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From left, Rep. Perry Buck, left, and Rep. Ken Buck are on the stage of Colorado Republican State Assembly at Coors Event Center in Boulder, Colo., Saturday, April 14, 2018. Colorado's Republican and Democratic parties are holding state assemblies to help determine who gets to their respective gubernatorial primaries.
Susan Witka writes Anti-bombing protest messages in front of Senator Dianne Feinstein home on Saturday, April 14, 2018 in San Francisco, CA. Eleanor Levine is at left of a public address speaker.
After narrowly losing her first bid for Congress in 2016, Democrat Angie Craig is getting a second crack at defeating first-term Republican Rep. Jason Lewis this fall. Craig, a former medical device company executive from Eagan, easily won the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party endorsement on Saturday for Minnesota's south suburban 2nd Congressional District seat.
Congress had an agency designed to help senators avoid the sort of embarrassment they faced when trying to understand Facebook - but lawmakers stopped funding it 23 years ago and have resisted reviving it. Now there's talk the Office of Technology Assessment could make a comeback.
Sen. Lisa Murkowski on Friday reaffirmed her support for special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election, an investigation that has edged closer to President Trump's inner circle. "I think it is so important, it is so imperative, that this investigation be allowed to go forward," Murkowski said at the annual Women in the World Summit in Manhattan.
After days of public and political pressure, SEPTA said Friday that it would allow a police dog to retire and live with the family of the dog's former handler after the agency faced mounting criticism over a decision to separate the beloved pooch and officer . But as SEPTA tells it, the agency did not bow to the pressure.
Congressional lawmakers generally applauded President Trump's decision to launch missiles in a coordinated strike with the United Kingdom and French allies against Syria for a chemical attack the Assad regime inflicted on Syrian citizens last week. Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., attends an Armed Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Nov. 30 2017.
They were honouring stars of Hollywood, the media and literature, but it was longtime activist and MeToo founder Tarana Burke - a name unknown to most people until six months ago - who got the biggest ovation at Variety's annual Power of Women event on Friday. Activist Tarana Burke attends Variety's Power of Women event Friday in New York and told the audience she's "desperate to change" the narrative surrounding the MeToo movement before it's too late.
As Colorado Springs next week prepares to host the premier global meeting of the space industry with such featured speakers as Vice President Michael Pence, concerns are growing that our state - and, in fact, the nation - is dangerously vulnerable to massive solar storms. Colorado is a national leader in the aerospace industry.
U.S. Sen. Daniel Akaka cared deeply for the military community. One example is the securing of federal funds for the present base chapel at Marine Corps Base Hawaii in Kaneohe. Read More
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Richard Cordray got a boost today from Democratic Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren - who many progressives idolize and many conservatives demonize. Warren appeared with Cordray, the former head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which she created under President Obama.
Minnesota's two largest export markets are touting the benefits of the North American Free Trade Agreement, which may be headed for a renewal in Washington as early as next month. Canadian Consul General Paul Connors and Mexican Consul Gerardo Guerrero, who spoke Tuesday at a Minnesota Chamber of Commerce breakfast, have been on the road pitching the value of NAFTA to Minnesota factories, farmers and workers.
President Donald Trump announced shortly after 9 pm EST Friday that he ordered U.S. armed forces to launch precision strikes on targets associated with the chemical weapons capabilities of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad. "The purpose of our actions tonight is to establish a strong deterrent against the production, spread, and use of chemical weapons.
They were honoring stars of Hollywood, the media and literature, but it was longtime activist and MeToo founder Tarana Burke - a name unknown to most people until six months ago - who got the biggest ovation at Variety's annual Power of Women event on Friday. Burke, who founded the MeToo movement 12 years ago and runs it out of the Brooklyn, New York, offices of Girls for Gender Equity, said she wanted people to recognize its deeper purpose - working with survivors of sexual assault, and not simply bringing down powerful abusers.
The Department of Justice's inspector general released on Friday findings from an internal investigation into fired FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe. McCabe was forced out of the FBI earlier this year as the Office of the Inspector General was putting together the report, which centers on his approval of disclosures to the media in October 2016 related to the bureau's Hillary Clinton email probe.
A report used to justify the recent firing of Deputy FBI Director Andrew McCabe was sent to Congress on Friday. McCabe "lacked candor, including under oath, on multiple occasions,'' the report concluded.
Former FBI director James B. Comey's memoir hits bookshelves next Tuesday and his blitz of media interviews begins with "20/20" on Sunday. But The Washington Post obtained a copy of "A Higher Loyalty" and published excerpts on Thursday.
In this Aug. 9, 2017, file photo, Indiana Rep. Todd Rokita speaks during a news conference outside of the Indiana Statehouse in Indianapolis. Rokita likely violated ethics laws as Indiana's secretary of state by repeatedly accessing a Republican donor database from his government office, prompting party officials to lock him out of the system until he angrily complained, three former GOP officials told The Associated Press.
Facing mounting calls to resign following sexual miscon... . Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens speaks at a news conference about allegations related to his extramarital affair with his hairdresser, in Jefferson City, Mo., Wednesday, April 11, 2018.