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Flanked by a trio of Republican congressmen, President Donald Trump ventured to his native New York on Wednesday to accuse Democrats of coddling violent gangs and being soft on immigration and provided one of the members with a photo-op as he fends off a tough primary foe. One week after a White House event led to an extensive back and forth of the president's use of the term "animals" to describe, depending on whom was interpreting, MS-13 gang members or undocumented immigrants writ large, the trio of New York House Republicans - Peter T. King , Dan Donovan , and Lee Zeldin - showed no reluctance to being seen with Trump as they participated in the Bethpage, N.Y., roundtable.
Today, President Trump said "big legislation will be signed by me shortly," and both the Right to Try legislation and regulatory relief package that makes reforms to Dodd-Frank he touted are efforts U.S. Senator Joe Donnelly led. Enactment of these provisions will build on the 19 Donnelly provisions already signed into law by President Trump since the President took office and 41 measures the Senator's had signed into law since he began serving in the Senate in 2013.
On Friday May 11, 2018, Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley sent a letter to FBI Director Christopher Wray and Deputy AG Rod Rosenstein stating Comey testified the FBI didn't think General Flynn lied. Grassley also revealed Joe Pientka was the second FBI agent who joined Peter Strzok on January 24th, 2017 in an ambush style interview to take down General Flynn.
In a fiery interview, CNN's Chris Cuomo fact-checked Rep. Jim Jordan over his "demonstrably false" statements supporting President Donald Trump's "Spygate" conspiracy . The Ohio Republican started the interview by launching a long-winded explanation of why he believes the FBI spied on the Trump campaign, complete with a litany of ousted Justice Department officials targeted by the president and the congressman's repeated call for a second special counsel - a resolution that he boasted had 25 Congress members' support.
The House on Tuesday passed "right-to-try" legislation that would allow the critically ill to bypass the Food and Drug Administration to obtain experimental medications, ending a drawn-out battle over access to unapproved therapies. President Donald Trump is expected to quickly sign the measure, which was praised by supporters as a lifeline for desperate patients but denounced by scores of medical and consumer groups as unnecessary and dangerous.
State Rep. Lance Gooden is projected to win the Republican primary in the Texas 5th Congressional District, paving the way for him to replace retiring GOP Rep. Thomas Jeb Hensarling Candidate endorsed by Pence loses Texas House primary Overnight Finance: House sends Dodd-Frank rollbacks to Trump Panel approves bill to toughen foreign investment reviews House votes to ease regulation of banks, sending bill to Trump MORE runoff came after no candidate won the majority in the March primary. Gooden led Bunni Pounds, Hensarling's former campaign manager, in the initial vote and was able to hold on again.
Centrist Republicans are within striking distance of forcing immigration votes in the House, setting the stage for a dramatic election-year clash. More than 200 lawmakers - including 20 Republicans - have now signed a discharge petition to circumvent leadership and trigger a series of votes on the floor dealing with immigration.
President Donald Trump is increasing the pressure on the Justice Department, declining to say whether he has confidence in Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein after the White House negotiated rare access to classified documents for Trump's congressional allies. Asked before a private meeting Tuesday with the president of South Korea if he has confidence in Rosenstein, who is overseeing the special counsel's Russia investigation, he told reporters to move on to another question.
The House voted Tuesday to give final congressional approval to a sweeping rewrite of the nation's banking rules that would roll back key elements of Dodd-Frank but still leave most of that 2010 law on the books. The White House said earlier this week that President Donald Trump would sign into law the "Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief and Consumer Protection Act ," which won House approval 258-159 as 33 Democrats and 225 Republicans voted for the bill.
This March 6, 2018, file photo shows the Capitol in Washington. Several Democrats facing tough re-elections this fall are joining solid Republican backing of an effort to alter some key aspects of the Dodd-Frank law.
Voters on Tuesday narrowly approved a controversial referendum that will authorize the Board of Commissioners to permit the sale of alcohol on Sundays in unincorporated Carroll County.
Former NFL linebacker and civil rights attorney Colin Allred has won the Democratic nomination to try and unseat longtime Dallas Congressman Pete Sessions in November. Allred, also an Obama administration veteran, beat Salerno handily during Texas' March 6 primary.
Womack defeated the Rev. Robb Ryerse of Springdale in balloting Tuesday. It was the first time Womack has had a primary opponent since his initial race for Congress in 2010.
President Donald Trump is increasing the pressure on the Justice Department, declining to say whether he has confidence in Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein after the White House negotiated rare access to classified documents for Trump's congressional allies. Asked before a private meeting Tuesday with the president of South Korea if he has confidence in Rosenstein, who is overseeing the special counsel's Russia investigation, he told reporters to move on to another question.
It was shaping up as a big night for women as four states cast primary and runoff ballots, with Georgia Democrats taking the lead by nominating Stacey Abrams for governor. Democrats were set to nominate a woman for governor either way, with Stacey Abrams and Stacey Evans battling it out in a pitched primary fight.
President Donald Trump is increasing the pressure on the Justice Department, declining to say whether he has confidence in Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein after the White House negotiated rare access to classified documents for Trump's congressional allies. Asked before a private meeting Tuesday with the president of South Korea if he has confidence in Rosenstein, who is overseeing the special counsel's Russia investigation, he told reporters to move on to another question.
Seven months before his planned retirement, House Speaker Paul Ryan is facing growing disruption among the GOP ranks, raising fresh questions about his ability to lead a divided group of Republicans through a tough election season. Ryan sought to quell infighting Tuesday, dashing back to Washington from Wisconsin and abandoning plans for family time at home, as he tried to unify the factions and reassert control over the majority.
The bill allows terminally ill patients to receive experimental drugs not approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Republican U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson's two-year push to enact a "right-to-try" bill hit the home stretch Tuesday after the House of Representatives approved the measure and sent it to President Donald Trump's desk for final signature.
Committees in the U.S. Senate and the House of Representatives voted on Tuesday to approve bills aimed at tightening oversight of foreign investment to slow China's acquisition of sensitive U.S. technology. The Senate Banking Committee and the House Financial Services Committee approved laws that would strengthen the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States , which reviews potential foreign investment to ensure it does not compromise national security.
For the first time in at least two years, a major pollster has Democrats trailing in the midterms - at least for a day. When last we looked at the Reuters tracking poll, Democrats' lead in the generic congressional ballot question had dwindled down to a single point.