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But the conventional wisdom is wrong. The president retains the ability to do a great deal, especially in foreign policy; the question is whether he has the will and flexibility to use that power wisely. To understand why Bush still has so much power, remember that the U.S. Constitution and political system give the executive most of the initiative in foreign-policy making. Congress’s powers are modest. The Senate must approve ambassadors and treaties, but few are sent its way so late in a president’s term....
According to NHL.com, the cost of sending players to South Korea and scheduling issues for the 2017-18 season are the main reasons for reconsidering the league’s commitment. MORE: Memorable hockey moments of 2014 Sochi Games NHL players have been to the last five Winter Games. Commissioner Gary Bettman said a decision will need to be reached by next month in order to accommodate the logistics and cost — if owners decide it’s even worth it to try to expand the league’s global exposure....
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When predictions are made for 2016, Texas figures to be largely counted out. The Astros, a wild-card team that contended a year or two ahead of schedule, will be a year older. The Angels still have the best player in the American League in Mike Trout and money to build around him. The Mariners, fresh off a disappointing season, are reshaping themselves quickly under new GM Jerry Dipoto. MORE: The 10 highest-paid MLB players | The 13 worst December trades, ranked...
But switch back for a minute or two. While 10,000 may be only a number, and while stock markets may predict the world’s headlines better than headlines interpret the world’s stock markets, America’s 17-year bull run still matters immensely to the world. It isn’t just because the wealth that millions of Americans have gained in the market has enabled them to keep shopping at a time when the world badly needs a customer....
Los Rojiblancos currently top the Spanish league charts with 88 points, with just 2 games remaining. Their recent 2-0 defeat away to Levante has blown the title race wide open, as the other 2 sides in contention- Real Madrid and Barcelona too, dropped points. “We’re in a privileged position of being able to depend entirely on ourselves. We’ll be trying to win on Sunday against Malaga and then close the season at Barcelona, who will also be doing everything they can to win their last two games,” Gabi told reporters....
In a post on his Truth Social platform, the former president described returning to his home in Palm Beach, Florida, to “check out the scene of yet another government ‘crime,’” in reference to the August 8 search for documents removed from the White House. The search—which Trump described on Truth Social as a “Raid and Break-In of my home”—was part of a federal investigation into allegations the former president mishandled sensitive materials when he left office in January 2021, then attempted to obstruct the investigation....
While Biden sent more traditional festive greetings and well wishes from him and the first lady on Christmas Day, Trump instead spent December 25 airing a number of grievances, continuing to post false claims about the 2020 election, and even call the U.S. a “failing nation.” In a tweet from his personal account, Biden tweeted a message of love and unity, as one might expect from a president, on Christmas Day....
Last week, the Wall Street Journal reported that Trump had suggested the U.S. could purchase the autonomous Danish territory, an idea that was dismissed as “absurd” by the country’s Prime Minister, Mette Frederiksen. On Tuesday, Trump tweeted: “Denmark is a very special country with incredible people, but based on Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen’s comments, that she would have no interest in discussing the purchase of Greenland, I will be postponing our meeting scheduled in two weeks for another time…....
On Tuesday, New York Attorney General Letitia James’ office wrote a letter to a federal judge attacking a deposition transcript involving Trump from 2021. The filing shows that Trump testified that he remained the “inactive” president of the Trump Organization while he was in the White House, despite an earlier sworn statement that he would relinquish all of his positions at the company. As part of the since-settled lawsuit from 2021, Trump was questioned about whether there was a period of time when he did not serve as the president of the Trump Organization....
While questions remain about when the president last tested negative for the virus, Trump revealed Thursday that he is hoping to hold rallies this weekend in Florida and Pennsylvania. The president said: “We want to do a rally in Florida, probably in Florida on Saturday night, might come back and do one in Pennsylvania, on the following night,” in an interview Thursday with Sean Hannity for the Fox News Channel....
Attorney Ryan Goodman, a former special counsel to the general counsel of the Department of Defense, had previously predicted that former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows would agree to cooperate with the DOJ’s probe, given testimony that alleged his staff had urged witnesses against recalling too much to the House panel during its depositions. And now, new evidence released by the committee may further implicate Meadows and push him into turning on Trump to avoid his own legal fate....
“I’m sorry to say the gasoline prices that you will be confronted with are far higher than they were just a short number of months ago where we had gasoline under $2 a gallon,” Trump said in a statement. “Remember as you’re watching the meter tick, and your dollars pile up, how great of a job Donald Trump did as President.” The White House didn’t immediately respond to Newsweek’s request for comment....
On Twitter, Trump claimed the conservative cable network is “trying sooo hard to be politically correct” by interviewing two of his critics. He dismissed Comey as “totally discredited” and branded Schiff, a Democrat from California, “corrupt.” “Hard to believe that @FoxNews will be interviewing sleazebag & totally discredited former FBI Director James Comey, & also corrupt politician Adam “Shifty” Schiff,” the president tweeted late on Saturday night. “Fox is trying sooo hard to be politically correct, and yet they were totally shut out from the failed Dem debates!...
Cohen alleges that the decision to return him to prison was in retaliation for writing a memoir that was strongly critical of the former president. He is seeking damages for “extreme physical and emotional harm” and violations of his First Amendment rights. The lawsuit is just the latest legal action taken against Trump, who is now dealing with more than a dozen cases in addition to investigations that could result in further lawsuits....
Speaking to Newsmax’s Eric Bolling the Balance, Alina Habba said that the former president is being unfairly treated as he faces a number of criminal and civil investigations that could hinder his hopes of returning to the White House. The pair suggested that the Democratic Party and the Department of Justice may be trying to “deter” Trump from running again with federal investigation into whether he mishandled sensitive and top secret White House documents that were seized from his Mar-a-Lago office....
Shanin Specter, the son of former U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter, who famously launched an investigation into the Spygate scandal, and Charles Robbins, the senator’s communications aide and ghostwriter, both claim to know that Trump offered money to make Specter’s investigation go away. The elder Specter, who was a staunch critic of the NFL, wanted league executives to testify under oath about why evidence of cheating had been destroyed. The investigation never made headway....
According to the latest Meredith Poll, Trump’s approval rating among all North Carolina voters has sunk to 39.9 percent, down from 44 percent in March. “The most significant factor affecting President Trump’s decline in job approval ratings among North Carolinians is his loss of Republican support,” said David McLennan, Meredith Poll Director, in the new report. McLennan continued that it is the Ukraine-Biden affair and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s opening of an impeachment inquiry that has “eroded his support among Republicans....
On June 14, two candidates backed by the former president—state Representative Russell Fry and former state Representative Katie Arrington—are hoping to achieve the difficult task of unseating incumbents Tom Rice and Nancy Mace from their congressional seats by beating them in their respective primaries. During a recent “telerally” for his chosen candidates in South Carolina, Trump urged voters to give him “two birthday presents” on Tuesday and back Fry and Arrington to get what he believes are GOP members of Congress who are unloyal to his cause out of office....
