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Dayton Mayor Nan Whaley is running for governor in Ohio in 2018 with a focus on bringing back partnerships between the state of Ohio and its cities and families. Whaley, a Democrat, was elected mayor of Dayton in 2013 and before that served on the Dayton City Commission.
The Trump administration laid out its highly anticipated plan for overhauling bank rules, calling on the government to ease, though not eliminate, many of the strictures that were imposed on Wall Street after the financial crisis.
Facing a do-or-die moment to pass health care reform through the Senate, President Donald Trump will have lunch with 13 consequential Republican senators on Tuesday to push repealing Obamacare, according to a White House official. In recent weeks, Trump has stressed the need for Republicans to come together to repeal the Affordable Care Act, President Barack Obama's sweeping health care law.
Speaking of law and order, as my last act as president, I am pardoning some members of my campaign staff and administration. Donald Trump's Twitter-ready resignation letter Speaking of law and order, as my last act as president, I am pardoning some members of my campaign staff and administration.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions steps back into a familiar arena Tuesday when he testifies before the Senate intelligence committee about his role in the firing of FBI Director James Comey and the investigation into contacts between Trump campaign associates and Russia. Last week, Comey raised additional questions about Sessions' involvement, saying the FBI knew of reasons why it would be problematic for the attorney general to stay involved in the Russia investigation well before Sessions recused himself in March.
House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis. center and Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn R-Texas right listen to President Donald Trump left speak during Trump's meeting with House and Senate Leadership in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington Although infrastructure was initially seen as a policy priority on which Republican and Democrats could work together, Democrats have balked at Trump's plans for financing improvements, arguing they would result in taxpayer-funded corporate profits and cause costs to be offloaded onto consumers.
The latest confirmation of the Obama administration's support of Iran's terrorist activities was provided to the House Foreign Affairs Committee on June 8, 2017 by David Asher, who for many years worked with the United States government on counter-terrorist financing-related issues. According to Asher, "[i]n narrow pursuit of the P5+1 agreement, the administration ... systematically disbanded any ... action ... to dismantle Hezb'allah and the Iran 'Action Network' ... [for fear these would] derail the administration's policy agenda focused on Iran.
Senate Republicans and Democrats reached agreement late Monday on a new package of sanctions on Russia amid the firestorm over Russia's meddling in the presidential election and investigations into Moscow's possible collusion with members of President Donald Trump's campaign. Top lawmakers on two committees - Banking and Foreign Relations - announced the deal, which would require a congressional review if a president attempts to ease or end current penalties.
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Minutes after President Trump's first full, public cabinet meeting Monday, Sen. Chuck Schumer tweeted a short video parodying the roundtable. "Michelle, how'd my hair look coming out of the gym this morning?" Schumer asks, turning to the next staffer.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren speaks with the media following the Democratic policy luncheon on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 14, 2017. ) fell as much as 7.3 percent to $250.18 on Monday, after Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren called for an investigation into the aircraft components supplier's government contracts.
A photo shows official White House photographer for then president Barack Obama, Pete Souza, during an event in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Oct. 21, 2013. Former president Barack Obama has officially blessed a book by his White House photographer.
State Bureau of Protective Services officers arrested a man over the weekend after he allegedly smashed windows on the State House grounds. At around 4 a.m. Sunday, officers saw a man coming down the south steps of the State House with a 2x4 in his hand.
Sen. Marco Rubio lashed out at criticism that he made a deal with President Donald Trump for a tougher Cuba policy in exchange for his line of questioning of former FBI Director James Comey last week before the Senate Intelligence Committee, Politico reported on Monday. The criticism against Rubio was spearheaded by an article in the Miami Herald columnist Fabiola Santiago that "Rubio seemed most interested in getting Comey to publicly admit that President Trump 'was not personally under investigation' than in obtaining any new evidence for the Senate investigation."
Top Democrat calls for investigation of Loretta Lynch's Clinton probeMore WASHINGTON - The top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee called Sunday for a congressional investigation into former Attorney General Loretta Lynch's handling of the Hillary Clinton email probe.
Sen. John McCain said American leadership was stronger under President TrumpA s predecessor, President Barack Obama, according to a Guardian report published Sunday. Asked if the country stood on sturdier ground under ObamaA s leadership, McCain said "yes," according to the report.
During more than two hours of testimony, Comey also said he believed Trump had directed him in February to drop an FBI probe into the Republican president's former national security adviser Michael Flynn as part of the broader Russian Federation investigation. At a Rose Garden press conference with Romanian President Klaus Iohannis this afternoon, Trump was asked why he felt vindicated by Comey's testimony and if White House tapes exist.
The Latest on President Donald Trump and the investigation into his campaign's potential ties to Russia : Fellow Republicans are pressing President Donald Trump to come clean about whether he has tapes of private conversations with former FBI Director James Comey. And if he does, they want the president to hand them over to Congress or else possibly face a subpoena.