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During a panel Monday, Oliver brought up an allegation made against the actor that he had groped a 17-year-old girl while on the set of a 1985 film.
Congress Can Restore Service Members’ and Veterans’ Rights
Department of Defense
In October, in a 50-50 tie vote broken by Vice President Mike Pence, Congress passed a resolution that stripped service members and veterans of their right to band together in court when companies violate the law and harm thousands or millions of people. Congress has a chance to right that wrong this week. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s arbitration rule repealed by Congress would have stopped Wall Street banks, giant credit bureaus like Equifax and predatory lenders from putting fine print clauses in their contracts that strip people of their right to join together in court.
Our organizations—Student Veterans of America and the Union Veterans Council—strongly opposed this resolution, along with the American Legion, the Military Coalition and 29 military and veterans groups. We warned senators that a vote against the arbitration rule was a vote against our military and veterans. After the bill narrowly passed both houses, the American Legion and the Union Veterans Council took the extraordinary step of calling on President Donald...
Working Families Reject GOP Tax Bill
AFL-CIO
Well after most of America went to bed on Friday, Senate Republicans passed a terrible tax bill that will have devastating effects on working families. In response to the Senate vote, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka said:
The GOP tax bill that passed the Senate by one vote is nothing but an attack on America’s workers. We will pay more, corporations and billionaires will pay less. It’s a job killer. It gives billions of tax giveaways to big corporations that outsource jobs and profits.
President Trump said that he wanted to lower taxes for everyone as a Christmas gift to America, but this bill is simply a lump of coal to working families across the country. The only real gift is the major tax giveaways to Wall Street, big corporations and the super-rich, when what our country needs is investment in our schools and infrastructures that create jobs.
Other advocates for working families spoke out against the legislation. Here are some key excerpts:
Sandra Karas, treasurer of Actors’ Equity (AEA):
Senate Republicans, like their House colleagues, have...
Reza Zarrab reportedly wanted to know what fortune tellers thought about the case and whether he could move to Dubai if he cooperated.
Turkish prosecutors also want to seize the assets of Reza Zarrab, a wealthy gold trader who linked President Recep Erdogan to a sanction-busting scheme.
Former New York Mayor Giuliani and former U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey tried to help win his freedom from U.S. custody, says Reza Zarrab.
The so-called Thomas Fire has already forced 27,000 people to evacuate their homes as the blaze exploded from 10,000 acres overnight Monday, officials said.
A new study concludes that the massive loss of ice in the Arctic could alter climate in the subtropics and, in turn, block rain systems headed to California.
A new study concludes that the massive loss of ice in the Arctic could alter climate in the subtropics and, in turn, block rain systems headed to California.
Bush told Stephen Colbert Monday that he's speaking out about the 2005 "Access Hollywood" tape because Trump's reported denial was "reopening wounds" for his accusers.
