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Vice President Mike Pence paid a visit Wednesday to a truck dealership in West Virginia, touting the tax cuts enacted by the Republican-controlled Congress while slamming the state's Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin, who voted against the plan. Manchin faces re-election this year.
Then-President-elect Donald Trump shakes hands with Todd Ricketts, co-owner of the Chicago Cubs, after they met in Bedminster, N.J., during the transition in November 2016. The Republican National Committee has named Chicago Cubs co-owner Todd Ricketts its new finance chairman days after its former fundraising chief, real estate and casino magnate Steve Wynn, stepped down amid allegations of sexual assault.
Two Democratic U.S. senators said they have fresh concerns over clinical trials conducted by Philip Morris International Inc as it seeks U.S. clearance to market its iQOS electronic tobacco product as less risky than cigarettes, according to statements both senators provided to Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A man uses a Philip Morris iQOS e-cigarette in Tokyo, Japan May 12, 2017.
Trafficking victims in Fresno can turn to a network of advocates in the Central Valley who can help them find emergency shelter, counseling, long-term programs and even host makeover events. Melissa Gomez of the Fresno Economic Opportunities Commission, Debra Rush of Breaking the Chains and Ana Lopez of Beauty for Ashes discuss what their organizations do and how they work together.
Republican Jeff Colyer promised a "new day" of openness Wednesday shortly after taking the oath as Kansas' governor, then made overtures to a skeptical GOP-controlled Legislature on the divisive issue of public school spending. Colyer, the state's longest-serving lieutenant governor, replaced former GOP Gov. Sam Brownback immediately after Brownback stepped down to become U.S. ambassador-at-large for international religious freedom.
In this Dec. 15, 2017 file photo, former Secretary of State and presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks to the GirlsBuildLA Leadership Summit in Los Angeles. Clinton is expressing regret about allowing a senior campaign adviser to keep his job after another worker complained in 2007 that he had behaved inappropriately.
The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention resigned Wednesday over financial conflicts of interest involving her investments in health care businesses.
Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J. , speaks to members of the media outside federal court with his daughter Alicia Menendez in Newark, New Jersey, on Sept. 6, 2017.
This was the DOJ's second attempt to convict Menendez on the charges. In November 2017 a judge declared a mistrial [JURIST report] after the jury ended in a 10-2 deadlock in favor of acquittal.
Emineth said Wednesday in an interview on WDAY-AM that he's entering the race for the seat currently held by Democratic Sen. Heidi Heitkamp. Emineth, a Bismarck businessman, said earlier this week he began considering a run after U.S. Rep. Kevin Cramer passed up a challenge to Heitkamp.
In vivid detail, President Donald Trump told stories of American heroism, heartbreak and tragedy in his emotionally charged first State of the Union. What he didn't detail were solutions to the crises ahead.
Sen. Ben Cardin said Republicans are trying to compromise the independence of the Justice Department with their push to release a classified GOP memo alleging the FBI abused its surveillance authority. Asked in an interview on CNN's "New Day" Wednesday if he was prepared for the memo to come out, the Maryland Democrat said, "To me this is sad and dangerous."
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals supporter John Peterson holds a sign and chants with others during a protest on the Pearl Street Mall in Boulder in September 2017. Coloradans are increasingly displeased with lawmakers on both sides of the aisle but show bipartisan support for undocumented youth to remain in the country, according to a University of Colorado political climate survey conducted by the nonpartisan American Politics Research Lab.
New U.S. sanctions will follow the publication of a list of Russian billionaires and top Russian officials, Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin said Tuesday. Mnuchin said the "oligarchs list" wasn't delayed by President Donald Trump's administration, after it was published late Monday, just as a congressionally mandated deadline was set to expire.
Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt sought to distance himself Tuesday from his 2016 statements that then-presidential candidate Donald Trump is a bully who, if elected, would abuse the Constitution. Pruitt made the comments in February 2016 while appearing on a conservative talk radio program in Oklahoma, where he served as the state's Republican attorney general.
Allegations of sexual misconduct by casino tycoon Steve Wynn have prompted Nevada's powerful Gaming Control Board to launch an investigation, a move that could bring the billionaire's financial empire into further peril. The Gaming Control Board said in a statement Tuesday that an inquiry is underway, although very few other details were released.
U.S. President Donald Trump's decision not to impose sanctions on Russia for now, under a law overwhelmingly passed by Congress, represents a missed opportunity to deter the Kremlin's aggressive behavior, former U.S. officials and Russia specialists said on Tuesday. The Trump administration late on Monday said it would not immediately impose sanctions under the law, designed to punish Moscow for meddling in the 2016 presidential election.
Bipartisan legislation that U.S. Senator Joe Donnelly helped introduce and pass in the Senate last fall to protect amateur athletes from sexual abuse passed the U.S. House of Representatives today. The Protecting Young Victims from Sexual Abuse and Safe Sport Authorization Act would require amateur athletics governing bodies to report sex-abuse allegations immediately to law enforcement or a child-welfare agency designated by the Justice Department.
Republicans and Democrats are at odds over the Trump administration's decision Monday to hold off on new sanctions that target Russia's intelligence and defense sectors. Lawmakers included the Russia sanctions in a bill signed reluctantly by President Donald Trump in August.