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A group of House Republicans is seeking the Nobel Peace Prize for President Donald Trump because of his work to ease nuclear tensions with North Korea. Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un are working out the details of a historic summit that could take place by the end of May or early June.
In this April 12, 2018, file photo, Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wis., holds his weekly news conference at the Capitol in Washington. Ryan said in Beverly Hills, Calif., Wednesday, May 2, 2018, that a Democratic takeover of the House or Senate in November would lead to a stalemate in Congress while opening the way for partisan investigations of the Trump White House.
A group of House Republicans is seeking the Nobel Peace Prize for President Donald Trump because of his work to ease nuclear tensions with North Korea. A historic meeting between Trump and North Korea's Kim Jong Un over denuclearization could be announced by week's end.
Ohioans choose nominees for U.S. Senate, governor and other statewide offices in May, as well as deciding whether to approve changes to congressional map-making supported by both parties. On the Republican side, Attorney General Mike DeWine and Lt.
Evan Jenkins heads into the Fox News GOP debate on Tuesday, May 1, 2018, in Morgantown, W. Va. Evan Jenkins heads into the Fox News GOP debate on Tuesday, May 1, 2018, in Morgantown, W. Va.
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The Latest on bills in Oklahoma and Kansas to protect faith-based adoption agencies that won't place children in LGBT homes : The Oklahoma House has given final approval to a bill that would grant legal protections to faith-based adoption agencies that don't want to place children in homes with same-sex couples. The House voted 56-21 on Thursday for the bill over the boisterous objections of Democrats, who tried several parliamentary maneuvers to derail it.
Republican legislators in Kansas tried Thursday to break a political stalemate over a proposal to grant legal protections to faith-based adoption agencies that cite their religious beliefs for not placing children in LGBT homes. House and Senate negotiators drafted a new version of a bill that would prevent the state from barring agencies from providing foster care or adoption services if they refuse to place children in homes violating their "sincerely held" religious beliefs.
George W. Bush was in terrible political shape in the spring of 2006. The Iraq war was going disastrously, and voters were tired of the president, whose job approval rating in the RealClearPolitics average of polls was around 35 percent.
A federal judge won't delay part of a ruling that found problems with how North Dakota's voter identification laws affect Native Americans, despite the state saying it could lead to voter fraud. U.S. District Judge Daniel Hovland in his order Monday chided the state for raising a "litany of embellished concerns" about people taking advantage of his ruling last month that expand the proof of identity Native Americans can use for North Dakota elections.
Former pastor Mark Harris is back to challenge Robert Pittenger for the ninth Congressional District. While their respective websites can tell you where the candidates stand on issues, it's more difficult to understand "who" is funding these campaigns and how money factors into the race.
Democratic Sen. Tammy Baldwin, who is running for re-election this year in Wisconsin, opened up Tuesday about her mother's mental illness and prescription drug addiction, in a moment of candor Baldwin hoped would empower others with similar experiences to come forward. "This epidemic hits close to home for me and for so many others," Baldwin said, sitting across the table from a Milwaukee woman who also told her story of her father's struggles with addiction.
In this May 20, 2016, file photo, U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn, R-Colo., speaks in the state Capitol in Denver. A federal judge on Tuesday, May 1, 2018, ruled that Lamborn should be on the Republican primary ballot, finding Lamborn would likely prevail in a lawsuit contending his dismissal from the ballot in April was unconstitutional.
Senate candidate Mike Braun speaks during the Indiana Republican Senate Primary Debate among Braun, Luke Messer and Todd Rokita, Monday, April 30, 2018, in Indianapolis. Senate candidate Mike Braun speaks during the Indiana Republican Senate Primary Debate among Braun, Luke Messer and Todd Rokita, Monday, April 30, 2018, in Indianapolis.
Evan Jenkins heads into the Fox News GOP debate on Tuesday, May 1, 2018, in Morgantown, W. Va. Evan Jenkins heads into the Fox News GOP debate on Tuesday, May 1, 2018, in Morgantown, W. Va.
North Charleston police officers gather in the Dorchester-Waylyn neighborhood in June. The city wants residents to give feedback on the job officers are doing.
U.S. Sen. Edward Markey is leading a bipartisan group of senators calling on the Federal Labor Relations Authority to end efforts to close its Boston regional office until Congress can weigh in. The group said that by closing it seven regional offices, the authority would place staff farther away from those who rely on them to safeguard the rights of federal employees.
The two top officials in charge of security and toxic-waste cleanups at the Environmental Protection Agency have abruptly left their jobs, days after EPA administrator Scott Pruitt told lawmakers his subordinates were to blame for ethics problems that have imperiled his political future and prompted more than a dozen federal investigations. In statements Tuesday, Pruitt praised the two men - Pasquale "Nino" Perrotta, the security chief, and Albert Kelly, who ran the EPA's Superfund program - and gave no reason for their unexpected departures.