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House Republican leaders on Thursday circulated a proposal to end the Trump administration's practice of separating immigrant children from their families when they are apprehended at the border - one that would, in effect, allow children to be detained alongside their parents. The provision is included in a "discussion draft" of broader GOP legislation aimed at striking a compromise between conservative and moderate Republicans on immigration by balancing relief for young undocumented immigrants, billions of dollars for President Donald Trump's border wall and changes to legal immigration programs.
U.S. Rep. Mia Love, R-Utah, is set to play in the annual Congressional Baseball Game for Charity on Thursday night - exactly one year after Rep. Steve Scalise, R-Louisiana, was shot while practicing for the game. Love said she will play the same position that Scalise was set to play before he was injured: second base and pinch hitting.
... 65% of hispanics view Trump unfavorably. Time to change his rhetoric?" In July 2015, Schlapp wrote a column for US News & World Report in which she said Trump "needs to apologize" and "take back his remarks about Mexicans, for the good of his own ...
House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi says a Trump administration policy that separates children from their parents at the southern border is "barbaric" and has to stop. Pelosi said Thursday that separating families as parents are being detained after crossing the southern border illegally "is not what America is, but this is the policy of the Trump administration."
House Speaker Paul Ryan said Thursday he's not comfortable with a Trump administration policy that separates children and parents at the southern border, as House Republicans, under increasing pressure to address the humanitarian crisis, raced to finish a new immigration bill. "We don't want kids to be separated from their parents," Ryan said, adding that the policy is being dictated by a court ruling that prevents children who enter the country illegally from being held in custody for long periods.
The Senate sided with the Trump administration to vote down a GOP plan that would have given Congress greater oversight over deals between foreign and U.S. firms that could affect national security. The legislation, pushed by by Sen. Patrick Toomey, R-Pa., failed to clear a procedural hurdle when the Senate blocked it with a 35-to-62 vote.
In an effort to show the House of Representatives is serious about taking on the opioid overdose problem, the House is considering dozens of bills dealing with the issue. Among them is H.R. 2851, The Stop Importation and Trafficking of Synthetic Analogues Act, which would significantly expand the powers of the Department of Justice to unilaterally prohibit synthetic drugs chemically similar to currently banned drugs and determine penalties accordingly.
Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, called the prevalence of suicide, especially among LGBT teens, "a serious problem that requires national attention" in a speech delivered on the Senate floor to commemorate Pride Month. "No one should ever feel less because of their gender identity or sexual orientation," Hatch said Wednesday, describing the bullying, discrimination and even estrangement experienced by lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth.
State Sen. Kay Kirkpatrick, R-east Cobb, listens during Tuesday's meeting held at the Cobb County Civic Center that centered on metro Atlanta transit options provided by House Bill 930, which was signed by Gov. Nathan Deal last month.
Meghan's bond with Her Majesty! Harry's bride shows her growing friendship with the Queen as they giggle their way through a theater performance on their first joint public engagement West Point drummer sues Fox & Friends after he was hit in the arm with an AX when stunt went horribly wrong 'I almost ran him overa then he asked me out!' People reveal the VERY surprising ways they found love on Twitter - including a couple who HATED each other when they met Giuliani DENIES former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen is set to cooperate with federal prosecutors and refuses to say if the president told Cohen to contact Russians about Moscow building project EXCLUSIVE: Former sex worker claims Bunny Ranch owner Dennis Hof choked and raped her - making her the third woman to come forward with allegations against the brothel owner who just won Republican primary for the Nevada legislature Los Angeles ... (more)
Freeland's visit comes a... . Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Corker, R-Tenn., speaks to reporters after meeting with Canada's Minister of Foreign Affairs Chrystia Freeland on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, June 13, 2018.
Meghan's bond with Her Majesty! Harry's bride shows her growing friendship with the Queen as they giggle their way through a theater performance on their first joint public engagement West Point drummer sues Fox & Friends after he was hit in the arm with an AX when stunt went horribly wrong 'I almost ran him overa then he asked me out!' People reveal the VERY surprising ways they found love on Twitter - including a couple who HATED each other when they met Giuliani DENIES former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen is set to cooperate with federal prosecutors and refuses to say if the president told Cohen to contact Russians about Moscow building project EXCLUSIVE: Former sex worker claims Bunny Ranch owner Dennis Hof choked and raped her - making her the third woman to come forward with allegations against the brothel owner who just won Republican primary for the Nevada legislature Los Angeles ... (more)
Vice President Mike Pence is traveling to Columbus, Ohio on the first day of the city's Pride festival - and residents will greet him with a "Big Gay Dance Party." Pence, who is frequently criticized for his stance on LGBTQ issues, will arrive in Columbus on Friday afternoon for a talk about Republican-backed tax cuts at the Renaissance Hotel.
That's the lesson many Republicans are drawing from Rep. Mark Sanford's surprise defeat Tuesday in his primary election in South Carolina. The victor, state Rep. Katie Arrington, repeatedly highlighted Sanford's criticism of the president.
Nevada brothel owner Dennis Hof says the "establishment got crushed" when he knocked off the incumbent Republican in a state legislative primary Tuesday night. But now, the flamboyant pimp may need some help from the GOP establishment to win in November.
A day after MSNBC's Hardball host Chris Matthews called out President Trump for "coming out like a kiss butt" in dealing with North Korea's Kim Jong-un, the liberal pundit reveled on Wednesday in comparing Republicans to North Korean soldiers and comments by Tennessee Republican Senator Bob Corker that GOPers are part of a "cult" for enthusiastically backing President. Not surprisingly, Matthews seemed a little confused about whether to make the Republican comparison to those who committed mass suicide in Jonestown by first ruling at 7:21 p.m. Eastern that "Corker's not exactly a bomb thrower and he's not comparing this guy to James Jones and drinking the kool-aid and cults and that's pretty deep."
It happens every two years during the spring primary election season: One major party or the other feels wronged by the top-two primary system Californians adopted in 2010 and whines for months about its plight. In 2016, the griping came from Republicans whose vote splintered in the primary run for the U.S. Senate and left the eventual November runoff field to two Democrats, Kamala Harris winning the seat previously held by three-termer Barbara Boxer.
The pension crisis that threatens the retirement savings of 1.5 million Americans also poses the risk of driving the U.S. economy into a tailspin, a panel of witnesses told a congressional panel. Witnesses from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and businesses, including UPS, told the Joint Select Committee on the Solvency of Multi-employer Pension Plans that should the estimated 150 to 200 multi-employer pension plans that are in danger become insolvent, the companies that paid into those plans would be held liable.
Sen. James Inhofe, R-Okla., a longtime ally of embattled EPA chief Scott Pruitt, said Wednesday it might be time for Pruitt to "leave that job." "Every day, something new comes up," Inhofe told conservative radio talk show host Laura Ingraham.
South Korean President Moon Jae-In said on Thursday the world had escaped the threat of war after this week's Singapore summit, echoing U.S. President Donald Trump's upbeat assessment of his meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo attends a bilateral meeting with South Korea's President Moon Jae-in at the presidential Blue House in Seoul, South Korea June 14, 2018.