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North Korea says it's "carefully examining" plans for launching a preemptive strike against Guam, hours after the Trump administration warned the rogue nation to drop its threats against the United States or face "fire and fury." North Korea said it's studying a plan to create an "enveloping fire" around the U.S. territory, home to Andersen Air Force Base.
One of President Donald Trump's recent Twitter targets has been Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., with the president recently reviving a controversy involving Blumenthal's military service. Blumenthal's career started in law and then merged into government and public service, but his familial ties put his relatives in Trump's real estate orbit.
Republicans face a problem as they try to defend a slim majority in the Senate and win races elsewhere: Insurgent primary candidates are trying to lay claim to President Donald Trump's mantle, and knock out the establishment's choices. The latest case is in Nevada, where endangered GOP incumbent Sen. Dean Heller drew a challenge Tuesday from businessman and repeat failed candidate Danny Tarkanian, who announced his bid in an early morning Fox News Channel appearance seemingly aimed at an audience of one: the president himself.
U.S. Sen. Luther Strange is endorsed by State Rep. Jim Carns and Perry Hooper Jr. at the Alabama Republican Party headquarters in Hoover. U.S. Sen. Luther Strange is endorsed by State Rep. Jim Carns and Perry Hooper Jr. at the Alabama Republican Party headquarters in Hoover.( U.S. Sen. Luther Strange picked up the endorsement Tuesday of State Rep. Jim Carns, R-Vestavia Hills, who also served as co-chairman of Donald Trump's Alabama campaign.
" A story alleging that a Vermont senator has been arrested by the FBI and will face charges of illegal gambling and drug possession is untrue. Several websites ran the story about Sen. Warren Sherman and his arrest at Sanders Field in Burlington.
About a week after Inauguration Day this year, the White House announced that seasoned photojournalist Shealah Craighead would be the Trump administration's official photographer. This isn't Craighead's first turn in the White House.
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Democrats haven't won a Texas governor's race in nearly three decades, but a booming Hispanic population and the party's dominance of the state's largest cities have made them willing to invest in the contest to keep hopes of an eventual resurgence alive. After high-profile candidates lost decisively in the last two elections, though, the party now finds itself in unprecedented territory for the 2018 ballot: with no major candidate to run.
In this Nov. 4, 2014, file photo, Texas Democratic gubernatorial candidate Wendy Davis waves to supporters as she arrives to make her concession speech at her election watch party in Fort Worth, Texas. Four years ago the Democrats pumped big money and organizing muscle into Texas, hoping a gubernatorial candidate that generated national stardom with a 12-hour filibuster could begin turning America's largest red state blue.
Mr. Trump is extremely astute to recognize the 'senseless 60,' Senate rule to be the primary culprit responsible for turning the U.S. Senate into the fundamentally dysfunctional institution it has become. Perhaps the president was paying attention in the last election cycle when then Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid said would become majority leader): "The country can't be run this way, where nothing gets done."
Mainers have a proud tradition of engaging in their communities, showing up to town meetings and discussing the issues important to them. Maine is a state that values the opinions of all of its residents, not just those with the biggest checkbook.
Maine has a proud tradition of independence and leadership. Decades ago, Sen. Margaret Chase Smith stood up to partisan bullying in the Senate in a famous floor speech , and recently Sen. Susan Collins has shown the same courage.
White House officials have been urging President Trump to double down on the platform that got him elected into the nation's highest office, while he tries to re-energize his staunchest allies. Advisers have been urging Trump to refocus on immigration and other issues that resonate with the conservatives, evangelicals and working-class whites who propelled him to the Oval Office.
Sen. Orrin Hatch offered a quick Civil War history lesson on Twitter Monday to provide context for a colorful comment the Utah Republican made about how members of his party "shot their wad" on their efforts to repeal and replace Obamacare. In an interview with POLITICO, Hatch, who chairs the tax-writing Senate finance committee, expressed frustration over the limited time available for tax reform, saying his GOP colleagues needed to move on from health care.
President Donald Trump on Monday lashed out at Democratic Sen. Richard Blumenthal, calling him a "phony Vietnam con artist" after the lawmaker expressed strong support for a special counsel's probe of Russia meddling in the election and possible collusion with Trump campaign officials. In a series of tweets from his vacation in New Jersey, Trump dismissed the "hoax Russian collusion" and revived a 2010 embarrassment for Blumenthal.
The 12 lawmakers say in a letter sent Monday to Secretary of State Rex Tillerson that the situation in Honduras remains grave. Yet they told Tillerson the department hasn't responded to their recommendations for requiring Honduras to end human rights abuses in order to continue receiving U.S. foreign aid and investment.
Ohio is ground-zero for the heroin crisis sweeping through the nation and it shows no signs of slowing down. On Saturday, police say 22 people were admitted to local hospitals for overdosing in Hamilton County.