Acting attorney general Matthew Whitaker worked for the Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust for three years. The group became a lucrative steppingstone in a swift rise to the nation’s top law enforcement job.
The developments buoyed the House minority leader as she fights to repel a small group of dissidents inside the Democratic caucus who want to force a leadership shake-up after 16 years with the Californian at the helm.
Analysis
The president’s declaration that he won’t hold Riyadh accountable for the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi shows his transactional, personalized approach to foreign affairs.
Gabriela, a strawberry picker from Oaxaca, Mexico, wore a bandanna to avoid inhaling smoke.
Gabriela she suffered headaches and a sore throat while working in smoky conditions.
Santiago, also a strawberry picker, holds a fleece mask he said he wore while working in the fields.
Santiago said he inhaled smoke while working during the Hill Fire.
A sharp increase in fires, heat waves and other climate-change-fueled disasters has added urgency to California’s efforts at employee protection, especially for the most vulnerable — low-income and undocumented workers.
Perspective
In theater, the definition of a “turkey” is a disaster that can’t be saved. Does that apply to the perpetually peculiar presidential Thanksgiving turkey pardoning? The event gave the nation the chance to see if Donald Trump could show some whimsy — and he played the part.
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Election 2018President Trump had criticized Love and other defeated Republicans, suggesting they lost because they did not sufficiently “embrace” him.
The Mississippi Republican offered the partial apology during a debate with Mike Espy, but she sought to blame her Democratic opponent for the controversy generated by her words.
The candidacy of Aleksander Prokopchuk, a former major general in Russia’s Interior Ministry, had rung alarm bells in Washington, London and across Western Europe.
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a broad alert in response to a new outbreak of illnesses caused by a particularly dangerous type of E. coli.
Co-workers of Tamara O'Neal, a 38-year-old emergency room physician killed at Mercy Hospital on Monday, praised her skill and personality.
