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U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer stands with officials from NuHealth and Nassau County in East Meadow as he calls on Congress to pass a bill to help combat the Zika virus on Monday, July 11, 2016. Photo Credit: Howard Schnapp U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer stands with officials from NuHealth and Nassau County in East Meadow as he calls on Congress to pass a bill to help combat the Zika virus on Monday, July 11, 2016.
Former Democratic Sen. Evan Bayh is expected to make another run for Senate in Indiana, Democratic officials said Monday, a development that would dramatically improve the party's chances to win back the vacant seat, and Senate control along with it. Democrats have been courting Bayh for over a year to run for the seat now held by Republican Sen. Dan Coats, who is retiring.
Conservative leadership contender Andrea Leadsom, issues a statement outside her home in Northamptonshire, England, after a newspaper suggested she was using her status as a mother to gain an advantage over leadership rival... Former Democratic Sen. Evan Bayh is expected to make another run for Senate in Indiana, Democratic officials said Monday, a development that would dramatically improve the party's chances to win back the vacant seat,... The suspect in the deadly attack on Dallas police taunted authorities during two hours of negotiations, laughing at them, singing and at one point asking how many officers he had shot, the police chief said.
Umalbaneen Ali Wehbe, sister's of Habib Ali Wehbe who went missing in 1976 during the Lebanese civil war, cries as her sister Zeinab speaks during an interview with The Associated Press after members of The International Red Cr... Former Democratic Sen. Evan Bayh is expected to make another run for Senate in Indiana, Democratic officials said Monday, a development that would dramatically improve the party's chances to win back the vacant seat,... The suspect in the deadly attack on Dallas police taunted authorities during two hours of negotiations, laughing at them, singing and at one point asking how many officers he had shot, the police chief said.
SANDERS: In this June 24 photo, Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt. speaks in Albany, N.Y. Sanders failed in his quest to include opposition to the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal in a draft of the Democratic Party's policy positions at a meeting Saturday, July 9, where several amendments against the deal were voted down by Hillary Clinton supporters.
Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Maryland, says Americans have to put themselves in other people's shoes in order to overcome the tensions between police and the public. "We have to look at both sides of this and try to put ourselves in the place of the other," Cummings said in an interview Monday on " CBS This Morning ."
Wanda Melton has voted for every Republican presidential nominee since Ronald Reagan in 1980, but now the Georgia grandmother plans to cross over to support Democrat Hillary Clinton. In this photo taken April 25, 2015, a group of women hold signs and shout their support as they wait on line to attend a rally for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump in Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
FARM JOURNAL FOUNDATION CONGRATULATES CONGRESS ON ENHANCING GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY Jul. 11, 2016 Source: Farm Journal Foundation news release On behalf of the Farm Journal Foundation, our Farmers Feeding the World leaders across the United States and more than twenty thousand HungerU student advocates, we would like to thank Congress for passing the Global Food Security Act of 2016. This bi-partisan bill affirms U.S. leadership in enhancing global food security, primarily by helping farmers in developing countries produce more of their own food to improve their livelihoods.
A small crowd held a vigil outside the Snohomish County Courthouse in Everett Sunday following the deaths in Minnesota, Louisiana and Texas earlier this week. In times of social discord and national mourning - such as the nation is experiencing following this week's shootings in Minnesota, Louisiana and Texas - people tend to congregate in support of one another, sharing the hopes that that will carry them forward through dark times.
Two of the biggest names in college football coaching are returning to their home state this week to help with flood relief efforts, including presenting area football programs with donations from major college programs. Alabama head coach Nick Saban, Florida State head coach Jimbo Fisher and Florida State offensive line coach Rick Trickett will be making their way back to West Virginia this Wednesday, as they are scheduled to make a special presentation supporting area football programs who were affected by the devastating floods on June 23rd .
Nationwide, a majority of unauthorized immigrants are from Mexico, but in Massachusetts, immigrants from Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras are among the largest groups facing deportation in immigration court, according to Trac, a Syracuse University organization that tracks immigration court filings. "I would hope that the president would take whatever action he can take .
In the wake of protests in Ferguson, Missouri, where authorities were criticized for what some called heavy-handed tactics against demonstrators, many departments took a more restrained approach.
A border war between titans in the casino world has escalated, with MGM Resorts International stepping up its opposition to a proposed tribal casino project in Connecticut that's supposed to help the tribes fend off competition from MGM's planned $950 million project in neighboring Massachusetts Besides challenging the law which laid the groundwork for the possible satellite casino, MGM was credited last month with proposing the surprise amendment to a federal defense bill. It would have prevented tribes with casinos on tribal land, like Connecticut's Mashantucket Pequot and Mohegan tribal nations, from opening a venture off-reservation in the same state.
As presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton boarded Air Force 1 with President Obama Tuesday, the wind was most likely at her back. The cloud that hovered over her campaign had seemingly disappeared.
A suburban Minnesota police officer who killed a black driver reacted to the man's gun, not his race, his attorney said Saturday, giving the most detailed account so far of why the officer drew his own weapon. Philando Castile's girlfriend, who streamed the immediate aftermath of the shooting live on Facebook, has said he was shot several times after telling the officer he had a gun and a permit to carry it.
Congresswoman Corrine Brown and her chief of staff were indicted Friday for their roles in a conspiracy and fraud scheme involving a fraudulent education charity according to a report by Historic City News from United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III. The 53-page, 24-count Grand Jury indictment of 69-year-old Brown of Jacksonville, and her 50-year-old chief of staff, Elias "Ronnie" Simmons of Laurel, Maryland, were published Friday, July 8th.
Fun fact to know and share: One of its most enthusiastic supporters was a young Republican congressman from Illinois named Donald Rumsfeld. Yes, that Donald Rumsfeld, the one who was secretary of the Defense Department during the George W. Bush administration.
As controversial as all the issues surrounding the immigration debate in the United States may be, most Americans agree that those in the country illegally who have been convicted of violent crimes should be deported. But in some cases, that can be maddeningly difficult when their native countries refuse to take them back.
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