An inside peek at the erotic New Year’s Eve ‘Illuminati Ball’…
December 30, 2018
Attendees, who are shelling out $200 to $400 per ticket, are coming “from all over the world — Amsterdam, Germany, Australia,” said von Buhler, 54. “We have people flying in just for this.”
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At the Dec. 31 bash, there will be a human “cake” — with a model’s face, hands and feet sticking out of a body-shaped dessert — and a swimming mermaid in a tank. Von Buhler plans to create her own version of the New Year’s Eve ball drop: acrobats descending from the bank’s famed stained-glass dome.PG&E Could Face Murder Charges If Found Responsible for Causing Deadly Wildfires in NorCal: Attorney General…
December 30, 2018
According to the brief, potential charges range from minor misdemeanors related to clearing vegetation around power lines up to "homicide offenses like implied-malice murder and involuntary manslaughter."
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In the blaze's aftermath, PG&E reported "an outage" on a transmission line in the area where the blaze began, about 15 minutes before it started. The company also reported finding power equipment and a downed power pole riddled with bullet holes and a downed line with tree branches on it.Trump personally intervened to pay Coast Guard in shutdown…
December 30, 2018
Concerned about U.S. Coast Guard forces losing a paycheck in the partial government shutdown, President Trump personally urged his team to find a solution that would allow the administration to make this week’s $75 million payroll, according to officials.
Doctor Reportedly Exposed to Ebola in Africa Brought to U.S. Hospital…
December 30, 2018
The physician, who is not identified for privacy reasons, was privately flown to Omaha, Nebraska, on Saturday afternoon and transported to University of Nebraska Medical Center, officials with the medical center announced Saturday.
Although the physician had been exposed to Ebola, officials say the doctor is not showing symptoms of the virus and will be monitored in a secure facility for up to two weeks.
52% back Trump on Syria, Afghanistan troop reductions…
December 30, 2018
Fifty-two percent of respondents said they back the moves in Syria and Afghanistan, which came as a surprise to the president’s own national security advisers when it was announced last week. By contrast, 48 percent said they oppose the troop withdrawals and reductions, the poll found.
Trump announced he would completely remove the approximately 2,000 troops in Syria battling the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), while he said he would cut in half the roughly 14,000 U.S. forces in Afghanistan.
House GOP probe into FBI, DOJ comes to an end…
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December 30, 2018
The joint probe — led by the House Oversight and Government Reform and Judiciary committees — sought to investigate what Republicans allege was bias against President Trump by the top brass at the two agencies during the heated presidential race.
Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) made the announcement just days before Democrats are poised to take hold of the committee gavels in the House. He did so by notifying the top leaders of the FBI and DOJ — acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker and FBI Director Christopher Wray — that the probe has concluded, and by releasing a set of key findings and observations from the investigation.
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One of Goodlatte’s main takeaways from the probe matched the accusations Republicans have leveled throughout the investigation: The FBI and Justice Department treated Trump unfairly.