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Seattle Mayor Ed Murray announced his resignation Tuesday after a fifth man - one of his cousins - came forward and accused him of sexual abuse decades ago. Murray, who had already announced that he would not seek a second term even as he denied wrongdoing, said he would step down effective 5 p.m. Wednesday.
Sen. Al Franken is the latest Democratic 2020 presidential prospect to announce his support for Sen. Bernie Sanders' single-payer health care proposal, according to social media posts from the Minnesota lawmaker on Tuesday evening. "Like Paul Wellstone, I've always believed that health care is a right for all Americans - not a privilege - and that every person in our country deserves access to the care they need," Franken wrote on Facebook.
While a growing number of Senate Democrats with potential 2020 presidential ambitions are publicly embracing Senator Bernie Sanders's single-payer health care proposal, the number two House Democrat raised questions about the approach Tuesday, saying the "first objective" of House Democrats is fixing Obamacare. Rep. Steny Hoyer, a Maryland Democrat, told reporters that the single payer approach is one of several ideas that Democrats are discussing, saying the party is united on principle of giving "access for Americans to offer quality, affordable health care."
Eric and Lara Trump announce birth of son, POTUS' ninth grandchild Eric and Lara Trump announced birth of their first child, a son, who is President Trump's ninth grandchild. Check out this story on USATODAY.com: https://usat.ly/2jl38JH Lara Yunaska Trump and husband Eric Trump on July 16, 2017 at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J. Eric and Lara Trump announced the birth of their first child, a son they named Eric "Luke" Trump.
By ERICA WERNER and KEN THOMAS Associated Press WASHINGTON - The top House Democrat and a senior White House official both indicated Tuesday they are open to compromise on border security to expedite legislation to help immigrants brought here illegally as children. White House legislative director Marc Short said at a Christian Science Monitor breakfast that despite President Donald Trump's advocacy for a southern border wall, "I don't want us to bind ourselves into a construct that makes reaching a conclusion on DACA impossible."
President Donald Trump and congressional lawmakers signaled on Tuesday that more steps need to be taken to rein in North Korea's rapidly developing nuclear program despite the United Nations Security Council's unanimous vote to pass additional sanctions on the rogue nation. Trump noted the 15-0 United Nations vote during a meeting with Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak, but said they are "just another very small step, not a big deal" and suggested that he doesn't know "if it has any impact."
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Washington - She might be finished as a US presidential candidate following her "aching" loss to Donald Trump last November, but Hillary Clinton is not going away quietly. The 2016 Democratic nominee releases her new campaign confessional "What Happened" on Tuesday, coinciding with the launch of a book tour intended not only to drum up sales but perhaps re-establish Clinton as a prominent figure in US political life.
Ivana Trump says Donald asked her to be ambassador to Czech Republic but she turned him down because she did not want an '8-to-12 job' and likes her 'freedom' Ivana Trump said that she turned down the chance to serve as US ambassador to the Czech Republic after being offered the job by her ex-husband 'I like my freedom and I want to do what I want to do, go wherever I want to go, with whomever I want,' explained Ivana while attending New York Fashion Week 'It's four years in Prague, so bye-bye to Miami, bye-bye to New York in spring and fall, bye-bye to Saint-Tropez in summer,' said Ivana Ivanka Trump revealed that her ex-husband asked her to be ambassador to the Czech Republic after he was elected president, and she turned him down.
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen released a statement last week condemning President Trump's voting commission and talk of widespread voter fraud in last November's elections. Secretary of State Bill Gardner invited everyone from the congressional delegation to the meeting this morning with Trump's voting commission.
In the end, the political aspirations of musician Kid Rock were not laid bare Tuesday night before thousands of screaming fans when the rocker performed the first of six concerts at a new sports arena in Detroit. For much of the summer, the Detroit-area native has teased a Republican run for the U.S. Senate.
U.S. Rep. Dina Titus, D-Nev., said Monday on "Nevada Newsmakers" that she is co-sponsoring a bill in the U.S. House to keep DACA recipients' files away from federal immigration authorities. Titus is concerned that the information provided to the federal government to enter the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program could help immigration authorities round up DACA immigrants for deportation if and when the program is eliminated.
Florida Senators Marco Rubio and Bill Nelson flew over the Florida Keys and toured Key West to see the damage from Hurricane Irma. The Keys felt Irma's full fury when it blew ashore as a Category 4 hurricane Sunday morning with 130 mph winds.
Was this book necessary? Hillary Clinton's anguished, angry memoir of her presidential campaign, "What Happened," will be unveiled this week, complete with television appearances and a 15-city lecture tour. Other Democrats have been dreading this moment for months.
CT Department of Consumer Protection A cracking foundation WASHINGTON - Reps. Joe Courtney and John Larson asked Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Monday to allow a tax break for thousands of Connecticut homeowners plagued by crumbling foundations.
A commission created by President Donald Trump to investigate his allegations of voter fraud is coming to New Hampshire a week after its vice chairman angered state leaders by claiming out-of-state voters in November helped elect a Democrat to the U.S. Senate. The vice chairman, Republican Kris Kobach, who also is Kansas' secretary of state, said last week that newly released data showed more than 6,500 people registered to vote last year using out-of-state driver's licenses but only 15 percent had acquired New Hampshire licenses.
Former President Barack Obama isn't the only past Democratic leader who refuses to ride off into the sunset. Hillary Clinton reemerges Tuesday with a new book explaining yet again her loss in the 2016 presidential election - without much insight into how they can win next time.
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton played fast and loose with the facts on Sunday in an attempt to defend her infamous "deplorables" remark. "You know, to just be grossly generalistic, you could put half of Trump's supporters into what I call the 'basket of deplorables.'
California Gov. Jerry Brown and the state Senate leader said Monday they've agreed to changes in proposed legislation that would further restrict interactions between law enforcement officers and federal immigration agents. The agreement came on the same day the state sued the Trump administration over its decision to end a program that shields young immigrants from deportation.