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Opinion: I asked several people well past retirement age why they keep working. Here’s what they told me
It’s no exaggeration to say that Dr. Howard Tucker has worked in medicine for a lifetime. The average life expectancy for men in the US is ; Tucker has been a physician for 77. In July, he’ll turn 102. Tucker, a neurologist who started practicing medicine in 1947, teaches medical students in Ohio. The Guiness Book of World Records has recognized him as the “Oldest Practicing Doctor.” Tucker is also a notable example of a growing phenomenon: Americans eschewing retirement and working later in life.
Opinion: I asked several people well past retirement age why they keep working. Here’s what they told me Original
It’s no exaggeration to say that Dr. Howard Tucker has worked in medicine for a lifetime. The average life expectancy for men in the US is 73 years; Tucker has been a physician for 77. In July, he’ll turn 102. Tucker, a neurologist who started practicing medicine in 1947, teaches medical students in Ohio.
Opinion: Nikki Haley’s ‘SNL’ cameo raises questions about Trump we should all be asking
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Opinion: Nikki Haley’s ‘SNL’ cameo raises questions about Trump we should all be asking
Editor’s Note: Dean Obeidallah, a former attorney, is the host of SiriusXM radio’s daily program “The Dean Obeidallah Show.” Follow him on Threads. The opinions expressed in this commentary are his own. Read more opinion at CNN. Haley’s questions had to do with the refusal by the real-life former president — not the actor who plays him brilliantly on the comedy skit show — to debate her.
Opinion: The Supreme Court could make a Trump victory virtually impossible
Editor’s Note: David Mark is a political journalist, author and public speaker. He is the author of “Going Dirty: The Art of Negative Campaigning” and co-author of “Dog Whistles, Walk-Backs, and Washington Handshakes: Decoding the Jargon Slang and Bluster of American Political Speech.” The views expressed in this commentary are his own. Read more opinion at CNN. The 2024 presidential race is likely to come down to a handful of key swing states.
Biden administration privately warned by American diplomats of growing fury against US in Arab world | CNN Politics Original
CNN — The Biden administration has received stark warnings from American diplomats in the Arab world that its strong support for Israel’s destructive and deadly military campaign in Gaza “is losing us Arab publics for a generation,” according to a diplomatic cable obtained by CNN.
Opinion: Why Biden supports Israel so wholeheartedly Original
Editor’s Note: Frida Ghitis, a former CNN producer and correspondent, is a world affairs columnist. She is a weekly opinion contributor to CNN, a contributing columnist to The Washington Post and a columnist for World Politics Review. The views expressed in this commentary are her own. View more opinion on CNN.
Opinion: King Charles expresses regret for slavery and colonialism, but where’s his apology? Original
Editor’s note: Keith Magee is senior fellow and visiting professor in cultural justice at University College London Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose. He is the author of “Prophetic Justice: Essays and Reflections on Race, Religion and Politics.” The views expressed in this commentary are his own. Read more opinion on CNN.
Opinion: I’m an American stranded in Gaza. Why isn’t the US doing more to bring us home?
CNN — As a family, we’ve decided we would live together or die together.” Abood Okal We call every single day, not missing even a single day … All they tell us is, ‘The situation is dynamic. Stay as safe as you can.
Opinion: I’m an American stranded in Gaza. Why isn’t the US doing more to bring us home?
By Stephanie Griffith, CNN (CNN) — Editor’s note: Abood Okal, who spent part of his childhood in Gaza, lives in Massachusetts. The views in this commentary are his own. Read more opinion at CNN. It started out as a family vacation. Abood Okal, 36, traveled to Gaza in late September with his wife Wafa Abuzayda and their 1-year-old son Yousef to visit relatives they hadn’t seen in years.
After the Pittsburgh shooting 5 years ago, my community was shattered. Then something unexpected happened
CNN — • Ilan Troen: My mother watched her mother die in a pogrom. I was on the phone with my daughter when she was killed in one, too. • Yasmine Mohammed: Many Palestinians in Gaza hate Hamas. • Gal Katz: ‘I’m going to funeral after funeral.’ The music festival survivor who hid in an orange grove for 6 hours. • Yuli Ben Ami: The last text I got from my dad was, ‘They are in the safe room. They caught us.’ • Omar Ghraieb: In Gaza, we have nowhere to run.
‘I'm a black NAZI!': GOP nominee for North Carolina governor made dozens of disturbing comments on porn forum
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As Businesses Reopen, a Salon Owner Finds Herself ‘On the Front Line’ of COVID-19
With the COVID-19 pandemic still raging, Lauren Reyes is more than a little apprehensive about reopening her hair salon, located in an Atlanta shopping mall. But she said Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp’s (R) April 20 decision to allow some nonessential businesses in the state to reopen leaves her no choice. “If we choose to stay closed for the sake of our health and our families’ health, we risk losing our clientele.
Dreamers Help Keep the Country Running During the Coronavirus Pandemic
Since 2012, some 825,000 undocumented young adults who came to the United States as children have received permission to remain in the country and work lawfully under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) initiative. In 2017, the Trump administration took steps to end DACA, triggering a number of legal actions that, so far, have delayed the effect of this decision on current recipients.
They Can Help Fight Coronavirus. Trump Wants to Deport Them.
The huge spike in coronavirus cases across the United States has hospitals struggling to remain fully staffed.A looming national doctor shortage appears imminent, and it’s never been clearer just how important America’s frontline medical workers are. Many of them may not be able to work here much longer.
Evangelical Christians’ message to Abbott: Texas is not full
By Stephanie Griffith Friday Jan 31, 2020 at 5:49 PM Gov. Greg Abbott has made Texas the first, and so far only state to announce that it would block new refugee arrivals. Abbott said on January 10 that he will no longer allow people fleeing war and persecution abroad to seek refuge in Texas. President Donald Trump last September issued an ill-advised executive order requiring state and local governments to explicitly approve refugee relocations to their communities.
Trump's rollback of environmental protections will cost us
Stephanie Griffith, a Washington-based journalist, is a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress. The opinions expressed in this commentary are those of the author. Read more opinion on CNN. (CNN)A lot of harm has been done in the name of development.
Federal funding needed to thwart attacks on 2020 elections, state officials say
State election officials are sounding what is becoming an increasingly dire warning about the integrity of the voting process heading into the 2020 election, pleading for federal funds to help secure next year’s balloting against cyberattacks.
‘Hair discrimination’ is now a thing of the past in California
Employers in California no longer will be allowed to reject job candidates because they dislike their curls, coils, kinks or locks, after the governor signed a first-of-its-kind bill outlawing hair discrimination. The new measure, signed Wednesday by Gov. Gavin Newsom (D), bans discrimination against a job candidate or school applicant for wearing natural hairstyles. “There’s a human element to this.
Just one Republican Congress member called for Trump’s impeachment. Now he has quit the party
Stephanie Griffith Twitter Jul 4, 2019, 10:53 am CREDIT: Bill Pugliano/Getty Images The roll call of former and current Republican officials who have fled the party — or effectively been drummed out of it — after criticizing President Donald Trump is long and growing. Republicans who broke with the president include some of the party’s leading luminaries — several members of the Bush family, the McCains, and anti-Trump pundits like New York Times columnist David Brooks.
Democrats split on condemning Biden’s remarks about despised segregationist
Stephanie Griffith Twitter Jun 20, 2019, 6:41 pm Former Vice President Joe Biden responded to women who have come forward and said Biden touched them in a way that made them uncomfortable in a video shared on Twitter Wednesday.
Trump caved to Republican pressure on Mexico tariff threat: Democratic lawmaker
President Donald Trump took a victory lap this weekend for an 11th hour Mexico trade and immigration deal that narrowly averted the imposition of tariffs by Washington on its southern neighbor. But as a senior Democratic lawmaker explained on Sunday, rather than bending Mexico to his will, the agreement ultimately amounted to a cave-in by the president to his fellow GOP lawmakers, who over the past few several days have objected strenuously to the proposed tariffs.
Field of possible GOP challengers shrinks, as Maryland’s Larry Hogan rules out bid against Trump
Stephanie Griffith Twitter Jun 1, 2019, 7:09 pm Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan in March, 2018 CREDIT: Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call/Getty Images There is a dwindling number of undeclared politicians waiting in the wings who might yet mount a bid to challenge President Donald Trump in 2020. Among Democrats, Stacey Abrams, is said to still be mulling a run.
Melania’s spokeswoman: Donald Trump’s bullying has nothing to do with ‘Be Best’
Stephanie Griffith Twitter Mar 2, 2019, 4:18 pm US First Lady Melania Trump tours the Egyptian pyramids and Sphinx in Giza, Egypt in October, 2018 during the Egypt leg of her "Be Best" tour. CREDIT: SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images Melania Trump’s spokeswoman defended the first lady’s “Be Best” program from the often-heard criticism that the anti-bullying effort would be better directed at her combative husband.
90 Democrats, one lone Republican sign onto a bill giving back pay to contract workers
Darshea Browne finally returned to patrolling the halls of the Smithsonian Natural History Museum last week, after the federal shutdown forced her and her fellow security guards off the job in December. Browne, who lives in Washington, D.C., lost five weeks’ wages — nearly 10 percent of her annual income — and has no idea if she’ll ever see that money.
Trump’s scandal-plagued administration gets a congressional committee all to itself
Stephanie Griffith Twitter Jan 12, 2019, 2:26 pm Congressman Eliot Engel, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee flanked by Democratic congressman Eric Swalwell. (Photo by Zach Gibson/Getty Images) There are scandal-plagued presidencies and then there is the Trump administration, with a record of alleged corruption and malfeasance so long that it simply would not do to have random administration officials appearing before congressional panels every now and again.
Amid swirling Trump scandals, Cummings backs rules change to allow indictment of a sitting president
Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD), the Democrat who takes over chairmanship of the House Oversight Committee next month, called Sunday for the overhaul of legal guidelines that currently protect presidents from criminal prosecution. “I think we should always reconsider laws and regulations, and this is one we definitely should reconsider,” Cummings told CNN’s State of the Union.
Neil deGrasse Tyson dismisses ‘sad’ rape accuser, says he welcomes sex misconduct probe
Celebrity astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson said the “sad” woman who has accused him of rape suffers from “false memories,” and said he welcomes the investigation into the newest sex abuse allegations against him. Tyson, one of a long line of powerful men to be accused of misusing his celebrity and authority to sexually abuse of women, issued a lengthy statement overnight answering past rape charges as well as new sexual misconduct allegations that were raised last week.
The Trump administration’s radical plan to regulate away trans identity
The New York Times reported on Sunday that the Trump administration is considering narrowly defining gender as a biological and immutable condition determined at birth – its most draconian assault yet on federal civil rights and protections for transgender people.
Trump says his attacks on accuser Ford made the difference in getting Kavanaugh confirmed
Donald Trump credited his blistering attacks last week against Christine Blasey Ford for getting his Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh confirmed by the U.S. Senate. Trump said mocking comments he made about Ford’s memory lapses in recounting an alleged sexual assault by Kavanaugh turned the tide for the nomination. He made his remarks on the Justice with Judge Jeanine program on Fox News late Saturday.
Melania Trump doesn’t really care what U think about her offensive African safari outfit
Melania Trump wraps up her first solo overseas trip this weekend, although no one seems to really be able to explain the point of the tour — or why she chose Africa for her first international trip without the president. The first lady departed on Monday for a four-nation swing through the continent, with stops in Malawi, Egypt, Ghana, and Kenya.
Top House Democrat vows to investigate perjury, sexual assault allegations against Kavanaugh
The top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee says he will investigate alleged perjury and sexual misconduct by Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, and slammed a “whitewash” probe completed by the FBI earlier this week. The New York Times reported that Rep.
White House denies limiting FBI probe into Supreme Court pick Kavenaugh
The White House denied reports that it is placing restrictions on the FBI investigation of President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court pick Brett Kavanaugh. “The scope and the duration has been set by the Senate,” White House spokesman Raj Shah told CBS News late Saturday. “The White House is letting the FBI agents do what they are trained to do,” CBS News correspondent Fin Gomez tweeted, quoting Shah.
With #WhyIDidntReport, women lay bare their anguish, anger over Kavanaugh nomination
As with the #MeToo movement, women are laying bare their souls as controversy intensifies surrounding Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanagh and Christine Blasey Ford, the woman accusing him of attempting to rape her when both were teenagers more than three decades ago. It is a drama with an uncertain ending: Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA) has shown he is intent on ramming Kavanaugh’s nomination through.
Senior GOP aide working on Kavanaugh nomination forced out over sexual harassment allegations
A senior Republican aide tasked with helping craft the Senate Judiciary Committee’s media response to attempted rape allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh has been forced to resign amid reports that he was fired from an earlier job over sexual harassment allegations.
John McCain, longtime senator and Trump antagonist, dies of brain cancer
Relatives for US Senator John McCain, 81, the Republican stalwart from Arizona, announced on Friday that he would no longer be receiving treatment for terminal brain cancer. Late Saturday, he succumbed to his illness. Family and friends had gathered to be near him in his final hours as tributes poured in from both Republicans and Democrats for McCain, who in 2008 was his party’s presidential nominee.
No escape for Trump as protesters gather near his Scottish golf resort
Donald Trump planned an entire trip to Britain without putting London on his agenda, in hopes of evading demonstrators — like the tens of thousands of protesters who clogged the streets of the British capital on Friday. He might have known that avoiding the legions of folks across the pond who detest everything he stands for wouldn’t be quite that easy.
Private companies are making millions from detaining immigrant kids taken from their parents
Private companies are being paid millions of dollars in lucrative federal government contracts to provide housing and other services for undocumented immigrant children – including the thousands of recently arrived youngsters separated from their relatives at the U.S. border, Yahoo News reported this week. After reviewing publicly available contracts, Yahoo found 10 different contracts totaling approximately $92 million, awarded to five different vendors starting in September 2017.
Trump, Kim Jong Un in Singapore for talks on North Korea nuclear program
President Trump arrived in Singapore Sunday for a historic summit with his former nemesis Kim Jong Un, one day after torpedoing trade talks with some of America’s staunchest allies at the G7 summit in Canada. Trump arrived two days ahead of Tuesday’s meeting with the North Korean leader whom he had once threatened to annihilate with “fire and fury.” Kim and his entourage also arrived in Singapore Sunday.
California bans state travel to Oklahoma over its anti-gay adoption law
California workers on state business will be barred from traveling to Oklahoma, which has been added to the state’s no-go list after enacting a bill last month allowing adoption agencies to discriminate against same-sex parents, the Los Angeles Times reported. California’s legislature passed a law last year barring state-funded travel to states that allow discrimination based on sexual or gender orientation.
NBA star Russell Westbrook gives an assist to striking Oklahoma teachers
Russell Westbrook became the latest sports star to lend a bit of his luster to a worthy cause — in this case, voicing support for striking teachers in Oklahoma who on Monday mark their second week out of the classroom. Teachers in Oklahoma stopped working last Monday to press their demands for higher pay and better working conditions.
Democrats turn up the heat on Carl Icahn
Democrats in Congress are demanding answers from Carl Icahn over his recent sale of steel-related securities just days before President Donald Trump announced hefty new tariffs on steel imports — a well-timed stock dump lawmakers say might have been illegal. Icahn sold more than $30 million in steel-related stock, crane manufacturer Montiwoc, several days before Trump’s announcement last week on tariffs, after which Montiwoc’s stock plummeted.
GOP Congressman says fixing gun background checks is like ‘putting lipstick on a pig’
A Republican Congressman scoffed on Sunday at proposals popular with Americans that would strengthen background check system for purchasing guns, calling such moves little more than “putting lipstick on a pig.” Representative Tom Massie (R-KY) seemed to suggest that the entire background check system was pointless. “I wish that background checks stopped criminals or stopped school shootings but they don’t. They failed in Texas with the church shooting.
Buffett says his company received massive $29 billion windfall from Trump’s tax bill
Billionaire businessman Warren Buffett said his Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. posted a massive $65 billion profit last year, almost half of which came thanks to President Donald Trump’s tax overhaul, which heavily favored rich corporate giants over middle class taxpayers. Buffett said in his annual letter to company shareholders Saturday that Berkshire’s value rose 23% in 2017, its best showing in some two decades.
The demise of hitchBOT: 'Bad things happen to good robots'
This undated photo courtesy of hitchBOT shows hitchBOT posing with the US flag at Niagra Falls (AFP Photo/) Washington (AFP) - HitchBOT -- the adorable hitch-hiking robot pieced together from household odds-and-ends -- ended its travels across America early, after being destroyed by vandals and left on the side of a road, its creators said.
Trump dismisses 'fabricated' report of son-in-law's outreach to Russia
A White House in crisis scrambled to allay public concern over reports that Donald Trump's son-in-law sought a secret communications link to Russia -- a bombshell allegation the U.S. president swatted down as "fabricated." Returning late Saturday from his first foreign trip as president, Trump geared up to combat concerns over advisers' ties to Russia, including explosive reports about Jared Kushner, his indispensable aide-de-camp.
Trump dismisses 'fabricated' report of son-in-law's outreach to Russia
Explosive reports about Jared Kushner's alleged proposal to create a secret communications channel with Moscow raised the White House's Russia scandal to a new level (AFP Photo/Brendan Smialowski) Washington (AFP) - A White House in crisis scrambled to allay public concern over reports that Donald Trump's son-in-law sought a secret communications link to Russia -- a bombshell allegation the US president swatted down as "fabricated." Returning late Saturday from his first foreign trip as...
Trump dismisses 'fabricated' report of son-in-law's outreach to Russia
Explosive reports about Jared Kushner's alleged proposal to create a secret communications channel with Moscow raised the White House's Russia scandal to a new level A White House in crisis scrambled to allay public concern over reports that Donald Trump's son-in-law sought a secret communications link to Russia -- a bombshell allegation the US president swatted down as "fabricated." Returning late Saturday from his first foreign trip as president, Trump geared up to combat concerns over...
White House shaken as Russia probe pierces Trump's inner circle
White House special advisor Jared Kushner, son-in-law of President Donald Trump, boasts an enormous portfolio of domestic and international responsibilities despite having no experience in politics before the 2016 campaign (AFP Photo/Thomas COEX) Washington (AFP) - The probe into Russia's role in the US election pierced the innermost circle of the White House Saturday, with reports that Donald Trump's son-in-law sought a secret communications line with Moscow -- the most damning allegation...
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