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Former President Barack Obama left the White House on Friday much the way he entered it eight years ago: insisting Americans have reason for optimism despite the national sense of unease. Former President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle wave to the crowd Friday as they board an Air Force jet to depart Andrews... He was gracious to President Donald Trump to the end, warmly welcoming his successor to the home where he raised his daughters.
Supreme Court unlikely to overturn abortion rights anytime soon President Trump needs more than one new Supreme Court justice to reverse Roe v. Wade Check out this story on USATODAY.com: http://usat.ly/2kcvqBM Demonstrators on both sides of the abortion issue demonstrate in front of the Supreme Court last June, around the time the justices struck down a Texas law that restricted access to abortions.
President Donald Trump walks to his swearing-in ceremony on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 20, 2017 in Washington, DC. President Donald Trump walks to his swearing-in ceremony on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 20, 2017 in Washington, DC.
Donald Trump and John Roberts are not likely to rehash Trump's criticism of the chief justice when they meet outside the Capitol at noon. Instead, they will take part in a venerable pas de deux of American political life.
But he tells his campaign donors, "The next time we're going to win the old-fashioned way" because of how he and his cabinet will have performed. And he jokes that he won't mind if it ends up raining Friday, "because people will realize it's my real hair."
Jaxon Owens, 17, right, editor-in-chief of the Viking Vanguard student newspaper at Puyallup High School, speaks during a Senate hearing at the Capitol Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017, in Olympia, Wash. Washington state lawmakers are reintroducing a bill that would protect student journalists' free speech in school-sponsored media at public schools and colleges in response to a 1988 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that gave administrators control over what gets published in school media.
Donald Trump's inauguration as US President takes place on Friday 20 January at noon local time . The main ceremony is held at the White House, with the official swearing-in ceremony taking place on the steps in front of the Capitol.
On Wednesday, Feb. 8, the Lander University chapter of Habitat for Humanity will host a groundbreaking celebration for construction of the group's second Habitat home. The celebration will begin at 1 p.m. at the Habitat build site on the Lander campus, adjacent to Lide residence hall on Willson Street.
A restaurant industry group on Thursday urged the US Supreme Court to take a case that could reset the compensation formula for restaurant workers from coast to coast. The newly formed Restaurant Law Center wants the high court to overturn a Labor Department regulation that bars waiters and waitresses from pooling tips with kitchen workers - even if both groups are paid the same per-hour wage.
Now you see hima Adam Trent, one of the stars of the hit Broadway show, The Illusionists , brings his youthful spin on magic to the Van Wezel Sunday. As part of the hall's Family Night series, you can get a free youth ticket when you buy one adult ticket , and there's a post-show party with the cast.
Governor Terry McAuliffe today declined to grant clemency for Ricky Gray, who will die by injection Wednesday night at the Greensville Correctional Center for the capital murders of two young sisters 11 years ago unless the U.S. Supreme Court steps in.
RICHMOND, Va. - Opponents of abortion rights won a victory Monday when the House Rules Committee approved a resolution to designate the anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court's Roe v.
Vice President-elect Mike Pence will take the oath of office with a Bible once used by conservative hero and former President Ronald Reagan, the inaugural committee for President-elect Trump announced. Pence's oath will be administered by Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas on the steps of the U.S. Capitol immediately after Trump is sworn into office by Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts to become the 45th president of the United States.
An attorney for a man convicted of taking part in sniper shootings that left 10 people dead in the Washington area is asking a judge to toss his life sentence because he was convicted as a juvenile. In a motion filed Friday in a Maryland county court, public defender James Johnston argues that Lee Boyd Malvo's mandatory life sentence is illegal because the U.S. Supreme Court determined such sentences are unconstitutional for juveniles.
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to descend upon Washington next weekend for Donald Trump's inauguration as president and the Women's March on Washington. Here's some information about the events.
A 22-year-old central Illinois man who was arrested and detained after posting online pictures of himself burning an American flag has filed a federal lawsuit seeking to have the state's flag desecration law declared unconstitutional. Such state laws are already invalid after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled separately, in 1989 and 1990, that flag burning and other forms of damage are constitutionally protected free speech.
A picture book biography about the trailblazing life of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was among the top three winners of the Sydney Taylor Book Awards for Jewish children's books. "I Dissent: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes Her Mark," the lively and boldly illustrated biography by Debbie Levy, with illustrations by Elizabeth Baddeley, won in the category for younger readers.
California's economy is expanding and voters just approved billions of dollars in tax increases, yet Gov. Jerry Brown this week projected a budget deficit for the first time in four years and called for... California's economy is expanding and voters just approved billions of dollars in tax increases, yet Gov. Jerry Brown this week projected a budget deficit for the first time in four years and called for spending cuts. Lawyers for Texas death row inmate Christopher Wilkins looked to the U.S. Supreme Court to keep him from becoming the first prisoner executed in the nation this year.