Months of inaction led 20 Republicans to take a stand on immigration
They played basketball with his kids. They were the pride of the immigrant families upon which the Central Valley's agricultural economy relies.
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Democrats clash in heated New Mexico gubernatorial debate
Three Democratic candidates for New Mexico governor are taking shots at each other as the primary race for the state's open gubernatorial seat heats up. Sen. Joseph Cervantes and businessman Jeff Apodaca took turns during a KOAT-TV/Albuquerque Journal sponsored debate Sunday questioning Congresswoman Michelle Lujan Grisham about profits she made from a health care consulting company she co-founded.
Democrats’ newest midterm pitch: A crackdown on corruption
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., arrive to speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington on March 22, 2018. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., arrive to speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington on March 22, 2018.
Morning Spin: Lightfoot says mass shootings shouldn’t take focus off Chicago violence
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Capito tells PBHS grads to – care for each other’
One hundred and seventeen students from Philip Barbour High School celebrated their graduation and the completion of one chapter of their lives Friday evening during the school's 55th commencement.
Jamie Stiehm: Donald Trump Breaks Bread, Glasses and Republican Party at Lunch
Translated, the president of the United States is joining 50 Republican senators in the Capitol to crash their private Tuesday lunch. Nobody is glad to hear this on the Senate side.
Civil rights icon, Trump critic speak at BU commencement
A civil rights icon and a Caribbean politician who tangled with President Donald Trump offered Boston University graduates some choice words on America's cultural rifts.
Trump to demand DOJ review claims of FBI spy on campaign
Trump tweeted: "I hereby demand, and will do so officially tomorrow, that the Department of Justice look into whether or not the FBI/DOJ infiltrated or surveilled the Trump Campaign for Political Purposes - and if any such demands or requests were made by people within the Obama Administration!" Trump has been promoting a theory circulating in conservative circles about a possible FBI spy on the campaign, though his attorney has cast doubt on it. Rudy Giuliani, who represents Trump in the ongoing special counsel's investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election, said in a television interview last week that neither he nor Trump knows for certain if there was a spy on the campaign.
6nation + worldTexas school had a shooting plan, armed officers and…
A marquee at the Santa Fe Volunteer Fire Department announces the time and location for a vigil for the Santa Fe High School shooting victims Friday, May 18, 2018 in Santa Fe, Texas. The school district had an active-shooter plan, and two armed police officers walked the halls of the high school.
Florida’s expensive race for governor highlights lax laws
In this April 6, 2018, file photo, Adam Putnam, Republican gubernatorial candidate makes a campaign stop at Kimmins Contracting in Tampa, Fla. Florida's wide-open race for governor won't be decided for another six months, but it's already triggered a wave of expensive television ad buys from groups taking advantage of gray areas in the state's campaign finance laws.
Intelligence Committee Democrats: Trump Jr.’s reported meeting with Arab princes could be crime
The top Democrats on the Senate and House intelligence committees said Sunday Trump campaign officials may have committed a crime if a new report proves true: that three months before the 2016 election, President Trump's son met with two Arab princes and an Israeli political operative who offered to help his father win the presidential election. On Saturday, the New York Times reported that Donald Trump Jr. met on Aug. 3, 2016 with two wealthy princes, from Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, along with Joel Zamel, an Israeli expert in "social media manipulation."
Survivor’s mother: Texas shooter yelled ‘Woo-Hoo’ as he fired
One of the 10 people killed in the Texas school shooting was a girl who had rejected the suspect's advances for months, and stood up to him a week ago in class, the victim's mother said. Sadie Baze said her daughter, Shana Fisher, 16, was gunned down during art class at Santa Fe High School on Friday.
Democrats Have Georgia Governorship on Their Minds, But Face Challenges
The party's two primary candidates are a snapshot of a larger debate within the party about how to win in red states ATLANTA-Georgia Democrats, long underdogs in this red state, hoped to present a unified front this year as they pushed to elect a governor, a post they haven't held since 2003. Instead, they have the Battle of the Two Staceys: Tuesday's primary showdown between Stacey Abrams, an African-American former state House minority leader who lives in Atlanta, and Stacey Evans, a white former state representative from the city's northern suburbs.
On the media, the FBI and other ‘animals’
Anyone expecting President Donald Trump supporters to soften up on their allegiance to the president heading into the November midterm elections is sadly mistaken. This past week, Democrats, the FBI and the liberal elite media gave Team Trump strong reasons to remain solidly behind the Republican commander-in-chief and his "drain the swamp" cause.
Texas Teenager Kills 10 People on School Rampage Spree
A 17-year-old confessed to aiming for people he didn't like at a Texas high school when he opened fire Friday, killing 10 people Friday, a court document shows. Suspect Dimitrios Pagourtzis, 17, said to an investigator he spared people he liked to tell his story, and he acted alone, a probable cause affidavit says.
Russia probe pushback: 5 times the pattern plays oout
President Donald Trump started his Friday with a provocative tweet: "Reports are there was indeed at least one FBI representative implanted, for political purposes, into my campaign for president. It took place very early on, and long before the phony Russia Hoax became a 'hot' Fake News story.
Editorial: GOP moderates, step up on DACA discharge
In recent days, 20 Republican congressmen have signed a discharge petition aimed at forcing legislation out of committee and onto the floor, the better to resolve the standoff over DACA - Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals - and the Dreamers. Those are the undocumented immigrants who were brought to this country as youngsters, have grown up and gone to school here, and hope to become citizens.
Jeff Jacoby: Fire your congressman? There’s a fund for that
NORBERT RICHTER, an engineer whose business is the construction of ultra-light turbine helicopters, has a knack for getting innovative contraptions off the ground. That skill may prove handy as he attempts to gain altitude for a different sort of vehicle: a scheme to disrupt the shield of incumbency that makes it almost impossible to dislodge a sitting member of Congress.
Hold your bets: At least, for now
Not even Jeb Bradley could fix this one. He was powerless to bridge the gap between House and Senate negotiators on his bill dealing with how to pay for the care of animals seized following... The U.S. Supreme Court has opened up a new front in the long-running gambling wars.