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The Senate intelligence committee has asked for documents from Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein as part of its probe into Russian interference in the 2016 election, adding another new thread to the panel's investigation as it heads into next year. Stein said Tuesday that she was cooperating with the probe and providing documents to the committee.
's rocky first year in office, White House aides view imminent victory on a tax overhaul as a starting point to strengthen his weak approval ratings ahead of key congressional elections next November. 's poll numbers needed to start rising to limit the damage in 2018 elections in which his fellow Republicans' continued control of Congress will be at stake.
FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe was grilled by the House Intelligence Committee behind closed doors Tuesday amid Republican calls for his firing -- but he was defended by some key lawmakers. Rep. Mike Conaway, the Texas Republican leading the House Intelligence Committee's Russia investigation, said he still has confidence in McCabe as deputy director.
As expected, West Georgia's two congressmen were on opposite sides of the vote on the final version of President Donald Trump's Tax Cuts and Jobs Act today.
In this De. 6, 2017 photo, Rep. Luis Gutierrez D-Ill., third from left, along with other demonstrators protest outside of the U.S. Capitol in support of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals , and Temporary Protected Status , programs, during an rally on Capitol Hill in Washington.
The Senate intelligence committee has asked for documents from former presidential candidate Jill Stein as part of its probe into Russian interference in the 2016 election, adding another new thread to the panel's investigation as it heads into 2018. Stein said in a statement overnight Tuesday that she was cooperating with the probe and is providing documents to the committee.
Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, accompanied by Rep. Kevin McCarthy , and Rep. Steve Scalise , speaks at a news conference following a closed House Republican conference meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, Dec. 19, 2017. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi speaks at a news conference about the Republican led tax reform bill at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Dec. 19, 2017.
During the Democratic Weekly Address, Representative Mike Thompson argued that a bill as monumental as the GOP tax bill "cannot and should not be jammed through Congress by one party alone." "I'm Congressman Mike Thompson.
With Doug Jones' upset victory in last week's Alabama U.S. Senate race, Democrats are solidifying a new model for rebuilding their tattered competitiveness in the South. Jones benefited from the unique vulnerabilities of his opponent, Republican Roy Moore, who was a deeply polarizing figure even before he was besieged by allegations that he had pursued relationships with teenage girls, some of them underage, while in his 30s.
Video shows firefighters battling the intense blaze located off of Wyoming at the corner of Marquette Avenue and Vermont Street. Firefighters were called out around 11 p.m. Monday.
The nation's most influential science advisory group was set to tell Congress on Tuesday that the U.S. pharmaceutical market is not sustainable and needs to change. "Drugs that are not affordable are of little value and drugs that do not exist are of no value," said Norman Augustine, chair of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine's committee on drug pricing and former CEO of Lockheed Martin Corp. The report, "Making Medicines Affordable: A National Imperative," identifies eight steps to cut drug prices.
President Trump thought about dealing out quick justice to his Supreme Court pick after learning that he criticized him, according to a report. The commander-in-chief became upset and talked about rescinding the nomination of Neil Gorsuch after he met with Connecticut Democrat Sen. Richard Blumenthal and told him that Trump's attack on the judiciary were "disheartening" and "demoralizing," the Washington Post reported Monday.
The earthquake began when candidates backed by President Trump played strong anti-immigrant cards in Virginia's gubernatorial race and Alabama's Senate race - and both came up losers. Trump, who had begun pulling down the curtain on the Obama-era program called Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals , is himself now talking a different game.
Sen. Patrick Leahy says he regrets calling for Sen. Al Franken to resign instead of waiting for an ethics investigation. The Burlington Free Press reports the Vermont Democrat released a statement Monday, saying he has "stood for due process" throughout his career, and that he regrets "not doing that this time."
Washington, Dec 19 - Matthew Petersen, US President Donald Trump's district court nominee who struggled to answer basic legal questions at his confirmation hearing last week, has withdrawn his nomination, the media reported. Petersen, who was up for a lifetime appointment on the US District Court for the District of Columbia, struggled to answer basic questions including how many depositions he had worked on, how many jury trials he had tried, the last time he had read the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, during an exchange with Senator John Kennedy, a Louisiana Republican, reports CNN.
Hawaii Attorney General Douglas Chin, who has been fighting President Donald Trump's travel ban and other policies over the past year, has announced he will run for U.S. Congress. Chin, a Democrat, seeks to replace Hawaii U.S. Rep. Colleen Hanabusa, who is running for governor.
Senator Charles Schumer of New York is leading an effort to overturn the FCC's net neutrality decision. The FCC may have successfully overturned the current net neutrality rules during their December monthly meeting, but a call from one of the top Democrat Senators to repeal the decision clearly suggests that the battle over this issue has just begun.
A spokesman for the local sheriff's office told reporters at the scene there were "multiple" deaths but did not have a specific number to report. A still image from a video camera shows an Amtrak train that derailed on a bridge over a highway in Pierce County WASHINGTON: An Amtrak passenger train derailed on a bridge over a major highway in Washington state on Monday morning, sending part of the train crashing down onto Interstate 5 and killing several passengers, authorities said.
The demands from Democrats that he step down were 'the most hypocritical thing I've ever seen done to a human being,' Sen. Joe Manchin says. I'm not sure "hypocritical" is the same as "phony and opportunistic", but yeah - Dems had a chance for a win over Rep. Roy Moore in the Alabama Senate race but attacking his sexual history while defending Franken wasn't quite convincing anyone.
Democrats have a path to a Senate majority in 2018 after an upset win by Doug Jones in last Tuesday's Alabama Senate special election. The win in Alabama now gives Democrats the elusive third target seat they had been looking for, which they needed given they're defending 10 incumbents who sit in states that Trump won last November.