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TUCSON, AZ - Despite the Arizona Senator's weekend absence on a Sunday, protestors gathered at John McCain's office to speak out against immigration raids. They serenaded the senator's empty office on the street with chanting and music.
Lawmakers on Capitol Hill have rallied behind the case that the Affordable Care Act needs to be amended and not repealed, using the prospects of coverage disappearing as a cudgel against Republicans, including newly installed Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price. But the real action has been in the districts, where constituents and activists alike have overwhelmed phone lines and town halls demanding that Republicans put the brakes on their repeal efforts.
Supreme Court Justice nominee Neil Gorsuch meets with Senate Judiciary Committee member Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2017, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Supreme Court Justice nominee Neil Gorsuch meets with Senate Judiciary Committee member Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2017, on Capitol Hill in Washington.
How big is the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals? The San-Francisco-based circuit is so big that it represents nine states, including Nevada, 20 percent of the U.S. population and 40 percent of the nation's land mass. It's so big that Congress has looked at bills to split the circuit since 1941, and it's so big that none of those measures have succeeded.
As part of his first-week restrictions on the flow of human beings into the United States, President Donald Trump is reviewing a draft executive order that would "block all refugees from entering the U.S. for 120 days and restrict admissions and some visa applicants for people from countries where the U.S. has counterterrorism concerns, not only Syria but also Iraq, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen," according to the L.A. Times . This targeting of war-ravaged, refugee-generating countries would be a radical departure from four decades of bipartisan Washington leadership in the absorption and resettlement of refugees.
The National Science Foundation and UC San Diego spent $1.5 million to put a mudskipper fish on a treadmill. The federal government spent huge taxpayer dollars to study the popularity of Barbie dolls and how long a fish could exercise on a treadmill, according to a new report by a U.S. senator.
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Donald Trump's pledges to deport undocumented immigrants and build a U.S.-Mexico border wall helped fuel Republicans' surprising election victories, but they now face growing challenges from fellow party members.
President-elect Donald Trump's threat Monday to "terminate" the U.S. detente with Cuba could trigger opposition from some Republican lawmakers and corporate leaders who favor continued engagement with Havana. Since 2014, when President Barack Obama began to normalize relations with the island, the United States has taken numerous steps to increase commercial travel, commerce and the flow of information to Cuba.
Dan Scavino , who now carries the title of Director of Social Media & Senior Advisor to President-elect Trump. Scavino has a fascinating bio and has worked for Trump nearly half his life, including as the former Executive Vice President and General Manager of Trump National Golf Club, Westchester.
Kimber Lanning, who owns a music shop in Phoenix, was surprised when she was served with papers earlier this year that alleged she had violated the Americans with Disabilities Act over signs marking van-accessible parking spaces. Hers were a couple of inches below the required five feet off the ground.
Mitt Romney, the 2012 Republican presidential nominee, was in Mesa on Thursday stumping under stormy skies for the re-election of his friend, U.S. Sen. John McCain. 2012 presidential nominee Mitt Romney touts U.S. Sen. John McCain's 'get-it-done attitude' at Mesa rally Mitt Romney, the 2012 Republican presidential nominee, was in Mesa on Thursday stumping under stormy skies for the re-election of his friend, U.S. Sen. John McCain.
There is palpable momentum for Democrat Hillary Clinton in Arizona, a state so traditionally Republican that her party's nominee for president has carried it just once in the past 64 years. Encouraged by Donald Trump's failure to unite the GOP in Arizona, long-hungry Democrats are scrambling to capitalize in the campaign's final weeks.
Republican Sen. John McCain, who lost the 2008 presidential election to Barack Obama, says he conceded defeat "without reluctance" even though he didn't like the outcome. McCain said in a statement that he doesn't know who will win this presidential election.
Obama tweeted on Thursday: “Outstanding 3 for 3 debate sweep for @HillaryClinton! Nobody has ever been more prepared to be @POTUS.” The White Obama is also contrasting Donald Trump's refusal to commit to accepting the election results with Obama's promise to follow tradition and escort the winner to the Capitol for the inauguration, regardless of who wins. White House spokesman Eric Schultz said aboard Air Force One “that will be some car ride” if Trump wins.
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, right, hands a microphone to former President Bill Clinton, left, as they visit a debate watch party at the Craig Ranch Regional Amphitheater in North Las Vegas, Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2016, following the third presidential debate. less Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, right, hands a microphone to former President Bill Clinton, left, as they visit a debate watch party at the Craig Ranch Regional Amphitheater in North Las ... more Twitter says that the Republican nominee was the subject of nearly 60 percent of the tweets sent about the candidates.
The Phoenix Veterans Affairs office is still improperly canceling veterans' appointments, has built up a new backlog of cases - and at least one veteran is likely dead because of it, the department's inspector general said in a new report Tuesday. Two years after they first sounded the alarm about secret waiting lists leaving veterans struggling for care at the Phoenix VA, investigators said some services have improved, and cleared the clinic of allegations that top officials ordered staff to cancel appointments.
Republican lawmakers are bracing for a slew of last-minute rules and regulations, as well as more executive actions to place swaths of land under federal protection, during President Barack Obama's final months in office. "Midnight regulations" are a feature of any lame-duck administration and represent a president's last opportunity to lock in rules on legacy issues.
Flake fires back at Trump, warns GOP - Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake is firing back against Donald Trump with a warning for the Republican Party at large. - The Republican presidential nominee denounced Flake as "very weak and ineffective," particularly with respect to illegal immigration
With only 63 days until Election Day, Donald Trump is attacking a Republican senator in Arizona, a state he needs to win to have a chance to become president. Trump tweeted Sunday night, "The Republican Party needs strong and committed leaders, not weak people such as @JeffFlake, if it is going to stop illegal immigration."