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The ex-wunderkind congressman from Peoria, Schock, 36, resigned in March 2015 amid media allegations of possible misuse of government and campaign funds. He was indicted by the U.S. Attorney in Springfield in November 2016 on 24 counts of alleged wrongdoing.
Republicans haven't won a statewide race in Virginia since 2009, and GOP leaders have all but written off their chances of changing that trend in this year's Senate race. The best-known candidate, Corey Stewart, built his brand on defending Confederate icons.
That's what the North Dakota Democrat in one of the most Donald Trump-friendly states says, though it would seem she also doesn't have that luxury. The first-term U.S. senator, among the most vulnerable in her party seeking re-election this year, is maneuvering herself at once as an ally of the Republican president on policy, and a polite opponent at other times.
By Friday, former GOP Assemblyman Tim Donnelly had further separated from Democrat Marge Doyle in the close contest to face Rep. Paul Cook in a November run-off. While national Democrats hung high hopes on certain state districts - particularly seven Republican-held ones that voted for Hillary Clinton - the conservative 8th Congressional District was not one of those highlighted by the New York Times.
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The former security director for the Senate Intelligence Committee made an initial court appearance Friday after his indictment on accusations that he lied to federal investigators investigating a leak of information about a former campaign aide to President Donald Trump. The indictment of James Wolfe, 57, indicates that FBI agents were trying to determine how reporters learned that Carter Page, the former Trump campaign aide, had contacts with Russian intelligence operatives.
While President Donald Trump searches for a way to save America's coal country, some in his own party have their eyes set on what's arguably the exact opposite: making solar shine. Since taking office, Trump has worked to undo his predecessor's renewable energy-friendly policies, levied tariffs on imported solar equipment and signed tax reforms that depleted financing for clean energy projects.
In this Jan. 11, 2013 file photo, the Social Security Administration's main campus is seen in Woodlawn, Md. A significant worsening in the financial condition of Social Security and Medicare and bitter political divisions among lawmakers who'd have try to find solutions have raised the level of concern around the government's latest status report on the two bedrock programs.
Reporters pursue Marc Short, the White House legislative liaison, as House Republicans try to bridge their party's internal struggle over immigration at a closed-door meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, June... . House Rules Committee Chairman Pete Sessions, R-Texas, answers questions from reporters as House Republicans try to bridge their party's internal struggle over immigration at a closed-door meeting on Capitol Hill in Wash... .
Along with roll call votes this week, the Senate also passed the Small Business Investment Opportunity Act , to increase the amount of leverage made available to small business investment companies.
President Donald Trump said Friday that he's inclined to support a bipartisan effort in Congress to ease the U.S. ban on marijuana, a proposal that would dramatically reshape the nation's legal landscape for pot users and businesses. The federal ban that puts marijuana on the same level as LSD and heroin has created a conflict with more than two dozen states that have legalized pot in some form.
President Donald Trump said Friday that he was inclined to support a bipartisan effort in Congress to ease the U.S. ban on marijuana, a proposal that would dramatically reshape the nation's legal landscape for pot users and businesses. The federal ban that puts marijuana on the same level as LSD and heroin has created a conflict with about 30 states that have legalized pot in some form, creating a two-tiered enforcement system at the state and federal levels.
The low U.S. labor force participation rate has several causes, but a major one is the disincentive to work created by government programs. The Republican Party's growth wing has spent years developing ideas for addressing these incentives not to work and rise up the economic ladder, and the results are starting to show.
White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders told staffers Friday that an aide's recent comment about Sen. John McCain was inappropriate but shouldn't have been leaked to the media. Sanders told communications' staffers in a private meeting that it was inappropriate for aide Kelly Sadler to dismiss McCain's opinion during a recent closed-door meeting because, Sadler said, "he's dying anyway."
He once called Donald Trump "a conman," but Mitt Romney now predicts that the current US president would "easily" win his party's presidential nomination in 2020 and "solidly" win a second term. Mr Romney, the GOP's failed 2012 presidential nominee from Massachusetts, now a Republican Senate candidate in Utah, made the prediction on Thursday as he welcomed dozens of high-profile business and political leaders to a mountainside retreat in Utah.
Two dozen current and former Utah Republican state lawmakers endorsed U.S. Senate candidate Mike Kennedy on Friday, according to his campaign. But at least one of them said he did no such thing, and another said she hadn't given permission.
Stepping onto the world stage for a pair of high-profile summits, President Donald Trump is scrambling the usual breakdown of allies and adversaries. In the span of a few days, he's embraced Russia and North Korea while pushing away America's closest friends, like France, Canada and Germany.
Ongoing tabulation of the June 5 primary vote in Orange County shows Undersheriff Don Barnes still holding a majority, with 50.6 percent of the vote. There are more than 160,000 ballots left to be counted, and if Barnes' total dips below 50 percent he'll face a runoff with Los Angeles County DA Investigator Duke Nguyen.
President Donald Trump steps off Air Force One as he arrives for the G7 Summit, Friday, June 8, 2018, in Canadian Forces Base Bagotville, Canada. President Donald Trump steps off Air Force One as he arrives for the G7 Summit, Friday, June 8, 2018, in Canadian Forces Base Bagotville, Canada.
Fifty-six members of Congress, led by Rep. Vicky Hartzler , sent a letter Thursday to Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar asking him to investigate Planned Parenthood facilities that have allegedly been covering up sex abuse of minors, according to a recent undercover report by Live Action. The letter points out that Planned Parenthood is currently the largest recipient of Title X funds, although that may change if a proposed rule from the Trump administration goes into effect.