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With the Trump administration set to slash the Environmental Protection Agency's budget by 31 percent, many recent environmental protections may be in jeopardy. This development has worried politicians such as Sen. Barbara Boxer, who spoke at Bovard Auditorium on Thursday as the keynote speaker for the Environmental Student Assembly's Earth Month.
FBI Director James Comey said Americans should be aware of foreign efforts to undermine confidence in U.S. elections and mindful of the possibility that what they're reading might be part of an organized disinformation campaign. U.S. adversaries, including Russia last year, have "used all kinds of vectors to try and influence and undermine our own faith in our democratic processes" and have relied on increasingly sophisticated tactics, the FBI director warned.
With the "repeal and replace" effort at an impasse on Capitol Hill, the administration released on Thursday a set of fixes to stabilize the Affordable Care Act's shaky insurance markets for next year. But the insurance industry quickly said the changes don't go far enough.
This satellite image provided by Digital Globe shows an image captured on April 7 of the northwest side of the Shayrat air base in Syria following U.S. Tomahawk Land Attack Missile strikes on Friday He told ministers in Lucca last week US missile strikes were necessary as a matter of USA national security, and indicated the Trump administration may not be done with Assad. Once that threat "has been reduced or eliminated, I think we can turn our attention directly to stabilizing the situation in Syria", he told CBS' "Face the Nation ".
Congressman Jared Polis didn't hide his excitement Thursday when he heard about the Thompson School District's new graduation guidelines at a meeting with district staff and the Board of Education.
U.S. Rep. James P. McGovern told a crowd at the Uxbridge Progressive Club Thursday night that, like pretty much all the others in the room, he was unhappy with the presidential election, the conflicts of interest, and the "tweets, the temper tantrums, the erratic behavior" coming from President Donald J. Trump. "We worry very much about our country in a way we never did before," the Worcester Democrat told some 70 people at Go Blue in the Blackstone Valley, an event hosted by the Uxbridge Democratic Town Committee to re-energize Democrats in the region. Democrats from not only Uxbridge, but Northbridge, Milford, Westboro, Douglas, Worcester, Blackstone and Charlton filled the room.
Western Democrats are pressuring President Donald Trump not to rescind land protections put in place by President Barack Obama, including Utah's Bears Ears National Monument. Obama infuriated Utah Republicans when he created the monument in late December on 1.3 million acres of land that is sacred to Native Americans and home to tens of thousands of archaeological sites, including ancient cliff dwellings.
Joseph P. Riley, Jr.'s students from The Citadel had a front row seat at Emanuel AME Church as audience members -- including former state legislator Lucille Whipper -- asked U.S. Rep. James Clyburn questions. Clyburn was the featured speaker Thursday, April 13, 2017.
Popular Vote Loser Donald Trump just released his first budget,and it is filled with debilitating cuts to social services and... Despite promising to release his tax returns in a televised debate with Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump continues to show that... A good bit back, I wrote a piece about authors who loathed adaptations of their work . For example, Stanley Kubrick managed to make two films which are considered among some of the best he ever directed, which also pissed off the authors of the source material something awful.
Nearly ten years ago, Chelsea Handler made her late-night debut on E! with "Chelsea Lately." The after-hours party served up heaps of pop culture gab and raunch-filled perspective for seven seasons.
FBI Director James Comey said Americans should be aware of foreign efforts to undermine confidence in U.S. elections and mindful of the possibility that what they're reading might be part of an organized disinformation campaign. U.S. adversaries, including Russia last year, have "used all kinds of vectors to try and influence and undermine our own faith in our democratic processes" and have relied on increasingly sophisticated tactics, the FBI director warned.
In this March 29, 2017, file photo FBI Director James Comey speaks during the Intelligence and National Security Alliance Leadership Dinner in Alexandria, Va. Comey says Americans should be mindful of foreign efforts to undermine confidence in U.S. elections.
A group of divers was treated to "an encounter of a lifetime" when a massive whale shark visited them during a dive at "the trench" in Palm Beach County on April 9, 2017. U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, D-FL, held a congressional field hearing on climate change near President Donald Trump's Palm Beach resort Mar-a-Largo on April 10, 2017.
In a news conference and a pair of interviews, President Donald Trump gave skewed accounts of U.S. relations over time with Russia, auto jobs and health care under his watch. TRUMP: "We may be at an all-time low in terms of relationship with Russia."
Senator McCaskill: Senator McCaskill is on a town hall tour, she'll be swinging thru Springfield tomorrow morning. She's touting that she's visiting counties that voted for Trump, so she's not afraid of opposition... but the thing is every county in Missouri voted for Trump except for three .
FBI Director James Comey on Wednesday said his organization is "not on anybody's side" and that its only concern was "trying to figure out what's true." "If you see the world through sides, the FBI doesn't make a lot of sense to you," he said during an event in Washington, D.C. for a new television documentary about the FBI.
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In a pair of interviews, President Donald Trump gave a skewed account of auto jobs and health care under his watch and flatly contradicted himself on how long he's known his right-hand strategist, Steve Bannon. "Many years," Trump said of their relationship back in August, when he made Bannon his campaign chief.
Congress is wildly unpopular and for good reason, but there are some exceptions. According to a new poll from Morning Consult, Bernie Sanders is still riding the wave of popularity he enjoyed as a presidential contender and ranks as the country's most liked senator.
The Obama administration claimed that it negotiated with Syria and Russia to eliminate "100 percent" of Syria's chemical weapons. After President Barack Obama's 2012 "red line" warning to Syria about using chemical weapons, Syria launched a chemical attack in August 2013.