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Ohio Sen. Rob Portman isn't ready to say he's supporting fast food executive Andrew Puzder as President Donald Trump's secretary of labor. A spokesman for Portman confirms he is one of at least six GOP senators who are waiting to hear Puzder answer questions Thursday at his confirmation hearing.
It is my intention to make my entire life a rejection of, a protest against the crimes and injustices of war and political tyranny which threaten to destroy the whole human race and the world ... If I say no to all these secular forces, I also say yes to all that is good in the world and in humanity. I say yes to all that is beautiful in nature ... I say yes to all the men and women who are my brothers and sisters in the world.
A permanent U.S. resident living in Texas has been sentenced to eight years in prison for illegally voting, a punishment that will probably result in the woman's deportation after she completes her sentence. On Wednesday, a Tarrant County , Tex., jury convicted 37-year-old Rosa Maria Ortega on two felony charges of illegal voting, for casting a ballot as a noncitizen in 2012 and 2014.
Looking back at the 2016 campaign, it seems clear that the deciding factor was not excitement or approval for Donald Trump's radical agenda, but rather a widespread disappointment and disgust with business as usual. It's easy to point out the corruption and hypocrisy of the Republican Party, but an honest analysis must recognize that the Democrats have been complicit in steering the ship of state toward its current position.
Rayos had lived in the US for 21 years, after crossing the border when she was 14. Her lawyer said the removal was a " direct result " of Trump's crackdown on illegal immigration. Her family and others tried to block the deportation, with one man going so far as to wrap himself around the front wheel of the van transporting her out of an ICE facility.
The power of the presidency looks much grander from the perspective of the campaign trail than it does from the White House. Once a president is in office, he is confronted with the power of the other branches of government, Congress and the courts as well as the multitude of institutions and political actors, from reporters to grass-roots activists, who can cause problems for any administration.
It's a pattern that experts say will likely continue with the revelation this past week that, since 2011, officials at a military prison in Syria have summarily executed as many as 13,000 people by hanging. Amnesty International, which documented the killings, concluded that they were part of a systematic government policy, and constituted crimes against humanity.
This March 12, 2013 file still image taken from United States Courts shows Judge James Robart listening to a case at Seattle Courthouse in Seattle. Online abuse of Robart, who temporarily derailed President Donald Trump's travel ban, has raised safety concerns, according to experts who are worried that the president's attacks on the judiciary could make judges a more inviting target.
On Jan. 18, Barack Obama used his final press conference as president to pledge to the public that he will speak up if the administration of Donald Trump crosses a line, whether that's imposing "systematic discrimination" or silencing the press. "There's a difference between that normal functioning of politics and certain issues or certain moments where I think our core values may be at stake," Obama told journalists assembled in the White House briefing room.
As I watched President Donald Trump's news conference, two thoughts came to my mind. If this is an act, game or show, it isn't entertaining and beneath the office.
Ohio Gov. John Kasich speaking on Feb. 1. Kasich has postponed the state's next eight executions amidst a legal challenge to Ohio's lethal injection protocol. Gov. John Kasich has put Ohio executions on hold until May, citing a legal challenge to the state's three-drug lethal injection protocol.
Four black people charged with a hate crime in an attack of a white mentally disabled man that was captured by a cellphone camera and shown live on Facebook are set to return to court where they are expected to... Four black people charged with a hate crime in an attack of a white mentally disabled man that was captured by a cellphone camera and shown live on Facebook are set to return to court where they are expected to enter pleas in the case. The howling winds of the biggest snowstorm of the winter to hit the Northeast have been replaced by the scraping of shovels and the growl of snowblowers.
A year after tens of thousands of common murres, an abundant North Pacific seabird, starved and washed ashore... . FILE - In this Jan. 7, 2016, photo, dead common murres lie on a rocky beach in Whittier, Alaska.
The four are charged, with aggravate... Four black people charged with a hate crime in an attack of a white mentally disabled man that was captured by a cellphone camera and shown live on Facebook are set to return to court where they are expected to... Four black people charged with a hate crime in an attack of a white mentally disabled man that was captured by a cellphone camera and shown live on Facebook are set to return to court where they are expected to enter pleas in the case. The howling winds of the biggest snowstorm of the winter to hit the Northeast have been replaced by the scraping of shovels and the growl of snowblowers.
A Georgia family of five living in a camper trailer after their mobile home burned last year has seen its hardships turn into outright tragedy. A Georgia family of five living in a camper trailer after their mobile home burned last year has seen its hardships turn into outright tragedy.
Jacqueline Rayos, 14, confirms that her mother, Guadalupe Garcia de Rayos, had been deported, outside an immigration office in Phoenix on Feb. 9, 2017. Jacqueline Rayos, 14, confirms that her mother, Guadalupe Garcia de Rayos, had been deported, outside an immigration office in Phoenix on Feb. 9, 2017.
"First, I'm directing Department of Justice and Homeland Security to undertake all necessary and lawful action to break the back of the criminal cartels that have spread across our nation and are destroying the blood of our youth and other people, many other people," said Trump. "Secondly, I'm directing Department of Justice to form a task force on reducing violent crime in America," the president added.
'That's not wrong, that's not immoral, that's not indecent!' Attorney General Jeff Sessions takes his oath as he defends Trump's push to curb illegal immigration and fight terrorism The Alabama native's former top legislative adviser, Stephen Miller, is now in charge of developing the White House's domestic policy agenda Jeff Sessions was sworn in as America's top law enforcement officer on Thursday, promising to back up President Donald Trump 's actions on immigration and crime with renewed energy from the Department of Justice. Sessions, a former U.S. senator from Alabama, cited 'the threat of terrorism' and said rising crime rates are ' a dangerous permanent trend that places the health and safety of the American people at risk.'
John McCain Trump: McCain 'emboldens the enemy' by questioning success of Yemen raid Overnight Cybersecurity: Ex-NSA contractor indicted over alleged theft on Twitter, saying McCain's concerns with a raid that resulted in the death of a Navy SEAL "emboldens the enemy." "Sen. McCain should not be talking about the success or failure of a mission to the media.
They and other Cuban doctors arriving in... . In a Monday, Feb. 6, 2017 photo, Cuban health worker Veidy Diaz, center, is greeted by family and friends as she talks on the phone after finally leaving the immigration and customs section of Miami International Airpo... .