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Days after the California Democratic Party decided not to endorse Sen. Dianne Feinstein, the senior senator from the Golden State seems barely to have noticed the insult. It's hard to take offense when you've won statewide five times, and maintain a double-digit lead in the polls for a sixth.
Less than two weeks ago, Harris T. Jaffe spent two-and-a-half hours hiding in a closet during the Feb. 14 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., wondering if the shooter, Nikolas Cruz, 19, would find him. On Sunday, the 16-year-old was behind a podium at Temple B'nai Abraham in Livingston, calling for legislative action and telling more than 2,300 people his story of survival in a massacre that left 17 of his classmates and teachers dead.
U.S. Senate Democrats launched efforts on Tuesday to win a vote to reinstate Obama-era rules guaranteeing an open internet, suggesting it would be a major issue in the 2018 mid-term elections. Democrats remain one Republican senator shy of winning a majority in the Senate to reverse the Federal Communications Commission's order to undo the 2015 open internet rules.
President Donald Trump has backed off his call on raising the minimum age for rifle purchases, or at least that's what Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kan., believes. Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., meanwhile, thinks the administration is seriously weighing expanding background checks for gun purchases.
Republicans got a wake-up call regarding the perils of anti-incumbent primaries last year, when Alabama Sen. Luther Strange lost a runoff to Roy Moore, who in turn lost to Democrat Doug Jones at one time an unthinkable outcome. But not everyone sees danger.
Former state Sen. Debbie Lesko pulled out a decisive victory Tuesday. She will face Democratic nominee Hiral Tipirneni, a political newcomer, in an April 24 special election to represent the heavily Republican western Phoenix suburbs.
In this Sept. 1, 2017 file photo, Loyola Marymount University student and dreamer Maria Carolina Gomez joins a rally in support of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA program, outside the Edward Roybal Federal Building in Los Angeles.
Krishanti Vignarajah announces her run for Maryland governor in September in front of the apartment complex in Baltimore County where her family first moved after they fled Sri Lanka. Krishanti Vignarajah announces her run for Maryland governor in September in front of the apartment complex in Baltimore County where her family first moved after they fled Sri Lanka.
A task force looking at the future of the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Manchester has issued a draft report that said a full-service VA hospital is not needed in New Hampshire.
New MNIT Commissioner Johanna Clyborne explained the case for additional funding from the legislature to keep MNLARS afloat. On the left is Dana Bailey, executive director for projects and initiatives at MNIT.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., flanked by Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., left, and Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn, R-Texas, speaks with reporters at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday.
On a cool October morning, fog rises from the Mississippi River Valley at sunrise in Winona. Quality of life helped Minnesota to rank highly among the states in a new report from U.S. News and World Report.
In this Oct. 10, 2017, file photo, the Supreme Court in Washington, at sunset. The Supreme Court is hearing arguments in a case that could deal a painful financial blow to organized labor.
The White House says talks will continue on a dispute over the future of the renewable fuel standard, which has pitted lawmakers from corn-producing states against those representing refineries. White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders says President Donald Trump had a productive meeting Tuesday with four Republican senators: Ted Cruz of Texas, Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania and Charles Grassley and Joni Ernst of Iowa.
From left, Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., meet with reporters following weekly policy luncheons where they discussed school safety measures in response to the Parkland, Fla., assault that left 17 dead, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2018. less From left, Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., meet with reporters following weekly policy luncheons where they ... more Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer answers questions during a press conference at the U.S. Capitol February 27, 2018 in Washington, DC.
The U.S. Department of Justice will get involved with a federal case in Cleveland that consolidates hundreds of government lawsuits against opioid manufacturers and distributors, Attorney General Jeff Sessions said Tuesday. Sessions said the Justice Department will file a "statement of interest" in the case, currently being heard by a federal judge in Cleveland , filed by local governments, including Cincinnati and Cuyahoga County.
In this Feb. 20, 2018 file photo from left, candidates Mike Braun, Luke Messer and Todd Rokita give opening statements from the Indiana Republican Senate Primary Debate at Emmis Communications in Indianapolis. FILE - In this Feb. 20, 2018 file photo from left, candidates Mike Braun, Luke Messer and Todd Rokita give opening statements from the Indiana Republican Senate Primary Debate at Emmis Communications in Indianapolis.