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The North Dakota congressional delegation says funding for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in 2017 includes $20 million for permanent flood protection in around Fargo and Moorhead. The delegation says the money will support the construction of an inlet structure that is considered the first phase of the Red River diversion project.
The FBI declined to hand over memos regarding former FBI Director James Comey's communications with President Trump to the House Oversight Committee Thursday, and said it needs more time to evaluate how the special counsel investigation into possible collusion between Trump's campaign and Russia affects the committee's request for information. In a letter released Thursday, Assistant Director Gregory Brower, in the FBI's Office of Congressional Affairs, told committee chairman Rep. Jason Chaffetz the special counsel investigation means more "consultation" is needed before any documents are released.
The Army chief of staff said Thursday he's worried that a $6 billion combat communications system that has been under development for the past decade might not work, prompting frustration from senators. Gen. Mark Milley told the Senate he will likely finish a "rigorous, thorough and painful" review in six weeks of the system, called the Warfighter Information Network-Tactical, to determine whether it can provide secure communications to soldiers in war zones as intended.
Paul Ryan condemns Gianforte for 'body slam' on reporter: "There's no call for this no matter what circumstance" https://t.co/aETw13Cb2Z Paul Ryan Senators introduce new ISIS war bill Ryan: GOP House candidate should apologize for altercation with reporter Border-adjustment tax proposal at death's door MORE on Thursday condemned GOP House special election candidate Greg Gianforte for his altercation with a reporter, but did not call on Gianforte to drop out of the race. "There is no time where a physical altercation should occur with the press or with human beings," Ryan told reporters at the Capitol.
The Moab Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action Project will receive $3.1 million more in funding than officials previously expected, bringing the project's budget total from $34.8 million to $37.9 million for fiscal year 2017.
Until now, Greg Gianforte, a candidate in Montana's special congressional election, was known as a multimillionaire tech entrepreneur who once ran for governor. But the Republican redefined himself Wednesday when he was charged with misdemeanor assault after allegedly body slamming a reporter just hours before the polls open.
On St. Patrick's Day, Speaker of the House Paul Ryan tweeted a photo of himself and Republican Representative Kevin Brady of Texas, both in green ties, sitting down to sign a resolution headed for President Donald Trump's desk. "This legislation allows states to have drug testing to receive federal unemployment benefits," Ryan tweeted.
Republicans in Congress are frustrated with how long it has taken for President Trump to staff up his administration and say the lack of progress in filling important sub-Cabinet positions has stalled the agenda. GOP lawmakers say the president has dragged his feet on submitting nominees for Senate confirmation and needs to pick up the pace.
The U.S. Senate has voted to name Nashville's new federal courthouse after former Sen. Fred Thompson , the late actor who appeared in at least 20 movies and in the TV series "Law & Order." Sen. Lamar Alexander announced the Senate vote Wednesday on a resolution already passed by the House, leaving the final decision to President Donald Trump .
A Georgia sheriff recently arrested by an officer who accused him of exposing himself in a park has suspended himself for one week. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports DeKalb County Sheriff Jeff Mann emailed sheriff's office employees Tuesday, saying he imposed the maximum penalty for conduct that "has a tendency to destroy public respect."
The health care bill Republicans recently pushed through the House would leave 23 million more Americans without insurance and confront others who have costly medical conditions with coverage that could prove unaffordable, Congress' official budget analysts said Wednesday.
Republicans are looking to quash concerns that President Trump is endangering their majority in the House with a special election victory in Montana on Thursday, but their candidate faced a fresh controversy the night before voters headed to the polls. The Republican nominee in the statewide race for Montana's at-large seat, Greg Gianforte, is favored, but has seen his formidable lead shrink down the stretch.
President Donald Trump wants $108 million to deepen harbours for two U.S. seaports, while other ports scrambling to make room for larger cargo ships will benefit from a boost of more than $56 million already approved by Congress. Ports from New England to Texas are seeking more than $4.6 billion in federal and state funding to deepen their harbours.
A reporter for the Guardian newspaper is alleging that the Republican candidate for Montana's sole congressional seat "body slammed" him on the day before the special election. The Gallatin County Sheriff's Office says it's investigating allegations of an assault involving Greg Gianforte, a wealthy Bozeman businessman.
The architect of House legislation that would repeal much of the Dodd-Frank law enacted after the financial crisis has agreed to make a key change to the bill, clearing the way for the full House to take up the measure in coming weeks. The provision in question would have removed a cap on the fee that stores pay large banks when costumers use a debit card.
We're on the eve of Montana's special election to see who will succeed Republican Congressman Ryan Zinke, who became secretary of the interior in the Trump administration, and it's ending with a body slam. I'm not kidding, folks.
Interpretation of the news based on evidence, including data, as well as anticipating how events might unfold based on past events Donald Trump arrives for his election night rally at the New York Hilton Midtown in Manhattan on Nov. 9, 2016. The chairman and ranking Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee informed reporters on Tuesday afternoon that the committee would issue subpoenas to businesses associated with former national security adviser Michael Flynn, subpoenas that, unlike those issued to Flynn personally , couldn't be batted away by invoking the Fifth Amendment.
Tracy Grant, the Eureka Garden tenant's association president, shows Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson and Sen. Marco Rubio her apartment during Carson's visit to Jacksonville. In an interview released Wednesday, Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson said that a "certain mindset" contributes to people living in poverty, pointing to habits and a "state of mind" that children take from their parents at a young age.
Senate Republicans cleared the way Wednesday for approval of the first of President Trump 's slate of circuit court nominees, heading off Democrats' attempted filibuster of Judge Amul Thapar . Democrats had tried to block Judge Thapar from ascending to the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, saying they were concerned that the conservative Federalist Society has backed him.