Senate to vote today on confirmation of Betsy DeVos

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Senate to vote today on confirmation of Betsy DeVos

Washington Post
The Senate is scheduled to vote Tuesday on confirmation of Betsy DeVos as education secretary, with the outcome expected to be the narrowest approval of a Cabinet nominee in the nation’s history.

Appeals court to hear arguments on Trump’s travel ban

CNBC
A demonstrator holds a sign to protest against President Donald Trump’s executive order banning refugees and immigrants from seven primarily Muslim countries during a rally in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, February 4, 2017.

Search continues for spree killer in southern Alabama

WRBL
BALDWIN COUNTY, AL (WKRG) – The urgent search continues for a man suspected in three women’s murders – two in Florida and one in Alabama.

2 Other Times Kellyanne Conway Referenced Bowling Green ‘Massacre’ or ‘Attack’

ABC News
Last week, senior Trump aide Kellyanne Conway came under fire for referencing a Bowling Green “massacre” or “attack” — an incident that never happened — to defend the president’s controversial executive order temporarily halting immigration and

California and President Trump are going to war with each other

Washington Post
President Trump had harsh words for one of his most fervent opponents during the pre-Super Bowl interview with Fox News’s Bill O’Reilly that aired Sunday.

Trump’s Labor Dept. pick admits to employing undocumented worker

CNN
(CNN) Andrew Puzder, President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Labor Department, employed an undocumented immigrant for years, the business magnate said in a statement Monday.

‘A day without a woman’ — Women’s March organizers plan general strike

CNN
Washington (CNN) The organizers of last month’s Women’s March announced Monday their intention to hold a general strike at a date to be determined.

Roadside ‘space capsule’ causes stir on Arizona interstate

Fox News
A space capsule-like item on the side of an Arizona interstate caught the attention of drivers Monday who may have thought astronauts touched down in the desert.

Greitens suggests Purdue model as alternative to raising college tuition

STLtoday.com
Jesse Hall and the columns on the campus of the University of Missouri-Columbia, pictured on July 28, 2010. Photo by Erik M. Lunsford, elunsford@post-dispatch.

Harambe-shaped Cheeto reaches bid of nearly $100K on eBay

NewsOK.com
Bidding for a Cheeto shaped like a gorilla killed last year at a Cincinnati zoo reached nearly $100,000 online Monday afternoon. User valuestampsinc listed a Flamin’ Hot Cheeto for sale on eBay that resembled an orangey, powdery version of Harambe, the …

Rep. Maxine Waters: Trump’s actions ‘leading himself’ to impeachment

CNN
Washington (CNN) Rep. Maxine Waters said Monday that President Donald Trump’s actions are “leading himself” to possible impeachment.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg laments partisanship at Stanford talk

New York Post
STANFORD, Calif. – U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg lamented partisanship in Congress during a talk at Stanford University on Monday and said she hoped it would return to an era when “it was working for the good of the country and not …

Hundreds of current, former EPA employees urge Senate to reject Trump’s nominee for the agency

Washington Post
Nearly 450 former Environmental Protection Agency employees Monday urged Congress to reject President Trump’s nominee to run the agency, Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt, even as current employees in Chicago sent the same message during a …

As meteor lights Midwestern skies, Lisle cop captures ‘giant green-lighted orb’ on dashcam

Chicago Tribune
As a regular on the night shift, Lisle police Officer Jim Dexter is used to seeing the occasional shooting star or lunar eclipse, though mostly he’s a witness to what he called “the odd behavior of animals and humans.

2 men storm Michigan police station to confront cops over traffic stop

Fox News
Two men wearing body armor and carrying firearms and cameras were arrested Sunday at a Michigan police headquarters in a confrontation livestreamed on the internet.

Idaho judge orders no sex for man convicted of rape

Fox News
TWIN FALLS, Idaho – An Idaho judge has ordered a 19-year-old man not to have sex with anyone before he marries as part of his sentencing for statutory rape of a 14-year-old girl.

House passes bill requiring warrants for email searches

The Hill
A bill aimed at modernizing the United States’s aging law covering law enforcement access to emails and other stored files passed the House Monday night.

The Vulgarity and Violence of the Anti-Trump May Be ‘Normalizing’ the President

Fox News
Quick: What do “Tonight Show” host Jimmy Fallon, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, NBC’s “Saturday Night Live,” US Weekly and former President Barack Obama have in common?

UC Berkeley probes staffer after post-protest Web campaign

SFGate
UC Berkeley is looking into allegations that a staff member was involved in an altercation during protests last week over a scheduled appearance by right-wing provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos, campus officials said Monday.

People on Twitter went wild for former president George HW Bush at the Super Bowl

Sports Illustrated
People lost it when former president George H.W. Bush took the field to flip the coin before the Super Bowl. In the former first couple’s first public appearance since both were recently hospitalized for health issues, Bush and his wife Barbara got a

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