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On Tuesday, Sen. Jeff Flake, often an outspoken critic of President Donald Trump, announced he would not seek re-election for the Senate in 2018. As Sen. Jeff Flake made his stunning announcement on Tuesday that he will be retiring from the Senate, Jay Heiler, a Treasurer of the Arizona Board of Regents, made it clear that he's leaning toward running for the soon-to-be-vacant congressional seat and that he recently spoke with former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon about jumping into the 2018 midterm election battle.
President Donald Trump asked for a show of hands from Republican senators as he nears a decision on naming a new head of the Federal Reserve, the most critical personnel choice affecting the economy that he'll make in his presidency. Trump made the request during a lunch with GOP senators at the Capitol on Tuesday, said Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn, R-Texas.
Paul Weitz, a NASA astronaut who commanded the first flight of the space shuttle Challenger and flew on Skylab in the early 1970s has died at 85. Paul Weitz, a NASA astronaut who commanded the first flight of the space shuttle Challenger and flew on Skylab in the early 1970s has died at 85. Washington residents and politicians are up in arms about an only-in-DC phenomenon: a string of former embassies and diplomatic buildings whose governments have essentially abandoned them. Washington residents and politicians are up in arms about an only-in-DC phenomenon: a string of former embassies and diplomatic buildings whose governments have essentially abandoned them.
Washington residents and politicians are up in arms about an only-in-DC phenomenon: a string of former embassies and diplomatic bu... . In this Oct. 19, 2017 photo, the vacant Iranian embassy is seen in Washington.
During a candlelight vigil Jacqueline Melendez, left, and her husband Jose Melendez mourn the death of three victims who were killed in the recent shootings in the Seminole Heights neighborhood in Tampa on Su... . Interim Police Chief Brian Dugan speaks at a press conference regarding the recent three murders in the Seminole Heights neighborhood at the Tampa Police Department headquarters in Tampa, on Friday,... .
President Donald Trump is planning lunch with GOP senators after sparring with several of them, as congressional Republicans turn to overhauling the tax code. It will be Trump's first appearance as president at Senate Republicans' regular Tuesday policy lunch at the Capitol.
The Homeland Security Department said Monday wealthy financier William Browder, a British citizen who lobbied for a law targeting Russian officials over human rights, was cleared for travel to the United States on Oct. 18, four days before he says he was denied entry into the U.S. Browder tweeted on Sunday that Russian President Vladimir Putin placed him on an Interpol travel list and the U.S. had simultaneously revoked his visa. His comments drew outrage from congressional Republicans and Democrats who immediately demanded answers from American officials.
The U.S. Special Forces team caught in a deadly ambush three weeks ago in Niger did not request help from nearby French forces for about an hour after the firefight began near a village the Americans had visited during a reconnaissance mission several hours prior, the Pentagon's top general said Monday.
Eaves has been diagnosed with Guillain-Barre syndrome, and his hockey career is on hold while he reco... New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has launched a civil right investigation into The Weinstein Co. following sexual assault allegations against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein.
The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff has committed to redoubling communication efforts between the Pentagon and Congress on military matters. The Pentagon has announced that the US has over 6,000 soldiers stationed throughout Africa, even though several senators had previously been surprised to learn that there are even 1,000 American soldiers on the continent.
The U.S. Special Forces team caught in a deadly ambush three weeks ago in Niger did not request help from nearby French forces for about an hour after the firefight began near a village the Americans had visited during a reconnaissance mission several hours prior, the Pentagon's top general said Monday. It then took the French another hour to get fighter jets over the American troops, according to a new timeline provided by Gen.
These days it is hard to keep track of who is fighting against whom in Washington, D.C. President Trump is taking jabs at the press, Congressional Republicans are fighting Congressional Democrats as well as Steve Bannon and insurgent GOP primary challengers, President Trump is fighting against everyone all the time, including the former GOP candidate for president and Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Sen. John McCain. While much of the "inside-the-beltway" fighting is simply background noise, the level of animosity between some Republican senators such as Sens. McCain and Flake and the president, has risen to a very worrisome level.
Scores of mushers are demanding organizers of Alaska's Iditarod Trail Sled Do... . FILE - In this March 17, 2016, file photo, fog obscures the burled arch over the finish line of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in Nome, Alaska.
The sibling of a missing Texas toddler will remain in foster care as police await the identification of a body found Sunday. The sibling of a missing Texas toddler will remain in foster care as police await the identification of a body found Sunday.
US senator John McCain has issued a veiled criticism of President Donald Trump's medical deferments which kept him from serving in the Vietnam War. In an interview with C-SPAN last week, Mr McCain lamented that the military "drafted the lowest income level of America and the highest income level found a doctor that would say they had a bone spur".
President Donald Trump travels to Capitol Hill on Tuesday to meet with Senate Republicans at their weekly policy lunch as he pushes forward on tax cuts. Trump will speak broadly about the GOP agenda, according to a Senate aide.
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