FDA cracks down on teen vaping, – juuling’
The Food and Drug Administration announced Tuesday they will take steps to crack down on the sale of e-cigarette products to children and teenagers.
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More criticism of prison-reform only efforts, while failing to…
Todd Cox, policy director at the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, has this notable new commentary in The Hill headlined "Sentencing reform is moving in the wrong direction." Here are excerpts with a bit of additional commentary to follow: In 2015, Senator Chuck Grassley introduced a long awaited bi-partisan criminal justice reform bill designed to address inequities in federal sentencing and promote rehabilitation and re-entry for persons who are incarcerated.
Meet the green-fingered women taking over this year’s Chelsea Flower Show
Fountains of lava from Hawaii's Kilauea volcano spew up to 230 FEET high, destroying nine homes after 2,000 residents were forced to evacuate and toxic fumes fill the air Boy, 13, who fractured his skull in seven places is hailed a miracle child for 'coming back to life' after doctors predicted he would be a 'vegetable' and his parents signed papers to donate his organs John McCain reveals he regrets choosing Sarah Palin as his running mate and wishes he went with Connecticut Senator Joseph Lieberman instead 'You will soon see the historic remorse': Iran's President Hassan Rouhani delivers threat to Trump, declaring the US would regret it 'like never before' if he quits nuclear deal Donald Trump wrote a letter to the UK's David Cameron when he was Prime Minister complaining 'made in China' wind turbines were 'blighting' the Scottish landscape where he owns an 18-hole golf course 'It is ... (more)
Why McCain does not want Trump at his funeral
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Sarah Sanders says Democrats who don’t support Haspel are ‘hypocrites’
White House press secretary Sarah Sanders added some additional controversy to the confirmation hearings for CIA director nominee Gina Haspel on Saturday with a tweet calling out Democrats who may not support Haspel, but do support "women's empowerment." Sanders said any Democrats who "claims to support women's empowerment and our national security but opposes her nomination is a total hypocrite."
For Illinois $245M Legionnairesa fix, rhetoric meets reality
A deadly Legionnaires' disease crisis at a state-run veterans' home, persisting for years, has so flummoxed Illinois officials that they have concluded the best remedy is to start over. Now, rhetoric meets reality.A report last week from Gov. Bruce Rauner's administration recommends a re-do of up to $245 million on the campus of the Quincy veterans home.
Neo-Nazi Patrick Little Kicked Out Of California GOP Convention
California's Republican Party wants nothing to do with anti-Semite Patrick Little as a candidate. Too bad he's polling at 18%.
John McCain’s confidantes say Trump won’t be invited to his funeral, reports say
NOVEMBER 14: U.S. Sen. John McCain speaks after he was presented with the Outstanding Civilian Service Medal during a special Twilight Tattoo performance November 14, 2017 at Fort Myer in Arlington, Virginia. Sen. McCain was honored for over 63 years of dedicated service to the nation and the U.S. Navy.
Connecticut lawmakers vote to join popular vote pact Source: AP
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Trump floats ‘closing country for a while’
Washington, May 6 - US President Donald Trump has floated a new idea about border security, saying that people might have to think about closing up the country, the media reported. They don't want the wall but we're going to get the wall, even if we have to think about closing up the country for a while, CNN quoted Trump as saying during a tax reform roundtable in Ohio on Saturday.
Did we learn? A test is coming
In 2012, Kansas lawmakers cut income taxes in a bigger, faster, more dramatic way than any other state had done. And revenue from tax collections dropped like a rock, causing Kansas to enter a multi-year period of serious financial trouble.
Neo-Nazi candidate kicked out of GOP convention
An anti-Semitic Senate candidate who praised Adolf Hitler has been kicked out of the California Republican Party's convention in San Diego. Little is running against Democrat Sen. Dianne Feinstein, who's seeking a fifth full term.
Immigration laws foolish, Trump insists
President Donald Trump renewed a threat to close down the federal government when current funding runs out in September if immigration changes and money for a wall on the U.S. border with Mexico aren't forthcoming. "We may have to close up our country to get this straight," Trump said Saturday during an event in Cleveland focused on the benefits of the 2017 Republican tax overhaul.
Does Donald Trump Understand What DACA Means?
So far, the Administration's incompetence and the courts' rectitude have seen the Dreamers through. But those factors may be temporary safeguards.
Divisive former coal baron at center of party-backed super PAC primary fight
Former coal mogul Don Blankenship is at the center of a party-backed, super PAC , Senate primary fight in West Virginia as groups with obscure names and undisclosed donors spend millions. The proxy fight -- an effort to sway the Republican primary by influencing whether Blankenship makes it onto the ballot in November - has made the Senate bid one of the most expensive races so far this year.
House hopefuls draw on Trump’s refusal to reveal tax returns
President Donald Trump's unwillingness to release his tax returns i... . FILE - In this Feb. 1, 2018 file photo, Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., left, watches as President Donald Trump greets Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., right, at the 2018 House and Senate Republican M... .
McCain gets visits from friends, family after surgery
By LAURIE KELLMAN, ALAN FRAM and BOB CHRISTIE, Associated Press WASHINGTON - A frail Sen. John McCain has been receiving a stream of visitors and good wishes at his Arizona ranch as he confronts the aftermath of brain cancer treatment and surgery. Former Vice President Joe Biden sat with McCain for 90 minutes last Sunday, according to people close to both men.
Between Two Pennsylvania Lawmakers, Plenty of Ill Will – and a…
Revealed: Trump team hired spy firm for 'dirty ops' on Iran arms deal - Israeli agency told to find incriminating material on Obama diplomats who negotiated deal with Tehran - Aides to Donald Trump, the US president, hired an Israeli private intelligence agency to orchestrate a "dirty ops" Giuliani: Trump is 'committed to' regime change in Iran - Rudy Giuliani pushed for regime change in Iran on Saturday, saying President Donald Trump is "as committed to regime change as we are."
We won’t hold our breath for this news
The president, with his usual bombast and bluster, has lashed out at Montana U.S. Sen. Jon Tester, the man he holds responsible for the downfall of doomed Veterans Administration head nominee, Dr. Ronny Jackson.
What we pay in taxes will take compromise: Lawmakers, Dayton must…
The next two weeks will be hectic for Minnesota lawmakers involved in rewriting the state's tax code to align it with recent federal changes. For even the most dedicated observers of the state Legislature, the coming negotiations will likely be complex.