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Rebuffing a Republican president, a GOP-led Senate panel on Thursday rejected President Donald Trump's proposed cuts to foreign aid and deep reductions in spending on domestic programs such as education, housing and energy. In May, Trump proposed a cut of some 32 percent in spending in diplomacy programs such as economic aid and contributions to international organizations.
Former Sens. John Ashcroft, Kit Bond, John Danforth and Jim Talent asked Hawley to enter the race in a public letter dated Thursday. Hawley hasn't said whether he'll vie for Democratic U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill's seat in 2018.
Earlier this week The Anti-Defamation League released a guide called: "From Alt Right to Alt Lite: Naming the Hate." WASHINGTON - Josh Mandel, the Ohio treasurer who is running for the Republican nomination for US senator, expressed solidarity with figures listed by the Anti-Defamation League as having a "hateful impact" on the political scene.
Mother of Guthrie McLean, 25, who has yet to be allowed to visit her son, says he is 'enduring' in captivity US embassy officials on Thursday visited the American university student detained in China over an altercation with a taxi driver, as family and friends continue to lobby for his release. Guthrie McLean, a 25-year-old student at the University of Montana, is being held at a detention centre in Zhengzhou, Henan province.
The Coalition for Jewish Values , a growing organization representing over 200 US mainstream Orthodox rabbis, on Thursday criticized the Anti-Defamation League for "abandoning its historic mission of defending the Jewish people" by giving a "free pass" to anti-Semitism coming from left-wing activists. The criticism is in response to the production of a new guide by the ADL, " From Alt Right to Alt Lite: Naming the Hate ," listing individuals that the ADL associated with "misogyny, anti-Muslim bigotry and xenophobia."
The highest-ranking Democrat on the US Senate intelligence committee said it was "extremely disturbing" if President Donald Trump was contemplating a pardon for aides that could be implicated in a probe on Russian meddling in last year's presidential election. WASHINGTON: The highest-ranking Democrat on the US Senate intelligence committee said it was "extremely disturbing" if President Donald Trump was contemplating a pardon for aides that could be implicated in a probe on Russian meddling in last year's presidential election.
A White House official confirmed the conversation Thursday. The person spoke on condition of anonymity despite the president's repeated criticism of unnamed sources.
The Congressional Budget Office released Thursday yet another score of a Senate plan to repeal and replace Obamacare -- this one to learn how much more money the chamber's leaders would have to woo moderates if they keep Obamacare's taxes on the wealthy. The agency found that a revised version of the legislation would reduce the deficit by $420 billion over the next decade, giving Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell a $287 billion fund since he still must save as much as the House's counterpart bill did.
"I greatly appreciate the outpouring of support. Unfortunately for my sparring partners in Congress, I'll be back soon, so stand by!" - Sen. John McCain, Thursday, tweeting out his thanks to those who sent best wishes, after news he's been diagnosed with an aggressive form of brain cancer I greatly appreciate the outpouring of support - unfortunately for my sparring partners in Congress, I'll be back soon, so stand-by!
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., arrives at the Senate for final votes of the week on the day after Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., was diagnosed with an aggressive type of brain cancer, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 20, 2017. Sen. Graham, McCain's closest friend in the Senate, said that they had spoken by telephone Wednesday night and that the diagnosis had been a shock to McCain.
Senate appropriators on Thursday sent a $38.4 billion energy and water spending bill to the chamber's floor that is $4 billion more than President Trump's budget request. The Appropriations Committee approved the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act for fiscal 2018 with a near unanimous 30-1 vote, with some Democrats choosing to delay their push to boost renewable energy spending until the bill comes up for a final vote on the floor.
President Trump should use healthcare subsidies for Congress as leverage over lawmakers in Obamacare repeal talks, according to Florida Republican. "If you make them live under Obamacare, my guess is that they will vote to quickly repeal Obamacare," Rep. Ron DeSantis said Thursday on the House floor.
The district Regula represented before his 2009 retirement included all of Stark and Wayne counties and parts of Ashland and Medina counties. U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown of Ohio offered his condolences on Regula's passing, in part, saying, ""Without Ralph, there would be no Cuyahoga Valley National Park.
The Trump administration is reportedly cutting a CIA program that has provided arms to Syrian rebels since 2013. This has provoked a heated reaction from a media obsessed with Russia, and from Russia hawks like Sen. Lindsey Graham , who said such a decision would represent a "complete capitulation" to Bashar Assad, Russia, and Iran.
We just learned that Sen. John McCain is in a battle against brain cancer. Yet, heA s not letting that stop him from still speaking his mind on foreign policy.
The news concerning Arizona Senator John McCain is extremely sad for his family and friends. His glioblastoma is particularly aggressive, but McCain is a fighter and we can only wish him well during his treatment.
First, let's hope the senator makes a full recovery. But the American body politic should pause and reflect on the remarkable life of the Arizona Republican.
Several Republican senators learned of the news during a meeting about health care, North Dakota Sen. John Hoeven told CNN, adding that there was "stunned disbelief" in the room and they prayed for McCain." Senator John McCain has always been a fighter," President Donald Trump said in a statement.
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'Morning Joe' Rips Trump While Praising John McCain "Morning Joe" co-host Joe Scarborough slipped in a jab at President Trump as he praised Arizona Republican Senator John McCain on Thursday. McCain has a brain tumor, according to a statement released by his office on Wednesday.