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A Republican senator called accusations that the GOP is owned by the fossil fuel industry "insulting" after a Democratic senator said the party has become the political wing of oil companies. In a hearing Thursday of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on the impact of the Supreme Court's stay of President Obama's Clean Power Plan, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., used his five minutes of allotted time to read quotes from former Sen. John Chafee, R-R.I., from a hearing in 1986.
When asked whether the U.S.-Mexico border is secure, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi did not answer directly but said "the thought of building a wall there is wrong." At her press conference at the Capitol on Thursday, CNSNews.com asked Pelosi: "Do you think that the U.S.-Mexico border is secure?" Pelosi said: "I think it's important to noteI just took a delegation, a bipartisan delegation, to Mexico and migration was one of our issues, TPP, national security always first and foremost the issue--and the fact is, is that we have a negative migration.
President Barack Obama waves as he boards Air Force One, Wednesday at JFK International Airport in New York. Obama traveled to New York for a Democratic fundraiser and tape an appearance on the Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon.
Donald Trump has hired a pollster to work exclusively on his presidential campaign in New York, according to The New York Times. The pollster, John McLaughlin, predicted that then-House Majority leader Eric Cantor would win his 2014 race in Virginia, but Cantor lost to Dave Brat.
An F-35A takes off from Hill Air Force Base, Utah, in March 2014. The Air National Guard's Truax Field in Wisconsin is in the running for the new generation of fighter jet.
As Bernie Sanders meets Thursday with top Democrats -- including President Obama and Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid -- a leading Democrat is signaling it's time for Sanders to make peace with Hillary Clinton. Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown told CNN's Alisyn Camerota on "New Day" he expects Sanders to throw his support behind Clinton and hit the campaign trail with her -- while also allowing for the possibility that may not happen until after the party's convention next month.
The presumptive GOP nominee has argued he can put as many as 15 states into play this fall, but he lags far behind Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton in building up troops for a general election battle. Rather than building out teams of his own hires in swing states -- the model previous nominees like Mitt Romney and John McCain relied on -- Trump is signaling to the Republican National Committee and state parties that he will rely on them to take the lead in organizing key toss up states.
Obama traveled to New York for a Democratic fundraiser and tape an appearance on the Tonight... . Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., takes the stage at a rally Tuesday, June 7, 2016, in Santa Monica, Calif.
JUNE 7: Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton arrives onstage during a primary night rally at the Duggal Greenhouse in the Brooklyn Navy Yard, June 7, 2016 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. Clinton has secured enough delegates and commitments from superdelegates to become the Democratic Party's presumptive presidential nominee.
House Republican leaders and President Barack Obama pressured lawmakers in both parties to back legislation to help ease Puerto Rico's financial crisis as the U.S. territory faces a $2 billion debt payment in just over three weeks. The House is scheduled to begin debate Thursday on a bill that would create a financial control board and restructure some of Puerto Rico's $70 billion debt.
"I received a call that people were pouring into the emergency room dead on arrival after taking counterfeit Norco laced with fentanyl," Sacramento County Public Health Officer Dr. Olivia Kasirye told health professionals gathered at the Prescription Drug Awareness Conference held at Sacramento State University on May 20. Trying desperately to prevent additional deaths, Kasirye says she went into overdrive to get the word out about this dangerous batch of fake Norco. Norco is a prescription painkiller, but this batch contained fentanyl, a powerful painkiller hundreds of times stronger than heroin.
What to do when one presidential candidate clinches her party's presidential nod but her effect... . Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., left, gets a kiss from his wife, Jane O'Meara Sanders, at a rally Tuesday, June 7, 2016, in Santa Monica, Calif.
The daughter of the late Rep. Tom Lantos is returning a state award to Hungary to protest the same award being presented to a nationalist journalist described as racist and anti-Semitic, JTA reported Monday. Dr. Katrina Lantos Swett joins about 100 other Hungarians or people of Hungarian heritage in returning the Knight's Cross of the Order of Merit, to protest the recognition last month of the right-wing journalist and columnist Zsolt Bayer for his writings.
Ninety-one percent of Americans toss their food after the date on the labels have passed, but in many cases, they may actually be wasting perfectly safe food. There are three types of dates used on food labels: "sell by," "best if used by," and "use by."
U.S. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell has announced a visit with the Spokane Indian Tribe Thursday. The visit comes as Washington Gov. Jay Inslee has signed off on a plan that includes a casino.
Williams will perform alongside Little Big Town at Wednesday's CMT Awards in Nashvi... . FILE - In this April 3, 2016 file photo, Jimi Westbrook, from left, Karen Fairchild, Kimberly Schlapman and Phillip Sweet, of Little Big Town, accepts the award for vocal group of the year at the 51st annual Ac... .
Along with VCNV companions, I'm part of a 150 mile walk from Chicago to Thomson, IL , a small town in Northwest IL where the U.S. Bureau of Prisons is setting up an Administrative Maximum prison, also known as a Supermax. Prison laborers from U.S. minimum security prisons now labor to turn what once was an Illinois state prison into a federal supermax detention facility with 1900 cells that will confine prisoners for 23 hours of every day.
Republican U.S. Senate candidate Sharron Angle said Wednesday that while she hasn't given up, it will be an uphill battle to gather enough signatures to meet an upcoming deadline for her three proposed ballot measures, including requiring a photo ID to vote. Angle didn't estimate how many signatures have been collected to support the proposals ahead of a June 21 deadline.
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump smiles as supporters cheer during a news conference at the Trump National Golf Club Westchester, Tuesday, June 7, 2016, in Briarcliff Manor, N.Y. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is seen through the teleprompter as he speaks at the Trump National Golf Club Westchester, Tuesday, June 7, 2016, in Briarcliff Manor, N.Y. Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks at a rally Tuesday, June 7, 2016, in Santa Monica, Calif. President Barack Obama waves as he walks from the Oval Office to Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, June 8, 2016, for a short trip to Andrews Air Force Base, Md.
Hillary Clinton opened her general election campaign against Donald Trump on Wednesday by accusing him of behaving like a "demagogue," likening his attacks on judges, the media, his opponents and their families to dark moments in the world's history. "It's classic behavior by a demagogue," she said in an telephone interview with the Associated Press.