Mayor Touts Plans to Make NYC More Affordable – WNYC News – WNYC

.flag Mayor Touts Plans to Make NYC More Affordable Listen 5 min Queue   <iframe frameborder=”0″ scrolling=”no” height=”130″ width=”100%” src=”https://www.wnyc.org/widgets/ondemand_player/wnyc/#file=/audio/json/736719/&share=1″></iframe> .panel-body .panel .dropdown-body .dropdown .btn-group .btn-group .l-split .l-bgimg NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio delivering his State of the City Address, Feb. 13, 2017 (NYC Mayor’s Office / flickr) New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio…

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Senate confirms Mnuchin as treasury secretary – The Washington Post

The U.S. Senate voted to confirm former banker and Hollywood financier Steven Mnuchin as Treasury secretary. (Reuters) The Senate confirmed Steven T. Mnuchin as treasury secretary Monday evening, putting an end to a contentious and protracted debate while adding another former banker to President Trump’s roster of advisers. Mnuchin ran a bank, OneWest, that foreclosed on tens…

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Michael Flynn resigns as national security adviser – POLITICO

Michael Flynn resigned as President Donald Trump’s national security adviser Monday night, amid a growing scandal over his contacts with Russian officials. The White House announced the resignation after days of uncertainty about Flynn’s fate after reports that he’d obfuscated the details of his conversations with Russian officials to Vice President Mike Pence and other…

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North Dakota lawmaker: Don’t repeal blue laws because wives need to make husbands breakfast in bed – Salon.com

A North Dakota state lawmaker has advice for any woman in his state seeking to go out with friends for some mimosas over Sunday brunch: You should be making your husband breakfast in bed instead. That’s not a joke. That’s what he actually said. “Spending time with your wife, your husband — making him breakfast, bringing it…

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This computer programmer solved gerrymandering in his spare time – The Washington Post

Yesterday, I asked readers how they felt about setting up independent commissions to handle redistricting in each state. Commenter Mitch Beales wrote: “It seems to me that an ‘independent panel’ is about as likely as politicians redistricting themselves out of office. This is the twenty-first century. How hard can it be to create an algorithm to…

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