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City Attorney Dennis Herrera talks about a federal judge's order blocking any attempt by the Trump administration to withhold money from "sanctuary cities "during a news conference at City Hall Tuesday, April 25, 2017, in San Francisco. less City Attorney Dennis Herrera talks about a federal judge's order blocking any attempt by the Trump administration to withhold money from "sanctuary cities "during a news conference at City Hall Tuesday, April ... more FILE - In this Jan. 25, 2017 file photo, Moina Shaiq holds a sign at a rally outside of City Hall in San Francisco.
U.S. Congressman Elijah Cummings speaks at a "Town Hall" meeting at the War Memorial Plaza organized by progressive groups. Several politicians were at the event.
President Donald Trump is proposing tax cuts for individuals and businesses even as Washington struggles with mounting debt and the populist president tries to make good on promises to bring jobs and prosperity to the middle class. Trump is scheduled Wednesday to unveil the broad outlines of a tax overhaul that would provide massive tax cuts to businesses big and small.
President Donald Trump plans to sign an executive order Wednesday directing his interior secretary to review the designation of tens of millions of acres of land as "national monuments," an action that could upend protections put in place in Utah and other states as Trump tries to rack up accomplishments in his first 100 days. The Antiquities Act of 1906 authorizes the president to declare federal lands as monuments and restrict how the lands can be used.
WASHINGTON -- Journalist Selena Zito famously summed up President Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign when she wrote, "The press takes him literally, but not seriously; his supporters take him seriously, but not literally." In September 2016 when Zito's apt assessment appeared in The Atlantic, Gallup reported its lowest approval rating ever - of the news media.
The rate at which minorities are subjected to stops, searches and frisks by police doesn't appear to be improving in Boston. A federal judge in San Francisco has blocked a Trump administration order to withhold funding from communities that limit cooperation with U.S. immigration authorities.
The rate at which minorities are subjected to stops, searches and frisks by police doesn't appear to be improving in Boston. The rate at which minorities are subjected to stops, searches and frisks by police doesn't appear to be improving in Boston.
Congressional negotiators have inched towards a potential agreement on a catch-all spending bill that would deny President Donald Trump's request for immediate funding to construct a wall along the Mexico border. The emerging measure would increase the defence budget and eliminate the threat of a government shutdown on Mr Trump's 100th day in office this Saturday.
We are almost on the arbitrary, yet symbolic 100-day mark, and what has President Donald Trump to show for it? Despite asking his supporters on the campaign trail to "imagine what we can accomplish in the first-100 days," Mr. Trump has broken so many promises, if he were a contestant on The Apprentice, he would be fired. Mr. Trump has to pull a rabbit out of a hat to salvage his nascent legacy, which is why his administration is heading toward this farcical showdown with Congress.
As a political weapon, a government shutdown is a bit like self-immolation - it certainly demonstrates a commitment to one's cause, but there's no real victory possible for participants.
Internet companies are readying for a showdown with a Republican-controlled government over threats to net neutrality, a key issue for them and their users. Internet companies are readying for a showdown with a Republican-controlled government over threats to net neutrality, a key issue for them and their users.
President Donald Trump personally intervened to inject tougher language into a State Department letter to Congress last week that found Iran was in compliance with the deal limiting its nuclear program, according to an administration official familiar with the matter. The letter to Congress from Secretary of State Rex Tillerson certified that Iran is complying with terms of the accord it reached with the U.S. and five other world powers in 2015 to restrict its nuclear activities in return for relief from certain economic sanctions, a finding required by U.S. law every 90 days.
President Donald Trump's former national security adviser, Michael Flynn, appeared to violate federal law when he failed to seek permission or inform the U.S. government about accepting tens of thousands of dollars from Russian organizations after a trip there in 2015, leaders of a House oversight committee said Tuesday. The congressmen also raised new questions about fees Flynn received as part of $530,000 in consulting work his company performed for a businessman tied to Turkey's government.
Ex-spy admits anti-Trump dossier's sensational charge unverified, says Clinton backer betrayed him Washington Times, by Rowan Scarborough Christopher Steele, the former British spy who wrote the infamous anti-Donald Trump dossier, acknowledges that a sensational charge his sources made about a tech company CEO and Democratic Party hacking is unverified.
In an Associated Press interview, President Donald Trump claimed more progress than he's achieved on his 100-day plan and showed he was not completely familiar with what he had promised in that "contract" with voters. A look at some of his assertions in the interview conducted Friday and other statements he made over the past week: Of 38 specific promises Trump made in his 100-day "contract" with voters, he's accomplished 10, mostly through executive orders that don't require legislation.
President Donald Trump plans to propose massive tax cuts for businesses big and small as part of an overhaul that he says will provide the biggest tax cuts in U.S. history. In addition to big tax cuts for corporations, Trump also wants to cut taxes for small business owners from a top tax rate of 39.6 percent to a top rate of 15 percent, said an official with knowledge of the plan.
Democrats and Republicans are bargaining to avoid a government shutdown, The Hill reported , with increased military funding and Obamacare subsidies on the table. A shutdown could happen this week if a short-term spending bill is not passed by the House and Senate and signed by President Donald Trump by midnight Friday.
White House chief of staff Reince Priebus said a federal district court in California went "bananas" in blocking President Donald Trump's order blocking funding to sanctuary cities Tuesday. "It's the Ninth Circuit going bananas," Priebus told reporters in his office in the West Wing of the White House late Tuesday, The Hill reported.
Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, center, accompanied by White House press secretary Sean Spicer, left, smiles while speaking to the media about a new tariff on Canadian lumber during the daily press briefing at the White House, Tuesday, April 25, 2017, in Washington. Oregon timber executives said Tuesday they will consider adding jobs, instituting new shifts, and investing more in existing Northwest mills as a result of a new 20 percent duty on Canadian softwood lumber announced by the White House.
Interior Secretary-designate, Rep. Ryan Zinke, R-Mont., is sworn in on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2017, prior to testifying at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. Zinke, 55, a former Navy SEAL now in his second term in Congress, was an early supporter of President-elect Donald Trump and, like his prospective boss, has expressed skepticism about the urgency of climate change.