YSU Considers 6 Percent Tuition Hike for 2018 Freshman

Youngstown State University is considering increasing tuition and fees for next year's freshman class, despite a two-year tuition freeze approved by lawmakers in the state's current budget. The university is relying on a 2013 law to implement a 6 percent increase for students who enroll next fall; the university would then freeze that rate, guaranteeing the class would pay the same price through their four years of school.

EPA cancels talk on climate change by agency scientists

The Environmental Protection Agency has canceled the speaking appearance of three agency scientists who were scheduled to discuss climate change at a conference Monday in Rhode Island, according to the agency and several people involved. John Konkus, an EPA spokesman and a former Trump campaign operative in Florida, confirmed that agency scientists would not speak at the State of the Narragansett Bay and Watershed program in Providence, Rhode Island.

Humorist Jimmy Tingle running for lieutenant governor in Mass.

Though Jimmy Tingle has long made biting political humor a staple of his stand-up routines, he insists his dive into Massachusetts politics is anything but comic relief. The Cambridge-born comedian and social activist, who returned to school and earned a master's degree from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, raised eyebrows with his recent announcement that he would run for lieutenant governor, a job with limited visibility and few official responsibilities.

McConnell: Trump ‘getting a lot more done’ than he realizes

President Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell met October 16 and tried to erase reporting that they were not on the same page with the GOP legislative agenda and priorities. WASHINGTON - Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on CNN's "State of the Union" Sunday that President Donald Trump is "getting a lot more done" than his criticism of the slow-moving Senate would suggest.

McConnell says he’s awaiting Trump guidance on health care

Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., takes the escalator down as he returns to his office after appearing on the Senate floor with Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., to defend their bipartisan proposal for resuming federal subsidies to health insurers that President Donald Trump has blocked, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 19, 2017. less Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., takes the escalator down as he returns to his office after appearing on the Senate floor with Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., to defend their bipartisan proposal for resuming federal ... more STERLING, Va.

Trump voices optimism on tax reform

Trump sees 'great spirit' for tax reform plan, targets passage by end of the year President wants tax package by the end of the year, or he'll be disappointed. Check out this story on northjersey.com: https://usat.ly/2yAaQ9p President Trump took his tax pitch to a conservative think tank on Tuesday, arguing that his plan would be a boon to the economy, boosting growth and jobs.

Feud over Trump’s condolence call to widow rages onThe Sacramento Bee

The fight over President Donald Trump's displays of compassion for America's war dead sped ahead Friday, a day after White House chief of staff John Kelly made an emotional call for an end to politicizing the "sacred" matter of how a nation consoles the families of slain soldiers. Video emerged that undercut part of Kelly's rebuke of a Florida congresswoman he said had politicized Trump's condolence call to the pregnant widow of a Green Beret killed in Niger.

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Mourners remembered not only a U.S. soldier whose combat death in Africa led to a political fight between President Donald Trump and a Florida congresswoman but his three comrades who died with him. Some of the 1,200 mourners exiting the church after Saturday's service said the portrait of Sgt.

Sen. Tom Cotton chides Californians: ‘Your sanctuary…

Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton told California Republicans they should expect better days ahead, in part, because of liberal overreach by California Democrats on taxes, immigration and other issues affecting the daily lives of working-class Americans. Cotton invoked the memory of former president and California governor Ronald Reagan as a guiding light, and ridiculed House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi as a harbinger of doom.

Maxine Waters Demands That Kelly Apologize For Defending ‘Moron’ Trump

Democratic Rep. Maxine Waters of Missouri called on White House Chief of Staff John Kelly to apologize Saturday for defending President Donald Trump's conversation with a gold-star family. Waters wants Kelly to apologize for his remarks toward Democratic Rep. Frederica Wilson of Florida about the president's phone call with the pregnant widow of Army Sgt.

Rep. Kennedy traveling to Flint for water crisis update

The Massachusetts congressman will begin Saturday joining fellow Democrat, Congressman Dan Kildee of Michigan, at a meeting with the Community Foundation of Greater Flint to receive an update on recovery efforts. The two will then do a walking tour of the Flint Farmers' Market to discuss the need for Flint residents to have access to healthy foods and affordable health care.

Funeral held for US soldier at center of Trump fight

Mourners remembered not only a U.S. soldier whose combat death in Africa led to a political fight between President Donald Trump and a Florida congresswoman but his three comrades who died with him. Some of the 1,200 mourners exiting the church after Saturday's service said the portrait of Sgt.

Trump adviser defends proposed SALT cut

Kevin Hassett, senior fellow and director of Economic Policy at the American Enterprise Institute, is President Donald Trump's chief economist. Kevin Hassett, senior fellow and director of Economic Policy at the American Enterprise Institute, is President Donald Trump's chief economist.