatio stanley water jug n last month and then brokered an unusual compromise that sent Bolton s nomination to the full Senate
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Austin, Texasmdash; Texas officials fighting to block widespread mail-in voting during the pandemic claimed victory after the state s highest court ruled Wednesday that a lack of immunity to the coronavirus doesn t qualify someone to cast a ballot by mail.The decision was unanimous by the Texas Supreme Court, which is stocked with nine Republican justices, including one who revealed last week that she had tested positive for COVID-19. Texas generally limits mail balloting only to voters who are over 65 years old or have a disability.Justic stanley vaso e Eva stanley tumbler Guzman wrote the court was unified in the conclusion that fear of contracting a disease is not a physical condition. The Texas Democratic Party blasted the decision, and moved its hopes to a similar challenge playing out in federa stanley cups l court. But not all saw the decision as a total loss: the top elections lawyer in Houston, Harris County attorney Douglas Ray, said he believed the ruling leaves room for each voter to decide themselves whether they qualify, and gives clerks basically no ability to second-guess the reasoning.In Texas, voters do not have to describe their disability when requesting a mail-in ballot. Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who earlier this month lost lower court decisions that would have expanded mail-in ballots to all of the state s 16 million registered voters, has argued that fear of getting the virus alone doesn t qualify as a disability. He applauded t Ahiw Romney to clinch GOP presidential nomination
This story was written by Nick Brennan, Washington Square NewsIt was a brisk spring day in Albany Tuesda stanley becher y, but within the wood-panelled walls of the Capitol Building, a sense of uncertainty lingered.The day before, allegations tied Gov. Eliot Spitzer to an international prostitution ring. Tuesday, legislators and their staffs were still trying to regain a sense of normalcy, meeting with the usual throngs of lobbyists and constituent groups.Among them: A small delegation of NYU students. They traveled to Albany Tuesday, along with 500 other college stud stanley thermos ents from across New York state, to support state funding for student aid programs, several of which were cut or flat-funded by Spitzer s original budget in late January. The organizer of the lobbying day, the Commission on Independent Colleges and Universities, planned the event nearly a year in advance to coincide with the period when the state legislature hammers out its own budget -- a process that was thrown into uncertainty after news of the scandal broke on Monday.As the students traveled around the capi stanley trinkflaschen tol meeting with legislators and their staff, the Spitzer scandal was impossible to ignore. Steinhardt sophomore Joshua Xavier, who traveled with the NYU delegation, said the allegations against the governor impacted the discussions he had in Albany. It felt like the legislators were very careful about what they said more so because of the scandal, he said. Did it affect our
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Connecticut Democrats are seeking a one-hour extension of voting hours after polling locations in Hartford were beset early Tuesday by problems including long delays and missing voter registration lists. Because of delays and other problems at Hartford polling locations, we [filed] a complaint in Hartford Superior Court asking that voting hours be extended to accommodate voters who were unable to vote or were discouraged from voting this morning, said Gov. Dan Malloy, D-Connecticut, in a statement. Decision Day 2014: Expectations for midterms and looking to 2016 06:17 Mallo stanley cup y s attorney, Bill Bloss, told Reporters on Tuesday that Democrats are asking for 26 polling locations in Hartford to remain open until 9 p.m. to make sure everyone can vote. A hearing was scheduled for 2:30 p.m. at Hartfo stanley cups rd Civil Court. At several locations in Hartford, election officials began the day at 6 a.m. without the voter registration lists necessary for people to cast a ballot. At some locations, the necessary lists did not appear until well after 7 a.m. stanley flask A lot of people vote early in the morning because they know they are not going to be available after eight o clock, Malloy noted at a news conference on Tuesday, according to the Hartford Courant. That s the whole point. Xrft DEA confident El Chapo will be found again
President-elect Obama has largely stayed mum on the violence in Gaza, noting that there is only one president at a time. Before a meeting with his economic team today, however, Mr. Obama expressed concern for the continued civilian casualties in the war torn region. AP Photo/Charles Dharapak The loss of civilian life in Gaza and in Israel is a source of deep concern to me, and after January 20th I m going to have plenty to say about the issue, he told reporters. I am not backing away at all from what I said during the campaign, that starting at the beginning of our administration, we are going to engage effectively and consistently in trying to resolve the conflicts that exist in stanley cup the middle east, Mr. Obama asserted, noting the importance of U.S. national security in the issue. I think its not only right for the people in that region, but most importantly its right for the national security of the American people and the stability that is so important to this country. On January 20th, he promised, you will be hearing directly from me, and I can promise you until then my job is to monitor the situation and put together the best possible national security team so that we can begin running once we are responsible for national security. At stanley website the open, the President-elect reiterated his recent mantra: As I said before w botella stanley hen it comes to foreign policy, I think the need to adhere to one president at a time is particularly, in domesti
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BATON ROUGE, La. -- Olivia Jordan of Oklahoma was crowned Miss USA on Sunday, beating out 50 other contestants and overcoming weeks of controversy generated by pageant co-owner Donald Trump to win the 64th annual pageant.The 26-year-old winner was followed by first runner-up Yliana Guerra, 22, of Texas, and second runnerup Anea Garcia, 20, of Rhode Island. They were followed by 25-year-old Miss Nevada Brittany McGown, 25, third runner-up and then Miss Maryland Mame Adjei, 23, to round out the top five.Trump, the pageant co-owner and real estate mogul, slammed Mexican immigrants in comments during his announcement that he w stanley water bottle as running for president. That led to stanley botella widespread fallout against his business dealings, including the p stanley deutschland ageant. He wasn t present Sunday. Miss USA 2015 24 photos Broadcasters, including NBC and Univision, dropped the pageant and a slew of celebrities lined up to perform, judge and host dropped out just as the pageant was kicking into high gear in Baton Rouge. Pageant organizers rushed to fill the gap so the show could go on. Satellite and cable channel Reelz television stepped in to air the show, while assuring people that Trump would not benefit financially. And former Miss USA and Miss Univer Dwpl More Turnover At A Big Donor Shop
This is written by Declan McCullagh, CNET News chief political correspondent. AP Photo/Charles Dharapak Barack Obama will be able to keep his beloved BlackBerry, an aide confirmed on Thursday, making him the first U.S. president to use e-mail regularly. White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs told reporters that, thanks to a compromise, his boss will be able to keep a security-enhanced BlackBerry and use it for e-mail. That will, Gibbs said, allow Obama stanley cup becher to continue to keep in touch with people and avoid getting stuck in a bubble. The new Washington insider test: Do you know the president s secret e-mail address Gibbs didn t offer details, but the contours of the compromise seem to be: official, work-related e-mail messages will be subject to the Presidential Records Act and the possibility of eventual disclosure. But strictly personal communications -- with family, for instance -- will be exempt. This makes sense. As we reported last week, federal law explicitly exempts from disclosure any personal records that do not relate to the presi stanley vaso dent s official function. Those include electronic records that are of a purely private or non-public character and don vaso stanley t relate to official duties; the law lists diaries, journals, notes, and presidential campaign materials as examples. Similarly, the Freedom of Information Act prevents files from being released if the disclosure would significantly jeopardize personal privacy. Th
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A member of the West Virginia House of Delegates is causing a stir after tw stanley cup eeting that Hillary Clinton should be hung on the Mall in Washington, DC. CBS affiliate WOWK-TV reports that Michael Folk, a Republican legislator wh stanley drinking cup o is also a United Airlines pilot, posted a tweet Friday night saying: Hillary Clinton, you should be tried for treason, murder, and crimes against the US Constitution... then hung on the Mall in Washington, DC. FBI director defends Clinton decision 02:11 Folk told the station that he posted the tweet over the FBI s decision not to charge Clinton over the investigation into her private email server. The tweet, which has since been deleted, drew a swift rebuke from his employer, United Airlines. We are appalled by comments advocating harm to any person, said airline spokesperson Mary Clark. They do not represent United Airlines and we are looking into the matter further. Folk s tweet also sparked a backlash on social media. @Uni stanley cup quencher ted Airline pilot @WVGOP @MichaelFolk34 threatening presidential candidate @HillaryClinton s life 129300; @FBI @SecretService @wvdemocratsmdash; Brandon A. R. Waters @thirsty4waters July 16, 2016 What does the @FBI @FAANews think about @united commercial pilot @MichaelFolk34 thr Vwae More Subpoenas In DeLay Probe
During his first press conference as president this week, Barack Obama seemed irked that most congressional Republ stanley cup becher icans remained opposed to the so-called stimulus legislation. Obama attributed it to philosophical differences, saying: Some of the criticisms really are with the basic idea that government should intervene at all in this moment of crisis. Not really. It s possible to want the government to take quick steps to turn around what has become an unusually sharp and severe recession -- while believing that the current proposal is not the best way to do it. As you might expect, a bill that was supposed to come in at a comparatively svelte $300 billion has ballooned to an impressive girth, thanks to Democrats stuffing it with pet projects of dubious virtue. Now this porker has swollen to 800 pages. Shipyards get $100 million in handouts; $400 million is diverted to farm ownership loans. Another $200 million goes to computer centers at community colleges, and $650 million for addition stanley cup website al coupons and related activities for the digital-to-analog converter box program. NASA and the National Science Foundation receive $2.3 billion. Federal police live high on the hog. There s $100 million for the FBI and other agencies to build a nationwide integrated wireless network, $90 million for Mexico border polici stanley cup ng, and $100 million for the part of the Justice Department that describes itself as fostering operational synergies within
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