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U.S. Rep. and Democratic Senate candidate Patrick Murphy wants tougher gun laws that he says might prevent episodes like the one that saw 49 people killed during the Pulse nightclub tragedy in June. Murphy is challenging Republican Sen. Marco Rubio for his seat - and challenged him Thursday to support tougher gun control legislation.
Senate Democrats have sent a letter to Republican Senate leaders urging Congress to come back from recess in order to pass funding to address the Zika virus, a legislation that was stopped by the left before the break, Politico reported Thursday. "The problems the American people confront do not disappear simply because Congress does," about 40 Senate Democrats wrote to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Speaker Paul Ryan, according to the website.
Bernie Sanders sent shock waves through the Democratic Party last May when he formally endorsed then- DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz's primary opponent. Months later, Wasserman Schultz's resignation from the top party post , on the eve of the party's national convention, has again catapulted her primary race back into the national headlines.
At both of the major-party conventions' conclusions, there was serious tension and distrust between the presumptive nominees' delegates and backers and those of the runners-up. At the Republican conclave in Cleveland, this was symbolized somewhat by a scuffle involving the efforts of Mick Wright, a Bartlett delegate committed to Ted Cruz, to make sure that Cruz got the 16 votes he was entitled to when the roll of states was called on the second night of the convention.
The Republican Party right now is in a war with itself. It has done irreparable damage to itself by nominating and supporting Donald Trump as its nominee for President of the United States.
The incumbent President of the United States said today that one of the two possibilities to succeed him is "unfit to serve as president" and is "woefully unprepared" to do the job. You can see Barack Obama's comments starting around time 13:00 in the C-Span clip below , from his press conference this morning with the Prime Minister of Singapore, Lee Hsien Loong.
Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., is scheduled to speak at a conference held by an anti-LGBT Christian group, after citing the terrorist attack on a gay nightclub in Orlando as his reason for backtracking on his announcement that he would not run for re-election. Rubio, who had repeatedly insisted he would not seek reelection for his Senate seat after losing his Republican presidential primary bid, has maintained anti-gay positions throughout his political career.
Remember back when Senator Marco Rubio doubted that Donald Trump was competent to be given access to the nation's nuclear codes? Rubio: There's a lunatic in NKorea w/nuclear weapons and...lunatic trying to get hold of nuclear weapons in America pic.twitter.com/Sb29st8vWF Remember this epic performance in which the size of Trump's hands featured prominently... or as prominently as tiny baby hands can ever be Florida senator Marco Rubio made one of his most definitive and direct statements in support of Donald Trump yet during a candidate forum this weekend, all but sloganeering the words "elect Trump". "We have got to come together as a party.
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has suggested that he fears the general election "is going to be rigged" - an unprecedented assertion by a modern presidential candidate. Trump's extraordinary claim - one he did not back up with any immediate evidence - would, if it became more than just an offhand comment, seem to threaten the tradition of peacefully contested elections and challenge the very essence of a fair democratic process.
Officers with Broward County Mosquito Control make daily inspections and respond to residents' complaints. Florida health officials said they are investigating two more mysterious cases of Zika infection that do not appear to be directly related to travel, bringing the ... more > Evidence that mosquitoes have begun to spread the Zika virus on the U.S. mainland is setting off alarm bells among Florida's leaders and reviving partisan bickering over who is to blame for a lack of congressional action to confront the disease.
Prosecutors have dropped murder charges against Guandique who is awaiting new trial in Chan... . Susan Levy, mother of Chandra Levy, poses for a photo outside her home in Modesto, Calif., Friday, July 29, 2016.
Florida mosquitoes have likely spread the Zika virus on the U.S. mainland for the first time, and Republican U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio says the tourism-dependent state may face an economic crisis if visitors start... There's no official warning to stay clear of Florida, but the crowds that usually wander among the bold street murals in Miami's trendy Wynwood arts district may be thinner after reports that mosquitoes in the area... A federal appeals court says a North Carolina law illegally targeted minorities with tougher ballot-access rules, such as requiring photo identification to vote, adding a new partisan flashpoint in a swing state... A federal appeals court ruled that a North Carolina law illegally targeted minorities with tougher ballot access rules, such as requiring photo identification to vote, adding a new partisan flashpoint in a swing state with... Some residents of the ... (more)
Democrats spent four days trashing GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump at their convention, but it seems that Trump has taken special issue with one speaker in particular: billionaire entrepreneur and former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg. After Bloomberg questioned Trump's business acumen and called him a con man during his speech on Wednesday , Trump started referring to Bloomberg as "Little" Michael Bloomberg , reusing a moniker once reserved for Florida Sen. Marco Rubio .
There was not a literal baton, but Barack Obama passed it to Hillary Clinton. The Democratic nominee made a surprise appearance on stage after the president finished addressing the convention Wednesday night.
A defiant Donald Trump on Wednesday morning attacked Hillary Clinton and the Democratic leadership at a news conference at Trump National Doral. He also attacked Democratic National Committee chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz, who stepped down Sunday.
"Pitch Perfect" and "Hunger Games" actress, producer, and director Elizabeth Banks called Donald Trump "over the top" and shared a personal story about Bill and Hillary Clinton at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia on Tuesday. Republican nominee for President, Donald Trump, and his running mate, Mike Pence, spoke to veterans about the need for VA reform at the 117th Veterans of Foreign Wars Convention in Charlotte on July 26, 2016.
The jockeying for positioning in the next Republican presidential contest has already begun - and at this week's convention, a couple of people were able to separate themselves from what is certain to be as large of a glut of contenders as there were in the 2016 cycle. Sens. Tom Cotton of Arkansas, Joni Ernst of Iowa, and Ted Cruz of Texas were all on hand.
Cruz played dog in the manger at the Republican convention. Someone should have whispered in his ear these words from Omar Khayyam: Some say his phrase "vote your conscience" was just a call to support the entire ticket.
In this Aug. 29, 2012 file photo, a video of former President George W. Bush is shown during the 2012 Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla. Amid the balloons and parties, speeches and spectacle, one faction of the Republican Party was invisible at the national convention in Cleveland: the Bush family network.