Senate Oks Budget, But Rift Over Pentagon Funds Emerges

“The Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward forcefully denied making statements attributed to him by James Comer, the Republican chair of the powerful House oversight committee, in which Woodward supposedly said Joe Biden was financially corrupt,” The Guardian reports. Said Woodward: “The statements attributed to me in what is apparently his book are false.

Removing the stain of Trump's presence at Jimmy Carter's funeral. As it should have been. Source: The Daily Beast Kamala Harris’ social media post honoring Jimmy Carter seemingly slighted Donald Trump as the vice president shared a snapshot from the late president’s funeral featuring all living U. S. presidents, except for her political rival. The wide angle photo, posted to her Instagram on Saturday, appeared to crop out Trump, who was seated next to Barack Obama during the ceremony. Followers were quick to point out the president-elect’s exclusion with one user writing “Best photo crop of the decade.” “This crop is legendary,” another commenter added. I can't imagine anyone saying something similar when Trump kicks off in a few years. President Jimmy Carter loved our country.

In the wake of reports that a lack of water supply may have negatively impacted the work of firefighters battling the multiple blazes in Los Angeles, California Governor Gavin Newsom called for an investigation on Friday, Jan. 10. “The ongoing reports of the loss of water pressure to some local fire hydrants during the fires and the reported unavailability of water supplies from the Santa Ynez Reservoir are deeply troubling to me and to the community,” Newsom wrote in the letter addressed to Janisse Quiñones, CEO of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, and L.

“Four years after receiving a pardon from President Donald Trump for crimes related to foreign lobbying, Paul Manafort is again seeking business from political interests abroad,” the New York Times reports. “Mr. Manafort, who led Mr. Trump’s 2016 campaign for a few months, has assembled a team of consultants who helped run Mr.

“Because he put money in, I was prepared to tolerate it. I’m not prepared to tolerate it anymore.” — Steve Bannon, quoted by the Daily Beast, promising to get “evil” Elon Musk kicked out of Donald Trump’s inner circle.

Maynebel Quevedo doesn’t want to be stereotyped as a lawbreaker just because he’s Venezuelan. And he’s adamant that he shouldn’t be lumped in with migrants “that did bad” — a worry that reflects the impact of the rhetoric used by President-elect Donald Trump, who often focuses on the crimes committed by a small minority of the people who have crossed the American border.