Youth group issues report card on where members of Congress…

A group that engages young people on gun-violence issues is releasing a report card that assesses whether members of Congress are co-sponsoring gun-control bills. The group, Team Enough, gives pass, fail or incomplete grades to lawmakers based on whether they co-sponsored one of three bills in the House or four in the Senate.

Facebook has ‘no plans’ to listen in on your conversations (for now), but the creepy stories mount

SAN FRANCISCO California technology analyst Brian Solis was having a conversation with a friend while the two were driving through Texas. His friend was buying a ranch in Texas but was having trouble with the financing because it was considered a "barndominium."

Mike Pence urged by Democrats to discuss Julian Assange’s asylum status during Ecuador trip

Lawmakers pressed Vice President Mike Pence on Wednesday to raise concerns while in Ecuador this week about the country's decision to continue shielding WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange , a resident of its London embassy for the past six years. A group of 10 senators, all Democrats, wrote Mr. Pence urging him to discuss Mr. Assange 's asylum status during his meeting with Ecuadorian President Lenn Moreno.

New Mexico residents testify on atomic bomb fallout

Advocates for New Mexicans who many believe were sickened by U.S. uranium mining and nuclear weapons testing have urged Congress to acknowledge their sacrifice and authorize compensation for them. Navajo Nation Vice President Jonathan Nez and the co-founder of the Tularosa Basin Downwinders Consortium testified during a hearing Wednesday in Washington on a compensation measure.

Trump dubs Heitkamp a ‘liberal Democrat,’ urges her defeat

President Donald Trump on Wednesday lashed out at critics who called for the abolition of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement and made threats against Homeland Security Department workers. Trump was at a campaign rally in Fargo, North Dakota.

Supreme Court battle lines being drawn as Trump searches for Kennedy successor

Justice Anthony Kennedy's retirement is setting off a momentous confirmation battle for US president Donald Trump's next Supreme Court nominee. Justice Anthony Kennedy's retirement is setting off a momentous confirmation battle for US president Donald Trump's next Supreme Court nominee.

Live Videos | Anti-War, Pro-Environment Candidate Fontes on…

Pat Fontes, who is challenging United States Senator Sheldon Whitehouse in the Democratic primary, spoke to her decision to get into the race when she appeared on GoLocal LIVE. The 81-year-old Fontes spoke to her return to Rhode Island after living in Europe and "not even recognizing" the Democratic Party; Fontes also told GoLocal News Editor Kate Nagle how she had once supported Whitehouse before turning against him.

Pompeo: Trump Serious About Russia Getting Back into G-7 Club

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says President Donald Trump is serious about having Russia rejoin the G-7. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo indicated to senators Wednesday that President Donald Trump is serious in his desire to have Russia rejoin the Group of 7 countries even absent any improvements in Moscow's support for Russian separatists in Ukraine.

For the record: Supreme Court nominees considered in ‘election years’

There's nothing like Supreme Court nomination to get the political spin going at full speed. In 2016, The Fact Checker awarded a bushel of flip-flops to lawmakers , Democrat and Republican, who conveniently changed their position on Supreme Court nominations depending on who was in power at the time.

Donald Trump says he wants Supreme Court justice who can serve 40-45 years

Hours after Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy's retirement announcement set off a political earthquake, President Donald Trump told supporters in North Dakota he wants to pick a replacement who can serve for more than four decades and cement a conservative majority on the high court. "We have to pick a great one, we have to pick one that's going to be there for 40 years, 45 years," Trump told a rally during at a hockey arena in Fargo, N.D. "We need intellect, we need so many things."

Senate Democrats urge Pence to discuss Assange with Ecuador

Democrats in the U.S. Senate on Wednesday urged Vice President Mike Pence to press Ecuador's government over asylum it grants to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. Sen. Robert Menendez, the ranking Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and nine other Democratic senators said in a letter to Pence that they were extremely concerned over Ecuador's protection of Assange at its embassy in London.

The Latest: Civil rights groups want court vote postponed Source: AP

Various civil rights groups are backing calls from Democratic lawmakers to hold off on a vote to confirm Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy's replacement until after the November elections. Vanita Gupta, head of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, says senators need to put country over party and use every tool to stop what she calls President Donald Trump's plan "to take over the Supreme Court for the next 40 years."