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DHS Yanks ICE Barbie Kristi Noem’s List of ‘Sanctuary’ Cities After Furious Backlash

4 days ago | thedailybeast.com | Janna Brancolini

Kristi Noem’s Department of Homeland Security has taken down a list of dozens of “sanctuary” cities and counties accused of hampering the administration’s mass-deportation efforts after even a pro-Trump law enforcement group denounced the list. Homeland Security Secretary Noem announced the list last week in a blustering statement accusing the cities of obstructing the enforcement of federal immigration laws.
Harvard Fires Star Business Professor Francesca Gino for Faking Her Findings on Honesty

1 week ago | thedailybeast.com | Janna Brancolini

Harvard University has stripped a celebrated business professor of her tenure and fired her over allegations of academic misconduct and fraud. Francesca Gino was a leading scholar in the field of behavioral science who published famous studies on ways to promote honest behavior, The New York Times reported.
Elvira Offers Meghan Markle Beauty Advice After Dig About Her Hair

1 week ago | thedailybeast.com | Janna Brancolini

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Kremlin Accuses Trump of ‘Emotional Overload’ After He Called Putin ‘CRAZY’

1 week ago | thedailybeast.com | Janna Brancolini

A Kremlin spokesperson has responded to President Donald Trump’s rage post against Russian President Vladimir Putin by calling Trump’s comments the result of “emotional overload.”Hours after a massive Russian attack killed 12 people and injured nearly 80 others in Ukraine, Trump unloaded on Putin to reporters in New Jersey and then again shortly afterward in a social media tirade. “I’ve always had a very good relationship with Vladimir Putin of Russia, but something has happened to him.
Fed Chair Jerome Powell Shades Trump in Graduation Speech After SCOTUS Says He Can’t Be Fired

1 week ago | thedailybeast.com | Janna Brancolini

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell offered some pointed remarks to Princeton University’s graduating seniors just days after the Supreme Court ruled that he couldn’t be fired. During an interfaith service celebrating the graduates and their guests on Sunday, Powell made it clear whose side he is on as President Donald Trump’s administration goes to war with Harvard University—and warns that others could be next.
Princess Elisabeth of Belgium Hit by Trump’s Ban on Foreign Harvard Students

2 weeks ago | thedailybeast.com | Janna Brancolini

The future queen of Belgium is one of thousands of foreign students whose studies are in jeopardy after the Trump administration revoked Harvard University’s ability to enroll international students.
Belgium’s Future Queen Hit by Trump’s Ban on Foreign Harvard Students

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Janna Brancolini

The future queen of Belgium is one of thousands of foreign students whose studies are in jeopardy after the Trump administration revoked Harvard University’s ability to enroll international students.
Trump Rails Against Another Country’s ‘Unsightly Windmills’

2 weeks ago | thedailybeast.com | Janna Brancolini

President Donald Trump offered the United Kingdom some unsolicited advice about its use of “unsightly windmills” to generate clean energy. The president has been fixated on wind turbines ever since they ruined the view, in his opinion, from his golf course in Aberdeen, Scotland. The British government—which recently established a new trade framework with the United States—should instead embrace the aesthetics of offshore oil rigs and tankers, he wrote Friday in a social media post.
Judge Deals Major Blow to Donald Trump’s Plot to Mass-Fire Federal Employees

2 weeks ago | thedailybeast.com | Janna Brancolini

A federal judge has issued a scathing order requiring President Donald Trump’s administration to put a hold on its plans to fire tens of thousands of federal employees while the mass layoffs are challenged in court. Judge Susan Illston had previously ordered the administration not to fire employees or close offices at 22 federal agencies for two weeks while she heard preliminary evidence in the case. On Thursday, she granted an injunction extending that pause until she issues a final ruling.
Lincoln’s Blood-Stained Gloves Sell For Eye-Watering Amount at Auction

2 weeks ago | thedailybeast.com | Janna Brancolini

A pair of blood-stained gloves that were in Abraham Lincoln’s pocket the night he was assassinated have been sold at auction for $1.52 million, while a handkerchief he had that night went for $826,000. The grim artifacts were part of an auction held Wednesday at Freeman’s/Hindman in Chicago to pay off debts incurred nearly 20 years ago by the Lincoln Presidential Foundation in Springfield, Illinois.