Early voting begins July 2 in Paulding school board, commission runoffs
Paulding Republicans will have the chance to cast ballots early beginning July 2 and say if two Paulding County Commission seats should have new owners.
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Dems eye flipping House without trash talk
In this May 20, 2013, file photo, U.S. Rep. Denny Heck, D-Wash., speaks at a rally in Olympia, Wash. Heck is helping lead the Democrats' effort to pick up the 23 seats needed to regain control of the House in the 2018 midterm election.
Immigrant kids are forcibly medicated in custody, lawyers say
Private property signs block entrance to a dirt road along the perimeter of a tent encampment recently built near the Tornillo Port of Entry in Tornillo, Texas, on June 21, 2018. Private property signs block entrance to a dirt road along the perimeter of a tent encampment recently built near the Tornillo Port of Entry in Tornillo, Texas, on June 21, 2018.
Rep. Maxine Waters stands by call to confront Trump officials; Trump…
Despite taking heat from both sides of the aisle and receiving an email that threatened she might be lynched, Rep. Maxine Waters didn't back down Monday from her call for voters to "push back" against members of the Trump administration if they bump into them in public. On Sunday, Waters, a Democrat whose district includes parts of Los Angeles, Carson and south Los Angeles, was widely quoted arguing for personal confrontation.
Bill would expand diabetics’ access to therapeutic shoes
A pair of U.S. senators wants to use federal legislation to give diabetic people better access to therapeutic shoes. Maine Republican Sen. Susan Collins and Ohio Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown say their legislation would allow nurse practitioners and physician assistants to certify patients' need for the shoes.
New Mexico residents to testify on atomic bomb fallout
Residents of a New Mexico Hispanic village near the site of the world's first atomic bomb test say they were long ignored about the lingering health effects and were expected to share their stories with Congress . The Tularosa Basin Downwinders Consortium plans to travel to Washington, D.C., to testify Wednesday before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee about how the Trinity Test hurt generations of Tularosa residents.
Amid anguish, Mpls. police shooting investigation begins
Video : Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey and Police Chief Medaria Arradondo urged patience as the BCA takes up the investigation of Thurman Blevins's fatal shooting. About 300 people gathered Sunday afternoon at the Minneapolis Police Department's Fourth Precinct headquarters on Plymouth Avenue N. to grieve and protest in the wake of Saturday night's fatal police shooting of a 31-year-old black man.
Trump’s GSE plan: Familiar solution, familiar problems
Since not long after Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were seized by the government a decade ago, policymakers have been circling the same idea for how to revamp the housing finance system. Broadly speaking, that plan would privatize the two government-sponsored enterprises while providing an explicit federal backstop for the mortgage market.
Elijah Cummings blames Donald Trump for political climate after Red Hen boots Sarah Huckabee Sanders
Rep. Elijah Cummings , Maryland Democrat, is certainly no fan of the Trump administration , but he said Sunday that the Red Hen owner should have served White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders . "As far as the restaurant incident, I think the restaurant owner should have served her.
Our troops deserve permanent tax cuts
It has been just over four months and the nation is already feeling the positive effects of pro-growth tax reform. Americans are seeing the fastest wage gains in the private sector in a decade.
Association opposes new push to divest TVA, PMA assets
The American Public Power Association is disappointed to see that President Trump's report on government reorganization proposes to divest the transmission assets held by the Tennessee Valley Authority and three of the Power Marketing Administrations: Southwestern Power Administration, Western Area Power Administration, and Bonneville Power Administration, said Sue Kelly, president and CEO of the Association. Trump's Fiscal Year 2018 and 2019 budget requests included the same proposal, "both of which were wisely and widely rejected by a broad coalition of members of the House and Senate.
Malloy Offers Feds Assistance In Reuniting Families Affected By ‘Zero-Tolerance’ Policy At Border
Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy speaks after signing a two-year $40.1 billion budget bill into law at the Capitol in Hartford, Conn., Wednesday, May 4, 2011. Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy speaks after signing a two-year $40.1 billion budget bill into law at the Capitol in Hartford, Conn., Wednesday, May 4, 2011.
Bill Crawford – Electing champions for military assets important to mississippi
"The defense authorization act is one of the most consequential bills that Congress considers each year," wrote Sen. Roger Wicker in the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal.
After passionate convention, Democrats look to sway average Texas voters
Now that the hype has subsided, Democrats must figure out how to use their enthusiasm to craft a winning message in a decidedly Republican state. It's clear to most of the 7,500 delegates who gathered in Fort Worth Thursday, Friday and Saturday what must be done.
Don Trump Jr. and girlfriend Kimberly Guilfoyle kiss after speech
Donald Trump Jr, 40, delivered a speech at the Montana Republican Party's annual convention in Billings on Friday and gave his new girlfriend a shout out He thanked Fox Host Kimberly Guilfoyle, 49, for attending and said he would take her shooting and fishing in the Montana countryside The two have been dating since March, around the time Trump Jr and wife Vanessa announced their split after 13 years of marriage Donald Trump Jr and Kimberly Guilfoyle continued to flaunt their new romance as they shared a kiss at the Montana Republican Party 's annual convention. The Fox host supported her new beau as he delivered a speech in Billings, Montana, on Friday, where he announced he was going to take Guilfoyle fishing and shooting.
Candidates make final pitches as Maryland Democratic gubernatorial primary looms
Ben Jealous, left, and Ben Cohen, right, a co-founder of Ben and Jerry's, give out free ice cream in Baltimore on Saturday. U.S. Rep. Steny H. Hoyer , right, stumps for gubernatorial candidate Rushern L. Baker III on Saturday.
Person in custody in connection with hit-and-run crash that killed…
Mentor police have a person in custody in connection with an early morning hit-and-run crash that killed one of its officers. Mentor police have not yet publicly identified the officer killed in the crash.
DuPont nonstick chemicals toxic
The chemicals used by a West Virginia factory to make nonstick products are dangerous at levels the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency had thought were safe, according to a federal study that had been previously blocked from publication.
Baltimore’s tough-talking prosecutor a formidable candidate
During her first weeks in office as Baltimore's top prosecutor, Mosby made international head... . FILE- In this July 27, 2016, file photo, with a mural depicting Freddie Gray in the background, Baltimore State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby, center, speaks during a news conference after her office dropped remaining charges a... BALTIMORE - During her first months in office as Baltimore's top prosecutor, Marilyn Mosby vowed to "deliver justice" on behalf of a black man whose death in police custody triggered massive protests and the city's worst riots in decades.
Hillary Clinton email probe ends on cliffhanger
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks during the Women in the World Summit at Lincoln Center in New York, Thursday, April 6, 2017. After more than 450 investigators spent over a year investigating the investigation into Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server, the most startling thing about the new report from Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz is how much it uncovered and how little it concluded.