Kanye West’s meeting with Trump provokes scorn, sadness, support
Rapper Kanye West’s televised meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump in the Oval Office became the top trending topic on Twitter on Thursday, prompting a range of reaction from concern over the singer’s mental health, to jokes, memes and political co…
U.S. senators asks Google to explain delay in disclosing vulnerability
Three influential Republican U.S. senators on Thursday asked Alphabet Inc’s Google unit to explain why it delayed disclosing vulnerabilities with its Google+ social network.
Kanye West defends support for Trump, in front of Trump
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Senate confirms Dreiband to lead Justice Department’s civil rights division
The United States Senate voted 50-47 on Thursday to confirm Eric Dreiband as the new assistant attorney general for the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division.
Trump lunches with Kanye West, will talk justice reform
President Donald Trump and rapper Kanye West were sitting down for lunch at the White House on Thursday to discuss prison reform as Trump seeks to use his celebrity roots to political advantage.
Senators asks Google to explain delay in disclosing vulnerability
Three influential Republican U.S. senators on Thursday asked Alphabet Inc’s Google unit to explain why it delayed disclosing vulnerabilities with its Google+ social network.
Trump praises Kanye West, will talk justice reform at lunch
President Donald Trump said the criminal justice system was unfair to African-Americans and he would discuss remedies on Thursday with musician Kanye West and former football player Jim Brown.
Hollywood rewrites its script to resist Trump in midterms
On a recent Thursday night, more than 100 people in Hollywood turned their attention to politics. They mingled with Stormy Daniels’ lawyer Michael Avenatti inside a hip piano bar lighted by a sign that screamed “OMG WTF.”
Justice Kavanaugh unlikely to heed calls for recusal
Justice Brett Kavanaugh is unlikely to heed calls by critics to step aside from certain politically charged U.S. Supreme Court cases in which his fairness and independence might be questioned after a divisive confirmation fight, according to legal expe…
Pompeo says release of American pastor by Turkish court would be right thing to do
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday that the release of U.S. evangelical pastor Andrew Brunson by a Turkish court at his next hearing on Friday would be an important step and the right thing for Turkey to do.
