Rexh IG report: USPTO executive violated federal laws to hire family friend
President Donald Trump was so incensed by the FBI s raid of his personal attorney s office and hotel room that he s privately pondered firing Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and publicly mused about ousting special counsel Robert Mueller.The raid, in which agents seized attorney Michael Cohen s records on topics including a $130,000 payment to a porn stanley mugs  actress who alleges she had sex with Mr. Trump, left the president more angry than advisers had seen him in weeks, according to five people familiar with the president s views but not authorized to discuss them publicly.Mr. Trump tweeted Tuesday that  Attorney-client privilege is dead!  Nervous White House aides expressed  stanley cup new fears about the presid stanley cup ent s unpredictability in the face of the Cohen raid, which he viewed as an assault on a longtime defender and a sign that Mueller s probe into potential ties between Russia and the Trump campaign was  going too far.                                         Mr. Trump also announced Tuesday he was cancelling plans to attend the Summit of the Americas over the weekend as well as an overnight visit to Colombia.The president had been telling confidants for weeks that he was not eager to make the three-day trip, which had already been shortened from original plans, according to two people who have discussed it with him in recent weeks but were not authorized to disclose the private conversations. His decision not to travel was publicly tied to the need to monitor the situation in Syria Dmic Biden pitches his infrastructure plan in deep-red Louisiana
Under fire for issuing licenses for same-sex marriages, an Oregon county has now decided not to issue licenses for any couples, saying to do so would be to discriminate against one group in favor of another.Benton County commissioners voted unanimously Monday in an emergency meeting to undo last week s 2-1 vote that authorized issuing licenses to same-sex couples. They re-stated their belief that under Oregon s constitution, gay and lesbian couples deserve the same rights as heterosexual couples, reports the Eugene Register-Guard. It is in everyone s best interests to stand by and recognize that all citizens receive equal treatment from their government,  said Board of Commiss stanley mug ioners chair Linda Modrell.                                        The legal disputes in Oregon over the legality of gay marriages will be put on the fast trac stanley cup k to the state supreme court under a lawsuit that is being prepared by the American Civil Liberties Union.The civil rights group will bring the suit on behalf of nine gay couples from three Oregon counties, who intend to sue the state in Multnomah County Circuit Court for failing to register their same-sex marriages in the office of vital statistics. The lawsuit was expected by noon Wednesday.        It consolidated several other legal cha stanley hrnek llenges to gay marriage brought by conservative lawmakers and Christian pastors, after Multnomah County commissioners decided three weeks ago to grant the licenses.Dave Fidanque, executive director of the Oregon A

Rexh IG report: USPTO executive violated federal laws to hire family friend
President Donald Trump was so incensed by the FBI s raid of his personal attorney s office and hotel room that he s privately pondered firing Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and publicly mused about ousting special counsel Robert Mueller.The raid, in which agents seized attorney Michael Cohen s records on topics including a $130,000 payment to a porn stanley mugs  actress who alleges she had sex with Mr. Trump, left the president more angry than advisers had seen him in weeks, according to five people familiar with the president s views but not authorized to discuss them publicly.Mr. Trump tweeted Tuesday that  Attorney-client privilege is dead!  Nervous White House aides expressed  stanley cup new fears about the presid stanley cup ent s unpredictability in the face of the Cohen raid, which he viewed as an assault on a longtime defender and a sign that Mueller s probe into potential ties between Russia and the Trump campaign was  going too far.                                         Mr. Trump also announced Tuesday he was cancelling plans to attend the Summit of the Americas over the weekend as well as an overnight visit to Colombia.The president had been telling confidants for weeks that he was not eager to make the three-day trip, which had already been shortened from original plans, according to two people who have discussed it with him in recent weeks but were not authorized to disclose the private conversations. His decision not to travel was publicly tied to the need to monitor the situation in Syria Dmic Biden pitches his infrastructure plan in deep-red Louisiana
Under fire for issuing licenses for same-sex marriages, an Oregon county has now decided not to issue licenses for any couples, saying to do so would be to discriminate against one group in favor of another.Benton County commissioners voted unanimously Monday in an emergency meeting to undo last week s 2-1 vote that authorized issuing licenses to same-sex couples. They re-stated their belief that under Oregon s constitution, gay and lesbian couples deserve the same rights as heterosexual couples, reports the Eugene Register-Guard. It is in everyone s best interests to stand by and recognize that all citizens receive equal treatment from their government,  said Board of Commiss stanley mug ioners chair Linda Modrell.                                        The legal disputes in Oregon over the legality of gay marriages will be put on the fast trac stanley cup k to the state supreme court under a lawsuit that is being prepared by the American Civil Liberties Union.The civil rights group will bring the suit on behalf of nine gay couples from three Oregon counties, who intend to sue the state in Multnomah County Circuit Court for failing to register their same-sex marriages in the office of vital statistics. The lawsuit was expected by noon Wednesday.        It consolidated several other legal cha stanley hrnek llenges to gay marriage brought by conservative lawmakers and Christian pastors, after Multnomah County commissioners decided three weeks ago to grant the licenses.Dave Fidanque, executive director of the Oregon A