AP WASHINGTON (AP) — In an unprecedented move, the Pentagon is trying to transfer convicted national security leaker Pvt. Chelsea Manning to a civilian prison so she can get treatment for her gender disorder, defense officials said. Manning, formerly named Bradley, was convicted of sending classified documents to anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks. The soldier has asked […]
By Michael Lundin, Claudia Cowan FOX NEWS In competitive job markets like Silicon Valley, companies are doing everything they can to entice the best and brightest — offering freebies that have become the stuff of legend. Employee perks like free food at lavish cafeterias, laundry and even yoga are not unheard of. But the taxman could soon […]
BY BEN WHITE AND MAGGIE HABERMAN POLITICO NEW YORK — The biggest parlor game on Wall Street and in corporate boardrooms these days is guessing whether former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush will run for president and save the GOP’s old establishment base from its rising populist wing. The second most popular game is guessing what happens if Jeb says […]
NBA owner Donald Sterling’s history of racial insensitivity and allegations against him of outright racism had been covered up through the years by his philanthropy to African-American charitable causes, as evidenced by his 2009 and planned 2014 Lifetime Achievement Awards from the LA chapter of the NAACP. That seems to have come to an end […]
Citing safety concerns, federal agents are withdrawing from the Nevada cattle ranch where they had engaged in a week-long showdown with Cliven Bundy, a 67-year-old rancher who claimed the federal government had no right to tax and regulate property his family has owned since 1880. The Bureau of Land Management had dispatcher agents, helicopters and […]
AdvancePierre Foods, an Enid, Okla. establishment, is recalling approximately 8,730 pounds of frozen chicken breast products due to misbranding and undeclared allergens, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today. The products were formulated with milk and soy, which are not declared on the label. The products subject to […]