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The Awkward Moment When The State Department "Celebrates" Saudi Women Being Allowed To Drive

The Awkward Moment When The State Department "Celebrates" Saudi Women Being Allowed To Drive

"We're just happy!" State Department spokesperson Heather Naurt said with a huge grin on her face.

The AP journalist immediately rains on her parade, "Would you still say they [Saudi Arabia] need to do... a lot more with women's rights?"

"I think we're just happy today..." she said, this time with a frown, trying to hold back her angry scowl.

Connecticut Lawmakers Scramble To Close $3.5 Billion Budget Shortfall As Fiscal Crisis Worsens

Connecticut Lawmakers Scramble To Close $3.5 Billion Budget Shortfall As Fiscal Crisis Worsens

Despite a series of credit-rating cuts by all three of the major ratings agencies earlier this year, Connecticut still boasts a higher rating than Illinois and New Jersey. But that could soon change.

Lawmakers are squabbling over how to close a massive deficit expected to stretch to $3.5 billion over the next two years, which has left Connecticut as the only state in the US without a budget for the current fiscal year. And if lawmakers fail to pass a budget by the end of the month, it could trigger further cutbacks and in essential services.  

Hillary Compares Trump To Putin: "Hopefully He Hasn't Ordered The Killing Of Journalists"

As Hillary Clinton tours the country desperately trying to explain "What Happened" during the 2016 election, she aggressively ramped up her rhetoric game to an 11 during a recent interview with Charlie Rose.  After saying that Trump has authoritarian tendencies, Clinton went on to compare him to Putin and said that she can only hope he hasn't "ordered the killing of people and journalists and the like."

Clinton: "I don’t think he really values democracy, Charlie."

 

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