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Mick Mulvaney, President Donald Trump's budget director, is pushing to restrict funding for cities that don't comply with federal immigrations policies, which could spell trouble for lawmakers trying to avoid a government shutdown, Politico is reporting. As Congress is faced with a must-pass spending bill, Mulvaney is urging congressional Republicans to rest crackdown on sanctuary cities.
A Republican congressman in Oklahoma canceled one of several planned town halls in his district, saying he couldn't reach an agreement with the venue on safety protocols. U.S. Rep. Markwayne Mullin planned a stop Tuesday night at a high school in Tahlequah, about 145 miles northeast of Oklahoma City.
Elon Musk's Tesla parking nightmare: How 6,000 employees compete each day for just 4,500 spots - with hilarious results... 'I apologize, it was a mistake to do that.'
Interpretation of the news based on evidence, including data, as well as anticipating how events might unfold based on past events "Issa wouldn't protect us from a bill that raises premiums and causes 24 million to lose their insurance." - new "Save My Care" ad attacking Rep. Darryl Issa Seven vulnerable Republican lawmakers are being targeted with $1 million in television spots by a liberal group backed by labor and progressive interests.
In a year when congressional town hall meetings have often turned angry, Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill is wading into predominantly Republican areas of Missouri to host a series of them this week. McCaskill's first town hall will be Wednesday at Jefferson College in the eastern Missouri town of Hillsboro.
Republicans have survived an election scare to win a House seat in the first congressional election since President Donald Trump's victory, but the next contest for a seat in Georgia could be tougher. The party saw its winning margin in Kansas' 4th House district shrink from 31 per cent in November to just seven per cent on Tuesday, as state treasurer Ron Estes fought off a challenge from Democrat and civil rights lawyer James Thompson.
Amtrak's long-distance train routes could get the ax President Trump's proposed budget would derail 15 of the country's most train trips. Check out this story on dailyworld.com: http://usat.ly/2oZnLgA CHICAGO, IL - MARCH 23: A sign points to the direction of the trains at Chicago's Union Station where Amtrak's California Zephyr makes a daily 2,438 miles run to Emeryville/San Francisco that takes about 52 hours.
Kansas 4th District congressional candidate Ron Estes, front left, thanks Sen. Ted Cruz who came to Wichita to campaign for Estes the day before a special election at Yingling Aviation, Monday, April 10, 2017, in Wichita, Kan. less Kansas 4th District congressional candidate Ron Estes, front left, thanks Sen. Ted Cruz who came to Wichita to campaign for Estes the day before a special election at Yingling Aviation, Monday, April 10, 2017, ... more In this March 23, 2017, photo, Democrat James Thompson, a candidate for Kansas' 4th Congressional District, speaks during a debate in Wichita, Kan.
A man walked into his ... . Camilo Rocha, left, comforts his daughter, Serina, a 11-year-old student at North Park Elementary School, after they were reunited at Cajon High School, Monday, April 10, 2017, in San Bernardino, Calif., after a deadly shooting ... .
In the first special congressional election since President Donald Trump took office, a Republican candidate won a narrower-than-expected victory in a district President Donald Trump easily carried less than six months ago. State Treasurer Ron Estes won the U.S. House seat vacated by Mike Pompeo, who now serves as director of the Central Intelligence Agency.
Republican Ron Estes has defeated Democrat James Thompson in Kansas' fourth Congressional District, holding that seat for the GOP. As we mentioned earlier today in our preview of the race , this is theoretically a very safe red seat, with Republicans controlling it ever since the 1994 wave election.
Authorities say a brief marriage and quick estrangement came before a man walked into his wife's elementary school class and opened fire, killing her and an 8-year-old student and wounding a 9-year-old student... Authorities say a brief marriage and quick estrangement came before a man walked into his wife's elementary school class and opened fire, killing her and an 8-year-old student and wounding a 9-year-old student before fatally shooting himself. A Democratic civil rights attorney running in the nation's first congressional election since President Donald Trump's victory has upended expectations that Republicans would easily win a Kansas House on Tuesday.
Within a span of minutes, Alabama's lieutenant governor catapulted from a position of largely ceremonial duties to the state's top political job. But new Republican Gov. Kay Ivey has decades of experience working in, and around, state politics.
California school officials at the site of Monday's killing and suicide that left three people dead had no prior knowledge of the ongoing con... -- In the wake of the U.S. airstrikes in Syria last week in response to a chemical attack that killed dozens of people, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said it... WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, R-Kan., Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, today welcomed an announcement from the U.S. D... Kearney, Neb.
Apparently while she was discussing her "fondness" for the late Justice Antonin Scalia, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg mistakenly referred to Lindsey Graham as one of the "women of the Senate." Whether she meant this as a shady dig at Graham's questionable sexuality or she actually genuinely had a senior moment, we'll never know.
Federal workplace safety officials will investigate an explosion that killed one worker and injured four others at an Army ammunition plant near Kansas City, Missouri. Federal workplace safety officials will investigate an explosion that killed one worker and injured four others at an Army ammunition plant near Kansas City, Missouri.
In this March 23, 2017, photo, Democrat James Thompson, a candidate for Kansas' 4th Congressional District, speaks during a debate in Wichita, Kan. President Donald Trump stepped into a surprisingly competitive special congressional election in Kansas Monday, April 10, 2017, recording a get-out-the-vote call on behalf of Republican candidate Ron Estes.
Republican state Sen. Albert Olszewski told Lee Newspapers of Montana on Tuesday that he will run for Tester's seat. He served one term in the state House from 2015-2017, and is in his first term in the state Senate.