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Officials are preparing for tens of thousands of Puerto Ricans to arrive in Florida as the island faces humanitarian crisis. Officials are preparing for tens of thousands of Puerto Ricans to arrive in Florida as the island faces humanitarian crisis.
June 2017 saw a number of policy changes in the global renewable power market . In the Americas, in the US, President Donald Trump withdrew from the Paris climate agreement.
Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback, seen April 2, 2015, is expecting to step down if the U.S. Senate confirms him for an ambassadorship in the Trump administration. On Thursday, a 17-year-old threw his hat in the ring, becoming the third teenager looking to succeed Republican Gov. Sam Brownback, who is required by law to step down after two consecutive terms.
TRENTON -- Top Democrats in New Jersey -- including Phil Murphy , the party's nominee for governor -- quickly rejected a report released Thursday saying a law limiting the raises that police and fire unions can win in arbitration should be renewed in an effort to keep property taxes in check. A spokesman for Murphy called the study a "political stunt" by appointees of Republican Gov. Chris Christie and said it would not sway the candidate to take a stance on the cap until a more thorough review is conducted.
When President Donald Trump announced plans to go to Indiana Wednesday to sell the GOP tax overhaul plan, party leaders cheered his engagement on the high-stakes issue. When the White House said one of Trump's traveling companions would be Indiana's Democratic Sen. Joe Donnelly - a top target in next year's midterm elections - the hopes turned to head-smacking disbelief.
The latest version of a plan to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act is now dead in Congress, but New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo remains worried about another potential cut in federal funds to hospitals that he said would blow a hole in the state budget. The money is known as the Disproportionate Share Hospital fund, or DSH, and the money goes to public hospitals and safety net hospitals that often serve the poorest patients.
Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon mocked President Trump on Wednesday for backing the so-called Republican establishment favorite Luther Strange over Roy Moore in the GOP's Alabama U.S. Senate seat runoff. "We're 6-0 in these elections," Bannon told Sirius XM's "Breitbart News Daily," referring to "we, the people" and the slew of special elections held under the Trump administration.
California will move its presidential primary from June to March under a bill signed on Wednesday by Democratic Governor Jerry Brown, a change aimed at giving the liberal-leaning state more influence in choosing candidates from either national party. The most populous U.S. state, which voted heavily for Democrat Hillary Clinton in November's presidential election, has traditionally held its primary so late that Democratic and Republican voters in other states had essentially already chosen their parties' candidates.
When you're a candidate, the political endorsements you have matter, and the ones your opponents have are meaningless. And the only endorsement that counts is the one on Election Day.
Vice President Mike Pence will try to rally support in Michigan tomorrow for the new Republican tax reform plan. He'll speak Thursday afternoon at American Axle Manufacturing in Auburn Hills.
Roy Moore is a widely popular, and deeply controversial, hardline conservative who won the Republican party's nomination for Alabama's open Senate seat. Moore has promoted conspiracy theories, including "birtherism," is virulently anti-gay, and has twice been removed from his position as chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court.
Democrats and Republicans are poised for a Supreme Court fight about political line-drawing with the potential to alter the balance of power across a country starkly divided between the two parties. The big question at the heart of next week's high court clash is whether there can be too much politics in the inherently political task of drawing electoral districts.
The federal government will pick up 100 percent of the costs of debris removal and other emergency assistance to Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria. President Donald Trump made the change Tuesday as part of an amendment to his earlier disaster declaration authorizing federal aid.
Gov. Paul LePage sent a letter to Maine's 16 county sheriffs on Tuesday ordering them to cooperate with detainer requests from federal immigration authorities or face removal from office. The Republican governor told a conservative talk radio host on Monday that he may remove two Maine sheriffs from office for what he called their lack of cooperation with federal immigration officials.
The Oklahoma Legislature returned to the Capitol Monday for the start of a special legislative session to address a $215 million shortfall in the state budget, but have not yet reached a deal on exactly how to plug the revenue gap. Members of the House and Senate met briefly to formally hear bills, and the House seated two new Democratic members elected in special elections over the summer.
The U.S. ramped up its response Monday to the humanitarian crisis in Puerto Rico, even as President Donald Trump brought up the island's struggles before Hurricane Maria struck - including "billions of dollars" in debt to "Wall Street and the banks which, sadly, must be dealt with." The Trump administration has tried to blunt criticism that its response to Hurricane Maria has fallen short of its efforts in Texas and Florida after the recent hurricanes there.
His preferred candidate is Luther Strange, the incumbent senator who has consistently trailed in the polls to firebrand conservative Roy Moore, a former state Supreme Court justice. Trump was just in Alabama stumping for Strange on Friday, where he landed himself in controversy, calling for the firing of NFL players who don't stand for the national anthem.
President Donald Trump should work on the issues behind the protests that prompt NFL players to refuse to stand for the national anthem rather than calling for them to be fired, Gov. Jay Inslee said Monday. Inslee, a big Seahawks fan, was asked at a press conference what he thought of the team deciding to stay in the locker room for Sunday's game until after that Star Spangled Banner was over.