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State finance officials are confirming cuts that were ordered to agency budgets in March likely were deeper than necessary and that Oklahoma will finish the fiscal year on June 30 with surplus revenue that could be reallocated back to agencies. Secretary of Finance Preston Doerflinger declined Monday to speculate how much money will be left over until all revenue has been collected for the month of June.
Tribune Publishing Co. has named former U.S. Rep. David Dreier to the board of directors for the publisher of several of the countries most iconic newspaper brands, including the Los Angeles Times, San Diego Union-Tribune, and Chicago Tribune.
The FBI released a partial transcript Monday of conversations between gunman Omar Mateen and Orlando police during his deadly rampage at Pulse nightclub June 12, in which Mateen called himself an Islamic soldier and refused to cooperate with hostage negotiators. The transcript, which includes a 50-second phone conversation with police, sheds light on the deadliest mass shooting in modern American history.
The Senate's plans to debate a spending bill for the Justice Department went out the window June 15, as Sen. Chris Murphy took the floor, beginning what turned into a 15-hour filibuster. Murphy launched the talk-a-thon to protest the Senate's lack of movement on legislation to curb gun violence.
Republican donors who are still willing to give to Donald Trump are increasingly uneasy - not just about the constant controversy surrounding the presumptive GOP nominee but also the perceived total lack of infrastructure related to his nascent fundraising operation. The list of problems, according to donors and party officials, is both long and not easy to fix over the course of a short period.
A U.S. Special Operations soldier takes part in a joint patrol with Afghan National Army soldiers in Afghanistan's Farah province. President Obama has pushed to reward recent veterans with federal jobs.
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, N.C. "Who do you like?" Donald Trump recently quizzed supporters at a Tampa rally, cupping a hand to his ear as they suggested vice presidential running mates. "Newt!"... "Sessions!" "Condi Rice!" came the cries, referring - respectively - to former GOP House Speaker Newt Gingrich, Republican Sen. Jeff Sessions of Alabama and Condoleezza Rice, President George W. Bush's national security advisor and secretary of State.
This comes just days after the congressman went on a Birmingham radio show saying, Muslims want to kill every gay person in America. As you could imagine those comments are not sitting with the Islamic community.
The Senate, divided over how to respond to the nation's latest mass shooting, will vote Monday on four measures supporters say would keep guns out of the hands of terrorists. All of them have failed in political show votes after previous massacres.
Donald Trump suggested Sunday that the United States should "seriously" consider profiling Muslims inside the country as a terrorism-fighting tool, the latest example of the Republican presidential nominee-in-waiting increasingly backing positions that could single out a group based on their religion. "We really have to look at profiling," Trump said in an interview broadcast Sunday on CBS's "Face the Nation."
Dozens of Republican convention delegates are hatching a new plan to block Donald Trump at this summer's party meetings, in what has become the most organized effort so far to stop the businessman from becoming the GOP nominee. The delegates are angered by Trump's recent comments on gun control, his racial attacks on a federal judge and his sinking poll numbers.
In the wake of the Orlando massacre, the chamber will take up four gun-control proposals-none of which is likely to pass. The House will consider the financial-services spending bill.
Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, takes the stage for a rally in Greensboro, N.C., June 14, 2016. Recent polls are showing that Trumpi 1 2s repeated calls for a ban on Muslims entering the United States, on the heels of the attack in Orlando, is not gaining traction among voters he will need in November.
Sen. Jeff Sessions said Sunday that he would consider compromise gun legislation being hammered out by moderate Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine but has concerns about the constitutional rights of people placed on the federal terrorist watch list. "The problem is, you have got indications on this list of people who might be involved in terrorism," Sessions told CNN's Dana Bash on "State of the Union."
Breitbart Texas team members travelled to the nation's capital for an immigration briefing hosted by the Center for Immigration Studies . Following a reception featuring Senator Jeff Sessions , three Breitbart journalists agreed to an interview with Peter "DaTechGuy" Ingemi at The National Press Club.
House Speaker Rep. Paul Ryan is trying to keep fellow Republicans in control of Congress but said Sunday he wouldn't ask them to endorse Donald Trump for the sake of party unity, to save their Capitol Hill majority or keep Democrat Hillary Clinton out of the White House. "Imagine the speaker of the House not supporting the duly elected nominee of our party, therefore creating a chasm in our party," the Wisconsin Republican said on NBC's "Meet the Press."
NBC's Chuck Todd accused House Speaker Paul Ryan of putting "party over country" because Ryan continues to support Donald Trump even though he claims not to share the presumptive GOP nominee's values. "I feel like I have certain responsibilities as not just Congressman Paul Ryan from the 1st District of Wisconsin, but at Speaker of the House," Ryan opined during an interview on Sunday's Meet the Press .
Sen. Ron Johnson, a Wisconsin Republican facing a tough re-election bid, tamped down previous comments that he would endorse the Republican nominee, saying Sunday that he was only prepared to "support" Donald Trump. "To me, 'endorsement' is a big embrace.
Oklahoma's longest-serving U.S. House members face primary election challengers who say the incumbents' time in Washington has left them out of touch with constituents and their votes do not represent voters' values. Congressman Frank Lucas faces fellow Republican Desiree Brown of Hennessey in the June 28 primary race, with Lucas seeking a 12th term in the sprawling western Oklahoma district.