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All that stands between us and Trumpian fascism is us, the leader of the California Democratic Party told people at the Labor Day Breakfast of the Napa-Solano Central Labor Council. "Make California truly the island - the big blue island of hope for all of America," Bauman added at the event that took place at the Ironworkers Local 378 Hall in Benicia.
House Speaker Paul Ryan and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell will have a packed schedule when Congress returns this week. Lawmakers have less than two weeks of legislative days to head off a government shutdown, raise the nation's borrowing limit and provide financial assistance in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey.
A web of President Donald Trump's family and associates will be back in the crosshairs of congressional committees investigating whether his campaign colluded with Russia, as well as of the high-wattage legal team assembled by special counsel Robert Mueller. As Congress returns from a summer recess, some of the attention will be focused squarely on the president's eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., who will meet privately in the coming weeks with staffers on the Senate judiciary and intelligence committees.
Congress is back in Washington, D.C., this week to tackle a to-do list so packed it unfurls all the way down to the Anacostia River. Lawmakers aren't only expected to focus on taxes, the budget, the debt ceiling and other such priorities.
On August 25th, Governor Bill Walker, our second Alaskan born governor, arrived in Seward to spend some personal time here with his wife Donna in celebration of their fortieth wedding anniversary and to take part in the Lost Lake Run benefiting those with cystic fibrosis; a cause that is close their hearts as their daughter-in-law has cystic fibrosis. The governor mentioned that he likes to take the opportunity to thank those that participated in the run while raising money for a good cause.
In this Feb. 20, 2012, file photo, U.S. Rep. Dennis Kucinich disputes an point from businessman Graham Veysey during a debate at the City Club in Cleveland. Kucinich, an ex-Ohio congressman, says he found his county's elections board offices unlocked and unoccupied when he tried to cast an early ballot.
A plan to create a new farmers market complex in the Bronx has been awarded nearly $2.5 million in federal funding. Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced the Greenmarket Regional Food Hub last year.
In Brooklyn, acting District Attorney Eric Gonzalez - who has the backing of Rep. Hakeem Jeffries and much of the Democratic Party establishment - is facing six rivals with prosecutorial experience. Anne Swern, Patricia Gatling, Marc Fliedner, Ama Dwimoh and John Gangemi all have worked as prosecutors in the DA's office.
As tension between North Korea and the United States continues to grow, people in the metro with ties to the region wonder what could lie ahead. American leaders have said North Korea could be "begging for war" after another round of missile tests over the weekend.
The Senate is looking to mandate a government-wide ban on the use of all products made by one of the world's most respected cybersecurity firms, Moscow-based Kaspersky Lab, according to congressional sources.
One of several Democrats that have launched gubernatorial campaigns to oust Republican Governor Bruce Rauner in 2018 lost his first major endorsement over the weekend. State Senator Daniel Biss' pick for lieutenant governor was so offensive to Democrat U.S. Congressman Brad Schneider , Schneider withdrew his official support for Biss' bid to be the Dem's nominee.
In this Jan. 31, 2017 file photo, Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Chairman Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., accompanied by the committee's ranking member Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash. speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington.
Pat Lunemann struggles to find employees to milk the 775 cows on his dairy farm near Clarissa, Minn. It is labor that legal immigrants from poor countries will take to gain a financial foothold in the U.S., but that many American-born workers in a vibrant Minnesota economy with low unemployment don't want.
An E-4 advanced airborne command post is tested on a electromagnetic pulse simulator. U.S. Air Force photo North Korea has threatened to launch an electromagnetic pulse attack that could shut down the United States' power grid - causing months of blackouts that could bring society to a halt, with rampant crime and social chaos.
A decade of recession, a plunging number of manufacturing jobs, and people leaving Michigan to find work have left the state's workforce grayer. Peter Ruark is with the Michigan League for Public Policy.
Sen. Lamar Alexander speaks on Capitol Hill. Millions of people who buy individual health insurance policies and receive no government help for premiums are facing another year of double-digit premium increases and frustrations are boiling over.
Sen. Joe Donnelly, D-Ind., called Sunday for the United States and other nations to do more to prevent North Korea from developing nuclear weapons after the nation said it tested a hydrogen bomb.
Will Bunch has worked at the Daily News for 20-plus years and is now senior writer. Since 2005, he's written the uber-opinionated, fair-but-dangerously unbalanced opinion blog "Attytood," covering a range of topics ; it's been named best blog in the state by the Associated Press Managing Editors and best blog in the city by Philadelphia Magazine.
Texas Democratic Rep. Joaquin Castro said President Donald Trump's sharp exchange of warnings with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un "escalated the tension" with the rogue nation. Castro of San Antonio spoke with ABC News "This Week" co-anchor Martha Raddatz on Sunday in the wake of what appears to be a successful test of a hydrogen bomb by North Korea.
Dennis Kucinich stands outside the open back door of the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections on Saturday. Kucinich went to the building to cast an early vote for the Sept.