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President Donald Trump is a unifying force for Democrats, bringing together disparate factions in opposition to nearly every presidential move. But solidarity - at least for now - doesn't necessarily add up to a strategy that can help Democrats win more elections after a precipitous slide from power in Congress and around the country.
Scores of House Democrats are pressing the Trump administration to reinstate funding for an international program dedicated to family planning and women's reproductive health. The State Department earlier this month announced it would pull all U.S. funding for the United Nations Population Fund , citing concerns that the money would subsidize coercive abortion services overseas, particularly in China.
April 11--The Erie Metropolitan Transit Authority's board of directors unanimously approved a resolution Monday that formalized, for state officials, part of the agreement which ended an 18-month-long city-county stalemate over EMTA's operating charter. The resolution formally increases county representation on EMTA's nine-member board of directors to four appointees from three and gives the city five appointees to that board, instead of six.
The number of people who have been asked to hand over their cellphones and passwords by Customs and Border Protection agents has increased nearly threefold in recent years. As the Trump administration considers steps to implement what the president has called extreme vetting of foreigners at the border, one aspect of security screening has already been amped up.
As the Trump administration proposes cuts in programs dealing with climate change, witnesses told a Senate panel Monday that South Florida is experiencing worsening effects from rising sea levels. "While there are still some who continue to deny that this climate change is real, South Florida offers proof that it is real and is an issue we're going to have to confront in the decades ahead," said Sen. Bill Nelson , ranking Democrat on the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, as he opened a hearing at West Palm Beach City Hall.
In a crazy twist of international events, Russia's state-owned oil company Rosneft might end up owning Citgo, a US energy company based in Houston, Texas. This isn't a direct takeover.
Not far from Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort, one expert after another warned Monday about the dangers that rising sea levels pose to Florida's coast. Not that surprising, except this was a Senate committee field hearing challenging the position shared by President Donald Trump and many Republicans in Congress that climate change isn't real.
The National Weather Service would have to boost research - including some from private companies - to improve forecasts and storm warnings under a bill headed to President Donald trump's desk. Lawmakers said the bill should save lives by giving residents more time to prepare for hurricanes, tornadoes and other deadly storms.
A trio of motions aimed at protecting undocumented immigrants and others threatened with deportation, including putting $1 million into a legal defense fund, are scheduled to be voted on Tuesday by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors. City and county officials first proposed the ideas late last year in response to President Donald Trump's pre-election remarks about deporting people who live in the country illegally.
A third-term Illinois state representative says he's considering a run for the Democratic nomination for governor in 2018. Scott Drury said Monday he wants to stop the "partisan bickering, public corruption and uncontrolled violence" in Illinois.
Sen. Joe Donnelly, one of the most vulnerable senators up for re-election next year, had his biggest fundraising quarter since joining the Senate in 2012. Indiana Sen. Joe Donnelly steps up fundraising as GOP targets him Sen. Joe Donnelly, one of the most vulnerable senators up for re-election next year, had his biggest fundraising quarter since joining the Senate in 2012.
Speculation abounds regarding what the Senate's having gone "nuclear" means for those of us living in the brave new morning after. For every commentator who rues that our justices will now decline in quality , there's one who explains that this moment actually breaks the fever of our toxic judicial politics.
The unquenchable thirst for chatter about President Donald Trump has changed the dynamics of a fierce daytime television competition much as it has in late-night TV. "The View" has spent more time talking politics with the arrival of a new administration, stopping the momentum of its rival "The Talk," which sticks to pop culture.
As the Connecticut Republican Party looks for a challenger in the 2018 race to take on Democratic incumbent U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy, a Greenwich household name has been added to the mix, according to the Connecticut Post. Former "Fox & Friends" co-host and Greenwich resident Gretchen Carlson, 50, is being recruited to take on the liberal incumbent, a GOP insider told the Post.
On a recent evening, Martin Shkreli was drinking beer at Tuttles, a bar in the Murray Hill neighborhood of Manhattan that has sticky wooden tables and sports playing on TV. He was taking a break from two activities that now consume much of his time: writing computer code for a new company he heads and meeting with his lawyers in anticipation of his upcoming criminal fraud trial.
The Southwest Light Rail Transit project would add a third leg to the Twin Cities' still-young train system, and link the populous and affluent southern and western suburbs to the jobs, education and entertainment of the city center. But a nearly $2 billion price tag and a rift between rural and urban interests has kept the project on uncertain footing for years.
The Wall Street Journal reports that Oreo, Cadbury and Trident maker Mondelez may replace CEO Irene Rosenfeld as it deals with changing consumer appetites and pressure from activist investors. The Wall Street Journal reports that Oreo, Cadbury and Trident maker Mondelez may replace CEO Irene Rosenfeld as it deals with changing consumer appetites and pressure from activist investors.
Former President Bill Clinton has been spending some time with former President George H. W. Bush and wife Barbara in Houston. Former President Bill Clinton has been spending some time with former President George H. W. Bush and wife Barbara in Houston.
The Wall Street Journal reports that Oreo, Cadbury and Trident maker Mondelez may replace CEO Irene Rosenfeld as it deals with changing consumer appetites and pressure from activist investors. The Wall Street Journal reports that Oreo, Cadbury and Trident maker Mondelez may replace CEO Irene Rosenfeld as it deals with changing consumer appetites and pressure from activist investors.
Extreme partisanship is rampant on Capitol Hill, but a glimmer of hope for cooperation is emerging from a dark place - the prescription painkiller and heroin crisis that's ravaging the country. It's an issue where all sides have said they want to act, though getting agreement hasn't always been smooth.