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Rosie O'Donnell speaks at a rally calling for resistance to President Donald Trump, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017, in Lafayette Park in front of the White House in Washington, prior the president's address to a joint session of Congress. President Donald Trump, flanked by Vice President Mike Pence and House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis.
President Donald Trump reached for poetry and conjured a vision of common national purpose Tuesday during his first address to Congress, shifting his tone from the dark, searing approach of his previous big speeches to the nation. Trump adopted a statesmanlike cadence, hitting notes of inspiration.
Andrew P. "Andy" Harris is an American politician and physician who has been the U.S. Representative for Maryland's 1st congressional district since 2011. Harris served in the Navy Medical Corps and the U.S. Naval Reserve as a lieutenant commander on active duty during Operation Desert Storm and currently serves as a commander.[3] He has worked as an anesthesiologist, as an associate professor of anesthesiology and critical care medicine, and as chief of obstetric anesthesiology at the Johns Hopkins Hospital.
Speaking on Fox News Wednesday, Rubio said Democrats are aghast at current efforts by the Trump administration to deport illegal immigrants. But he said that attitude is going to hurt any effort by the federal government to crack down on illegal immigration and pass reform that can help the country.
From compromise on immigration to a renewed focus on economic growth, lawmakers latched onto presidential comments that lined up with their own political agendas. Democratic U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree said she felt "encouraged to hear President Trump touch on several things tonight where we can find agreement, including rebuilding our country's infrastructure, lowering the cost of prescription drugs, strengthening trade, and finding compromise on comprehensive immigration reform."
President Donald Trump said he believes that Barack Obama is riling up protesters against his administration and that his predecessor's "people" may be the source of unflattering national-security leaks to the news media. "I think he is behind it.
Former President George W Bush speaks during a preview of an exhibition of his paintings of U.S. military veterans in Dallas, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017. NEW YORK -- Former President George W. Bush said he didn't intend to criticize President Donald Trump when he said recently that a free press is essential to democracy Bush said Tuesday that he was simply responding to a reporter's question about the role of journalism.
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Members of the all-Republican Arkansas congressional delegation stood and applauded repeatedly during President Donald Trump's speech to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday evening. "I thought it was a message of unity and strength.
The Senate on Monday confirmed billionaire investor Wilbur Ross as commerce secretary, helping President Donald Trump fill out his economic team. Ross has said the Trump administration will work quickly to redo the North American Free Trade Agreement, the pact with Canada and Mexico that has boosted trade but still stings laid-off workers across the Midwest.
Republicans confronted a conservative rebellion in their own party Tuesday over their long-promised plans to repeal and replace the health care law, and they beseeched President Donald Trump to settle the dispute. "He's the leader on this issue right now; he's the one that's got to hold us together," said Rep. Dennis Ross of Florida as he left a meeting during which, he said, Republican leaders urged the rank and file to "stay strong" on the issue and told them: "'Now is not the time to back down.'
Last week White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer predicted "greater enforcement" of the federal ban on marijuana in the eight states that have legalized the drug for recreational use. This week Attorney General Jeff Sessions, an old-fashioned drug warrior who thinks "good people don't smoke marijuana," seemed to confirm Spicer's warning, telling reporters, "We're going to look at it...and try to adopt responsible policies."
Just five weeks into Donald Trump's presidency, Republican Sens. John McCain and Lindsey Graham have already proven to be major headaches for the new President. While many of their Republican colleagues in Congress have worked to make inroads with the new administration, hoping to capitalize on GOP control over two branches of government, the two senators have repeatedly broken with the White House.
President Donald Trump's plan to impose sharp cuts to foreign aid and domestic programs is running into opposition on Capitol Hill - and that's just from his Republican allies. Trump's proposal to slash the foreign aid budget by more than one-third, for example, came in for criticism from the Senate's top Republican, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.
Congressman Frank LoBiondo, NJ-02, back row, fourth from left, recently met with his 10th Annual Congressional Youth Advisory Council at the Millville Airport, for a quarterly conference to discuss current events in government. The meeting was hosted by the Millville Army Air Field Museum.
Those were among questions from members of the Senate Intelligence Committee during Tuesday's confirmation hearing for Coats, who was part of the panel before leaving office in January.
US President Trump addresses Joint Session of Congress - Washington, U.S. - 28/02/17 - US President Donald Trump pauses as he speaks in front of Vice President Mike Pence and Speaker of the House Paul Ryan. Reuters/Jim Bourg Washington: President Donald Trump pledged a "renewal of the American spirit" Tuesday, as he tempered his most inflammatory rhetoric while fleshing out his nationalist agenda during a landmark speech to Congress.
Since the Memphis Mayor's race of 2015 became about how best to build a larger Memphis Police Department , the discussion has always had an element of controversy to it on a larger scale than a head count of who has a badge. The police retention bonuses announced by the city this week with a four-year Crime Commission grant of $6.1 million comes with a call for yet another freeze of the city's deferred retirement option program.