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As some states turn down sweeping requests for voter data from a presidential commission on alleged voter fraud, a watchdog group is asking that Maryland abstain as well. A Wednesday letter from the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity gives secretaries of state about two weeks to provide about a dozen points of voter data.
Trump established the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity after he needed justification for claiming that millions of illegal votes were cast in the 2016 election. The president has repeatedly cried voter fraud as an explanation for why he lost the popular vote to Hillary Clinton by millions of votes, despite winning the electoral college.
House Republicans are putting the final touches on a bold budget proposal they will roll out later this week that would boost military spending beyond what President Donald Trump wants and slash billions from welfare and other entitlement programs. Threading the needle of getting defense hawks, fiscal conservatives and those steering tax reform within his own party has been a difficult task, but House Speaker Paul Ryan has reminded House GOP members that this year's budget is critical for getting top priorities like tax reform through both chambers.
House Republicans are putting the final touches on a budget proposal they will roll out later this week that would boost military spending beyond what President Donald Trump wants and slash billions from welfare and other entitlement programs. Threading the needle of getting defense hawks, fiscal conservatives and those steering tax reform within his own party has been a difficult task, but House Speaker Paul Ryan has reminded House GOP members that this year's budget is critical for getting top priorities like tax reform through both chambers.
Health insurer Anthem Inc. agreed to pay $115 million to resolve consumer claims over a 2015 cyber attack that compromised data on 78.8 million people, marking what attorneys in the case called the largest data-breach settlement in history. The proposed accord, which would end class-action lawsuits filed in several states, requires approval from a federal judge in San Jose, Calif .
If Congress can finally come to a consensus on a Social Security bill, Trump may have little choice but to sign it. According to the April statistical snapshot from the Social Security Administration , nearly 61.4 million people were receiving a monthly benefit check.
The tenants of this apartment building on 42nd Ave. in Corona, Queens, were ordered to show proof of their immigration status or else face an eviction. A letter from a Queens landlord to tenants of a Corona building raises the threat of eviction to anyone who can't show they're in the U.S. legally.
The Democracy Fund Voter Study Group has a new survey of the electorate that explodes many of the myths that we believe about American politics. Lee Drutman has a fascinating report delving into the data.
Yesterday, Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin said something of potentially very high significance that received no attention whatsoever. At a House subcommittee hearing, Mnuchin very casually walked away from Donald Trump's long-standing promise never to touch Social Security benefits.
From left, Collin Kennedy, field representative for Congressman Blake Farenthold, and Ron Wideman, congressional District 27 liaison for the National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association, meet to discuss resolutions in Congress. - House Resolution 15 expresses the sense of the House that the U.S. Postal Service should take all appropriate measures to ensure the continuation of six-day delivery.
When outsiders think of Puerto Rico, a couple of things probably come to mind: It's a small island in the Caribbean. People mostly speak Spanish there.
House Speaker Paul Ryan won't commit to holding a vote to increase the government's borrowing authority this summer. The Wisconsin Republicans instead says the House will vote on such debt legislation before the government defaults - but not necessarily by an August deadline requested last month by Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin .
For many retired Americans, Social Security is a critical source of income. Data from the Social Security Administration finds that more than three in five retired workers rely on Social Security for at least half of their monthly income.
President Donald Trump's proposed budget for fiscal 2018 is being condemned, right and left, for the cuts it imposes on various federal programs. Medicare covers physician services, hospitalization and prescription drugs for seniors over 65 ; in 2015, its total cost was $646.2 billion.
There is plenty to criticize, or even be outraged by, in the 2018 budget unveiled recently by the Trump administration without having to resort to the hackneyed end-of-the-world rhetoric used by advocates and interest groups--and, alas, too many journalists--in response to every proposed cut in government spending. From strictly a rhetorical point of view, it is simply inaccurate to claim that a program has been "decimated" or that lives will be "devastated" because total spending might be cut 10 percent or even 20 percent from what had been projected.
Volusia County recently crossed a political line that's worth dissecting. The county - probably for the first time ever - now has more voters registered as Republicans than Democrats.
The hysteria over President Trump's budget cuts is interesting considering that one of my main complaints is that it doesn't cut enough spending. Moreover, some big spending programs that are driving our future debt have been pretty much left untouched.
As it stands, President Donald J. Trump's proposed federal budget is poised to take away health care and financial assistance from thousands in the north country. Earlier this week, President Trump released a proposed budget for the 2018 fiscal year that includes massive health care and entitlement program cuts while increasing defense spending.
Less than two weeks before Election Day, federal agents descended on a hotel lobby to meet a Louisiana private investigator they believed had illegally tried to obtain Donald Trump's tax returns. At the time, the agents didn't know if Jordan Hamlett had been successful - and they feared a public release of Trump's tax returns could influence the U.S. presidential election, according to a transcript of testimony obtained Wednesday by The Associated Press.