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Citizens of the great state of Oregon are up in arms on social media over a new law being passed that would allow people to pump their own gas. The law was passed through the state legislature in May and signed in June, and it will allow people in counties with less than 40,000 residents to pump their own gas, and for some reason, people are really mad about it. The law started taking effect on January 1st of this new year and in rural parts of Oregon people are very upset about the change. Full service gas stations have been around in Oregon since 1951 and people are not ready for things to change. A local CBS affiliate in Medford, Ore., asked its viewers on Facebook about the new law – the responses have ranged from anger to confusion. “I don’t even know HOW to pump gas and I am 62, native Oregonian…..I say NO THANKS! I don’t want to smell like gasoline!” one woman wrote in a comment on a survey the new station posted Dec. 29. “It is safer for people, if a station attendant does the service. The only advantage of pumping the gas yourself, would be paying a few cents less a gallon. Getting older, and being disabled, I’d rather have the help!” another person wrote, noting there Student News Agency...

If you thought 2017 was an interesting year in politics, get ready for 2018 because already this year we have had some intense stories and the year is young. What’s trending in the media now that has people talking and reporters asking Sarah Sanders questions, is the feud between Trump and his former staffer Steve Bannon, and the book that is attempting to get published despite a law suit from Trump that claims that people close to him believe he is mentally unfit for office. Sanders was asked by a reporter, “What is the president’s reaction of the suggestions in this book that he is mentally unfit?” Sanders laughed and called the claim and the book “disgraceful and laughable:” “If [Trump] was unfit, he probably would not be sitting there and would not have defeated the most qualified group of candidates the Republican Party has ever seen. This is an incredibly — strong and good leader, that is why we have had such a successful 2017 and why we are going to continue to do great things as we move forward in the administration.” Said Sanders in response to the question, there was no follow up. Sanders has been a good press secretary for Trump because she treats personal attacks on Student News Agency...

Something Sarah Sanders will sometimes do in her press briefings to mix things up is she will bring in a speaker, typically a member of the administration, who is pushing an agenda item that week, to address the press. With all the chaos surrounding the White House in the past few days, the press room was anxious to see who Sanders brought in as a speaker. The TV’s behind Sanders then tued on and President Trump was on screen talking about the recent GOP tax bill victory. The president said in part:The historic tax cut I signed into law just two weeks ago before Christmas is already delivering major economic gains. Hundreds of thousands of Americans are seeing larger paychecks, bigger bonuses, higher pension contribution, and it is all because of the tax cuts and a tax reform, and I want to thank all of the companies that work so hard to do it. Workers at AT&T, Bank of America, Comcast, Southwest Airlines, American Airlines, and many other companies are receiving bonuses of $1000 or more. Aflac, others are investing more in employees 401(k)s. CBS announced that it will hire 3000 new workers. Boeing and another great company is investing hundreds of millions of dollars in employ Student News Agency...