Archive for December 8th, 2019:

Why moderates are holding back on impeachment

Date: Dec 08 2019
WASHINGTON — Like many of the 31 Democrats from districts President Donald Trump won in 2016, freshman Rep. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., is feeling the squeeze of impeachment.Read more... Read More »

LSU throttles Georgia in SEC championship game, stakes claim to No. 1 playoff seed

Date: Dec 08 2019
At an SEC championship game that was a game in name only, LSU annihilated No. 4 Georgia 37-10 in a performance that was part domination, part audition. Seeded No. 2 in the College Football Playoff rankings coming into the game, ...Read More »

The U.S. economy just gave Trump leverage

Date: Dec 08 2019
November’s blockbuster jobs report, with 266,000 jobs added and unemployment ticking down to 3.5%, may be just what President Trump needs to drive a hard bargain with China ahead of the Dec. 15 tariff deadline.Read more... Read More »

NYC Ballet casts first black Marie in ‘The Nutcracker’

Date: Dec 08 2019
NEW YORK — The New York City Ballet’s production of “The Nutcracker” has cast a black dancer to play Marie for the first time.Read more... Read More »

Judge blocks Trump’s favorite construction company from building private border wall

Date: Dec 08 2019
A federal judge in McAllen, Texas, has temporarily blocked a plan for a construction firm favored by President Trump to build a privately-funded segment of border wall along the banks of the Rio Grande River.Read more... Read More »