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New York Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand and Charles Schumer say the western New York college was chosen by the U.S. Energy Department to receive $70 million in federal funding over five years to lead the Sustainable Manufacturing Innovation Alliance. The alliance of more than 100 universities and businesses will focus on developing technologies that reduce net-energy costs, waste materials and emissions while increasing manufacturing industry sales by 50 percent.
Associated Press Rep. Jim Banks, R-3rd, joined by his wife, Amanda, and their three daughters, is sworn in Tuesday as a member of the House of Representatives by Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., during a ceremonial swearing-in on Capitol Hill in Washington.
AURORA, Colo. Divers looking for a 6-year-old boy who apparently wandered away from his suburban Denver home on New Year's Eve found the body of a child in a frozen pond Tuesday.
Several NAACP protesters led by their national president were escorted away in handcuffs by police after staging a sit-in Tuesday at the Alabama office of Sen. Jeff Sessions, the nominee for U.S. attorney general,... Several NAACP protesters led by their national president were escorted away in handcuffs by police after staging a sit-in Tuesday at the Alabama office of Sen. Jeff Sessions, the nominee for U.S. attorney general, the... President-elect Donald Trump says Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel should ask for federal help if he isn't able to bring down a homicide count that soared last year to 762 - the most killings in nearly two decades... President-elect Donald Trump says Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel should ask for federal help if he isn't able to bring down a homicide count that soared last year to 762 - the most killings in nearly two decades and more... Cleveland officials searching ... (more)
" The Latest on the NAACP demonstration to protest nomination of Sen. Jeff Sessions as attorney general : Video broadcast on an NAACP social media site shows police officers have handcuffed and led off several protesters after the group staged a sit-in at an Alabama office of Sen. Jeff Sessions, the nominee for U.S. attorney general. NAACP President Cornell William Brooks, who took part in the protest, said the group held the demonstration to oppose Sessions' nomination as attorney general.
For almost a decade Maryland has had the same look in Senate, but now that's changed with former congressman now Senator, Chris Van Hollen. Like retired Sen. Barbara Mikulski, Van Hollen will sit on the Senate's Appropriations committee meaning he'll be able to chime in when the state needs federal monies.
If you believe liberal writers and pundits apocalyptic post-election musings, "Donald Trump's America" is no place to raise a child. The latest of these was in Elle magazine last week .
Vice President Joe Biden has sworn in Tammy Duckworth as Illinois' new U.S. senator at a ceremony in Washington. Duckworth's press secretary, Sean Savett, says U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois escorted Duckworth to the Tuesday afternoon ceremony.
Members of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People say they won't stand for Senator Jeff Sessions being confirmed as the United States Attorney General. Several leaders held news conferences in major Alabama cities to voice there concerns.
Committee chairman Senator Chuck Grassley arrives for a hearing with Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director Sarah Saldana before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill December 2, 2015 in Washington, DC. AFP PHOTO/BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI / AFP / BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI Grassley anticipates one of his first orders of business will be the nomination of Senator Jeff Sessions of Alabama as the new Attorney General.
The NAACP is staging a sit-in at the Alabama office of U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions to protest his nomination to be the nation's next attorney general. NAACP President Cornell William Brooks said in a statement that Sessions "can't be trusted to be the chief law enforcement officer for voting rights."
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, left, is joined by New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, center, and Chairperson of the Board of Trustees of The City University of New York William C. Thompson, as he speaks during an event at LaGuardia Community College, Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2017, in New York.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday announced a new plan to give free tuition to SUNY and CUNY students whose families make less than $125,000 a year. Cuomo announced the so-called "Excelsior Scholarship" at LaGuardia Community College in Queens on Tuesday morning.
At 12:01 today, a few dozen men and women will become former congressmen and former senators. If you know how Washington works, you know that "former lawmaker" can safely be translated as "lobbyist."
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President-elect Donald Trump nominated Robert Lighthizer to be his pick for U.S. trade representative, his transition team announced Tuesday. Lighthizer "has extensive experience striking agreements that protect some of the most important sectors of our economy, and has repeatedly fought in the private sector to prevent bad deals from hurting Americans," Trump said in a statement.
Democrats plotting a return from the political wilderness are facing their first big dilemma: how fiercely to fight President-elect Donald Trump. A new conservative era will dawn in Washington Tuesday when the next Congress, dominated by Republicans, is sworn in.
As he prepares to take office, Donald Trump has set high expectations that he can deliver quickly on his many ambitious campaign promises. No one knows better how hard that will be than his Republican allies in Congress.