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Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond senior Karissa Rocke will be documenting her class's trip to Washington, D.C., including a tour of the White House, on The News-Gazette's Snapchat account. ALAH's long-planned senior trip to Washington, D.C. - today through Thursday - got even better last week when the travel party of 61 was approved for a tour of the White House.
The EPA inspector general is looking into embattled Administrator Scott Pruitt's $50-per-night apartment rental, travel expenses, security team, controversial raises for staff, use of subordinates' time and staff reassignments that some have said were retribution. The litany of ethics reviews were detailed in a letter to Democratic Reps.
A Night to Remember: Special prom honors San Diego special needs - CBS News 8 - San Diego, CA News Station - KFMB Channel 8 They were guests of honor at the eight annual A Night to Remember Prom at Eastlake Church in Chula Vista. Since 2011, 5,000 students with special needs have walked the red carpet and danced the night away for A Night to Remember.
Gov. Bruce Rauner addresses the media at the Thompson Center in Chicago on April 9, 2018. The governor is traveling to Germany and Poland next week in an attempt to lure businesses from those countries to Illinois.
MARCH 15: U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs David Shulkin testifies during a hearing before the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Subcommittee of House Appropriations Committee March 15, 2018 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. The subcommittee held a hearing to examine the FY2019 Veterans Affairs Budget request by the Trump Administration.
From Sean Spicer to Rex Tillerson, a look at who was fired or resigned from serving in President Donald Trump's administration. A growing number of people have left the Trump administration in just over a year - a group that includes FBI director James Comey, chief strategist Steve Bannon and now Secretary of Veterans Affairs David Shulkin .
Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin is being replaced, President Trump tweeted Wednesday, ending weeks of speculation and uncertainty about his fate. Trump said he is nominating Navy Rear Admiral Ronny Jackson, official physician for the president and his predecessor Barack Obama, to be the next VA secretary.
When Michael Zwirn recently booked tickets for his family to travel from Washington, D.C., to Chicago to Boston, he snagged what he thought was a great deal - until he read the fine print. It turned out he'd inadvertently purchased "basic economy" tickets on United, which meant no changes, no access to the overhead bins and, most critically, no guarantee the three of them would be seated together.
As state budget negotiations intensified in Albany ahead of an April 1 deadline, an influential Brooklyn state senator said he is in favor, at least in principle, of a proposal to institute a congestion pricing plan to get vehicles off clogged Midtown Manhattan streets and another idea that would double the number of speed cameras outside of New York City schools. But state Sen. Marty Golden , the only Republican state senator representing a Brooklyn district, said his support is contingent on getting certain provisions into both bills.
As a top Veterans Administration official in the Obama administration, current Secretary David Shulkin took no action to fix longstanding problems of dirty syringes and equipment shortages that put patients at risk at a major veterans hospital, according to an investigation released Wednesday that finds "failed leadership" and "climate of complacency" at agency. The 150-page report by the VA internal watchdog offers new details to its preliminary finding last April of patient safety issues at the Washington, D.C., medical center.
President Donald Trump insists he is "not backing down" on his plan to impose stiff tariffs on imported steel and aluminium despite anxious warnings from House Speaker Paul Ryan and other congressional Republicans of a possible trade war. The president said North American neighbours Canada and Mexico would not get any relief from his plan to place the tariffs on the imports but suggested he might be willing to exempt the two longstanding allies if they agreed to better terms for the North American Free Trade Agreement.
A photo of a little girl standing in awe in front of former First Lady Michelle Obama's official portrait is melting collective hearts across the Internet. On Thursday, Ben Hines shared a photo of the girl staring up at Obama's painting in the National Portrait Gallery in Washington D.C. "Donna Hines and I made a pilgrimage today and we were delighted to wait in line behind this fellow art lover & hopeful patriot," the post said.
Sally Hawkins and Octavia Spencer in Mexican director Guillermo del Toro's "The Shape of Water." The film is this year's top Oscar contender, with 13 nominaitons.
Chicago would spend $8.5 billion over eight years to expand its O'Hare International Airport under a plan Mayor Rahm Emanuel is expected to introduce to the city council on Wednesday, the Chicago Tribune reported on Monday. Molly Poppe, a spokeswoman for Chicago's finance department, said the city would use "traditional airport financing mechanisms," adding that details would be released soon.
Tucked into President Trump's budget is funding to construct a cemetery in Queens for at least 50,000 veterans as part of a new effort to expand burial options in densely populated cities for families of service members. Unlike a traditional cemetery, the site in St. Albans would be an outdoor columbarium only for the cremated remains of New York City area service members and their spouses.
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks with White House Secretary Rob Porter and Sen. Mike Lee as they return to the White House December 4, 2017 in Washington, DC. U.S. President Donald Trump speaks with White House Secretary Rob Porter and Sen. Mike Lee as they return to the White House December 4, 2017 in Washington, DC.
A Nunavut judge has written a passionate objection to the Supreme Court's time limits for criminal trials, saying they do not respect Inuit culture or the geography of northern Canada. Judges are usually bound by Supreme Court precedents.
Former FBI Director James Comey testifies during a U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, June 8, 2017. With the No.
Steve Wynn, the Las Vegas mogul who built several of the best-known casinos on the Vegas strip, has been accused of forcing a woman to have sex during a 2005 meeting in his office. The woman went to the office to give Wynn a manicure : After she gave Mr. Wynn a manicure, she said, he pressured her to take her clothes off and told her to lie on the massage table he kept in his office suite, according to people she gave the account to.
One year after exchanging pleasantries with a newly-inaugurated President Donald Trump and ascending onto Marine One for the final time, former President Barack Obama has remained a central figure across the United States and global political scene. As his successor has seemed to systematically target key components of his legacy, Obama has been strategic, according to current and former aides, in choosing when and how to speak out.