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Two Democratic lawmakers asked Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt on Monday for documents related to proposed changes to vehicle fuel emission standards and California's authority to set its own measures, and accused him of misleading Congress of the agency's plans. FILE PHOTO: Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt speaks during an interview at his office in Washington, U.S., July 10, 2017.
The illegal immigrant caravan swamped border officials in San Diego Sunday as hundreds of people showed up at the San Ysidro port of entry and demanded admittance and asylum as reporters, immigrant rights activists and Mexican watched. After a month of traveling across Mexico, hundreds of people, most of them from Honduras, massed in Tijuana and began to present themselves to U.S. border officials, reciting the script they've been coached to deliver to clear the first hurdles toward asylum.
Donald Trump has renewed his criticism of the new US embassy in Nine Elms, London , saying it is in a 'lousy' and 'horrible' location and cost too much. The US president, who is visiting the UK on July 13, lashed out again at the move from Grosvenor Square in the centre of the capital to a new location south of the Thames.
Senator Lamar Alexander and U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zink to discuss their plan to help address the $215 million in the Park's backlogged maintenance needs after visiting the closed Look Rock campground in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The Look Rock Campground on Foothills Parkway in GSMNP has been closed for five years due to lack of funding for repairs to its water treatment facility, roads, and other facilities.
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.
Randa Jarrar attends the 2017 Vulture Festival Los Angeles "Feminist AF" at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel on Saturday, Nov. 18, 2017, in Los Angeles. Randa Jarrar attends the 2017 Vulture Festival Los Angeles "Feminist AF" at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel on Saturday, Nov. 18, 2017, in Los Angeles.
Former President Barack Obama will deliver a high-profile address in July marking the 100th anniversary of Nelson Mandela's birth as he continues to shape his post-White House platform. Like all of Obama's public appearances since leaving the White House, the lecture in Johannesburg isn't likely to raise his successor, President Donald Trump, by name.
An island-wide blackout hit Puerto Rico on Wednesday as the U.S. territory struggles to repair an increasingly unstable power grid nearly seven months after Hurricane Maria. Officials said an excavator accidentally downed a transmission line.
An island-wide blackout hit Puerto Rico on Wednesday as the U.S. territory struggles to repair an increasingly unstable power grid nearly seven months after Hurricane Maria. Officials said an excavator accidentally downed a transmission line.
Crain's columnist Joe Cahill has been a tireless cheerleader for Mayor Rahm Emanuel's dream of upscale express service to O'Hare. Back in February 2017 Cahill first made the argument that Chicago won't be able to maintain its status as a world-class city unless it offers business travelers and well-heeled visitors a seamless connection from the airport to the Loop.
An early morning runner crosses in front of the U.S. Capitol as he passes the flags circling the Washington Monument in Washington. Control of Congress and power in Washington is at stake this fall.
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra , accompanied by Gov. Jerry Brown March 7 discusses remarks made by U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions, in Sacramento, Calif. Becerra, a Democrat, filed a federal lawsuit immediately after U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross announced a citizenship question would be added to the 2020 census.
In this April 13, 2018, photo, packages from Internet retailers are delivered with the U.S. Mail in a apartment building mail room in Washington. Clicking "checkout" on an online purchase could cost more after a Supreme Court case being argued April 17. In this April 13, 2018, photo, packages from Internet retailers are delivered with the U.S. Mail in a apartment building mail room in Washington.
A Trump administration plan to ask people if they are U.S. citizens during the 2020 census has prompted a legal uproar from Democratic state attorneys general, who argue it could drive down participation and lead to an inaccurate count. Yet not a single Republican attorney general has sued -- not even from states with large immigrant populations that stand to lose if a census undercount of immigrants affects the allotment of U.S. House seats and federal funding for states.
Pro-Assad official says targeted bases were evacuated on Russian warning - BEIRUT - The Syrian government and its allies have absorbed a U.S.-led attack on Saturday and the targeted sites were evacuated days ago thanks to a warning from Russia, a senior official in a regional alliance that backs Damascus said. Damascus defiant as U.S. strikes prove more limited than feared BEIRUT - Syria, Russia and Iran shrugged off strikes on Saturday by the United States and its allies against three Syrian chemical weapons facilities, which drew angry condemnations but no indication that there would be a wider escalation.
In this April 12, 2018 photo released by Xinhua News Agency, the Liaoning aircraft carrier is accompanied by navy frigates and submarines conducting an exercises in the South China Sea.
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.