Sentences with phrase «of the state in»

But four years ago, Democrats carried a lot of states in the Midwest with President Obama,» says Brandon Dillon, chairman of the Michigan Democratic Party.

Did Rex Tillerson have the shortest tenure as Secretary of State in U.S. history?

Meanwhile, marijuana remains illegal on the federal level, and Attorney General Jeff Sessions has recently taken steps that would allow federal prosecutors in states where weed is legal to decide whether to prosecute people over marijuana sales in a development that could threaten the burgeoning industry (or, at the very least, spur litigation from some of the states in question looking to keep the federal government from interfering with statewide legislation).

This approach emphasizes the role of states in U.S. security rather than nonstate actors and popular opinion.

Scotland and England shared a monarch for a century before they united politically in 1707, and the queen remains head of state in Canada, Australia and several other former British colonies.

The fires have put property worth billions of dollars at risk in California, where wildfires in the northern part of the state in October resulted in insured losses of more than $ 9 billion.

Under the United Nations Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies, for instance, states agreed to explore space for the benefit of all humankind, not place weapons of mass destruction on celestial bodies and avoid harmful contamination.

«Body left Worcester funeral home before midnight,» Boston Globe reporter Wesley Lowery tweeted today,» [and] has been buried out of state in plan approved by uncle Ruslan Tsani.»

«Under the United Nations Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies, for instance, states agreed to explore space for the benefit of all humankind, not place weapons of mass destruction on celestial bodies and avoid harmful contamination,» Maynard explains, but that was way back in 1967.

Richard Kauzlarich, the former deputy assistant secretary of state in the Bureau of European Affairs, said the White House should have backed the British from the beginning.

To attempt to answer that question, I recently traveled from Maine to Montana to talk to governors of states in all stages of financial trouble or prosperity for a series called «States of Pain.»

CNBC's Jackie DeAngelis looks at what may be in store for energy giant ExxonMobil if CEO Rex Tillerson were to be tapped for secretary of State in the Trump administration.

New Hampshire residents enjoy the lowest poverty rate of any state in the entire country, and it also boasts the sixth - best nationwide employment rate over the last five years.

Exxon also has struggled in the past 16 months to unwind some of the biggest bets taken by former CEO Rex Tillerson, who left to become U.S. secretary of state in early 2017 before being fired by President Donald Trump last month.

Tillerson's awkward public contradiction of Trump's decision to agree to talks with North Korea, just hours earlier, was not the only public disharmony between Trump and his secretary of state in the days before his firing.

The Outer Space Treaty — officially it is the Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space — declares that «the moon and other celestial bodies shall be used by all states parties to the treaty exclusively for peaceful purposes.»

As deputy secretary of state in the Reagan administration, he helped wean the countries of Eastern Europe from the Soviet Union.

The Golden State currently has the most machines of any state in the US with 107 machines, making up approximately 10 percent of the world's total.

Even with the increase, it still has the lowest fuel charge of any state in New England.

Cryptocurrency is especially popular among a generation of young investors, who welcome the positive approach of the state in establishing Japan as a cryptocurrency capital of the world.

If elected, he would be the first openly gay governor of any state in America.

Homeowners in the New Jersey pay the highest property taxes of any state in the country, with rates in some areas more than double the national average.

Keep this in mind: homeowners in the Garden State pay the highest property taxes of any state in the country, with rates in some areas more than double the national average.

Or are those quaint and irrelevant considerations in electing a head of state in 21st - century America?

Monopolies are maintained by the force of the state in favor of selected individuals, guilds, companies or state enterprises.

Trump's comments to donors that laid bare his approach to arguing trade facts with foreign leaders show how he might try to engage with other heads of state in the coming weeks.

Homeowners in Massachusetts face some of the largest annual property tax bills of any state in the country.

In 2007 he was Poland's Education Minister, and in 2007 - 2009 Secretary of State in the Chancellery of President Lech Kaczyński.

Clearly, a balance will have to be struck between individual rights and the interest of the state in protecting life.

If he were president, he would insult most heads of state in the first week and do something crazy like suggest that we invest in our own country rather than wage war.

Not exact matches

The state's legislature passed a bill Tuesday outlawing the sale of two particular chemicals — oxybenzone and octinoxate — found in many sunscreens, according to BuzzFeed.

The field, covering nearly 75 square miles, was discovered in 1911 and has produced over 2 billion barrels of oil equivalent (BOE), making it one of the most productive fields in the United States.

Raising the minimum wage also featured prominently in the president's State of the Union address in January.

The Minneapolis Bridge Collapse in 2007 was a real awakening when it comes to the state of our infrastructure.

However, President - Elect Trump has publicly stated that he will not stand in the way of state legalization of marijuana,» says Thorburn.

Billions of dollars in unclaimed property is being held by states until owners claim it.

While former secretary of state Hillary Clinton and U.S. Senator from Vermont Bernie Sanders are expected to duke it out in an intensifying battle for the party nomination, themes of the weak economy and the struggles of the middle class are likely to take center stage.

If populism remains a force to be reckoned with across Europe, then member states holding referendums of their own can not be ruled out, especially with issues like immigration and unemployment only growing in salience.

The new state of Chicago, for example, might hug the southern and southwest edges of Lake Michigan from Milwaukee to Michigan City, Ind., with an arm reaching west to take in Madison, Wis., and another arm reaching east to South Bend, Ind..

«Flow, according to Csikszentmihalyi, a psychology and management professor at Claremont Graduate University, is a state of heightened focus and immersion in activities like art, play, and work.

The Federal Aviation Administration and Space Florida, the state agency tasked with promoting interstellar tourism, predict suborbital flights alone could generate up to $ 1.6 billion in revenue during their first 10 years of operation.

New data has further confirmed the downward trend in new vehicle sales in the state with the Australian Bureau of Statistics showing sales slumped nearly 10 per cent in the year to September.

«A majority of states have legalized and regulated marijuana despite the prohibitions in the federal Controlled Substances Act,» says Thorburn.

Starbucks» first - quarter results show that the coffee chain continues to struggle with soft traffic in the United States, quantified by a drop in the number of transactions.

The United States could lose up to 700,000 jobs and suffer billions of dollars in lost economic output if President Donald Trump ends a program granting work permits to the children of undocumented immigrants, a new report finds.

The state - owned oil firm is expected to list on the Saudi stock exchange in the second half of the year, but an international listing is said to have been temporarily shelved.

Now the world's most popular app (in every country but the United States,) WhatsApp, found itself in the middle of the Arab - Israeli conflict when its website was hacked this past week by a pro-Palestinian group that posted a message given the title «You Got Pwned.»

It can go by other names in certain states, such as Certificate of Organization or Certificate of Formation, but is always filed with the office of the Secretary of State.

Irish Finance Minister Michael Noonan told CNBC Tuesday that the country would appeal to the ruling, restating Ireland's position that the «full amount of tax was paid in this case and no state aid was provided.»

BERLIN, April 13 - Berlin - based digital bank N26 expects to offer its services in Britain and the United States by the end of the year, its founder and chief executive told Reuters.