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Political Glance
Michelle Obama has told of her dismay that so many American women chose “misogynist” Donald Trump as their president instead of the first female nominee of a major party, Hillary Clinton.
In her new memoir, Becoming, which is published on Tuesday, the former first lady admits that some news stories now “turn her stomach” and, as her husband Barack Obama’s legacy is aggressively unravelled, sometimes wonders “where the bottom might be”.
In comments made Saturday shortly after the secretary of state ordered a recount, Gillum said, “I am replacing my earlier concession with an unapologetic and uncompromised call to count every vote.”
Two former attorneys general are questioning the propriety of Matthew Whitaker’s appointment as acting attorney general, suggesting that President Donald Trump may have skirted established rules of succession to install the former Iowa federal prosecutor.
In interviews with USA TODAY, Michael Mukasey and Alberto Gonzales, who both served in the George W. Bush administration, aligned themselves Friday with a contingent of legal analysts who assert that the post should have been filled by a Justice Department official who has been confirmed by the Senate.
Immediately after 12 people were killed in a mass shooting in Thousand Oaks, California on Thursday, doctors and medical professionals posted on social media their experiences treating victims of gun violence.
It continued a trend that started the night before after a tweet by the NRA mocked the medical community’s call for the reduction of firearms, telling “anti-gun doctors to stay in their own lane.”
The judge added that it must be completed by 7 p.m.
Attorneys for Governor Scott will not be going into Broward Supervisor of Elections office Friday night to inspect files under court order, due to “logistics.” It’s expected to happen Saturday at around 10 a.m.
Late Friday, the Broward Supervisor of Elections did send documents to comply with the court order but they’ve been unable to open them, an attorney for Gov. Scott sayid.
Donald Trump’s new acting attorney general, Matthew Whitaker, was involved in a company that scammed US military veterans out of their life savings, according to court filings and interviews.
Whitaker, a former US attorney in Iowa, was paid to work as an advisory board member for World Patent Marketing (WPM), a Florida-based company accused by the US government of tricking aspiring inventors out of millions of dollars. Earlier this year, it was ordered to pay authorities $26m.
President Donald Trump was involved in "nearly every step" of hush-money agreements with multiple women who claimed they had sexual affairs before he became president, The Wall Street Journal reported Friday.
The newspaper, citing dozens of interviews and document, also reported that Trump may have violated federal campaign-finance laws through his participation in the deals.
Trump has denied knowing about a $130,000 payment made to Stormy Daniels, an adult film star and director who alleges she had sex with Trump in 2006.
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