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Does anybody here remember Blanche Lincoln? She was a two-term senator from Arkansas, a moderate Democrat who prospered in a red state by defying liberal power brokers like big labor. The unions and ultra-left pressure groups went after her big-time in 2010, backing a primary challenge by Arkansas Lieutenant Governor Bill Halter.
A driver came away with just minor injuries after a flying tire sliced through his car. Police say the tire flew off a pickup truck on Interstate-41 Friday morning in Menomonee Falls, northwest of Milwaukee.
Rev. Nancy Palmer Jones, of the First Unitarian Church of San Jose, speaks during a press conference with public officials and faith leaders with the grassroots organization PACT at City Hall in San Jose, Calif., Friday, April 6, 2017. PACT will launch a county-wide "solidarity network" aimed at protecting and defending "immigrants who are living in fear under the threat of deportation."
Democratic Gov. Mark Dayton has signaled a possible compromise on Real ID after saying he doesn't believe he can allow immigrants living in the country illegally to obtain driver's licenses without legislative approval. Dayton said Monday that legislation is needed this session to be compliant with federal ID standards.
Russia's deputy U.N. ambassador Vladimir Safronkov listens as Syria's Deputy U.N. Ambassador Mounzer Mounzer speaks during a Security Council meeting on the situation in Syria Friday at United Nations headquarters. PALM BEACH, Fla.
Turkish experts evacuate a victim of a suspected chemical weapons attacks in the Syrian city of Idlib to a local hospital Tuesday in Reyhanli. Turkish experts evacuate a victim of a suspected chemical weapons attacks in the Syrian city of Idlib to a local hospital Tuesday in Reyhanli.
Thomas Vranas asked a judge Thursday to sentence him to probation for his role in a bribery scandal that enmeshed the Chicago Public Schools and cost former CPS CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett her job and led to her corruption conviction, the Chicago Sun-Times is reporting. Even though his former business partner, Gary Solomon, has already been hit with a seven-year prison sentence - and Byrd-Bennett faces her own lengthy stay behind bars - Vranas' attorney claims he was basically taken along for a ride.
President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Neil Gorsuch, is headed for confirmation after Republicans tore up the Senate's voting rules to allow him to ascend to the high court over furious Democratic objections. Democrats denounced the GOP's use of what both sides dubbed the "nuclear option" to put Gorsuch on the court, calling it an epic power grab that would further corrode politics in Congress, the courts and the United States.
Democratic lawmakers and representatives from the state teachers union, the state PTA and other organizations gathered in Annapolis Thursday morning to tout the Protect Our Schools Act. Gov. Democratic lawmakers and representatives from the state teachers union, the state PTA and other organizations gathered in Annapolis Thursday morning to tout the Protect Our Schools Act.
A 22-year-old man was arrested Saturday, after Burlington police say he broke into a home on South Willard St. Lt. Jonathan Young says a woman locked herself in her bedroom and called 911 around 3 a.m., after waking up to the sound of breaking glass.
At his Senate confirmation hearing, Attorney General Jeff Sessions lied under oath that he had never had contact with the... Here we have a wonderful example of how Donald Trump's mind works. Democratic Rep. Elijah Cummings has spoken with Donald Trump on "several occasions" and has always had a consistent message for der Pumpkinfuhrer .
Markup of H.R. 625, H.R. 1351, H.R. 2131, H.R. 2132, H.R. 2169, H.R. 2188, H.R. 2190, H.R. 2213, H.R. 2281, H.R. ____ H.R. 625 , Reporting Efficiently to Proper Officials in Response to Terrorism Act of 2017, introduced by Rep. Pete Aguilar H.R. ____, Department of Homeland Security Morale, Recognition, Learning and Engagement Act of 2017, to be introduced by Rep. Bennie Thompson H.R. ____, Border Enforcement Security Task Force Reauthorization Act of 2017, to be introduced by Rep Filemon Vela The Homeland Security Committee continues its efforts to shield the homeland and protect Americans.
For the past two months, the citizens of the Illinois' 16th Congressional District have asked Rep. Adam Kinzinger to host a town hall meeting. Our goal is to discuss our concerns with him and allow him to explain what he is doing in Congress.
Senator Jon Tester introduced a bipartisan bill that would increase veterans access to substance abuse and mental health treatment through veterans treatment court. Tester says the veteran treatment court does crucial work to make sure veterans in the criminal justice system are getting specific assistance they need.
Newly elected state Sen. Ted Kennedy Jr., D-Branford, chats with Rep. Pam Staneski during a public hearing of the Intellectual and Developmental Disability Committee at the Capitol in Hartford on Jan. 15, 2015. Kennedy, son of the Massachusetts Sen. Ted Kennedy and nephew of President John F. Kennedy.
Gov. Jay Inslee speaks to the media at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport on Jan. 28, where he joined protesters in blasting President Donald Trump's executive order banning entry of refugees from seven Muslim-majority nations. The order was blocked from going into effect by a federal judge in Seattle.
The GOP's health care bill withdrawal on Friday, left in place the Affordable Care Act. Many were relieved about it but some are also concerned about what's going to happen next.
It's the feel-good story of the day for nave people: Huma and Tony "working hard" on their marriage. The New York Post has the story: "Huma has been working hard on her relationship with Anthony," said a source close to the Abedin family.
New York Post : "After years of public humiliation by her sext-a-holic husband, Anthony Weiner, 40-year-old Abedin finally separated from the former congressman in August, one day after The Post reported that he had sent yet another explicit photo to a woman - this one showing his toddler son asleep beside him."