Somerset County man joins growing list of candidates in the 9th Congressional District

A Northampton Township resident announced that he will join the ever-growing field of Republican candidates in the 9th Congressional District. Max Merrill, 40, a farmer and policy director for the National Farm to School Network based in Washington, D.C, said that President Donald Trump's victory was the catalyst for his campaign.

Trump’s proposed immigration plan offers citizenship path to 1.8 million ‘Dreamers’

U.S. President Donald Trump is proposing a plan that provides a path to citizenship for 1.8 million of the so-called "Dreamer" immigrants, tighter restrictions on legal immigration and $25-billion in border security, the White House said, putting forward an outline likely to find resistance from some of Trump's conservative allies. Senior White House officials offered a preview of Trump's immigration framework Thursday, casting it as a compromise that could pass the Senate.

Eugene Robinson: The president and the porn star

Wait, back up a minute. We just zoomed past a story that would have been a five-alarm scandal for any other administration, with weeks of screaming front-page headlines: “The President and the Porn Star.” The Wall Street Journal had the scoop on Jan. 12: “A lawyer for President Donald Trump arranged a $130,000 payment to a former adult-film star a month before the 2016 election as part of an agreement that precluded her from publicly discussing an alleged sexual encounter with Mr. Trump, according to people familiar with the matter.” The porn star in question is a woman named Stormy Daniels.

Oprah: ‘I don’t have the DNA’ for a presidential bid

Oprah Winfrey listens in the East Room of the White House during a November 2013 ceremony where President Barack Obama awarded Presidential Medals of Freedom. Oprah Winfrey listens in the East Room of the White House during a November 2013 ceremony where President Barack Obama awarded Presidential Medals of Freedom.

Michael Bloomberg’s Silence On De Blasio’s Climate Lawsuit Speaks Volumes

Former New York Mayor-turned anti-oil activist Michael Bloomberg has yet to render a judgement about his successor's highly-publicized climate change lawsuit against oil companies. Bloomberg refuses to address the controversy, while other prominent activists take a skeptical approach toward the pursuit against Exxon Mobil and other companies criticized for producing emissions some argue contributes to global warming "Fundamentally, solving the climate problem is about looking to the future, not the past," Jason Grumet, president of the Bipartisan Policy Center, told Axios in an interview Thursday.

A.M. Roundup: Trump a looking forwarda to being…

President Donald Trump told reporters on Wednesday that he's "looking forward" to being interviewed by special counsel Robert Mueller, who's investigating Russia's interference in the election. Trump said the interview could take place in the next two or three weeks and repeatedly denied any collusion with Russia.

New skyscraper rivaling Trump’s in height could rise behind a redeveloped Tribune Tower

Built in 1925, the neo-Gothic Tribune Tower was designed by New York architects Raymond Hood and John Mead Howells, who won a contest held by Tribune co-publishers Robert R. McCormick and Joseph Patterson to create the newspaper's new HQ. It was named a Chicago landmark in 1989.

Trump ‘looking forward’ to being questioned under oath

President Donald Trump said he would be willing to answer questions under oath in the interview, which special counsel Robert Mueller has been seeking but which White house officials had not previously said the president would grant. WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump declared he's "looking forward" to being questioned - under oath - in the special counsel's probe of Russian election interference and Trump's possible obstruction in the firing of the FBI director.

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Trump Says He Is Willing to Speak Under Oath to Mueller - WASHINGTON - President Trump said on Wednesday that he was willing to speak under oath to Robert S. Mueller III, the special counsel investigating Russia's interference in the 2016 presidential campaign. Trump says he would speak to Mueller under oath in Russia investigation President Trump said Wednesday he is "looking forward" to testifying before special counsel Robert S. Mueller III and that he would speak under oath.

GOP lawmakers condemn Trumpa s tariffs on solar gear

Prominent Republicans warned President Donald Trump on Wednesday against taking further trade actions that could harm American workers, even as top administration officials meeting in Davos, Switzerland, rose to the defense of the president's "America First" rhetoric on the eve of his arrival. The blowback came as Trump moved this week to impose tariffs on imported solar panels and washing machines, incurring fierce criticism in the United States, where experts said such a move would cost jobs, and abroad, where at least one major maker of washing machines notified U.S. retailers that it would raise prices.

Some GOP-counties in Oregon backed Medicaid-funding measure

It wasn't only Democratic-leaning counties in Oregon that voted to impose a tax on hospitals and health insurers to pay for Medicaid for low-income residents - several counties that voted for Donald Trump also helped propel the ballot measure to resounding "yes" vote. As president, Trump endorsed Republican bills to repeal the Affordable Care Act's expansion of Medicaid.

Prosecutor praises newspaper that exposed doctor’s abuse

The last witness to speak at the sentencing hearing for a Michigan sports doctor accused of sexually assaulting women and girls is a Kentucky lawyer who stepped forward in 2016 after USA Gymnastics was accused of... The last witness to speak at the sentencing hearing for a Michigan sports doctor accused of sexually assaulting women and girls is a Kentucky lawyer who stepped forward in 2016 after USA Gymnastics was accused of mishandling complaints. Judge set to sentence Larry Nassar after listening to days of testimony from women and girls who say they were sexually assaulted by the Michigan sports doctor.

Videos of Border Patrol inspecting Florida bus anger groups

Judge set to sentence Larry Nassar after listening to days of testimony from women and girls who say they were sexually assaulted by the Michigan sports doctor. Judge set to sentence Larry Nassar after listening to days of testimony from women and girls who say they were sexually assaulted by the Michigan sports doctor.

Congress members urge Trump to ease off legalized pot states

Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Colorado Rep. Jared Polis are leading a bipartisan push urging President Donald Trump to reinstate an Obama-era policy discouraging federal prosecutors from targeting individuals involved in the marijuana trade in states that have legalized the drug. The Democrats and 52 other members of Congress have written a letter dated Thursday to Trump, after Attorney General Jeff Sessions lifted the policy earlier this month.