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As Oregon and California software giant Oracle battle in court and the realm of public relations over who is to blame for the $305 million Cover Oregon website debacle, a Congressional ally of the company is urging that state officials be criminally prosecuted over political "interference" in the project. A new 200-page Congressional committee report backing the request by U.S. Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-UT, delivers a fascinating, if one-sided account that reveals new details of the level of political manipulation employed by former Gov. John Kitzhaber and his campaign advisers to manage the ostensibly independent bureaucracy charged with running the project.
Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton won Washington state's presidential primaries Tuesday, although only Trump gained delegates. Washington ignores its Democratic primary results, instead allocating delegates through a Democratic caucus, which Bernie Sanders won in March.
Donald Trump will move closer to clinching the Republican presidential nomination Tuesday with an expected win in the Washington primary. Trump became the presumptive nominee earlier this month with a decisive win in Indiana that forced his remaining rivals out of the race and ended months of talk about the potential of a contested convention.
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump waves during a campaign event in Lawrenceville, N.J., on May 19, 2016. **FILE** more > Likely GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump and the Republican National Committee rolled out Tuesday a list of big-time fundraisers who will help raise cash for the fall elections, as the billionaire businessman takes another step away from the self-funded nature of his primary campaign.
New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez won't be among the Republicans rallying around their presumptive nominee when Donald Trump swoops into the state Tuesday. Martinez, who has been openly critical of some of Trump's policies and remarks on immigration, told local reporters Monday that she is "really busy" and will skip Trump's rally in Albuquerque.
U.S Attorney General Loretta Lynch is in North Carolina two weeks after filing a federal complaint against Governor Pat McCrory and state officials over House Bill 2. The attorney general's office says, "In this second phase of the tour, Attorney General Lynch will visit six jurisdictions around the country that have excelled in each of the six pillars discussed in the President's Task Force on 21st Century Policing final report: building trust and legitimacy; policy and oversight; technology and social media; community policing and crime reduction; officer training and education; and officer safety and wellness."
Attorney General Kamala Harris thanks California Gov. Jerry Brown, right, after he announced his endorsement of her for the U.S. Senate during a news conference at the California Democratic Party headquarters in Sacramento, Calif. Harris is running against fellow Democrat, Rep. Loretta Sanchez, among others, to replace Barbara Boxer who is retiring.
Attorneys for the state Department of Justice are expected to begin calling witnesses in a federal trial to defend a host of election law changes enacted by Gov. Scott Walker and Republicans in recent years. Liberal groups challenging elements of Wisconsin's voter identification law and more than a dozen other voting-related law changes were expected to conclude their case on Tuesday, the seventh day of the trial in federal court in Madison.
Thousands of Beyonce fans were evacuated from a concert in Minnesota on Monday night due to a severe weather warning. Around 35,000 fans were waiting for Beyonce to begin her Formation World Tour show at the open-air TCF Bank Stadium in Minneapolis when they were instructed to evacuate to the stadium concourse or nearby shelters due to a forecast of thunder and lightning.
The U.S. Supreme Court has determined it won't reconsider its March decision to reject former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's appeal of his corruption convictions.
Governor Sam Brownback today took action to balance the budget for Fiscal Years 2017 and 2018, subsequently signing Senate Bill 249 - the budget bill. The Governor announced allotments of $97 million creating a projected ending balance in FY 2017 of $87.5 million.
In an email that precipitated his resignation, Gov. Tom Wolf's environmental protection secretary criticized environmental advocates for a lack of "pushback." Pa. DEP leader had urged groups for 'pushback' in email In an email that precipitated his resignation, Gov. Tom Wolf's environmental protection secretary criticized environmental advocates for a lack of "pushback."
Planned Parenthood has an abortion clinic under construction on Claiborne Avenue in New Orleans that would replace its current clinic, shown in this file photo. A bill passed the Senate on Monday that would ban public funding for entities performing abortions.
It was a productive week in the fight to legalize marijuana in the United States. Some of the most important news comes from the halls of Congress, where both chambers have finally agreed that veterans deserve hassle free access to medical marijuana.
The Supreme Court won't reconsider its decision to reject former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's appeal of his corruption convictions. The justices on Monday denied without comment a long-shot petition urging the court to take another look at the case.
Vacant-housing demolition took up 90 percent of Ohio's request, but critics say asking for more mortgage-assistance funds would have ensured the entire application was viewed more favorably by the federal government. As the days passed, Ohio's application for upward of $250 million in federal housing money asked for more of the money to be devoted to vacant-housing demolition and less for mortgage assistance.
As New York Republicans went to the polls for their primary April 19, some opponents of Donald Trump clung to the hope that Ted Cruz, or perhaps John Kasich, might deny Trump a few delegates in some of the state's congressional districts. One reason for that hope was New York's highly restrictive voter registration rules, which required party-changers to register as Republicans many months earlier in order to be eligible to vote in the GOP primary.
House members voted 123-10 Sunday afternoon to approve a tax relief package that would offer property tax relief to farmers and businesses, create a new tax credit for college graduates with loan debt and expand aid to Minnesota parents with childcare costs. The measure passed with only a handful of House Democrats opposed.