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PICTURE EXCLUSIVE: A Christmas visit to see mom, her lesbian lover and dad in jail: Suitcase murderers Heather Mack and Tommy Schaefer dote over their two-year-old daughter Stella in Bali prison NBC 'tightens sexual harassment policies and urges employees to report their own FRIENDS for inappropriate behavior or risk being fired' in the wake of the Matt Lauer scandal 'You are going straight to hell you screwed-up altar boy': Rosie O'Donnell unleashes bizarre attack on Paul Ryan in Twitter tirade in the early hours of Christmas Day Heart-breaking loss of life, strike operations on ISIS and patrolling tense waters off China to touching rescues, snow angels at base and emotional homecomings: The US Navy reveals their most powerful images of 2017 'The generosity of American people will not be taken advantage of': US envoy Nikki Haley announces $285m cut to UN following vote against Trump ... (more)

Trump retweets image depicting ‘CNN’ squashed beneath his shoe

President Donald Trump participates in NORAD Santa Tracker phone calls at the Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Fla., on Dec. 24, 2017. President Donald Trump participates in NORAD Santa Tracker phone calls at the Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Fla., on Dec. 24, 2017.

Congressional Republicans end year with legislative wins, but 2018 holds risks

After a year of legislative fits and starts, the Republican-led Congress can claim victory on an agenda of tax cuts, judicial confirmations and a substantial regulatory rollback. It's a list of accomplishments that seemed to surprise even party leaders, who warily entered a political marriage of necessity with President Donald Trump, but now say they have made their peace with his unpredictable style of governing.

Rand Paul pokes fun at Donald Trump, fellow lawmakers in annual Festivus tradition

Sen. Rand Paul , Kentucky Republican, took aim at targets including President Trump's Twitter habit and wasteful federal spending during his "airing of grievances" Saturday, an annual Twitter tradition inspired by the quirky Festivus holiday at the center of a 1997 "Seinfeld" episode. Festivus is celebrated every Dec. 23 with a plain aluminum pole and activities including a "Feats of Strength" wrestling match and the "Airing of Grievances," according to Seinfeld lore.

Mitch McConnell ‘warming up’ to Trump’s Twitter habit: ‘I haven’t been a fan until this week’

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., discusses the GOP agenda for next year and touts his accomplishments in the first year of the Trump administration. McConnell said on Friday he's changing his mind, at least over the most recent string of tweets from the White House, which have touted the GOP's recently-passed tax cut bill and other Republican legislative accomplishments.

Sen. Ted Cruz just got in a Twitter battle with Mark Hamill

Registration will allow you to post comments on timesunion.com and create a timesunion.com Subscriber Portal account for you to manage subscriptions and email preferences. Mark Hamill and Ted Cruz got into a Twitter battle Sunday, but Cruz lost terribly.

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On Monday, Dec. 4, President Donald Trump, speaking in Utah, announced that the 1.35 million-acre Bears Ears national monument would be shrunk by over 80 percent, potentially making it available for mining, exploration and private use. In response, Ventura-based outdoor retailer Patagonia, along with a coalition of environmental, Native American and outdoor organizations, filed a lawsuit in an attempt to block the president's authority to make such a move.

A Trump judicial nominee starred in a a must watcha viral video. In 2017, does that matter?

Sen. John Neely Kennedy asked President Trump's U.S. District nominee Matthew S. Petersen law questions during a hearing on Dec. 13. Peterson struggled to answer the standard questions. As of this writing, a video of one of President Trump's judicial nominees failing to answer basic legal questions from a Republican senator is viral.

Americans launch #ThankCanada campaign after Trump attacks Trudeau

Canada's House of Commons adopted an unusual unanimous resolution Monday backing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau after he was harshly criticized by President Donald Trump, while Americans lent support to their northern neighbor on Twitter through a special hashtag #ThankCanada. Trump attacked the Canadian leader after withdrawing U.S. approval of the joint communique issued at the close Saturday of the Group of Seven summit in Charlevoix, Quebec.

Protesters Greet Trump At Mississippi Museum As Leaders Honor Civil Rights Figures

After calls for Trump to skip his planned appearance at the new Mississippi Civil Rights Museum, protesters greeted him wearing Confederate flags over their mouths. As civil rights activists and African-American leaders including Rep. John Lewis boycotted President Donald Trump's visit to Mississippi's brand-new Civil Rights Museum in Jackson on Saturday, hundreds of protesters greeted the president to condemn his record on race relations and civil rights.

Zinke calls reports on helicopter use a “wild departure from reality’

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke responded Saturday to reports about his helicopter use, calling them a "wild departure from reality" in a statement on Twitter. "Recent articles about official Interior Department helicopter usage are total fabrications and a wild departure of reality," he said in a statement posted with the tweet.

Email sent to Trumps included public WikiLeaks information

An email sent to President Donald Trump and Donald Trump Jr. before the 2016 election included a decryption key for hacked documents that the website WikiLeaks had already made public a day earlier. The email obtained by The Associated Press on Friday disputes an earlier news report that Trump and his eldest son had received the information before the hacked data had been made public.