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Category Archives: US Senate
‘There’s Nothing Like This Across the Country’
As THON 2018 continued on into Saturday afternoon, U.S. Sen. Bob Casey walked the floor of the Bryce Jordan Center talking with Four Diamonds families battling pediatric cancer and the Penn State students supporting them. "The theme of this year's event is 'Discovering Tomorrow's Wonder' and you're making that wonder possible for young children," Casey said.
Op-ed: Utah families need Sen. Hatch to ensure a future of movie filtering
A simple solution to the fight against filtering movies would be to update the Family Movie Act of 2005 to clarify that it covers streaming. In the course of his long career, Sen. Orrin Hatch has often gone to bat for Utah's families.
‘We will be the last mass shooting’: Florida students want to be tipping point in gun debate
The student survivors of Wednesday's massacre - many not even old enough to vote - have been saturating the airwaves and social media with a resounding message: Something is broken in a country that can't stem bloodshed wrought by guns. "We are children; you guys are the adults," senior David Hogg implored lawmakers on CNN 24 hours after a gunman killed 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla.
BLM backtracks on flaring rule
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management announced Monday a proposal to revise the 2016 final Waste Prevention Rule, also known as the venting and flaring rule. The proposed reversal would eliminate duplicative regulatory requirements and re-establish long-standing requirements that the 2016 final rule sought to replace, according to a BLM press release.
The Latest: Thousands rally for gun control after massacre
Maria Creed is overcome with emotion as she crouches in front of one of the memorial crosses at Pine Trails Park in Parkland, Fla., Friday, Feb. 16, 2018, that were placed for the victims of the Wednesday shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. Creed's son, Michael Creed, is a sophomore at the school.
Trump visits shooting victims at hospital, first responders
President Donald Trump visited victims of the shooting at a high school in Parkland, Fla., and offered thanks to medical personnel and first responders. On Friday night , Trump traveled in a motorcade from Air Force One at Palm Beach International Airport to North Broward Hospital in Pompano Beach.
Cramer launches Senate campaign to unseat Heitkamp
Republican Congressman Kevin Cramer launched his campaign for U.S. Senate Friday at a rally in Bismarck, saying he had to jump in the race after his opponent celebrated voting against a 20-week abortion ban. The North Dakota lawmaker has served three consecutive terms in the House, but decided to give vulnerable Democrat Sen. Heidi Heitkamp, North Dakota's incumbent, a challenge.
Jimmy Kimmel blasts Donald Trump, Congress for Florida school shooting
Jimmy Kimmel urged the U.S. government to bring about stronger gun control laws after the latest mass shooting at a school in Florida. Jimmy Kimmel opened his late night show by replaying clips from President Donald Trump's statement about the killings of 17 people by a teenager with an AR-15 assault weapon at a Florida high school - including the part where Trump said "no parent should ever have to fear for their sons and daughters when they kiss them goodbye in the morning."
Sen. Feinstein Introducing Bill To Raise Minimum Age For Assault Rifle Purchases To 21
Sen. Diane Feinstein announced Friday that she is introducing legislation to raise the minimum age to purchase rifles - including military-style assault weapons - from 18 to 21. Under federal law, handguns cannot be sold to anyone under 21. But the law allows licensed gun dealers to sell "long guns" - including assault-style rifles to buyers 18 and older. Nikolas Cruz, the suspected gunman in the school shooting Wednesday in Parkland, Florida, that left 17 dead and injured 15 others used an AR-15 assault-style rifle , according to police.
Trump’s addiction to coal hurting Nevada
The damaging effects of the Trump administration's war on President Barack Obama's legacy are beginning to hit home in Las Vegas. In the past few days, the administration hit Southern Nevada with two gut-punches in the form of a proposed 65 percent reduction in federal funding for renewable energy research and development, and closure of the Las Vegas EPA research laboratory.
Trump focuses on first responders after Florida shooting
President Donald Trump has made a grim trip to a Florida community reeling from a deadly school shooting, meeting privately with victims and cheering the heroics of first responders. But he extended few public words of consolation to those in deep mourning, nor did Trump address the debate over gun violence that has raged since a 19-year-old gunman killed 17 and injured 14 others.
DACA sets off finger-pointing
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., flanked by, Sen. Mike Rounds, R-S.D., left, and Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, discuss the bipartisan immigration deal they reached during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 15, 2018. WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump, on Twitter on Friday, accused Democrats of abandoning "Dreamers" because they wouldn't back his immigration plan.
Pentagon report doubts progress against Taliban
A Pentagon watchdog agency raised fresh doubts Friday about progress in the 16-year-old U.S. war in Afghanistan and suggested that restrictions on the public release of information make it difficult to gauge the effectiveness of U.S. strategy. The Pentagon's office of the inspector general, in a report done jointly with the State Department and the U.S. Agency for International Development, said the Afghan government by the end of 2017 had not expanded its areas of control, even as the U.S. added about 3,500 troops and intensified airstrikes against the Taliban.
Romney makes it official: He’s running for Utah Senate seat
Former presidential hopeful Mitt Romney is running for a Utah Senate seat, officially launching his political comeback attempt Friday by praising his adopted home state as a model for an acrimonious national government in Washington. Having been one of the Republican Party's fiercest internal critics of President Donald Trump, Romney didn't mention the administration or Trump himself in a campaign announcement posted online.
The Hord Foundation marks 25 years providing college…
Philanthropist Noel Hord poses for a photo outside his Danbury, Conn. home on April 20, 2013.
Senate candidate Rokita’s spending of ‘franking’ money’s out of control, some say
AP/FileToo much spending?: In this Aug. 9, 2017, file photo, U.S. Rep. Todd Rokita, R-Ind., speaks during a news conference outside of the Indiana Statehouse in Indianapolis. An Associated Press review questions Rokita's spending of public money to support media campaigns, mailers and other forms of mass communication designed to raise his name recognition.
Election board in Donnelly’s home county challenges signatures for Braun
The election board in the home county of Democratic Sen. Joe Donnelly wants an investigation into whether Republican candidate Mike Brain filed bogus signatures to get on the primary ballot. The South Bend Tribune reported the St. Joseph County Election Board, composed of two Democrats and one Republican, voted unanimously Thursday to ask the county prosecutor, Indiana State Police and the Indiana attorney general for the investigation after its review of signatures allegedly found discrepancies, including signers who were not registered voters.
US Sen. Harris endorses Newsom for California governor
Harris's endorsement of her fellow California Democrat was not surprising. Before he was lieutenant governor, Newsom was mayor of San Francisco and Harris was district attorney.
The White House says Robert Mueller’s indictment proves Russia…
The White House says Robert Mueller's indictment proves Russia didn't affect the election outcome - here's why they may be wrong The Republican Party has claimed vindication from the charges against 13 Russian nationals alleged to have meddled in the 2016 presidential campaign. Donald Trump "is glad to see the Special Counsel's investigation further indicates-that there was no collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia and that the outcome of the election was not changed or affected," the White House said.