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House members voted 123-10 Sunday afternoon to approve a tax relief package that would offer property tax relief to farmers and businesses, create a new tax credit for college graduates with loan debt and expand aid to Minnesota parents with childcare costs. The measure passed with only a handful of House Democrats opposed.
Rep. Peter King said Sunday that the disappearance of EgyptAir flight MS804 could still be linked to terrorism, although no groups have claimed responsibility. "I would say that right now, the indicators are that... it's terrorism," King, a member of the Homeland Security Committee, said on CNN's "State of the Union."
Presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders announced in an interview released late Saturday that he would be backing Tim Canova, the progressive challenger running to unseat incumbent Debbie Wasserman Schultz in the congressional race for Florida's 23rd district. Wasserman Schultz has been a highly controversial chair of the DNC this primary season, and is widely perceived by many Sanders supporters as rigging the primary to bolster establishment candidate Hillary Clinton over Sanders' progressive campaign.
The federal government will no longer use the terms "Negro" and "Oriental" after President Barack Obama signed a bill into law. In a rare show of bipartisan support, the measure H.R.4238, passed unanimously in the House of Representatives and the Senate earlier this year.
Despite reforms inspired in part by the Express-News 2013 series "Twice Betrayed," little progress has been made in reducing the number of military sexual assaults, according a new Pentagon report. Despite reforms inspired in part by the Express-News 2013 series "Twice Betrayed," little progress has been made in reducing the number of military sexual assaults, according a new Pentagon report.
Just over 50 years ago in a river town in southeastern Ohio, a high-tech polymer called Udel PSU was produced for the very first time. NASA applied the shiny gold film to the visor on Neil Armstrong's helmet.
As Judge Barry Williams prepare to announce a verdict Monday in the trial of Officer Edward Nero, a number of lawyers who have watched the case believe Nero will be acquitted. All of these lawyers have no connection with any of the cases of the six officers accused in the death of Freddie Gray.
Bernie Sanders said Saturday afternoon he would back the primary challenger of Democratic National Committee Chairwoman and Florida Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz - and added that if elected president she would not be reappointed to head the DNC. During a pre-taped interview with CNN that will air in full Sunda y, Sanders said that he would support Nova Southeastern University law professor Tim Canova over Rep. Wasserman Schultz in her Democratic primary race for Florida's 23rd congressional district.
The U.S. conducted an airstrike Saturday against Taliban leader Mullah Mansour, the Pentagon said, and a U.S. official said Mansour was believed to have been killed. Pentagon press secretary Peter Cook said the attack occurred in a remote region along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border.
Attorneys for the city of Chicago have told a federal judge they are prepared to admit to a jury that a code of silence exists within the police department in an attempt to keep Mayor Rahm Emanuel off the witness stand. But U.S. District Judge Gary Feinerman said Friday he would still ask Emanuel to testify in the case of two whistleblower police officers suing the city, explaining that the mayor's testimony could offer "much more texture" on the issue.
Volunteers at the Washington state Republican convention hand out ballots to select delegates for the Republican national convention, Friday, May 20, 2016, in Pasco, Wash. Republicans from across the state are attending the state convention, where they are choosing delegates to the national convention and hammering out a platform.
Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington on May 10. Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid says Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders won't win their party's nod, but that doesn't mean his campaign has been in vain. Amid reports that Sanders' campaign is burning through its cash, Reid told MSNBC's "AM Joy" that the self-proclaimed democratic socialist will be a more powerful voice than ever before in the Senate.
Biden is set to deliver the commencement speech at the graduation... Vice President Joe Biden told the U.S. Military Academy's class of 2016 on Saturday that greater diversity, including more women and openly gay soldiers, will strengthen the country's armed forces. Vice President Joe Biden told the U.S. Military Academy's class of 2016 on Saturday that greater diversity, including more women and openly gay soldiers, will strengthen the country's armed forces.
Pennsylvania's primary polls looked grim in mid-March for Katie McGinty, the candidate recruited by Democratic heavy hitters in Washington in their multimillion-dollar quest to recapture the U.S. Senate majority.
Sens. Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand want the Algonquin pipeline project halted until independent health and safety reviews are completed. The two Democrats say the project poses a threat to the quality of life in the region and doesn't come with any long-term benefit to the communities it would affect.
The head of the Transportation Security Administration warned travellers Friday to expect long airport security lines to continue during the peak summer travel season despite Congress' shifting of $34 million to the agency. Peter Neffenger briefed officials in Chicago on Friday about efforts to address crushing delays in getting passengers through security checkpoints at major airports around the country.
To paraphrase the words of that Scottish master Robert Burns, the best laid plans of mice, men - and women - go often astray, or "gang aft agley," as they say in the Highlands. No one knows this better than Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Donald Trump's investment in campaign tops $43 million Hillary Clinton's campaign is bigger and better funded as their likely showdown nears. Check out this story on USATODAY.com: http://usat.ly/27KRI1W WASHINGTON -- Donald Trump plowed another $7.5 million into his bid for the presidency last month as he barreled toward to his likely general-election confrontation with a well-funded Hillary Clinton, new campaign reports show.
More than a dozen Donald Trump golf courses, hotels, casinos and private clubs have been honoured with "Star Diamond" awards from the American Academy of Hospitality Sciences, a company that doles out shiny plaques representing "the most prestigious award of true excellence in hospitality." The Trump Grill at Trump Tower has one.