Stormy Daniels CBS 60 minutes highlights: Trump, sex, hush money, threats - it's all here
Fp Staff • 7 years agoPorn actress Stormy Daniels sits down for a highly-anticipated interview 7 pm EST ( 4:30 am onwards IST) that could shed new light on the affair she says she had with Donald Trump a decade before his election as president.
Stormy Daniels CBS 60 minutes interview on Trump 'affair' airs Sunday 7 pm EST
• 7 years agoDaniels has previously spoken about the affair, including in a recent post on Twitter in which she said: "Technically I didn't sleep with the POTUS 12 years ago. There was no sleeping (hehe) and he was just a goofy reality TV star."
H1B workers, DACA both get sidelined in US funding bill
Nikhila Natrajan • 7 years agoIndian high skilled workers and recipients of an Obama era concession to illegal childhood arrivals popularly called DACA got nothing out of a massive budget bill that plodded through US Congress Thursday after weeks and months of intense negotiations.
Trump hits back after Joe Biden's 'I'd beat the hell out of him' remark
• 7 years agoTrump, reacting to comments Biden made about him earlier in the week at an anti-sexual assault rally, tweeted Thursday: "Crazy Joe Biden is trying to act like a tough guy. Actually, he is weak, both mentally and physically, and yet he threatens me, for the second time, with physical assault.
Storm over Trump-Putin call turns into uproar over White House leaks
• 7 years agoThe White House, which has suffered frequent leaks — at times of notable severity — said in a statement it would be a "fireable offense and likely illegal" to leak Trump's briefing papers to the press, after word emerged that the president had been warned in briefing materials not to congratulate the Russian president on his re-election.
Facebook crisis management in tailspin too, Zuckerberg silence is making things worse
• 7 years agoThe crisis-management playbook is pretty simple: Get ahead of the story, update authorities and the public regularly, assume responsibility and take decisive action. Crisis-management experts say Facebook is 0-for-4.
Facebook data whistleblower: 'fake news to the next level'
• 7 years agoA Trump-affiliated firm under scrutiny for inappropriately obtaining data on tens of millions of Facebook users created profiling algorithms that "took fake news to the next level," a former employee said.
As H1B workers raise social media game, deep fissures surface among power brokers
Nikhila Natrajan • 7 years agoCamp fights are brewing and knives are out as Indian-led advocacy for high skilled workers-centered policy in the United States reaches a crucial crossroads this week coinciding with a must-pass funding bill in the US Congress.
Trump taps TV pundit Larry Kudlow for top economic post
• 7 years agoKudlow is known as a supporter of free markets and has criticized Trump's decision to impose tariffs on imported steel and aluminum.
Gina Haspel torture record sparks strong pushback
• 7 years agoJohn McCain, the US senator subjected to brutal treatment as a prisoner in North Vietnam, questioned Tuesday the nomination of a CIA official once involved in torture to lead the spy agency.