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Those are the first words out of Jerrod Carmichael's mouth at the top of his new stand-up special, 8 , which premieres on HBO this Saturday night at 10 p.m. The laugh doesn't come until he adds, "We have a new king." "I think we'll be fine," the 29-year-old comedian continues.
ICE COLD: After four decades in public office, U.S. Sen. Ed Markey may see his political career end in 2020. Actually, that would be 2020, which is the year Markey next has to face the voters of the state he used to live in, which is Massachusetts.
CONSTITUENT SERVICES? Three months ago, U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren voted against a health bill that had Massachusetts as a major beneficiary. Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren says the GOP plan to replace Obamacare will hurt sick people yet she was among just a handful of senators to vote against a bipartisan Obama-sponsored health measure that's targeting billions at medical research, including for her home state.
FRIEND ME: President Trump, seen yesterday at a meeting with leaders of small community banks, is trying to forge alliances with former campaign opponents. President Trump has launched a charm offensive to rope in erstwhile rivals whose help he needs as he focuses on governing and passing legislation.
In the 27 hours the House Energy and Commerce Committee spent debating Republicans ' Affordable Care Act revision plan, a handful of moments stand out. At the start, Democratic Rep. Mike Doyle was talking with Republican Rep. John Shimkus about his objections to the Affordable Care Act's requirements for health-insurance plans.
With Twitter app at the ready, the man who condemns the media as "the enemy of the people" may be the most voracious consumer of news in modern presidential history. Trump usually rises before 6 a.m. and first watches TV in the residence before later moving to a small dining room in the West Wing.
It was not a huge bet on European bonds that caused the 2011 demise of Wall Street brokerage firm MF Global, but rather "confusion" created by its accountants about the company's financial condition, former New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine testified on Thursday. Corzine, who ran MF Global after leaving the governor's office, took the stand in a New York trial pitting the legal remnants of the collapsed brokerage against its accounting firm, PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Game Change authors Mark Halperin and John Heilemann will tackle 2016 election in upcoming book and HBO miniseries. Credit Rick Wilking Getty " Saturday Night Live " has continuously parodied the 2016 presidential election with Alec Baldwin playing Trump, and as for non-scripted TV programming, much content has covered Trump.
A bathroom sign welcomes both genders at the Cacao Cinnamon coffee shop in Durham, North Carolina, United States on May 3, 2016. REUTERS/Jonathan Drake/File Photo State legislators in New Hampshire narrowly blocked a bill on Thursday that would have prohibited discrimination against transgender people, including allowing them to use the public bathrooms that match the gender with which they identify.
The U.S. Department of Justice declined to confirm Sean Spicer's claims that President Donald Trump was not under investigation. Trump claimed last weekend that former President Barack Obama had ordered a wiretap on his campaign, but has thus far not offered any proof, and the president has asked the U.S. Congress to investigate his own allegations.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren , like a lot of other lawmakers, does not seem to be a fan of the House Republicans' proposed Obamacare replacement program. Warren took to Twitter on Thursday to tear apart the GOP's plan, which early estimates project would throw millions of people off their health insurance.
President Donald Trump speaks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, March 9, 2017, during a meeting with leaders from small community banks. . FILE- In this March 6, 2012 file photo, an FBI poster showing a composite image of former FBI agent Robert Levinson, right, of how he would look like now after five years in captivity, and an image, center, taken f... .
If the Trudeau government takes action to address the economic risks of the Donald Trump presidency, it won't happen in the upcoming federal budget. Following weeks of meetings between Liberal cabinet ministers and the Trump administration, sources say Ottawa feels it can proceed with the plan it laid out before the U.S. election.
Former New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine has begun testifying in the $3 billion trial between the brokerage he once ran, MF Global, and its accounting firm, PricewaterhouseCoopers. The legal remnants of the brokerage are suing the accounting firm, claiming that its negligence and malpractice led to the collapse of MF Global.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration space weather forecasters Ken Tegnell, left, and Jeff Stankiewicz working together in January to monitor sun activity at the Space Weather Prediction Center on the NOAA campus in Boulder. The Trump administration's proposed slashing of the budget for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration continues to stir strong reactions in Boulder.
We're reaching a moment of decision for President Trump on the effort to repeal and replace Obamacare. There is no replacement legislation that will make everybody happy.
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On a conference call Wednesday, Democratic Sen. Tammy Baldwin says steel makers from Russia and China are stealing jobs away from American companies. "President Trump has said he supports buy America reform but he has not backed up those words with action," Baldwin said.
" After spending months rehashing the brutal GOP primary campaign and bragging about his victory, President Donald Trump has quietly launched a charm offensive, reaching out to former rivals whose help he now needs. The latest on his list: Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas, who has said he has significant concerns about the GOP health care bill Trump is pushing for passage.
House Speaker Paul Ryan speaks during a news conference on the American Health Care Act on Capitol Hill in Washington, March 7, 2017. Now that Republicans have rolled out their legislative plan to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act , House Speaker Paul Ryan and other Republican congressional leaders have not only begun to sell the bill, but also build the support required for its passage.