Joe Barton Announces He Won’t Seek Re-Election In Wake Of Nude Photo Scandal

JD Thu, 11/30/2017 - 16:35

WASHINGTON — Republican Rep. Joe Barton of Texas announced Thursday he won’t seek re-election in 2018.

The news of the Texas Republican’s retirement comes shortly after a naked photo of the 68-year-old began circulating on social media. Barton — who didn’t mention the scandal in his announcement — said he’s proud of the work he has accomplished during his time in Congress, but “now it is time to step aside and let there be a new voice.”

Jim Nabors, who played Gomer Pyle has died.

JD Thu, 11/30/2017 - 16:19

The actor passed away peacefully at his home in Hawaii with his husband and longtime partner Stan Cadwallader, who revealed the news of his passing to The Associated Press. He was 87 years old.

“Everybody knows he was a wonderful man. And that’s all we can say about him. He’s going to be dearly missed,” Cadwallader said.

Trump Will Donate Part Of His Presidential Salary To Fighting The Opioid Crisis

JD Thu, 11/30/2017 - 16:05

President Donald Trump is giving his salary for this quarter to the Department of Health and Human Services in order to help fight America’s opioid crisis, the acting Health and Human Services secretary announced Thursday.

The opioid crisis in America has been a scourge on communities across the country, particularly in the Northeast and Midwest. Many states that voted for Trump suffer greatly from the ravaging opioid epidemic.

This Trump Decision Is A Major Blow To The Administrative State

JD Thu, 11/30/2017 - 16:03

President Donald Trump’s administration switched sides Wednesday in an important case pending before the Supreme Court concerning a major issue of federal agency law.

The case, Lucia v. SEC, has major implications for the process by which federal agencies try or punish those in violation of laws or regulations, and could retroactively nullify thousands of agency decisions.

Roy Moore Campaign to Jimmy Kimmel: If You Want to ‘Mock Our Christian Values,’ ‘Come Down Here’ to Alabama to ‘Do It Man to Man

JD Thu, 11/30/2017 - 14:47

THEODORE, Alabama — The US Senate campaign of Judge Roy Moore is firing back at Jimmy Kimmel and his paid trickster Rich Barbieri—also known as “Jake Byrd”—for disrupting a worship service at which Moore spoke here on Wednesday night.

IRS TO OBTAIN IDENTITIES OF 14,355 CRYPTOCURRENCY USERS

JD Thu, 11/30/2017 - 14:39

A court in California ordered a cryptocurrency exchange to hand over the identities of thousands of users this week to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).

Coinbase, one of the internet’s most popular sites for selling and buying digital currencies such as Bitcoin, must give the federal government the names, birthdates, addresses and account activity of 14,355 users.

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