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"Rep. Trey Gowdy has resigned from his post on the House Ethics Committee, citing a challenging workload that also includes his chairmanship on the powerful Oversight Committee. Gowdy said that he wanted to finish out the 2017 calendar year before tendering his resignation from the Ethics Committee.
Whether leading efforts to isolate North Korea or hailing cuts to the United Nations budget, the US ambassador to the UN's ability to channel Trump's blunt style is prompting fellow UN envoys and foreign policy specialists to wonder whether the 45-year-old former South Carolina governor is laying the groundwork to succeed her boss in the Oval Office. US ambassadors from other nations take Haley's "obvious domestic political ambitions" in stride, said Richard Gowan, a UN expert with the European Council on Foreign Relations.
Georgia Republican Sen. David Perdue said Sunday that President Donald Trump did not use the phrase "shithole countries" during a meeting with lawmakers on immigration reform last week. "I'm telling you he did not use that word, George, and I'm telling you it's a gross misrepresentation," Perdue told moderator George Stephanopoulos on ABC's "This Week."
Attorney General Pam Bondi wants new laws to protect people who report sexual misconduct; Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam wants to make sure the state is prepared for a higher-than-normal risk for wildfires; and Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis wants to expand worker compensation benefits for first responders to include post-traumatic stress disorder. While Florida's three Cabinet members can't sponsor or vote on bills, or sign them into law, they hold important leadership roles in state government and each is working with lawmakers to pass legislation and make budget recommendations.
Georgia Republican Sen. David Perdue said Sunday that President Donald Trump did not use the phrase "shithole countries" during a meeting with lawmakers on immigration reform last week. "I'm telling you he did not use that word, George, and I'm telling you it's a gross misrepresentation," Perdue told moderator George Stephanopoulos on ABC's "This Week."
Arizona Republican Senator Jeff Flake plans to compare President Donald Trump's repeated attacks on the media to those made by Joseph Stalin, the infamous dictator of the former Soviet Union, in a speech this week. "When you reflexively refer to the press as the enemy of the people or fake news, that has real damage," Flake said Sunday in an interview on ABC's "This Week."
A Republican senator is insisting that President Donald Trump did not use a vulgar term in referring to African countries during a closed-door meeting on immigration that he and five other senators attended last week. Georgia Sen. David Perdue called reports describing Trump as using vile language in the meeting a "gross misrepresentation" and said Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin and Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham were mistaken in indicating that was the case.
Sen. David Perdue went on the attack Sunday morning, attempting to smear Sen. Dick Durbin and defend President Donald Trump from accusations that he said during a meeting on Thursday that he does not want immigrants coming to the U.S. from "shithole countries." "What we have going on here right now is a gross misrepresentation," he repeatedly told George Stephanopoulos on ABC's This Week .
Watching is Vice President Mike Pence. With Ru... The first Martin Luther King Jr. holiday of Donald Trump's presidency is taking place amid a racial firestorm of Trump's own making.
That was just one of the many statements issued by lawmakers after President Trump's vulgar comments during an immigration meeting. It came from Senator Ron Johnson, Republican of Wisconsin.
Paul Nehlen, who lost the support of Steve Bannon over anti-Semitism, active in private Twitter group where he coordinates online attacks on opponents - report Paul Nehlen speaks after losing to House Speaker Paul Ryan in Wisconsin's primary, August 9, 2016. Paul Nehlen, a congressional candidate who lost the support of alt-right platform Breitbart due to his anti-Semitic comments, has reportedly been using anti-Jewish sentiment posted online to urge activists into harassing his opponents.
A winter weather advisory is in effect for north Georgia -- including metro Atlanta -- until Wednesday morning. The advisory means there could be enough snow to impact traffic.
A bipartisan agreement among a handful of senators to prevent deportation of hundreds of thousands of young immigrants includes a pathway to citizenship that would take up to 12 years. The Associated Press on Saturday obtained details of the deal includes $1.6 billion for structures including a wall for border security.
Rep. Trey Gowdy stepped down from the House Ethics Committee this week after five years of serving on the panel. The South Carolina Republican tendered his resignation in a letter to House Speaker Paul Ryan on Wednesday, the details of which were published in the Congressional Record on Thursday and reported by news outlets later in the week.
Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback gives his final State of the State address Tuesday night on the floor of the Kansas House. While giving his final State of the State address Tuesday night, Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback says his administration, without raising taxes, is putting a proposal together to comply with the Kansas Supreme Court's decree that the state give an addition $600 million to school finance.
Sen. Chuck Grassley met with constituents in a rural district that heavily backed tRump . Anyone who has read any of the countless articles about Dump Supporters in Dump Country might have predicted that it was a non-stop MAGA-fest.
Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-S.C., is stepping down from his role on the House Ethics Committee, citing a "challenging workload" as the reason for his departure. Gowdy informed House Speaker Paul Ryan of his decision in a letter on Jan. 10, the details of which were not made public until Saturday.
Missile threat alert for Hawaii a false alarm - Washington An emergency alert notification sent out on Saturday claiming a "ballistic missile threat inbound to Hawaii" was a false alarm, according to the Hawaii Office of Emergency Management and a tweet from one of the state's Democratic congresswomen. Kentucky to now require LITERACY TESTS for "certain populations" to receive medical care.
Chelsea Handler is coming under fire after she rattled off a tweet that implies South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham is gay. The tweet in question also implies that the 62-year-old is being blackmailed with a "dick sucking" video.
In this July 5, 2016 file photo, the Triple S Food Store, the scene of a police shooting is shown in Baton Rouge, La. A deadly confrontation between two white Louisiana police officers and a black man lasted less than 90 seconds.