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Just days after launching a new political action committee, former Democratic Vice President Joe Biden will join Republican officials and donors at a weekend retreat hosted by former GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney. Biden will be interviewed by Romney during a Friday evening event in Park City, Utah, at the invitation-only summit, according to a Biden spokesman and participants briefed on the schedule.
U.S. Sens. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., announced Monday more than $390,000 in funding for airports in Bluefield and Logan. The U.S. Department of Transportation awarded the grants to the Mercer County and Logan County airporty authorities, which will be used to restore and repair airport and runway areas.
In the first salvo in a week-long push to overhaul America's infrastructure, President Donald Trump on Monday announced a plan to privatize the nation's air traffic control system. In what he called an "air travel revolution," Trump promised the "really monumental reform" would deliver "cheaper, faster, and safer travel" as well as an economic boost that could be worth $25 billion to the economy.
Last week, the U.S. did an about face on its position on climate change when President Donald Trump announced the country would no longer abide by the Paris Climate Accord. Members of the energy community were pleased by the president's actions last week saying it shows the industry finally has an ally in the White House.
His tweets have the power to shape international relations, send stock prices up - or down - and galvanize the American public. We're watching how Donald Trump is using this platform of unfettered communication now that he's commander in chief.
President Donald Trump will not assert executive privilege to block fired FBI Director James Comey from testifying on Capitol Hill, the White House said Monday, setting the stage for a dramatic public airing of the former top law enforcement official's dealings with the commander in chief.
President Trump is blasting Congressional Democrats for obstructing his nominations, but his administration has not nominated candidates for the vast majority of positions that require Senate approval. In fact, the administration has only nominated 10 ambassador-level positions, including the cabinet-level position of ambassador to the United Nations, former South Carolina governor Nikki Haley.
Sen. John Barrasso said Monday that the Senate and House hearings on Russia could reveal actions taken by the Obama administration on the issue as well. "These hearings I think are going to be so informative because they may find things that the Obama administration had done, that candidate Clinton had done - so Americans want answers to this, but it cannot be all consuming," the Wyoming Republican said on Fox News, Mr. Barrasso emphasized the other items Congress needs to address while these investigations continue, something he said constituents informed him of during the recess.
Negotiators in the Kansas Legislature working on a new school-finance formula moved Sunday to finalize complexities of that court-ordered funding revamp and wedged a controversial $1 billion tax increase into the bill in hopes of bringing the session to an abrupt end. TOPEKA - Negotiators in the Kansas Legislature working on a new school-finance formula moved Sunday to finalize complexities of that court-ordered funding revamp and wedged a controversial $1 billion tax increase into the bill in hopes of bringing the session to an abrupt end.
The Republican-led Congress returns to work this week, and once again, the Russia investigation will overshadow the ambitious legislative agenda that includes major overhauls of the health care system and tax code. Former FBI Director James Comey is slated to testify publicly Thursday and is expected to discuss President Donald Trump's request that he end his probe of a top aide's ties to Russia Against the backdrop of the highly anticipated hearing, House Speaker Paul Ryan and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell will tackle a critical summer list of high-priority issues and bills that GOP leaders are anxious to complete - or at least make significant progress on - before the long August recess.
The new wrinkles? A Washington Post story that came out Friday citing USA officials briefed on intelligence reports who said that President Trump's confidant and son-in-law Jared Kushner tried to set up a secret "back channel" communication line with the Kremlin using Russian facilities. Trump started by lashing out against the coverage of the probe, tweeting, "It is my opinion that numerous leaks coming out of the White House are fabricated lies made up by the #FakeNews media".
The investigation into alleged ties between President Donald Trump's election campaign and Russia is threatening to dampen already flagging momentum for the president's legislative agenda of rolling back Obamacare and overhauling the tax code. With the Senate convening on Monday and the House of Representatives on Tuesday for a legislative sprint leading up to an August recess, the spotlight is on James Comey, the FBI director fired by Trump on May 9. Comey, who will appear before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Thursday, will be grilled on whether Trump tried to get him to back off an investigation into alleged ties between the president's 2016 campaign and Russia.
It would be an understatement to say the Democrats are under pressure to win Georgia's open House seat in just over two weeks. The DNC and the cheer-leading, left-leaning, media have made it that way.
Russian President Vladimir Putin claims that he had limited personal interaction with former U.S. National Security Adviser Michael Flynn , when asked by NBC's Megyn Kelly in an exclusive interview about the nature of their relationship - and a widely circulated December, 2015 photo that shows the two sitting next to each other at dinner during an event to celebrate Russian TV network RT . Putin suggested that skilled hackers anywhere, including the USA, could shift the blame for hacking onto Russian Federation.
The Latest on President Donald Trump and the investigation into possible ties between his campaign and the Russian government : Russian President Vladimir Putin is dismissing as "a load of nonsense" the idea that Russia has damaging information on President Donald Trump. U.S. intelligence agencies have concluded that Russia meddled in the presidential election.
Former NFL star Peyton Manning and Republican Sen. Bob Corker were spotted at the White House on Sunday, joining President Donald Trump in his motorcade on a trip to Trump National Golf Club. The White House did not comment on what Trump was doing at his property, but reporters saw golf clubs being unloaded from the motorcade after the President's arrival back to the White House.
Senator Lindsey Graham said in an interview with Fox News that he has evidence he was part of 'incidental collection' by intelligence agencies and possibly was unmasked. Fox News' Shannon Bream brought up the unmasking scandal by former Obama admin officials which is going virtually unreported by the mainstream media.
Democrat Jon Ossoff declined to participate in a debate with his Republican opponent Karen Handel ahead of their closely watched special election for a Georgia House seat. The Atlanta Press Club announced Sunday Ossoff declined the invitation for a CNN/Press Club debate with Handel on June 13. Handel previously agreed to participate on May 31. "We regret Jon Ossoff has declined to be a part of this debate, which would have helped inform the voters of Georgia's 6th Congressional District and engaged viewers around the country," the Atlanta Press Club said in a statement.
Kansas is launching a project to help immigrants in one meatpacking town get driver's licenses, by offering them free translators when they take their exams. Meatpacking plants, the largest employers in western Kansas, have drawn a diverse population to the region, but the state offers exams only in English or Spanish.