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The Trump administration is considering using West Coast military installations or other federal properties to open the way for more U.S. fossil fuel exports to Asia in the name of national security and despite opposition from coastal states. "I respect the state of Washington and Oregon and California," Zinke said in an interview with AP.
While Republicans were in Southbury Saturday , Connecticut Democrats descended on Sherman Avenue to remind local politicos that the fate of November's general election - and whether or not the state turns red - may rest on whether they can turn out the New Haven vote. On Saturday afternoon around 20 local, state, and national Connecticut Democratic politicians joined a few dozen supporters to send that message and celebrate the opening of the New Haven Democratic headquarters at 180 Sherman Ave. Rallying just 24 days before Nov. 6's general election, most of the party's slate of statewide candidates visited the Elm City to make a pitch for why 2018 represents a critical year for American democracy.
The Latest on the Trump administration considering the use of military bases or other federal facilities to export fossil fuels : Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden says the Trump administration is "trampling" on the rights of West Coast communities as it considers using military bases or other federal facilities for fossil fuel exports. The Democratic Wyden said in statement Monday that the federal government should invest in renewable fuels and not try to prop up dirty energy sources such as coal.
Polling shows Republican Nevada Sen. Dean Heller is pulling ahead of his Democratic rival, Jacky Rosen, indicating a sharp turnaround for the incumbent Republican. A new Emerson College Survey released Monday shows Heller with a commanding seven-point lead over Rosen, a liberal congresswoman vying for his seat, 48 percent to 41 percent.
President Donald Trump said Monday he had spoken with Saudi Arabia's king, who "denies any knowledge" of what happened to the Saudi journalist who disappeared after entering the kingdom's consulate in Istanbul two weeks ago. Trump said he had dispatched Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to the region.
President Donald Trump suggested Monday that "rogue killers" could be responsible for a Saudi journalist's disappearance after a personal phone call in which Trump said Saudi Arabia's King Salman strongly denied any knowledge of what happened to Jamal Khashoggi.
Rep. Lou Barletta, Pennsylvania's Republican candidate for Senate, criticized Democratic challenger Sen. Bob Casey on Sunday for running a "hurtful" and "insensitive" attack ad using sick children while Barletta's own grandchild is undergoing chemotherapy. "Bob Casey just released an insensitive and personal attack ad accusing Lou Barletta of wanting to rip away health care from twin children with cancer, after Lou personally told Casey of his 18-month-old twin grandson currently undergoing chemo for cancer," Barletta tweeted, with a video response included.
The Trump administration is considering using West Coast military bases or other federal properties as transit points for shipments of U.S. coal and natural gas to Asia, as officials seek to bolster the domestic energy industry and circumvent environmental opposition to fossil fuel exports. It would advance the administration's agenda of establishing American "energy dominance" on the world stage and underscores a willingness to intervene in markets to make that happen.
New Jersey Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez is being called out as a "hypocrite" in an ad released by his Republican opponent Bob Hugin for believing Justice Brett Kavanaugh's sexual assault accuser even though Menendez faced allegations of sexual relations with minors. The ad comes as Menendez was one of the first senators to publicly say he believed Christine Blasey Ford, the woman who accused Kavanaugh of high school-era sexual assault.
The Florida Supreme Court Judicial Nominating Commission will interview more than four-dozen candidates who have applied to replace three justices whose retirements coincide with the end of Gov. Rick Scott's term in January.
AS GLOBAL tensions escalate over missing journalist Jamal Khashoggi, Turkish diplomats have demanded an investigative search of the Saudi Arabian Consulate to find answers. Republican U.S. Senator Marco Rubio said the United States must confront Saudi Arabia or risk losing credibility on human rights, if allegations are proven true that the Saudi government orchestrated the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren has released a DNA test that shows "strong evidence" she has Native-American heritage, rebutting President Donald Trump's ridicule of her as "fake Pocahontas" while she signals a possible 2020 presidential run. FILE PHOTO: U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren delivers a major policy speech on "Ending corruption in Washington" at the National Press Club, Washington, U.S., August 21, 2018.
Good Monday Morning, Fellow Seekers. With three weeks to go until Election Day, Pennsylvania's United States Senate race has taken a turn for the very personal.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren made public the results of a DNA test on Monday, which an expert said shows "strong evidence'' that she has a Native American ancestor. Warren provided the test results to The Boston Globe on Sunday, the newspaper said, "in an effort to defuse questions about her ancestry that have persisted for years."
BOSTON Responding to years of derision by President Donald Trump and other critics, Sen. Elizabeth Warren on Monday released a report on a DNA analysis that provides strong evidence she does, in fact, have Native American heritage.
It's not been a good week for Arizona Democrat Kyrsten Sinema. Sinema, a Democratic congresswoman, is running in the Senate race against Republican Rep. Martha McSally.
Senator Elizabeth Warren , frequently mocked with the name "Pocahontas" by Donald Trump and other conservatives and a possible challenger for his office in 2020, released the results of a DNA test that shows Native American ancestry "in the range of 6-10 generations ago." The Boston Globe reports : 'That timing fits Warren's family lore, passed down during her Oklahoma upbringing, that her great-great-great-grandmother, O.C. Sarah Smith, was at least partially Native American.
With midterm elections three weeks away, he is claiming a "record" 84 judges confirmed to the federal bench and suggests he will fill 50 percent of the seats in the judiciary. It's not a record, and he's nowhere close to half.
The U.S. midterm elections are only weeks away, and political prognosticators think the controversial confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court could have a negative impact on the Democrats. Democrats are salivating at the possibility that a political giant like Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz, left, could be slayeda by congressman Beto O'Rourke, right, although recent polls indicate that is unlikely to happen.
Upon touring the damage in several towns along Florida's Panhandle, Federal Emergency Management Agency chief Brock Long called the destruction left by Hurricane Michael some of the worst he's ever seen. On Monday, President Donald Trump plans to visit Florida and Georgia and see the recovery effort for himself.