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Officials say the fatal stabbing of a black student visiting the University of Maryland is being investigated by the FBI as a possible hate crime. Officials say the fatal stabbing of a black student visiting the University of Maryland is being investigated by the FBI as a possible hate crime.
A transgender "bathroom bill" reminiscent of one in North Carolina that caused a national uproar now appears to be on a fast-track to becoming law in Texas, though it may only apply to public schools. A broader proposal mandating that virtually all transgender people in the country's second-largest state use public restrooms according to the gender on their birth certificates sailed through the Texas Senate months ago.
On July 5, 2016, FBI director James Comey publicly stated that Clinton had been "extremely careless" in using a private email server to handle classified information, but he insisted that she had not intended to endanger national security . The director acknowledged that classified information had been transmitted via Secretary Clinton's server, but he suggested that, in the greater scheme of things, it was just a small percentage of the emails involved.
President Donald Trump's budget would drive millions of people off of food stamps, part of a new wave of spending cut proposals that already are getting panned by lawmakers in both parties on Capitol Hill. Trump's blueprint for the 2018 budget year comes out Tuesday.
The White House plan to trim the national debt includes selling off half of the nation's emergency oil stockpile, part of a broad series of changes proposed by President Donald Trump to the federal government's role in energy markets. Trump's first complete budget proposal, released in part on Monday, would raise $500 million in fiscal year 2018 by draining the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, and as much $16.6 billion in oil sales over the next decade.
Gene Goldstein, center right, and his family stop for a photo outside the Nassau Veteran's Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale, N.Y., which is hosting the final performances of the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus, Sa... A man accused of mowing down pedestrians in Times Square, killing a teenage Michigan tourist and injuring 22 others, says he had been trying to get psychiatric help. Now that New Orleans has removed three prominent Confederate statues and a monument heralding white supremacy, what should it do with them?.
Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif speaking at the 53rd Munich Security Conference at the Bayerischer Hof hotel in Munich, February 19, 2017. Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif tweeted on Sunday that the United States may be "milking" Saudi Arabia of $480 billion after Washington signed major deals with Tehran's regional rival over the weekend, incluing a $110 billion arms deal effective immediately.
The FBI is now involved in the investigation of an "unprovoked" college campus killing. Early Saturday morning, a black student from Bowie State Univers... -- In his first high-stakes speech abroad on Sunday, President Donald Trump called on Middle Eastern nations to "drive out" extremists.&ldqu... The Ag Secretary made a trip to the ranch of Senator Deb Fischer to meet with those in agriculture.
Speaking Sunday to Arab leaders in Saudi Arabia, Trump described the conflict as a "battle between good and evil" rather than a clash between the West and Islam. Trump all but promised he would not publicly admonish Mideast rulers for human rights violations and oppressive reigns.
President Donald Trump poses for photos with King Salman and others at the Arab Islamic American Summit, at the King Abdulaziz Conference Center, Sunday, May 21, 2017, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - President Donald Trump on Sunday implored Saudi Arabia and other Middle Eastern countries to extinguish "Islamic extremism" emanating from the region, describing a "battle between good and evil" rather than a clash between the West and Islam.
President Donald Trump on Sunday implored Saudi Arabia and other Middle Eastern countries to extinguish "Islamic extremism" emanating from the region, describing a "battle between good and evil" rather than a clash between the West and Islam. In a pointed departure from his predecessor, Trump all but promised he would not publicly admonish Mideast rulers for human rights violations and oppressive reigns.
Dozens of graduates and family members silently stood and walked out Sunday as Vice President Mike Pence began his address at Notre Dame's commencement ceremony. Pence, the former governor of Indiana, was invited to speak after Notre Dame students and faculty protested the prospect of President Donald Trump being invited to become the seventh U.S. president to give the commencement address.
As a presidential candidate, Donald Trump railed against President Barack Obama for failing to utter the words "radical Islamic terrorism." He accused the foundation run by Bill and Hillary Clinton of corruption for accepting charitable contributions from Saudi Arabia and chastised first lady Michelle Obama for not covering her head during a visit to the Kingdom.
With all the worry about Russia's influence over U.S. elections, it's easy to overlook the many foreign interests working to impact U.S. policy every day, through paid lobbying. American lobbyists have made billions working for foreign entities.
It is we, the people, who must serve that function to protect democracy - at town halls, rallies and, ultimately, at the ballot box. The conservative columnist Peggy Noonan wrote last week: "The president needs to be told: Democracy is not your plaything."
President Donald Trump's first major budget proposal on Tuesday is said to include massive cuts to Medicaid and call for changes to anti-poverty programs that would give states new power to limit a range of benefits.Trump is seen here Friday with Vice President Mike Pence.
White House budget director Mick Mulvaney, right, joined by GPO Director Davita Vance-Cooks, inspects the production run of President Donald Trump's fiscal 2018 federal budget, Friday, May 19, 2017, at the U.S. Government Publishing Office's plant in Washington. White House budget director Mick Mulvaney, right, joined by GPO Director Davita Vance-Cooks, inspects the production run of President Donald Trump's fiscal 2018 federal budget, Friday, May 19, 2017, at the U.S. Government Publishing Office's plant in Washington.
President Donald Trump is scheduled to release his first budget proposal Tuesday, which will reportedly include large cuts to the federally-backed health insurance program Medicaid. The move would align the president with conservative Republicans in the House and Senate.
Demanding that Middle East leaders combat a "crisis of Islamic extremism" emanating from their homelands, US President Donald Trump cast the fight against terrorism as a "battle between good and evil", not a clash between the West and Islam. "Terrorists do not worship God.