US Navy gives look inside futuristic $4.4B Zumwalt destroyer
9, 2016. The 610-foot-long warship has an angular shape to minimize its radar signature and cost more than $4.4 billion.
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Booker, Menendez announce $8.4 million to keep, hire Jersey City firefighters
JERSEY CITY - On the cusp of the 15th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, state Sens. Cory Booker and Bob Menendez, and Jersey City Mayor Steve Fulop today announced an $8.4 million federal grant that will bolster the city's Fire Department.
Trump chief won’t reveal North Korea plan as tensions mount
Hours after North Korea tested new nuclear technology, Donald Trump's campaign chief refused Friday to outline the Republican presidential nominee's approach to rising tensions on the Korean Peninsula as both White House contenders increasingly focus on national security. Trump campaign manager Kellyanne Conway, pressed repeatedly on Trump's plan, said only, "He wouldn't do what's being done now."
House conservatives serve notice to Ryan _ and Clinton
Since returning from their summer recess, House conservatives have wasted no time showing just how tough they can make life for Speaker Paul Ryan - and for Democrat Hillary Clinton, if she becomes president. Conservatives look determined to force a vote in the coming days to impeach the head of the IRS despite deep misgivings among other Republicans about such a pre-election move.
Campaign manager defends Trump on Iraq war, Putin praise
Donald Trump's campaign manager Kellyanne Conway challenged recent criticisms of her candidate's positions on the Iraq war and other foreign policy issues early Friday, defending Trump in a live interview with "CBS This Morning" hosts. When asked by co-host Charlie Rose about Trump's past support support of the Iraq war, Conway said the GOP nominee has always been against what he now calls a "disaster" in the Middle East.
Morning Digest: James Zadroga’s father slams Scott Garrett for opposing aid to 9/11 responders
Donald Trump is the Republican nominee, which is frightening.We must make sure his hateful rhetoric does not even come close... Donald Trump has gone too far with his attacks on Gold Star parents Khizr and Ghazala Khan, whose son Army Capt. Humayun Khan... A Donald Trump White House would be a disaster, and this goes way beyond any ideological difference.
GOP blames Obama for slow-walking North Korea sanctions
A key Republican lawmaker demanded on Friday that the Obama administration implement tougher sanctions against North Korea after its Thursday nuclear test of its largest nuclear bomb so far. House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce, R-Calif., said the test shows the U.S. needs to be tougher on North Korea, and blamed the Obama administration for failing to implement the sanctions options approved by Congress just this year.
‘the Only Option’: Florida newspaper calls for federal…
Questions over the Trump Foundation's illegal contribution to a political group tied to Florida's attorney general do not appear to be going away. The Tampa Bay Times is urging the US federal government to investigate potential connections between Donald Trump's charity and Florida state attorney general, Pam Bondi.
DOJ reportedly granted immunity to computer expert who deleted Clinton emails
The Department of Justice reportedly gave immunity to a computer expert who deleted Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton's emails during its investigation into her private email server despite being ordered by Congress to keep them. The New York Times reported Thursday that the Justice Department's immunity deal with Paul Combetta likely means that Republican lawmakers' calls for federal authorities to investigate his deletions will go unheard.
Clinton, as polls tighten, shifts focus to herself instead of Trump
U.S. Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton reflected on her religious faith on Thursday during the first of a series of speeches her campaign said would focus on her values and vision rather than those of Republican opponent Donald Trump. The shift comes as opinion polls tighten between Clinton, the former secretary of state and U.S. senator, and Trump, a New York businessman, ahead of the Nov. 8 election.
Foreign fishermen confined to boats catch Hawaiian seafood
Hawaii's high-quality seafood is sold with the promise that it's caught by local, hard-working fishermen. But the people who haul in the prized catch are almost all undocumented foreign workers, confined to American boats for years at a time without basic rights or protections.
Florida businesses are also a victim of Zika, Sen. Marco Rubio says
Florida Republican Sen. Marco Rubio, voicing frustration that Congress has been unable to agree on funding the fight against Zika, introduced his own anti-Zika bill Thursday, this one intended to ease the impact the outbreak has had on local businesses. For the second time in three days, he vented frustration on the Senate floor, angry at colleagues over over their inability to fund the battle against virus.
Forum puts focus on how Clinton is judged compared to Trump
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks at a rally at Johnson C. Smith University in Charlotte, N.C., Thursday, Sept. 8, 2016.
Report: Walmart heirs have donated $1.75M to super PACs in N.Y.
Two of the heirs to the Walmart fortune have donated $1.75 million since July to super PACs operating in New York, records show. Alice Walton donated a combined $1.25 million to three of the independent expenditure committees, all of which support charter schools and other education reforms.
Hudson River Can Get Ready for That Floating Park, AgainA court…
Construction can resume on Pier 55, the floating park in the Hudson River that's largely funded by IAC chairman Barry Diller. New York's Apellate Division sided with a lower court's decision and ruled against the City Club of New York and other opponents of the project, saying the Hudson River Park took a sufficient "hard look" at potential impacts.
Strickland’s US Senate bid bolstered by local Ohio Democrats
The Democratic state chairman and other local leaders have helped U.S. Senate candidate Ted Strickland kick off an Ohio campaign tour where he'll contrast his record on working families with the record of his November opponent, Republican Sen. Rob Portman. Ohio Democrats are moving to bolster the former governor after national groups began pulling pro-Strickland money out of Ohio in recent weeks.
DNA evidence leads to arrest in 1983 slaying of WWI veteran
A New York woman has been charged with killing a 92-year-old World War I veteran during a break-in at his Buffalo home more than three decades ago. Newly tested DNA evidence from the home of a 92-year-old World War I veteran strangled in 1983 has led to murder charges against a woman who was a teenager when the crime was committed, prosecutors said.
The Latest: Ryan doesn’t share Trump’s view of Putin
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks with 'Today' show co-anchor Matt Lauer at the NBC Commander-In-Chief Forum held at the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space museum aboard the decommissioned aircraft carrier Intrepid, ... A New York woman has been charged with killing a 92-year-old World War I veteran during a break-in at his Buffalo home more than three decades ago. Newly tested DNA evidence from the home of a 92-year-old World War I veteran strangled in 1983 has led to murder charges against a woman who was a teenager when the crime was committed, prosecutors said.
Despite Katrina lessons, flood plan in Louisiana shows gaps
In this Saturday, Aug. 13, 2016 file aerial photo, a boat motors between flooded homes after heavy rains inundating the region, in Hammond, La. Eleven years ago, Hurricane Katrina exposed huge gaps in the disaster response plans of Louisiana and the nation.
Why it Matters: Immigration
In this June 24, 2016, file photo, demonstrators protest against a Supreme Court decision on immigration outside the New York Supreme court in New York. The future of millions of people living in the U.S. illegally could well be shaped by the presidential election.