In a significant blow to Texas cultural conservatives, some of the nation’s most powerful oil and gas companies on Monday joined the chorus of business voices opposing Republican lawmakers’ contentious “bathroom bill” targeting transgender people. Leaders of more than 50 Houston-based businesses,... via NATION - Los Angeles Times http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-texas-bathroom-bill-oil-20170731-story.html
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Declaring that the “nation is in crisis,” the White House commission on opioid addiction has recommended that President Trump declare a national emergency over the epidemic that each day kills dozens of Americans. "Your declaration would empower your cabinet to take bold steps and would force Congress... via NATION - Los Angeles Times http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-opioids-commission-report-20170731-story.html Scaramucci out as communications director as new White House chief of staff exerts control7/31/2017 Anthony Scaramucci, the brash New Yorker who was announced just 10 days ago as President Trump’s incoming communications director, was ousted on Monday as new White House Chief of Staff John Kelly moved quickly to exert control over a chaotic administration. Kelly told Scaramucci around 9:30 Monday... via NATION - Los Angeles Times http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-pol-trump-scaramucci-kelly-20170801-story.html via NATION - Los Angeles Times http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-essential-washington-updates-anthony-scaramucci-is-out-as-1501526425-htmlstory.html Joe Arpaio, the Arizona lawman who once proclaimed himself to be “America’s Toughest Sheriff” and was largely praised by conservatives for his hard-line policing tactics, was found guilty Monday of criminal contempt, bringing his tenure as a relentless crusader against illegal immigration to an... via NATION - Los Angeles Times http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-joe-arpaio-verdict-20170706-story.html via NATION - Los Angeles Times http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-essential-washington-updates-white-house-urged-to-refrain-from-1501430242-htmlstory.html Touching off the Kremlin’s most serious diplomatic confrontation with Washington since President Trump took office six months ago, President Vladimir Putin announced Sunday that 775 American embassy and consulate staffers would be tossed out – the biggest such expulsion in years by an order of... via NATION - Los Angeles Times http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-fg-russia-us-20170730-story.html A lawsuit brought by former detainees held at CIA "black site" prisons overseas will indeed go to trial — the first such proceeding in the post-Sept. 11 era and one that aims to hold two civilian psychologists responsible for helping to develop harsh interrogation techniques. The government and... via NATION - Los Angeles Times http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-cia-interrogations-20170730-story.html The woman strained against the crime tape, just feet from a body slumped on the sidewalk, and pleaded with police: “I need to touch my son.” For the next hour, officers gently kept her away as investigators talked to her and relatives comforted her. As the sun rose Friday, she walked down the street... via NATION - Los Angeles Times http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-chicago-shooting-20170729-story.html Before the “no” votes and the Trump tweet and the bare-knuckle threats from her Washington colleagues, there was a time when Sen. Lisa Murkowski struck many Alaskans as overly cautious. “Her first term [in the U.S. Senate], I think she tended to migrate closer toward the Republican leadership,”... via NATION - Los Angeles Times http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-pol-lisa-murkowski-20170729-story.html |