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After Tuesday night's Democratic primary election in Virginia's 10th Congressional District, candidate Dan Helmer, who sought to be the main challenger to Rep. Barbara Comstock, R-Va., fell flat on his face. Helmer finished fourth in his primary, only bringing in just more than 6,700 votes or 12 percent of the vote.
In the office of Attorney General Jeff Sessions hangs a portrait of his predecessor Edwin Meese III, the Reagan-era conservative. Near the desk of the deputy attorney general is a painting of former Attorney General John Ashcroft, who pressed to expand the Justice Department's powers after Sept.
Hillary Clinton and James Comey will be back in the headlines Thursday as a watchdog official for the Justice Department releases a report on the Obama administration's handling of the Clinton email scandal in the runup to the 2016 election. The report - by Inspector General Michael Horowitz - is widely expected to criticize Comey, the former FBI director, for his public statements in July 2016 and October 2016 about the federal investigation into Clinton's use of a private email while she was secretary of state.
Tuesday the Diocese of Toledo granted the Lucas County Land Bank two weeks to inspect the building and decide if they want to take ownership of the church. "It's very possible that after a professional appraisal that the Land Bank may agree with the Diocese that the building, as historic as it is, unfortunately, can't be saved and that maybe demolition is the only option that we have," said Mayor Kapszukiewicz.
Nevada Republicans made primary night easy, sending U.S. Sen. Dean Heller into a tough battle to save his seat and putting Attorney General Adam Laxalt on the November ballot for governor.
Heller is considered the vulnerable Republican senator seeking re-ele... . In this June 6, 2018, photo, Clark County Commission member Chris Giunchigliani, right, speaks with Susan Garcia, center, and Aileen Vides while campaigning in Las Vegas.
U.S. Sens. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, and Rob Portman, R-Ohio, are among a bipartisan group of 10 senators who have demanded the Trump administration release a toxicology study that could recommend lower threshold advisories for exposure to chemicals found in groundwater at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base and other installations across the country. The senators wrote in the June 8 letter they had "deep concerns" with media reports the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency had blocked the results of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services chemical pollution study that reportedly showed lower thresholds of the contaminants could pose a hazard to human health.
When asked about Speaker Mike Madigan and the Springfield sexual harassment scandal, Mayor Emanuel went-off on a reporter Tuesday afternoon at City Hall. The question was whether the mayor's concerned women voters won't vote for Democrats because of the way Speaker Madigan has handled the #MeToo scandal in state politics.
All eyes are on Nevada Republican Sen. Dean Heller's re-election bid,... . FILE - In this March 21, 2011 file photo, then-Nevada congressional candidate Sharron Angle answers questions from the media in Reno.
AT&T Inc won court approval on Tuesday to buy Time Warner Inc for $85 billion, rebuffing an attempt by U.S. President Donald Trump's administration to block the deal and likely setting off a wave of corporate mergers. The deal, which could close next week, is seen as a turning point for a media industry that has been upended by companies like Netflix Inc and Alphabet Inc's Google which produce content and sell it online directly to consumers, without requiring a pricey cable subscription.
A Democratic group backed by former President Barack Obama plans to invest millions of dollars in state-level elections in a dozen states, including Wisconsin, with the goals of "flipping the governor's seat and the state Senate." A Democratic group backed by former President Barack Obama plans to invest millions of dollars in state-level elections in a dozen states, including Wisconsin, with the goals of "flipping the governor's seat and the state Senate."
New Republican Governor Mike Parson met with most of Missouri's Congressional delegation at the state capitol yesterday. Afterward, Democratic U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill has sharp criticism for President Trump's decision to impose trade sanctions against American allies.
Hardy, a Republican, and Steven Horsford, a Democrat, were favored to win their pr... ANKARA, Turkey - Turkey's military says its warplanes have struck 12 Kurdish rebel targets in cross-border raids in northern Iraq, where it is broadening its operations and vowing to destroy a stronghold of the fighters. The military says Tuesday that jets overnight hit shelters, weapon positions and ammunition depots used by the Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, in northern Iraq's Hakurk, Avasin-Basyan and Qandil regions.
President Donald Trump and North Korea's Kim Jong Un conclude an extraordinary nuclear summit Tuesday with the U.S. president pledging "security guarantees" to the North and Kim recommitting to the "complete... President Donald Trump and North Korea's Kim Jong Un conclude an extraordinary nuclear summit Tuesday with the U.S. president pledging "security guarantees" to the North and Kim recommitting to the "complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula."
Heller is considered the vulnerable Republican senator seeking re-ele... . In this June 6, 2018, photo, Clark County Commission member Chris Giunchigliani, right, speaks with Susan Garcia, center, and Aileen Vides while campaigning in Las Vegas.
Three former aides to Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt confirmed to congressional investigators that the EPA delayed producing emails and other government documents sought by members of the public through open-records requests by choosing to first respond to old petitions made during the Barack Obama administration. The "first in, first out" tactic for requests made through the Freedom of Information Act is seen as yet another example of the EPA restricting what records make their way into the public eye since Pruitt has taken office.
In this May 22, 2018, file photo, Clarke Tucker talks to supporters after winning the District 2 U.S. House Democratic primary at Cotham's in the City in Little Rock. Weeks into the primary season, with five more states voting today, Democrats are shaping up to test what liberal messages the party can sell to the moderate and GOP-leaning voters who will help determine control of the House after the November midterm election.
Republicans say two states that President Donald Trump won in landslides are heading in opposite directions in the battle for the Senate majority, as they expressed increasing confidence about capturing North Dakota but diminishing hopes about West Virginia. With fewer than 100 days to the midterm elections, top Republicans have concluded that North Dakota represents their best chance to flip a seat from blue to red, with Rep. Kevin Cramer, R, looking to unseat first-term Democratic Sen. Heidi Heitkamp.