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Budget hole - The immediate priority for lawmakers in the 2017 session is dealing with a $350 million hole in the state budget. Next up will be fixing a $500 million revenue shortfall projected for the 2018 fiscal year, which begins July 1. Rather than being worried about the lack of state senators who are attorneys, perhaps the greater concern is that the Senate doesn't have a practicing accountant among its members.
China said Monday it "firmly opposed" a meeting between Taiwan President Tsai Ing-Wen and Senator Ted Cruz, as a state-run newspaper warned of "revenge" against President-elect Donald Trump should he abandon the One China policy. Tsai met Cruz in Houston over the weekend, the Republican from Texas said in a statement, with the two discussing arms sales, diplomatic exchanges and economic relations.
The week before Donald Trump takes the oath of office will set the stage for his entry into the Oval Office. Not only will at least nine of his Cabinet nominees begin their Senate confirmation hearings, but the president-elect himself will face reporters at a long-awaited press conference, where he may address how he plans to separate his business interests from his presidency.
The Senate is a beast of its own, and some of Trump's fiercest enemies there are fellow Republicans like Lindsey Graham and John McCain. So let's focus in this column on Republicans in the House.
Four days after an Army reservist shot and killed five people at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, federal authorities say they have thus far found no evidence that he was involved in ISIS or any form of radical Islam. Esteban Santiago, the 26-year-old gunman, had connections to New York, Puerto Rico, Southwest Florida and Alaska, but it remains a mystery why he picked Fort Lauderdale to carry out his attack.
In this Nov. 8, 2016 file photo, Hillary Clinton and her husband, former President Bill Clinton, greet supporters after voting in Chappaqua, N.Y. Falling in line with tradition, Bill and Hillary Clinton plan to attend Donald Trump's inauguration. It's a decision that will put Hillary Clinton on the inaugural platform as her bitter rival from the 2016 campaign assumes the office she long sought.
President-elect Donald Trump accepts the conclusion by US intelligence agencies that Russia tried to interfere in the election that will soon put him in the White House, a top aide said Sunday. ''He's not denying that entities in Russia were behind this particular campaign,'' incoming chief of staff Reince Priebus said.
Perched on a podium on the U.S. Senate floor, Vermont's Bernie Sanders suggested this week that Republican president-elect Donald Trump was a liar. Gesturing at a cardboard cutout of a Trump tweet in which the billionaire businessman promised not to cut federal health care programs, Sanders took aim.
A top Vermont lawmaker says getting down to crafting the state's budget and priorities will be difficult without knowing how the policies of the incoming Trump administration will affect decisions on Medicaid, cleaning up Lake Champlain, and a variety of other issues. Legislators are prepared to work with the office of Republican Gov. Phil Scott, the congressional delegation and other states, controlled by both Republicans and Democrats, to find common ground, said Senate President Pro Tem Tim Ashe, a Democrat-Progressive from Burlington.
Manhattan couple hasn't paid rent on their $4,754-per-month apartment in almost SEVEN years citing little-known 'Loft law' Wild weather rocks the U.S: Three dead as South and Northeast begin clean up from brutal winter storm while landslide fears spread across the West Coast as record-breaking rainfall begins Luggage hell for passengers caught up in Ft Lauderdale shooting: Airport staff desperately try to reunite 25,000 abandoned bags with 12,000 travelers stranded by the rampage Mother and boyfriend charged after her 14-year-old adopted daughter was raped, slaughtered and chopped up in 'sick rape-murder fantasy they plotted for more than a year' Don't get any ideas, Vladimir! Massive stockpile of U.S. tanks and military equipment arrives in Germany as part of mission to 'deter Russian aggression' Cops investigating the 'horror show' death of seven-month-old boy after mother took his ... (more)
Donald Trump and his aides are entering a crucial week in his presidential transition as he and his Cabinet nominees undergo public questioning about their approach to Russia and potential conflicts of interests. Most pressing during the upcoming days of confirmation hearings and Trump's first press conference in six months likely will be whether he accepts the conclusion of U.S. intelligence officials that Russia meddled in the U.S. election to help him win the White House.
Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered ... . The first page of the Joint Analysis Report narrative by the Department of Homeland Security and federal Bureau of Investigation and released on Dec. 29, 2016, is photographed in Washington, Jan. 6, 2017.
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and Gov. Greg Abbott say they met with Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen while she was passing through Houston on her way to Central America. The Republican senator said in a news release that during Sunday's meeting, they discussed how they might improve bilateral relations Abbott says in a separate statement that they discussed energy, trade relations and commercial ties between Taiwan and Texas.
Hillary Clinton confidante Neera Tanden says she doesn't expect Clinton to run for New York City mayor - or anything else, ever again. "I think she's going to figure out ways to help kids and families.
Senior Republicans Sunday gave Donald Trump the benefit of the doubt that he'll make Moscow pay for hacking the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign, yet the president-elect could face a rift with members of his own party if policies against Russia don't change. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said on NBC's "Meet the Press" that he and Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., plan to introduce legislation for tougher sanctions against Russia, hitting the country in the financial and energy sectors "where they're the weakest."
President-elect Donald Trump accepts the U.S. intelligence community's conclusion that Russia tried to interfere in the American presidential election, his incoming White House Chief of staff said Sunday. "I think he accepts the findings," Reince Priebus said on "Fox News Sunday."
A top Senate Republican is urging President-elect Donald Trump to defend democracy in the United States and around the world by punishing Russia for trying to interfere in the American presidential election as U.S. intelligence agencies allege.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell predicted Sunday that any hopes President-elect Trump has to get along with the Russians and President Vladimir Putin will be "dashed pretty quickly" into his first term in office. Appearing on "Face The Nation," McConnell argued that it is not unusual for a new president to seek an improved relationship with the Russians, citing former President George W. Bush's efforts upon taking office in 2000.