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Gastonia Police arrested a former Lake Norman High School teacher Thursday on charges of statutory rape and indecent liberties with a child. According to arrest warrants, Jonathan Busch, of Mooresville, had sex with a girl who was reportedly between 12 to 15 years old from Gaston County.
Peter Strzok, the FBI agent wrapped in controversy because of text messages he'd written about President Trump and his role in several of the most politically contentious investigations at the bureau in recent months has been subpoenaed to testify before Congress. FBI agent Peter Strzok subpoenaed after anti-Trump text messages Peter Strzok, the FBI agent wrapped in controversy because of text messages he'd written about President Trump and his role in several of the most politically contentious investigations at the bureau in recent months has been subpoenaed to testify before Congress.
Florida's Brightline trains could run from Miami to Tampa Brightline on Friday announced it is getting serious about a long-discussed Orlando-to-Tampa extension. Check out this story on USATODAY.com: https://usat.ly/2tmUiO9 Brightline president Mike Reininger introduces the first of five Brightline trains that will offer high-speed service between Miami and Orlando at the company's operations facility in West Palm Beach, Fla., on Jan. 11, 2017.
President Donald Trump is letting bygones be bygones as he endorses embattled Alabama Republican Rep. Martha Roby for re-election. Trump tweeted on Friday: "Congresswoman Martha Roby of Alabama has been a consistent and reliable vote for our Make America Great Again Agenda."
Senator James Lankford speaks during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing to answer questions related to Russian use of social media to influence U.S. elections, November 1, 2017. f lawmakers really want to put an end to the ethically dubious and politically costly policy of separating children from parents who bring them across the border illegally, they should cut off funding allocated to the executive branch for that purpose, Senator James Lankford of Oklahoma explained to Thursday in an exclusive interview.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel today announced a plan to expand the City's transit-oriented development policy to include high-ridership, high-frequency CTA bus routes. Originally introduced in 2013, Chicago's TOD policy supports development around Chicago's train lines to both encourage lower carbon transportation choices and reduce household costs associated with car ownership.
President Donald Trump told Republicans on Friday they should "stop wasting their time" trying to pass an immigration measure before the November midterms, potentially sinking efforts by House leaders to build a consensus on a bill. Congress has been facing growing pressure to act on immigration, including from Trump himself.
Mayor Emanuel and the Chicago Film Office at the Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events today announced ten shows will film this summer and fall in Chicago. This includes filming for four new shows, as well as many returning long-running series including NBC's Chicago franchise.
A federal judge in New York ruled on Thursday that the structure of the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is unconstitutional, forbidding the agency from suing a company that advances money to people awaiting settlement payouts. The decision by U.S. District Judge Loretta Preska is at odds with a February ruling by the federal appeals court in Washington that upheld the CFPB's structure.
One insurance company proposes raising its premiums for Affordable Care Act health plans by 10 percent on average next year in Indiana, while the other insurer intends to hold its average rate steady and expand coverage statewide.
In a fresh reminder that political cooperation is not dead on Capitol Hill, the House on Friday overwhelmingly approved a sweeping package of over fifty bipartisan bills to address the misuse of prescription opioid pain medicine, as lawmakers voted to expand a variety of services under Medicare and Medicaid to deal with the drug scourge. "We can do things when we put partisan politics aside and work together," said Rep. Gus Bilirakis , one of a number of lawmakers who touted various provisions in the sweeping opioids measure.
We don't know what the Chinese equivalent of the old American warning of cutting one's nose off to spite one's face is, but let us hope it is kept in mind in Beijing.
"Republicans should stop wasting their time on Immigration until after we elect more Senators and Congressmen/women in November," Trump tweeted. "Dems are just playing games, have no intention of doing anything to solves this decades old problem.
Calling for a "strong" border, he says: "We cannot allow our Country to be overrun by illegal immigrants as the Democrats tell their phony stories of sadness and grief, hoping it will help them in the elections." Trump issued an executive order Wednesday to move to halt family separations, saying he was affected by the same images.
Demonstrators with the Poor People's Campaign await processing by U.S. Capitol Police after being peacefully arrested at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, June 21, 2018, where they protested the Trump administration and Congress' policies towards immigrant children and families and the poor. Rep. Steve Russell, R-Okla., left, and Rep. Mike Gallagher, R-Wis., walk to a closed-door meeting with House Republicans seeking more information about compromise legislation on immigration, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, June 21, 2018.
They would be further distraught about proposed tariffs on Canadian newsprint that may be disastrous for newspapers across Mississippi - especially the local community ones located in small towns across the state.
Minnesota's Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party is undergoing an internal struggle that threatens to take us even further into madness and indecency. I try to draw attention to what is happening here in the brief Weekly Standard article "The anti-Israel candidate" .
U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan holds a press conference on the immigration bill on Capitol Hill in Washington D.C., the United States, on June 21, 2018. Republican leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday delayed a vote on a "moderate" immigration bill amid chaos over the White House practice of separating families who illegally cross the U.S. border.
DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen looks at the executive order on immigration policy after U.S. President Donald Trump signed it and handed it to her as Vice President Mike Pence stands at his other side in the Oval Office at the White House on Wednesday..