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A prank caller talking to the leader of the world's most powerful country aboard Air Force One? It's apparently possible. Posing as New Jersey Senator Robert Menendez, comedian John Melendez said he contacted President Donald Trump on Wednesday night while he was on the presidential plane.
This week on State of Texas: lawmakers discuss "red flag" laws and mental health as part of ongoing school safety hearings, a University of Texas pollster examines how Texans feel about the root cause of school shootings and a new look at the significance of the Wendy Davis abortion filibuster, five years later. With the Santa Fe shooting still fresh in the minds of Texans, House members held a new round of school safety hearings.
Sunday scorcher! Health warnings for tens of millions of Americans as 'relentless' record-breaking temperatures grip the country and are expected to last through the WHOLE holiday week 'I'm never going to move on, especially at this moment in my life': Meghan McCain says she will 'never forgive' Trump for his personal attacks on her father as he battles terminal brain cancer 'Stuttering John' Melendez says that Secret Service pays a visit to his house a day after he was patched through to the President on Air Force One and blames Jared Kushner Parents outraged after celebrity-friendly $45,000-a-year Manhattan school reveals plans to separate children in different classrooms based on race 'You better shoot straight': Defiant congresswoman Maxine Waters responds to people giving her death threats over Trump feud, and warns there is 'nothing like a wounded animal' 'I never really thought it ... (more)
Sunday scorcher! Health warnings for tens of millions of Americans as 'relentless' record-breaking temperatures grip the country and are expected to last through the WHOLE holiday week 'I'm never going to move on, especially at this moment in my life': Meghan McCain says she will 'never forgive' Trump for his personal attacks on her father as he battles terminal brain cancer 'Stuttering John' Melendez says that Secret Service pays a visit to his house a day after he was patched through to the President on Air Force One and blames Jared Kushner Parents outraged after celebrity-friendly $45,000-a-year Manhattan school reveals plans to separate children in different classrooms based on race 'You better shoot straight': Defiant congresswoman Maxine Waters responds to people giving her death threats over Trump feud, and warns there is 'nothing like a wounded animal' 'I never really thought it ... (more)
Sunday scorcher! Health warnings for tens of millions of Americans as 'relentless' record-breaking temperatures grip the country and are expected to last through the WHOLE holiday week 'I'm never going to move on, especially at this moment in my life': Meghan McCain says she will 'never forgive' Trump for his personal attacks on her father as he battles terminal brain cancer 'Stuttering John' Melendez says that Secret Service pays a visit to his house a day after he was patched through to the President on Air Force One and blames Jared Kushner Parents outraged after celebrity-friendly $45,000-a-year Manhattan school reveals plans to separate children in different classrooms based on race 'You better shoot straight': Defiant congresswoman Maxine Waters responds to people giving her death threats over Trump feud, and warns there is 'nothing like a wounded animal' 'I never really thought it ... (more)
The Latest on the looming battle to choose a successor for retiring Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy : Senator Elizabeth Warren says the country is in a perilous state with Republicans controlling the executive and legislative branches and President Donald Trump about to make his second Supreme Court nomination. The Massachusetts Democrat spoke at a rally Thursday in front of the Supreme Court, saying, "People around this country are worried and they're right to worry."
During an interview with The Associated Press Wednesday, June 27, 2018, in Evanston, Illinois, Lidia Karine Souza, who is seeking asylum from Brazil, sheds a tear as she talks about the ordeal she has lived in searching... . Ruben Garcia, director of the Annunciation House, speaks with migrant parents Tuesday, June 26, 2018, in El Paso, Texas.
Four partners in a project that could build a Missouri River port to one of two sites near Jefferson City are moving closer to formally applying for a port authority with the Missouri Department of Transportation. An economic impact report completed in mid-June for the Jefferson City Area Chamber of Commerce, the Cole County Commission, the Callaway County Commission and Jefferson City says either proposal could create 4,385 jobs throughout the 25-year life of the port - or about 175 jobs per year.
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., left, with Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., the ranking member at right, holds a meeting on their months-long standoff with the Justice Department on the request by th... . Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., the ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee, followed at right by Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., leads the panel's Democrats out of the hearing room briefly after waiting for Republican me... .
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio both called for the dismantling of ICE this week amid backlash over President Donald Trump's "zero tolerance" immigration policy. "I don't think ICE today is working as intended," Gillibrand said on CNN Thursday evening.
A federal report greatly improves prospects for building a long-awaited, $1 billion Great Lakes navigational lock needed to ensure flow of raw materials essential for steelmaking and other manufacturing, Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder and other supporters said Friday. The report by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers boosts a key benefit-cost score for the proposed project at the Soo Locks on the St. Marys River between Lake Superior and Lake Huron.
Republican Senate candidate Corey Stewart of Virginia delivers a brief speech at the Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C. Republican Senate candidate Corey Stewart of Virginia delivers a brief speech at the Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C. Corey Stewart's Republican nomination for U.S. Senate from Virginia has prompted an identity crisis within the state GOP, with some donors and activists saying they are so turned off, they are willing to vote for his Democratic opponent, Sen. Tim Kaine.
Of all the pebbles in President Donald Trump's shoe, liberal filmmaker Michael Moore has aspired - since before day one - to be one of the most conspicuous. Moore has called for Trump to step aside - even before Trump took office.
"It's a travesty that despite repeated attempts to do so, Congress still hasn't put anti-lynching legislation on the books," Sen. Corey Booker, a New Jersey Democrat, said in a statement. "This bill will right historical wrongs by acknowledging our country's stained past and codifying into law our commitment to abolishing this shameful practice."
Several prominent Democrats who are mulling a bid for the White House in 2020 have sought to bolster their progressive credentials by calling for major changes to immigration enforcement, with some pressing for the outright abolition of the federal government's chief immigration enforcement agency. President Trump responded on Twitter Saturday that it will "never happen!" Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand of New York said Immigration and Customs Enforcement, known as ICE, has "become a deportation force," telling CNN late Thursday "you should get rid of it, start over, reimagine it and build something that actually works."
Illustration by Selman Design; Photographs by Tammy Bradshaw, Seth Wenig/Associated Press, Mark Makela for The New York Times, and Jeff Swensen for The New York Times. In May, three young progressive women running for the state Legislature in Pennsylvania, each endorsed by the Democratic Socialists of America, won decisive primary victories over men heavily favored by the political establishment.
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said in her weekly press briefing on Thursday that the Democratic Party is about "honoring the vows of our founders." Our values are about supporting America's working families, about honoring the vows of our Founders, about honoring the sacrifice of our men and women in uniform, honoring the aspirations of our children," she said."
Plaintiff Mark Janus stands outside the Supreme Court after the court rules in a setback for organized labor that states can't force government workers to pay union fees. Andrew Harnik/AP hide caption Plaintiff Mark Janus stands outside the Supreme Court after the court rules in a setback for organized labor that states can't force government workers to pay union fees.
A comedian has successfully pulled a prank on the U.S. president with a fake phone call, raising concerns that White House security had not been up to par. John Melendez, a radio show personality, said he had called Trump while the president was travelling to Washington D.C. on board the Air Force One after a rally Wednesday evening.
In this Friday, June 22, 2018, photo, Mike Kennedy speaks at a backyard meet and greet in Holladay, Utah. Mitt Romney faces state lawmaker Kennedy on Tuesday, June 26, 2018, as the ex-presidential nominee looks to restart his po... U.S. Rep. Joseph Crowley says he wishes "the best" for Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the challenger who beat him in the Democratic congressional primary in New York in a highly unexpected upset.