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Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina said he's glad John Bolton will serve as President Donald Trump's national security adviser going into talks with North Korea because of his ''very healthy skepticism.' ' A U.S.-North Korean summit is slated for May. Hopes have been raised that Kim Jong Un may be willing to discuss his nuclear weapons program and other measures to reduce the threat of war, possibly in exchange for security guarantees and an easing of the international sanctions that have severely pinched the already struggling North Korean economy.
Senator Bernie Sanders said he doesn't believe the official response from Israeli authorities, who say that deadly clashes in Gaza this past week were "violent terror demonstrations," and that Hamas fighters were embedded within a crowd of protesters. "From what my understanding is, you have tens and tens of thousands of people who are engaged in a nonviolent protest.
Last week, for the 10-year anniversary of the Bear Stearns failure, Marketplace released an hourlong interview with the key economic policymakers involved: Former Federal Reserve chair Ben S. Bernanke, George W. Bush administration treasury secretary Henry M. Paulson Jr., and former New York Federal Reserve president Timothy F. Geithner, who would later become President Barack Obama's treasury secretary. Listening to their recounting of the start of the financial crisis, I found myself unexpectedly wistful.
Center-left candidate Rebecca Dallet and conservative Michael Screnock will face off next week in a technically nonpartisan election for a Wisconsin Supreme Court seat. Scott Walker's fight with his state's judiciary over his efforts to avoid two state legislative special elections - which he has now abandoned - hasn't been the only Wisconsin news involving judges or elections.
The politics of American imperialism are alive and well in Vermont, where elected officials are defending the military-industrial war-making machine against voters who reject ruling class priorities. At the symbolic center of this democratic confrontation is the notorious F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, the world's most expensive weapons system, designed to kill in many ways, including a nuclear first strike.
Removing U.S. troops from Syria would be "the single worst decision" President Trump could make on the foreign policy stage and would create a power vacuum in the Middle East that Russia and Iran surely would rush to fill, Sen. Lindsey Graham said Sunday. Appearing on "Fox News Sunday," the South Carolina Republican blasted Mr. Trump's declaration that he intends to pull roughly 2,000 U.S. troops from Syria "very soon."
Attorney General Jeff Sessions may have declined calls to appoint a second special counsel to probe the FBI's behavior during the 2016 campaign, but the man he has picked to lead an internal Justice Department review is a special counsel in every way but name. John W. Huber, the U.S. attorney in Utah, can convene a grand jury, issue subpoenas, collect evidence and order witnesses to testify - all the usual powers a federal prosecutor has - as he delves into whether the FBI abused its powers when it sought permission then carried out wiretapping of a Trump campaign figure, or whether it trod too lightly in pursuing questions about Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.
By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN Associated Press March 31, 2018 11:21 PM BEIJING U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren says chaos in the Trump administration is harming its ability to formulate coherent policy toward North Korea's nuclear program and other important issues in Asia.
John Kasich's return to New Hampshire this week is likely to get widespread media coverage as a significant milestone toward what many view as his inevitable 2020 presidential campaign. Within the past month, the state that traditionally hosts the nation's first presidential primary already has had visits from President Donald Trump, Vice President Mike Pence and Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake - all potential GOP rivals for Ohio's governor.
Assuming Donald Trump follows through in nominating Dr. Ronny Jackson to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs, Sen. Dean Heller will soon face an ugly consequence for becoming a team player for the president. For Heller, Jackson's confirmation offers a lose-lose proposition.
Omalu, who was hired by ... . Protestors march down a street block an after the funeral for police shooting victim Stephon Clark, in Sacramento, Calif., Thursday, March 29, 2018.
Senator Ted Cruz officially announced his re-election campaign Monday, using a new "Tough as Texas" slogan, championing the efforts of Texans in response to Hurricane Harvey. Cruz now embarks on a three-day, 12-city campaign throughout Texas.
As Tuesday's Fort Wayne City Council meeting began, the eight other council members congratulated their colleague, Councilman Glynn Hines, on his recent recognition as a Sagamore of the Wabash.
One of New Mexico's U.S. senators plans to honor a deceased Navajo Code Talker posthumously for his service during World War II. Sen. Martin Heinrich will present the Congressional Silver Medal to the family of Adolph Nagurski during a ceremony Tuesday at the New Mexico Veterans' Memorial.
In this Jan. 21, 2018, photo, lights shine inside the U.S. Capitol Building as night falls in Washington. President Donald Trump will deliver his first State of the Union address Tuesday night but, as always, lawmakers are angling to steal part of the spotlight.
Mayor Doug Nicholls and City Administrator Greg Wilkinson recently visited Washington, D.C., to promote issues that are important to Yuma. Accompanied by Ron Hamm, the city's legislative consultant, Nicholls and Wilkinson met with the Congressional delegation representing Yuma and various federal agencies to discuss the city's priorities for fiscal year 2018-19.
At a tribal jail in Washington state, an inmate with a broken leg banged on his cell door, screaming for pain medication, only to be denied. Hundreds of miles away, a diabetic man jailed on the Wind River Indian Reservation in Wyoming needed insulin, yet government records say authorities were unable to get any for him.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions does not like marijuana, and the feds could crack down on Colorado's booming industry at any time. But hemp - marijuana's non-intoxicating cousin - has a powerful ally in Washington.
U.S. Sen. Jon Tester has a message for the Republican Senate candidates who have bashed him in recent public appearances: Focus on your primary election first, then get ready to "arm wrestle." The two-term Democrat made his comments Thursday to reporters in Helena.
The Sheridan Press reports the measure was introduced by Wyoming Republican U.S. Sen. John Barrasso and lawmakers from North Dakota and West Virginia. It would support carbon capture research that is taking place in Wyoming and elsewhere and streamline federal processes to allow for faster development of carbon capture-research-related infrastructure.