President Obama waves as he leaves the Oval Office on Jan. 20, before the start of inaugural festivities for Donald Trump. Some Democrats may think former President Barack Obama has been too quiet since leaving office on Jan. 20 — particularly on the subject of his controversial successor, Donald Trump. In the days since Trump assumed the presidency, an increasingly ardent and even aggressive army of formerly buttoned-up Obama administration alumni — aides, advisers, speechwriters, spokespeople — have taken to their own social media platforms to rail, loudly and publicly, against pretty much every move Trump has made, undaunted by his 23.5 million followers and determined to tweet fire with fire.
A Brooklyn man was arrested Saturday in connection with the killing of a New York female jogger after police used DNA evidence to discover that the suspect was linked to the victim. Police began questioning the person of interest but no charges have been filed so far, media reports said, citing sources. This is the first arrest made in six months in the killing of Karina Vetrano.
By Phil Stewart and Nobuhiro Kubo TOKYO (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis wrapped up a visit to Japan on Saturday reaffirming Washington's commitment to its defense treaty with Tokyo amid concerns about President Donald Trump's approach to the region and the alliance. Mattis reiterated that provocations by North Korea, which is advancing its nuclear weapons and missile programs, as well as China's growing assertiveness in the South and East China Seas, left no room for doubt about U.S. commitment to Japan's defense.
Mourners held a ceremony at Tunisia's main airport on Saturday to receive the body of a Tunisian-born victim of the January 29 attack on a Quebec mosque. Boubaker Thabti was among six men killed when a far right-wing student stormed into a mosque in Quebec City during evening prayers and unleashed a barrage of bullets from a pistol and a semi-automatic rifle. Two Algerian dual nationals, agricultural science lecturer Khaled Belkacemi, 60, and 41-year-old computer programmer Abdelkrim Hassane, also died in the attack.
The founder of the group that advocates for priest abuse victims has stepped down after three decades of campaigning to force the Catholic Church to recognize the extent of the scandal and compensate thousands of people affected. Barbara Blaine, president and founder of the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, said she was abused herself and the organization was created through her efforts to reach out to other victims, the Chicago Tribune reported (http://trib.in/2jMvDzJ ). Blaine did not say why she resigned.
The company said on Tuesday it recalled some smokeless tobacco products after eight consumers complained that they found some sharp metal objects in certain cans. The recall involved certain cans made in the company's Franklin Park, Illinois, facility. "We believe this was a deliberate, malicious act by an individual or individuals familiar with the quality and safety procedures at its Franklin Park, IL facility", Altria said in a e-mailed statement.
A group of New York City subway riders came together to remove Nazi imagery sprawled across a train on Saturday night. Documented in a Facebook post by Gregory Locke, passengers in a Manhattan 1 train pooled resources to remove swastikas and hate speech from the train. According to Locke, swastikas had been drawn in Sharpie across every window and advertisement in the train car.
A mom and dad are naming their newborn after two officers who helped them delivery the baby boy in a parking lot on Thursday in San Diego. Vanessa Prado said she wasn’t expecting the baby for another three weeks but when her water abruptly broke early that morning she decided to head to the hospital. “I was initially like there is no way I am going to have him today,” Prado told InsideEdition.com.
According to Dr. Rebecca Sachs, Carman's behavior might be explained by his Asperger's. the ocean. Reporter: Two members of the Carman family went out to sea. Reporter: That suspicion deepens as we learn that the motherson relationship could be as choppy as the north atlantic.
An Internally displaced Afghan boy looks on as he stands outside his shelter during a snowfall in Kabul, Afghanistan; several hundred people and their dogs take part in a rally against the hunting with dogs in downtown Madrid, Spain; and Britain’s Prince
U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis on Saturday called Iran the "world's biggest state sponsor of terrorism," reiterating National Security Advisor Michael T. Flynn comments on Tehran's alleged support for violent activities aimed at destabilizing the Middle East. Mattis' remarks come a day after President Donald Trump imposed fresh sanctions on Tehran in response to its ballistic missile test late last month. Mattis’ comments were made during a press conference in Tokyo where he also said that as things stand now, there is no plan to increase the number of U.S. forces in the Middle East to counter the growth in Iran’s weapons capabilities.
Washington's new UN envoy Nikki Haley is putting in motion a far-reaching review of UN peacekeeping that is likely to lead to closures and downsizing of missions, according to diplomats. Haley took up her post with a vow to overhaul the United Nations and "do away" with what she termed as "obsolete" activities amid fresh clamor in Washington over US funding for the world body.
The developer of the Dakota Access pipeline will have to present evidence at a hearing to prove the company didn't willfully violate North Dakota rules when it failed to provide details of how it planned to avoid disturbing Native American artifacts during construction, state regulators said. Texas-based Energy Transfer Partners last October diverted construction of the $3.8 billion pipeline around artifacts without running the plan by the Public Service Commission, which oversees pipelines. Commission staffers say that warrants a fine of at least $15,000, even though the artifacts weren't disturbed.
The Los Angeles Sheriff's Department said on Twitter that one of the survivors had only minor injuries, and the other three were taken to a trauma center by helicopter. The five, who were not named in the initial law enforcement postings on Twitter, were hiking in the San Gabriel Mountains northeast of Los Angeles Saturday afternoon when they lost control and fell, the sheriff's Special Enforcement Bureau said.
The posters appeared on the same day that Francis cemented his authority over the Knights by naming a top Vatican archbishop, Angelo Becciu, to be his special delegate to the ancient aristocratic order. Francis gave Becciu, the No. 2 in the Vatican secretariat of state, "all necessary powers" to help lay the groundwork for a new constitution for the order, lead the spiritual renewal of its professed knights and prepare for the election of a new grand master, expected in three months.
Google’s Now Launcher has been a staple of the Google Play Store for years. The email, reportedly sent to Android device manufacturers, explains that the Google Now-esque features of the Now Launcher are being duplicated by the new Search Launcher Services, which device manufacturers can use to make their own launcher with Google Now capabilities.
A Taiwan bus carrying Chinese tourists crashed into a bridge on Saturday, authorities said, wounding some passengers and prompting a call from China for "greater security safeguards". The accident in the southern city of Kaohsiung follows a grisly murder-suicide last year in which 24 Chinese tourists were killed after the driver set their moving bus on fire. Taiwan's tourism industry has already suffered a major downturn in visitors from China.
Blake Work, 6, of Hudson embarked on a mission to give away all his toys two weeks ago by setting up a lemonade stand. Work told InsideEdition.com it all started one evening, when she asked Blake to clean up his toys the following morning. The following morning, her son woke her up bright and early with a pile of his toys set aside.
To steal a line from Campbell’s, soup is good food—but homemade soup is the best. In honor of National Homemade Soup Day, Consumer Reports’ test kitchen team created three simple homemade soup recipes. Sure, canned soup is more convenient, but there
Donald Trump will attend a G7 summit in Italy this May, the White House said, in what could be his first visit to the continent as US president. After a call with Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni, the White House said Trump would attend the meeting of seven leading industrialized economies in Taormina, Sicily. Trump's election has caused fissures in the trans-Atlantic relationship that have not been seen since George W. Bush's invasion of Iraq.
An acrobat performs during a rehearsal of the Giant Fountains show in the Belarusian State Circus in Minsk, Belarus; people play soccer at sunset at the beach in Libreville, Gabon, a few days before the African Cup of Nations final match between Egypt
US-backed Kurdish and Arab fighters announced on Saturday a new phase in their campaign for the Islamic State group's Syrian stronghold of Raqa, but said they needed more weapons to win. The Syrian Democratic Forces launched their campaign to capture the city last November and have taken some ground further up the Euphrates Valley but are still some distance away. The SDF "announce the beginning of the third phase to liberate Raqa and its surroundings, which will target the eastern part of the province," spokeswoman Jihan Sheikh Ahmed said.
The killing of a guard during an inmate uprising at Delaware's largest prison this week was entirely preventable, according to a correctional officers' union leader who blamed state officials for ignoring chronic staffing shortages that put prison workers at greater risk. Sgt. Steven Floyd, 47, was found dead early Thursday after a nearly 20-hour hostage standoff at the James T. Vaughn Correctional Center near Smyrna. Late Friday, the Delaware Division of Forensic Science completed an autopsy and said Floyd's death was homicide by trauma.
The city said in a statement that they were notified of the Norfolk Southern train derailment just before 7 a.m. Saturday. The statement said that the derailment caused a coal spill in the area. Norfolk Southern spokeswoman Susan Terpay says the train was comprised of 161 coal cars and that the company is estimating 44 railcars derailed.