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Burr claims that "I'll never know" what really happened the night Ted Kennedy drove off Chappaquiddick Island's Dike Road bridge and left Mary Jo Kopechne to die in his submerged car, "and neither will you." Besides, he insists, though Ted was "flawed but human," he had "endless accomplishments in the Senate."
What has the White House been tellings friendly voices in the media? I explore this in the new issue of the magazine. Here's an excerpt: They are emails designed to grab you by the lapels.
A bride's parents, who live in China, may not be able to attend her wedding because they were denied visas by the U.S. State Department. We've seen how American immigration laws have broken apart families, such as when some arrive illegally and have children in the U.S., and then the parent is deported back to his or her country.
It was a generational provocation. De Palma, whose comedies Greetings , Phantom of the Paradise , and Hi, Mom! were obsessed with the JFK assassination, advanced to make a deeply emotional film reenacting a well-known loss of life and national disillusionment.
Editor's Note: The following first appeared on June 16, 1973, as part two of a two-part series of Mr. Buckley's syndicated "On the Right" columns. oncerning references made here a fortnight ago to similarities and dissimilarities between Kennedy/Chappaquiddick and Nixon/Watergate, and Senator Kennedy's objection thereto, the tale continues.
On April 6, 1968, 41 people were killed by two consecutive natural gas explosions at a sporting goods store in downtown Richmond, Indiana. In 1830, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was organized by Joseph Smith in Fayette, New York.
Foreign spies and criminals in Washington, D.C., are using devices that can intercept cellphone calls and text messages from unaware users, it was revealed this week. The Department of Homeland Security made the admission in answer to a request by Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore.
U.S. Senate candidate Beto O'Rourke is coming back to the South Plains for another round of town halls. The current Democratic Congressman from El Paso will be hosting town halls in Snyder, Dickens, Floydada, Silverton and Lubbock this weekend.
Maj. Gen. Arthur "Joe" Logan, head of the Hawaii state Department of Defense, left, and Chris Leonard, president of the Hawaii Association of Broadcasters, right, appear before a U.S. Senate committee hearing in Honolulu on Thursday, April 5, 2018.
For elected officials, revolving doors spin very easily one way - from the public trust to the private sector. Spinning the other way, there's a little more friction.
In less than three weeks, the 2018 election will head to Arizona. Republican Rep. Trent Franks resigned late last year amid a scandal involving money, staffers and surrogacy , triggering a special election in Arizona's 8th District.
A day after authorizing the use of National Guard troops along the southern border with Mexico, President Donald Trump lashed out at Democrats in Congress, demanding that they join his legislative effort to find new ways to slow down the influx of illegal immigrants into the United States, returning to a theme which backers say was central to his election in 2016. "We have to change our laws, and the Democrats, what they are doing, it's just insanity," the President said, again pressuring his critics to back his plans for immigration change.
Two Texas congressman urged Texas universities to cut ties with Chinese government supported academic organizations, citing concern that the Chinese government could influence American education and possibly gather intelligence through their presence at schools. Republican Michael McCaul of Austin and Democrat Henry Cuellar of Laredo said in a joint statement Thursday they strongly urge universities to end their partnerships with the Confucius Institute.
A powerful U.S. senator traveled to Venezuela on Wednesday as pressure mounted on President Nicolas Maduro to hand over a Utah man jailed in the turbulent South American country for nearly two years. Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois was to meet with members of the government and opposition, a spokesman for his office said.
Shortly before he wounded then-US Rep. Gabrielle Giffords in a shooting massacre in 2011 outside an Arizona grocery store, Jared Lee Loughner stood in the store's checkout lane, casually took a plastic bag of cash from his pocket and bought a bottle of water. Surveillance video of the purchase was among hundreds of pieces of evidence, including photos and documents, relating to the Tucson shooting that the FBI released this week in its Freedom of Information Act online library, dubbed "The Vault."
Former U.S. senator Harry Reid of Nevada said he is appalled that Republicans do not call their leader to account. "Why would they be afraid of him?" Democrat Reid told New York Times reporter Carol Hulse in an interview last week during a visit to D.C. "It should be just the opposite.
JEFFERSON CITY a After warning President Trump to back off his decision to impose tariffs on steel and aluminum over a month ago, U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., said his concerns were coming true Wednesday. Speaking with reporters during a stop at the Missouri Capitol, Blunt said his fears of retaliation had been borne out over the prior 48 hours after China announced it was imposing taxes on a variety of U.S. products in response to Trump's decision to ratchet up talk of more tariffs.
The House Ethics Committee said Wednesday that it will continue to investigate whether Rep. John J. Duncan Jr., R-Tenn., misspent more than $100,000 in campaign and leadership PAC funds on personal expenses, including gifts, travel, club memberships and private events such as bridal lunches and baby showers. Duncan might have broken House rules and federal law if he misused political funds, the Office of Congressional Ethics, an independent ethics monitor, said in a detailed, 57-page report.