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SolarCity workers install solar panels on a Denver home with Sen. Michael Bennet , center, in 2010. SolarCity announced Thursday that it will begin offering loans as an option for homeowners who want solar panels.
Daughter of Democrat Congressman Elijah Cummings uses his car with official plates to ferry Lyft passengers around Washington Daily Mail (UK), by Ollie Gillman
The top two Democrats in California's U.S. Senate race have raised more than a combined $12 million for their campaigns, but many of the state's most generous and loyal campaign donors have yet to crack open their wallets. During Sen. Barbara Boxer's hard-fought 2010 campaign against Republican challenger Carly Fiorina, her supporters helped her secure reelection with more than $10 million in individual contributions in 2009-2010.
Former Anchorage Mayor Dan Sullivan filed to run against U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski in the 2016 GOP primary on Wednesday, June 1, 2016. Former Anchorage Mayor Dan Sullivan filed to face U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski in the Republican primary moments before the candidate deadline Wednesday.
Hurricane Joaquin was one of just two major hurricanes to form in the Atlantic in 2015, intensifying to near Category 5 strength. The storm damaged houses on Crooked Island in the Bahamas, pictured here, and is blamed for sinking the cargo ship El Faro, killing a crew of 33. Wednesday marked the official start for the Atlantic season, even if mother nature got a jump start this year by throwing two pre-season storms into the mix.
Amber Heard's dire finances revealed: Court documents show she earns $10,000 a month but spends almost $44,000 on 'basic expenses' New photos show Amber Heard with more bruising and a bloody lip following alleged December attack at the hands of Johnny Depp as actress details their 'toxic' marriage Hillary Clinton recruits Jon Bon Jovi to help her win New Jersey so she can claim the nomination before California's polls close Hillary Clinton recruited a 'Jersey giant' to introduce her at a rally in Newark, New Jersey, to shore up support in a state that could technically hand her the Democratic nomination before polls close in California, where rival Bernie Sanders has staked out his turf.
Obama touts Elkhart's recovery, looks to November President Obama says his economic policies 'point us in the right direction' Check out this story on pal-item.com: http://indy.st/1sMDTj7 President Barack Obama visited Elkhart Wednesday to make the case that his policies have helped shape the recovering U.S. economy - especially in the northern part of Indiana. Obama spoke first at Concord Community High School in Elkhart before a scheduled town hall at the city's Lerner Theatre.
Rep. Elijah Cummings said Wednesday that his daughter, a recent college graduate, had been using his Honda with Congressional license plates to work as a driver for ride-sharing company Lyft. "In an effort to earn some extra money to pay her expenses at school, she signed up for a part-time position with one of the ride-sharing companies.
"On Memorial Day I particularly want to thank the Democrats and Republicans in the General Assembly for putting politics aside and doing the right thing for Chicago taxpayers, and for our first responders. We in the city agreed to step up and finally do our part to and responsibly fund these pensions, and I want to thank Springfield for doing their part as well.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Fire Department Commissioner Jose Santiago recognized 70 new graduates of the Fire Academy during a ceremony today at Navy Pier. Under the Emanuel Administration, the city has graduated nearly 800 individuals through the Fire Academy, and 120 candidates are being trained at the Academy today.
Newly released documents about a now-defunct business owned by Donald Trump reveal strategies for enticing people to enroll in real estate seminars even if they couldn't afford it, opening the presumptive Republican nominee up to fresh criticism from Hillary Clinton that he took advantage of vulnerable Americans. " Trump University was a fraudulent scheme used to prey upon those who could least afford it," Clinton's campaign wrote on Twitter Wednesday morning.
A U.S. Senate report says at least four automakers are selling new vehicles that have potentially deadly Takata air bag inflators. The report by Commerce Committee Democrats says some 2016 and 2017 models from Fiat Chrysler, Mitsubishi, Toyota and Volkswagen have a type of inflator that is prone to rupture and presents a potential danger to drivers and passengers.
The immigration crisis that is so polarizing our country, our politics and our humanitarian beliefs, is now a judicial crisis - one manifested in outrageous federal court backlogs that are further compounding and complicating this issue. Currently, the median length of time to dispose of a federal immigration case involving a non-detained defendant is 665 days ; it's 71 days for a defendant held in a detention facility.
In this June 2014 file photo, Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson speaks to the media with Republican National Committee site selection leader Enid Mickelsen and Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus alongside at Quicken Loans Arena. Mayor Frank Jackson and other Cleveland leaders swear they have their act together for the Republican National Convention.
When Rep. Scott Peters offered a measure last summer to forbid funds in an underlying spending bill from being used by federal contractors discriminating against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people, it was approved with little fanfare. President Obama a year earlier had issued an executive order prohibiting such discrimination by federal contractors.
Republicans and Democrats are bracing for a busy June of primary fights that will go a long way toward determining how competitive the race for the House majority will be this fall. While Democrats face a steep hill to win back control of the lower chamber - they'd need to net 30 seats - party leaders see a chance if Donald Trump Rubio has gone from savior to sellout New culture wars erupt in the House June primary fights set stage for Dems' hopes to take over House MORE And a handful of contests this month will be some of the first chances for Democrats to select the strongest challengers in toss-up or Democratic-leaning congressional districts held by Republicans.
The Edwardsville/Glen Carbon Chamber of Commerce is providing a 'business roundtable' lunch opportunity for local leaders to speak with Congressman Rodney Davis . The roundtable is scheduled for 11am Thursday, June 2 in the Tuscan Room at Bella Milano Edwardsville .
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie once predicted that Donald Trump would clinch the GOP nomination in his home state. Now it looks like Democrat Hillary Clinton might be the one who pulls that off.
Presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton posed a wild notion in a new interview: She could carry Texas in the fall. In a newly published New York magazine interview with reporter Rebecca Traister, Clinton was asked which traditionally red states she might make a play for against likely GOP nominee, Donald Trump: "Texas!" she exclaimed, eyes wide, as if daring me to question this, which I did.
A woman is walking 80 miles while pulling a casket from her home to the state Capitol to raise awareness of mental health issues, including suicide and addiction. The 48-year-old has a backpack of water and is storing food in the wooden casket she is pulling behind her with a strap fastened to her waist.