The oil and gas industry is quickly amassing power in Trump's ...
After eight years of being banished and sometimes vilified by the Obama administration, the fossil fuel industry is enjoying a remarkable resurgence as its executives and lobbyists shape President-elect Donald Trump’s policy agenda and staff his administration. The oil, gas and coal industries are amassing power throughout Washington — from Foggy Bottom, where ExxonMobil chief executive Rex Tillerson is Trump’s nominee to be secretary of state, to domestic regulatory agencies including the depa..>> view originalYahoo says 1 billion user accounts were hacked
Yahoo said 1 billion users had their information hacked by an unauthorized third party in August 2013. (Reuters) Yahoo said Wednesday that more than 1 billion user accounts — meaning most of the Internet giant’s customers worldwide — were hacked in 2013, leading to the release of user names, telephone numbers, dates of birth and other personal information. News of the hack, coming after the announcement in September of a separate hack affecting 500 million accounts, means that Yahoo has ..>> view originalNBA, players' association reach agreement on new CBA
The NBA’s new collective bargaining agreement ensures labor peace for LeBron James and Co. for at least the next six years. (Tony Dejak/Associated Press) The NBA and its players’ association reached a tentative deal on a new collective bargaining agreement Wednesday night, a seven-year pact that capped months of negotiations. The agreement includes an opt-out clause for both sides after six years, according to league sources. The deal was announced in a joint statement by the league and t..>> view originalThe biggest names in tech just made nice with Trump
President-elect Donald Trump held a meeting with several key Silicon Valley leaders December 14. Here's what we know about that meeting. (Jhaan Elker/The Washington Post) NEW YORK CITY — A dozen or so technology executives filed into a conference room on the 25th floor of Trump Tower on Wednesday wearing suits not usually seen in Silicon Valley. Their combined net worth — at least $136 billion — was gilded even for the likes of Trump Tower. After months of acrimony that at times felt pers..>> view originalMoscow has the world's attention. For Putin, that's a win.
MOSCOW — President Vladimir Putin is winning. For now. The Russian leader is winning because the post-Cold War order he has railed against has been thrown into chaos, and the Kremlin’s fingerprints are widely seen to be all over it. A year ago, Russia faced a united Europe, an expanded NATO alliance, a paucity of geopolitical allies and the possibility of four more years of poor relations with the United States under a Hillary Clinton presidency. Today, Putin’s military contingent in Syria ..>> view originalEveryone forwarded this viral Santa story. But it might not be true.
It was the feel-good story of the Christmas season about a feel-bad situation. It was so feel-good, in fact, that it may have been too good to check. The Knoxville News Sentinel said Wednesday it could not verify a columnist’s account of a Tennessee man who plays Santa Claus and his encounter with a child as he died in his arms. The sentimental story, published earlier this week, quickly went viral, turning a global spotlight on the man, Eric Schmitt-Matzen, who has played Santa Claus for nine ..>> view originalFederal Reserve raises interest rates for second time in a decade
An interest rate hike will affect anyone with a home mortgage, car loan, savings account or money in the stock market. Here's what it means for your wallet. (Daron Taylor/The Washington Post) The Federal Reserve raised its benchmark interest rate on Wednesday for the first time in a year and signaled that rates could continue to rise next year more quickly than officials had expected. The increase was unanimous and modest, raising the Fed’s key interest rate by a quarter point, from a ran..>> view originalUpdate: Feds say it's 'premature' to judge lease for Trump's DC hotel
The 11th Street entrance to Donald Trump’s D.C. hotel, which is in a building owned by the federal government. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) This story has been updated. Federal officials overseeing Donald Trump’s lease for his D.C. hotel said it’s too early to determine whether the president-elect will violate a clause in the deal before he enters office Jan. 20. Officials from the General Services Administration, which oversees federal real estate, said the agency “does not have a p..>> view originalWinter to the extreme: Two polar vortex invasions and major storm to ...
[Polar plunge: Snow shower risk tonight, then single digit wind chills through Friday in D.C.] November was abnormally mild in the United States, and snow was nowhere to be found. But winter has come on with a vengeance in December’s second week. Two pieces of the polar vortex have broken away from the Arctic region and will swirl through Canada, drawing frigid air into the Lower 48. The first pool of bitter cold air has already plunged into the Upper Midwest and will reach the Mid-Atlantic ..>> view originalCDC issues Zika travel guidance for Texas border city
Aedes aegypti mosquitoes are the primary way the Zika virus is spread. (Ricardo Mazalan/AP) Federal health officials on Wednesday urged pregnant women to consider postponing travel to Brownsville, Tex., because of five local cases of Zika virus infection that have been reported. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention sent an advisory to clinicians in its health alert network saying that the CDC is designating Brownsville, on the border with Mexico, a Zika cautionary area for testing..>> view original
Sunday, April 2, 2017
The oil and gas industry is quickly amassing power in Trump's ... and other top stories.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment