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78 Obama appointees ‘burrowed’ into career jobs, watchdog finds

Published September 28, 2017

A government watchdog found that 78 political appointees of President Barack Obama managed to “burrow” into career government jobs over a six-year period. A Government Accountability Office report obtained by The Washington Times Wednesday shows that seven of Mr. Obama’s political appointees switched to career jobs without obtaining necessary approval from the Office of Personnel […]

GOP Already Laying Groundwork To Cave On Tax Reform

Published September 28, 2017

A summary of the Republican tax reform framework, released Wednesday by the White House, explicitly addresses the possibility of an increased individual tax rate for the highest earners, above the 35 percent that GOP leadership has promoted in recent weeks. A white paper summarizing the proposed legislation touts tax code simplification via the collapse of […]

Trump travel ban continues on its strange odyssey

Published September 28, 2017

The weird odyssey of President Trump’s travel bans continues. The original ban, signed as an executive order Jan. 27, barred absolutely all immigrants and refugees from seven predominantly Muslim countries. The countries had actually been chosen by the State Department of former President Obama. Mr. Obama never signed a ban, but Mr. Trump did. The […]

Putin Heads to Turkey as Ties Rapidly Thaw

Published September 28, 2017

In a sign of rapidly deepening ties, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will welcome his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, to the presidential palace in Ankara Thursday for talks on Syria and a growing range of other issues that are prompting the two to set aside their differences. A packed agenda is testament to an improved […]

House Freedom Caucus endorses GOP tax framework

Published September 28, 2017

The conservative House Freedom Caucus on Wednesday threw its support behind the tax reform framework unveiled by GOP leaders and will also support the House Republican budget plan that aims to fast-track the tax package, clearing a potential roadblock for the party’s next big-ticket agenda item. “President Trump has delivered a forward-looking tax reform framework […]

Making Souls Happy by the Strum of the Banjo

Published September 28, 2017

The banjo is a mainstay of American old-time music. The four or five string instrument is frequently associated with musicians who typically play country, folk and bluegrass music. The banjo is also often played by men. Here enters female banjoist Linda Hansen. Linda Hansen She says, “No matter what kind of music is played on […]

NASA to Partner with Russia on Deep Space Gateway Exploration

Published September 28, 2017

The United States space agency NASA says it will partner with the Russian space agency, Roscosmos, to build a “deep space gateway” in the vicinity of the moon. The lunar space station, which is still in conceptual stage, is part of a long-term project aimed at putting humans on Mars. Acting NASA administrator Robert Lightfoot […]

Putin: Russia Will Destroy Last of Its Chemical Weapons Today

Published September 28, 2017

Russian President Vladimir Putin announced Wednesday that Russia would destroy all its chemical weapons on this day, hailing the move as a “historic event.” “Today the last chemical ammunition from Russia’s chemical weapon stockpile will be destroyed,” Putin said in a televised address. “This is a huge step toward making the modern world more balanced […]

Dawn Mission Celebrates 10 Years in Space

Published September 28, 2017

Dawn launched 10 years ago on Sept. 27, 2007. Credit: NASA/Sandra Joseph and Rafael Hernandez › Larger view › Larger view”/> Ten years ago, NASA’s Dawn spacecraft set sail for the two most massive bodies in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter: giant asteroid Vesta and dwarf planet Ceres. The mission was designed to […]

Rapper B.o.B. wants people to give him $1 million so he can prove the Earth is flat

Published September 28, 2017

If you’ve been following some of our previous stories, you know that there’s a growing number of people who think that the Earth is flat. Not as a joke or as a protest, they seriously refute a mountain of evidence (as well as common sense) and believe the Earth is flat. There are some prominent […]

Giant (adorable?) species of rat discovered in the Solomon Islands

Published September 28, 2017

Mammalogist Tyrone Lavery had heard rumors of a giant, possum-like rat that lived in the trees, but he was still surprised when he encountered it. What, were you expecting a beautiful bird or something? An illustration of the new species, Uromys vika. Image: Velizar Simeonovski, The Field Museum “When I first met with the people […]

Fulfilled by faith: Steve McQueen

Published September 28, 2017

by Diane Howard Steve McQueen was a man of paradox. He displayed humility and defiance, stinginess and generosity, gentleness and violence, self-assurance and insecurity. Director Norman Jewison said, “He was a loner, and he was troubled, and he was looking for a father.” Author Esther O’Reilly observed: “They said that he could act with the […]

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