If you feel devastated and puzzled that while Hillary Clinton actually received more individual votes, she will not be the next president, grab a tissue and allow us to explain what happened. The United States voting process is centered on the electoral college, which is an organized group that elects the president and vice president. Each state gets a certain number of electors (representatives who actually vote) based on the size of its population. Highly populated states like California get more electors (55), while smaller states like Vermont get fewer (three). Most states have a winner-takes-all rule instead of a proportional allocation of votes. When you voted on Nov. 8, you were actually
PopSugarPrepare for an imperial presidency. Donald Trump has pledged to “reform the entire regulatory code,” to “cancel immediately all illegal and overreaching executive orders,” and to place a “temporary moratorium on new agency regulations that are not compelled by Congress or public safety.” Story Continued Below On the chopping block will be regulations to address climate change (which he’s labeled a Chinese hoax); to implement Obamacare (“a disaster”); and to rein in Wall Street (“We’re too involved in regulation of the banks”). Gone, too will be President Barack Obama’s executive actions protecting the children of undocumented immigrants and tightening restrictions on gun sales. The GOP’s continuing
POLITICOMIAMI -- A Florida teenager accused of taking part in the brutal machete murder of a schoolmate is seen crying and screaming at police in an interrogation video released by the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office and obtained by the Miami Herald. Desiray Strickland, 19, has been indicted for first degree murder in the 2015 death of 17-year-old Jose Guardado, along with 23-year old Joseph Cabrera, 20-year-old Kaheem Arbelo, 18-year-old Jonathan Lucas and 19-year-old Christian Colon. Prosecutors say the group spent two weeks planning Guardado’s death, including digging a shallow grave in the woods near their school days before he was killed. In June 2015, the group allegedly lured Guardado into
CBS NewsJust how much do wealthiest of the wealthy earn? Using an interactive tool from The New York Times, we gathered the annual household income required to be in the top 10%, top 5%, and top 1% of earners in the 17 largest US cities. Read on to see how
CNBCPop star Katy Perry has pulled out of a star-studded extravaganza put on by China’s largest online retailer.
BloombergThe Great Stuffing Incident of 1975 began the day before Thanksgiving. My mother casually announced that she was going to add dried apricots to the mix. That displeased my brother. Speeches were made about the appropriateness of the combination. My mother, not one to back down, suggested that nuts were another form of tree fruit, and, as my brother had eaten stuffing with pecans, surely apricots were acceptable. A compromise was enacted, and two versions of stuffing appeared on the holiday table. From that moment forward, there was always a choice: “creative” or traditional. Presented here is my adaptation of her flexible recipe, which just happens to fulfill the Bring It! mission of feeding
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Yahoo Finance VideoIsrael’s Ministry of Defense (IMOD) plans to continue the acquisition of Trophy active protection systems (APS), to equip every new Merkava 4 tank and Namer Heavy Armored Personnel Carrier (APC) with active protection, providing significant additional protection for every tank and APC. MOD Director General, Gen. (res) Udi Adam, instructed the Directorate of Production and Procurement (DOPP) to purchase hundreds of additional from Rafael Advanced Defense Systems. Each Trophy system integrates an early warning and battle management radar covering 360 degrees,and the effectors, comprised of multiuple explosive-formed projectiles designed to defeat income threats at a stand-off distance. According
defense-update.comWe're taking a look back at the down-to-earth couple's best photos over the years. From the campaign trails to galas at The White House, click through to see the cutest candid moments of The First Couple. From Harper's BAZAAR
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