| Bernie Sanders keeps promise made in private to Sandra Bland’s mother Posted: |
| Palestinians torch Jewish shrine, new protests erupt Posted: 16 Oct 2015 10:24 AM PDT  Palestinians torched a site revered by Jews in the West Bank in an incident that threatened to further inflame two weeks of deadly unrest, as fresh protests erupted Friday. Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas, under pressure over recent comments that some have labelled incitement, quickly condemned the fire at Joseph's Tomb, in the northern city of Nablus. The arson came as Palestinians called for a "Friday of revolution" against Israel, and police barred men under 40 from attending the main weekly prayers at the flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque, seeking to keep young protesters away.
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| Top Biden aide hints 2016 decision coming soon Posted:  A close adviser tells former staffers that Biden will need help from all of them if he runs.
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| New York's jails still plagued by violence, city official says Posted: 16 Oct 2015 09:16 AM PDT  The number of assaults by inmates on guards in the city's jails rose 46 percent and use-of-force incidents by uniformed personnel increased 27 percent in fiscal year 2015, which ended June 30, compared to the prior year, the report released on Friday by city Comptroller Scott Stringer showed. Mayor Bill de Blasio's administration has made reforming the city's jails a priority in response to widespread allegations of violence at Rikers Island, one of the country's biggest jail complexes, which houses the vast majority of the city's inmates. "This is the second year in a row that we have seen an escalation of disturbing trends," Stringer said in a statement.
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| United Airlines CEO suffered heart attack: WSJ Posted: 16 Oct 2015 10:50 AM PDT The company's board is waiting to hear from doctors and Munoz's family about the heart attack's severity before deciding if an interim leader is necessary, the report said. United confirmed in a statement that Munoz, 56, had been hospitalized on Thursday but did not provide further details about his condition. The Wall Street Journal cited an "informed individual" as saying the heart attack may have been mild and that Munoz could be back at work in two weeks. |
| Democrat raps Benghazi panel on Clinton aide questioning Posted: 16 Oct 2015 11:00 AM PDT  By Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Turmoil swirled again on Friday around the Republican-controlled Benghazi committee in the U.S. House of Representatives as it began questioning a senior aide to Hillary Clinton. Huma Abedin, a close confidante for years of the Democratic presidential campaign front-runner, in the morning entered a closed-door interview of undetermined duration with the panel. After she went in, Democratic Representative and panel member Elijah Cummings came out and said summoning Abedin raised the question of whether the panel is "a taxpayer funded effort to derail the (presidential) candidacy of Hillary Clinton." He said Abedin, who is the vice-chairwoman of Clinton's campaign, had no responsibilities related to the tragedy the committee was set up to investigate.
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| Trump, Carson threaten to boycott next debate Posted:  The candidates want CNBC and the RNC to shorten the Oct. 28 event.
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| Daily fantasy sports sites ordered to shut down in Nevada Posted: 15 Oct 2015 09:17 PM PDT  LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada regulators ordered daily fantasy sports sites like DraftKings and FanDuel to shut down Thursday, saying the hard-to-miss sites that have flooded the marketplace with TV and Internet ads cannot operate in the state without a gambling license.
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| Could Rubio’s crossover message save the GOP? Posted: |
| US budget deficit falls to 8-year low in 2015 Posted: 15 Oct 2015 01:03 PM PDT  The US government's budget deficit fell to an eight-year low in fiscal 2015, dropping to $439 billion, the Treasury Department announced Thursday. The cut in the finance gap -- which was $1.4 trillion in 2009 -- brought the deficit down to 2.5 percent of gross domestic product, the lowest level since 2007. The achievement marked a long effort by the administration of President Barack Obama to pare back the budget shortfall after it soared when the economy plunged into crisis in 2008.
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| Why US Troops Are Staying Longer in Afghanistan Posted: 15 Oct 2015 03:54 PM PDT  The announcement that thousands of U.S. troops will remain in Afghanistan longer than planned marks a major reversal of President Obama's goal to end both this war, as well as the war in Iraq, during his time in office. The president formally announced the policy change at the White House this morning alongside Vice President Joe Biden, Secretary of Defense Ash Carter and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Joseph Dunford. The decision comes as the situation in Afghanistan continues to deteriorate, highlighted by the Taliban's takeover of the city of Kunduz last month.
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