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A wolf that once roamed parts of the American Southwest and northern Mexico would be removed from the list of federally protected species under legislation proposed by U.S. Sen. Jeff Flake. The Arizona Republican introduced the measure last week.
At about 2:20 a.m. the morning after Election Day, Kellyanne Conway's cellphone rang. It was the Associated Press calling the 2016 presidential election for the ultimate political outsider, Donald J. Trump.
The surprise retirement announcements last week from Republican Reps. Gregg Harper of Mississippi and Bill Shuster of Pennsylvania have brought the number of GOP lawmakers leaving the House either retiring, resigning or seeking another office to a whopping 34. Coupled with the 21 Democrats leaving the House for different reasons, the 55 who won't be coming back are an unusually high number, Congress-watchers agree.
North Pole Republican Rep. Tammie Wilson has called for the resignation of Rep. Gabrielle LeDoux, R-Anchorage, chairwoman of the House Rules Committee, for allegedly failing to meet the requirements of her position and placing legislative staff's safety at risk.
It's been a week of bogus boasting by President Donald Trump and members of his administration as they took unearned credit for airline safety, pollution cleanup and major advances in care for veterans. From left, House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, R-La., Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, President Donald Trump, and Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, attend a news conference following a Congressional Republican Leadership Retreat at Camp David, Md., Saturday, Jan. 6, 2018.
President Donald Trump, portrayed in a new book as a leader who doesn't understand the weight of his office, took to Twitter on Saturday to defend his mental fitness and boast about his intelligence, saying he President Donald Trump, center, accompanied by from left, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., Vice President Mike Pence, House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, R-La., Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, speaks after participating in a Congressional Republican Leadership Retreat at Camp David, Md., Saturday, Jan. 6, 2018.
California State Sen. Scott Weiner, right, celebrates the opening of The Apothecarium for recreational marijuana sales in San Francisco on Saturday, Jan. 6, 2018. Joining him are The Apothecarium co-founder and CEO Ryan Hudson, center, and San Francisco Supervisor Jeff Sheehy.
Republican Sen. Jeff Flake says the U.S. has found no evidence that American diplomats in Havana were the victims of attacks with an unknown weapon. Flake, a Senate Foreign Relations Committee member and a longtime leading advocate of detente with Cuba, met Friday with high-ranking Cuban officials including Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez and officials from the Interior Ministry, which oversees domestic security and works with foreign law-enforcement agencies.
Capitol Hill leaders essentially scrubbed earmarks from the congressional experience a few years ago. They toppled the earmarking process like statues of Communist dictators in Eastern Europe, circa 1989.
CONSERVATIVES' MEMO TO CONGRESS - YOU STILL GOTTA KILL OBAMACARE: It shouldn't have to be said but a large group of influential conservative activist groups know Republicans leading Congress need to be reminded over and over - they promised for seven years to repeal Obamacare, so what are they waiting for now, eight years later? LifeZette's Brendan Kirby points out that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has his mind on other matters: "McConnell has sent conflicting signals in recent weeks. He told National Public Radio before Christmas that the Senate would 'probably move on to other issues.'
Mitt Romney changed his Twitter profile location from "Massachusetts" to "Holladay, UT" as soon as Sen. Orrin Hatch announced his retirement on Tuesday. It is clear that Romney intends to run for the open seat, and pundits agree that he is likely to win.
This week I sit down with Bruce Bartlett, domestic policy adviser to Ronald Reagan, and Treasury official under George H. W. Bush. Bartlett's expertise is in tax issues, and he was one of the author's of the Kemp-Roth tax bill, which ultimately became the basis of Ronald Reagan's 1981 tax cut.
The short answer is that they violated the election code, according to state officials. But the Texas Secretary of State's office has no authority to force someone to include a name on a primary ballot.
President Trump ignored questions about a critical new book as he departed the White House for Camp David on Friday to meet with top Republicans, telling reporters instead that the stock market was doing well and that the new tax cuts "are really kicking in". Rough Cut .
In this Dec. 20, 2017 file photo, President Donald Trump congratulates Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., while House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis., looks on during a ceremony at the White House after the final passage of tax overhaul legislation. In this Dec. 20, 2017 file photo, President Donald Trump congratulates Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., while House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis., looks on during a ceremony at the White House after the final passage of tax overhaul legislation.
It is said that no one truly knows a nation until one has been inside its jails. A nation should not be judged by how it treats its highest citizens, but its lowest ones.
The White House says that they will ask Congress for $18 billion over the next decade to build more than 300 miles of a new border wall along the US-Mexican border. The figures are the first hard numbers suggested by the White House and came in response to congressional negotiators who are trying reach and agreement with Democrats to fund the government after January 19. Trump has promised "a big, beautiful wall" with Mexico as a centerpiece of his presidency but offered few details of where it would be built, when and at what cost.
Millions of working Americans should start seeing fatter paychecks as early as next month, Republican leaders say, as a result of the recently passed tax law. But the precise timing hasn't been fixed yet.