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April 18, U.S. Senators Cory Booker and Dick Durbin along with Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi introduced a bill to lower the barriers to voting for millions of college students. Booker and Krishnamoorthi joined dozens of student leaders from around the country to announce the bill - called the Help Students Vote Act - earlier today at a press conference at the Capitol.
In seven special elections since the 2016 election, Democrats have overperformed in districts and states that Republicans have historically dominated, and they might add Arizona's 8th congressional district to that growing list. But the reason for this may have less to do with a Democratic wave and more to do with the fact that these districts are located in the suburbs, which are largely turning their support from red to blue.
Larry Campell, left, Kansas Gov. Jeff Colyer's budget director, confers with J.G. Scott, center, the Legislature's top fiscal analyst, and Raney Gilliland, right, the director of the Legislature's research staff, before the release of a new fiscal forecast, Friday, April 20, 2018, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. The new forecast boosts projected tax collections through June 2019 by a total of $540 million less Larry Campell, left, Kansas Gov. Jeff Colyer's budget director, confers with J.G. Scott, center, the Legislature's top fiscal analyst, and Raney Gilliland, right, the director of the Legislature's research ... more TOPEKA, Kan.
The Democratic Party sued Donald Trump's presidential campaign, Russia, WikiLeaks, and Trump's son and son-in-law Friday, accusing them of an intricate conspiracy to undercut Democrats in the 2016 election by stealing tens of thousands of emails and documents. The lawsuit filed in Manhattan federal court seeks unspecified damages and an order to prevent further interference with computer systems of the Democratic National Committee.
More than a decade after he served as what's been called the president's "inbox and outbox," Brett Kavanaugh's role as White House staff secretary to President George W. Bush has become a flashpoint as Republicans push his confirmation to the Supreme Court. Democrats want to see records from the time, portraying the potentially millions of documents as vital to understanding his approach to the law.
Did anyone really think there wouldn't be a price to pay for all the disruptive changes that we've made an indispensable part of our lives the past 15 years? As long as it is free, social media seems like a harmless idea. Now that we're aware of the lack of privacy and data security, we are learning how hacks, leaks and exploitation of our personal information is disrupting our lives.
St. Louis prosecutors on Friday charged Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens with a felony for using a charity donor list for his 2016 political campaign, adding to the first-term governor's legal woes. The charge of tampering with computer data is in addition to an earlier charge alleging Greitens took and transmitted a nonconsensual photo of a partially nude woman with whom he had an extramarital affair in 2015.
On April 22, 1970, a trio of radical dreamers established the first Earth Day, an annual event designed to assault capitalism, free-markets and mankind. The initial concept was conceived by Senator Gaylord Nelson .
People are commending Bush's dedication to literacy and education as they pay their final respects Friday during a public viewing at St. Martin's Episcopal Church in Houston. She and her husband, former President George H.W. Bush, had long have worshipped at the church, where mourners lined up hours ahead of the public event.
"Every night on CNN they're talking about Stormy. The most pornographic thing that's happened in this country is the illicit relationship between the Supreme Court and big business that created Citizen's United," said Rev.
A federal appeals court in Illinois upheld a nationwide injunction Thursday that blocks the Trump administration from withholding federal money to hundreds of "sanctuary cities" in the United States. The grant money, which comes from a program called the Byrne JAG, is the primary provider of federal criminal justice funding to state and local governments.
Students mark 19 years since Columbine with walkouts supporting gun control Ohio students are once again preparing to walkout of their classrooms in support of stricter gun laws. The Friday walkouts, protests and marches will mark the 19th anniversary of the Columbine school shooting, where 13 people were killed.
The group behind a proposal to legalize the recreational use of marijuana in Ohio is reportedly planning to resubmit the language of its ballot measure, which was rejected by Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine's office Thursday. Ohio Families for Change says it will fix errors and may resubmit the issue as early as next week, according to a report at Cleveland.com.
April 20, 2008 - Jars of Cambodian bats, the tusk of a narwhal and the pelt of an amur tiger are just three of the multitude of mammal specimens at the University of Alaska Museum of the North.
In 1989, Gibbons' then-business partner, Kevin Brown, died in a power boat accident at Atlantic City hosted by the Trump Castle Hotel & Casino, which the president owned at the time. Trump outbid Key West, Florida, by $10,000 for the opportunity to host.
United Sates Senator Richard Blumenthal D-Ct , speaks to the Hearst Connecticut Media Group Editorial Board on Thursday February 22, 2018 in Norwalk Conn. United Sates Senator Richard Blumenthal D-Ct , speaks to the Hearst Connecticut Media Group Editorial Board on Thursday February 22, 2018 in Norwalk Conn.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo sued for not declaring special election to replace Louise Slaughter Voters in the district represented by the late Louise Slaughter filed suit in federal court this week. Check out this story on DemocratandChronicle.com: https://on.rocne.ws/2vqwgFz New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo delivers his state of the state address at the Empire State Plaza Convention Center on Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2018, in Albany, N.Y. Seven voters in Monroe County filed Tuesday in federal court saying they are being denied their rights to vote for a representative because Gov. Andrew Cuomo did not declare a special election in the 25th Congressional District to replace the late U.S. Rep. Louise Slaughter.
He's denouncing special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election as a hoax, saying Democrats are unhappy after blowing a win in an Electoral College system in which they have a "tremendous advantage." It's not true as to the Electoral College - some Democrats in fact would prefer to get rid of it.