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Attorney General Xavier Becerra said Friday in Fresno that employers must protect confidential information about employees when federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents ask questions. The advice from the state's top law enforcement officer comes only days after at least 40 workers at Bee Sweet Citrus in Fowler lost their jobs after federal immigration agents began checking employee records, searching for people who are not legally allowed to work in the United States.
The woman at the heart of a controversy surrounding a cancelled $156 million contract to provide 30 million meals for victims of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico says she is being turned into a scapegoat for problems with how FEMA handles contracts with small businesses. House Democrats have asked for the Oversight Committee to subpoena FEMA officials to explain why the contract was issued to a small company called Tribute Contracting, LLC run by Atlanta-based business owner Tiffany Brown - the sole employee listed for that business.
The White House said Friday that President Donald Trump is "weighing his options" as he decides whether to release a classified memo drafted by Democrats that counters GOP allegations that the FBI abused U.S. government surveillance powers in its Russia probe. The president's careful consideration of the Democratic memo is in contrast to his enthusiastic embrace of releasing the Republican document, which he pledged before reading to make public.
The 240-186 vote came in the pre-dawn hours, putting to bed a five-and-a-half hour federal freeze that relatively few would notice. The 240-186 vote came in the pre-dawn hours, putting to bed a five-and-a-half hour federal freeze that relatively few would notice.
President Donald Trump on Friday signed a $400 billion budget deal that sharply boosts spending and swells the federal deficit, ending a brief federal government shutdown that happened while most Americans were home in bed and most government offices were closed, anyway. The House and Senate approved a bill to keep the government funded through March 23, overcoming opposition from liberal Democrats as well as tea party conservatives to endorse enormous spending increases despite looming trillion-dollar deficits.
In the 2016 election cycle, Democrats pinned their hopes of flipping a red Congressional seat in Texas on just one district. With Trump's low approval rating and a surge of energy among voters on the left, Democrats say they have their best shot in years of taking back a few critical seats in Texas.
Appearing on CNN's "New Day," Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., was blunt about the Rob Porter issue. "I have no use for anybody who beats their spouse," he said.
There are more than 40,000 Amazon employees in Seattle, stretching from South Lake Union to Amazon's Denny Triangle skyscrapers. Government-transparency advocates say the meeting between Seattle-area political leaders and the city's largest employer should be open to outsiders.
Rep. Jim Renacci, R-Ohio, pictured here in 2014, recently switched from the governor's race to the Senate contest. Mark Duncan/AP hide caption Rep. Jim Renacci, R-Ohio, pictured here in 2014, recently switched from the governor's race to the Senate contest.
Companies selling some of the most lucrative prescription painkillers funneled millions of dollars to advocacy groups that in turn promoted the medications' use, according to a report released Monday by a U.S. senator. The investigation by Missouri's Sen. Claire McCaskill sheds light on the opioid industry's ability to shape public opinion and raises questions about its role in an overdose epidemic that has claimed hundreds of thousands of American lives.
Congressman John Larson, D-1st District, released a statement shortly after midnight, placing the blame for last night's federal government shutdown on Sen. Rand Paul, R-Kentucky, and suggesting it was motivated by a "personal, ideological agenda." "This shutdown falls squarely on the shoulders of egotists like Senator Rand Paul.
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif., is shown on television as she speaks from the House floor on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2018, as a news conference that she was supposed to attend goes on in the ... . Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., leaves the chamber after announcing an agreement in the Senate on a two-year, almost $400 billion budget deal that would provide Pentagon and domestic programs with huge spe... .
The government staggered into another shutdown on Thursday night after an outspoken fiscal conservative in the Senate singlehandedly delayed action by Congress on a stopgap funding bill wrapped up in... Beau Hossler and Kevin Streelman shot 7-under-par rounds of 65 on Thursday to share the first round lead of the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am in ... (more)
The government stumbled into a midnight shutdown Thursday as a rogue Senate Republican blocked a speedy vote on a massive, bipartisan, budget-busting spending deal, protesting the return of trillion-dollar deficits on the watch of Republicans controlling Washington. A shutdown - technically a lapse in agency appropriations - became inevitable as GOP Sen. Rand Paul repeatedly held up votes on the budget plan, which is married to a six-week government-wide spending measure.
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif., is shown on television as she speaks from the House floor on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2018, as a news conference that she was supposed to attend goes on in the ... . Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., leaves the chamber after announcing an agreement in the Senate on a two-year, almost $400 billion budget deal that would provide Pentagon and domestic programs with huge spe... .
"He Was F - ing Pissed": With Rob Porter Gone, the Heat on John Kelly Is Increasing - Trump is not happy with the chaos; Jared and Ivanka are trying to right the ship; and even Hope Hicks, one of the president's closest confidants, is in trouble. - A day after White House Staff Secretary Email to FBI: Porter's friend 'actively working to quell' background check issues - White House aide's ex-wife details alleged abuse - Washington The current husband of one of Rob Porter's ex-wives emailed the FBI last January expressing concern that a close friend The 'family values' crowd is mute on Rob Porter Appearing on CNN's "New Day," Sen. Jon Tester was blunt about the Rob Porter issue.
"He Was F - ing Pissed": With Rob Porter Gone, the Heat on John Kelly Is Increasing - Trump is not happy with the chaos; Jared and Ivanka are trying to right the ship; and even Hope Hicks, one of the president's closest confidants, is in trouble. - A day after White House Staff Secretary Email to FBI: Porter's friend 'actively working to quell' background check issues - White House aide's ex-wife details alleged abuse - Washington The current husband of one of Rob Porter's ex-wives emailed the FBI last January expressing concern that a close friend The 'family values' crowd is mute on Rob Porter Appearing on CNN's "New Day," Sen. Jon Tester was blunt about the Rob Porter issue.
"He Was F - ing Pissed": With Rob Porter Gone, the Heat on John Kelly Is Increasing - Trump is not happy with the chaos; Jared and Ivanka are trying to right the ship; and even Hope Hicks, one of the president's closest confidants, is in trouble. - A day after White House Staff Secretary Email to FBI: Porter's friend 'actively working to quell' background check issues - White House aide's ex-wife details alleged abuse - Washington The current husband of one of Rob Porter's ex-wives emailed the FBI last January expressing concern that a close friend The 'family values' crowd is mute on Rob Porter Appearing on CNN's "New Day," Sen. Jon Tester was blunt about the Rob Porter issue.
With a midnight government shutdown creeping closer, both Republicans and Democrats grappled with internal party divisions in advance of hoped-for showdown votes Thursday night on a massive budget deal. Frustrations mounted as GOP Sen. Rand Paul held up voting on the broad measure in hopes of obtaining a recorded vote on reversing its spending increases.