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After last year's successful drive to cut taxes, what does the majority party in Congress do for an encore? The answer for Republicans seems to be, "Not so much." For sure, Republicans in Washington feel good about the effect their overhaul of the nation's tax code is having on the economy, and recent polling suggests it's getting more popular as the midterm elections draw closer.
Over half a century ago, all eyes were on Selma, Ala., as police brutally beat peaceful protesters who were attempting to march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge on their way to the state capitol in Montgomery. Among the nearly 600 protesters in 1965 was 11-year-old Jo Ann Bland.
Joseph Kopser, a candidate for Texas' 21st District seat, speaks at a forum focused on environmental issues at Scholz Garten in Austin. Joseph Kopser, a candidate for Texas' 21st District seat, speaks at a forum focused on environmental issues at Scholz Garten in Austin.
'This Is On Them 100%': Fire Chief Blasts National Grid For Storm Response The fire chief in Hull took to Facebook to express his frustration with National Grid after power was knocked out in town for several days. More Than 100,000 Mass.
Several members of Congress joined civil rights activists and others Sunday afternoon for the annual commemoration of a day of racial violence in Selma dating to 1965. A bipartisan group including Rep. John Lewis of Georgia led the crossing of the Edmund Pettus Bridge.
Congressman John Lewis embraces Susan Bro, mother of Heather Heyer, while touching the Civil Rights Memorial during a wreath laying ceremony in Montgomery, Ala., on Saturday, March 3, 2018. Heather Heyer was killed in Charlottesville, Va., on Aug. 12, 2017, while protesting the Unite the Right rally.
READ: Trump Says Rep. Maxine Waters Needs 'An IQ Test' At Gridiron Dinner - President Donald Trump on Saturday night addressed the annual Gridiron Club Dinner, an event he skipped last year and one known for presidential humor. - Though he poked fun at his own administration's dysfunction GOP Panic Spreads to Pennsylvania - Republicans have spent over $9 million in a blue-collar district Trump carried by 20 points.
READ: Trump Says Rep. Maxine Waters Needs 'An IQ Test' At Gridiron Dinner - President Donald Trump on Saturday night addressed the annual Gridiron Club Dinner, an event he skipped last year and one known for presidential humor. - Though he poked fun at his own administration's dysfunction The most memorable jokes from Trump's Gridiron dinner speech - on Saturday participated in the Gridiron Club dinner's long-standing tradition of presidential speeches filled with self-deprecating humor, flinging barbs at his own administration as well as the usual targets.
President Donald Trump's administration appears unbowed by broad domestic and international criticism of his planned import tariffs on steel and aluminum, saying Sunday that the president is not planning on exempting any countries from the stiff duties. Speaking on CNN's "State of the Union," White House trade adviser Peter Navarro said: "At this point in time there's no country exclusions."
Here are the stories our DC insiders are talking about in this week's "Inside Politics" forecast, where you get a glimpse of tomorrow's headlines today. President Trump is slated to go to western Pennsylvania this weekend to campaign for the Republican candidate in the special election happening there next week.
Texas holds the nation's first 2018 primary elections Tuesday, March 6, 2018, and the campaign is providing a... . In this Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2018, photo, Matt McCall, standing, and other Republican congressional candidates attend a forum, in New Braunfels, Texas.
Members of Congress plan to join civil rights activists and others for the annual commemoration of a day of racial violence in Selma. A bipartisan group including Rep. John Lewis of Georgia is set to be on hand Sunday afternoon to recall "Bloody Sunday," the day in 1965 when voting rights protesters were attacked by police as they attempted to cross the Edmund Pettus Bridge.
President Donald Trump's announcement that he will impose stiff tariffs on imported steel and aluminum has labor unions and liberal Democrats in the unusual position of applauding Trump's approach, while Republicans and an array of business groups are warning of dire economic and political consequences if he goes ahead. Trade politics often cut along regional, rather than ideological, lines, as politicians reflect the interests of the hometown industries and workers.
Less than two years after Donald Trump won Pennsylvania by double digits, a special election race between a young Democrat and a deeply conservative Republican is now closer than either side had expected. The congressional race is being run in Pennsylvania's 18th district, but the March 13 election is expected to offer clues about how voters will turn out in the November midterms.
Rep. Duncan Hunter speaks at a September news conference in San Diego with Attorney General Jeff Sessions . Despite continued reports about investigations and titillating details of his behavior, nobody yet is counting the East County Republican out for re-election.
President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump walk across the South Lawn upon arrival on Marine One at the White House in Washington, D.C., on Saturday following a trip to Florida. President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump walk across the South Lawn upon arrival on Marine One at the White House in Washington, D.C., on Saturday following a trip to Florida.
Signs mark a polling site as early voting begins began on Feb. 20 in San Antonio. Early voting in Texas ran through last Friday, March 2. The 2018 primary elections kick off this week, and Democrats are already seeing reasons to be excited deep in the red, beating heart of Texas.
The House gave final approval Monday to a bill that will give tribes direct access to funds that will let them quickly post AMBER alerts over text messaging, radio and television to counties within reservation borders. The AMBER Alert in Indian Country Act was sparked by the May 2016 abduction of Ashlynne Mike, an 11-year-old Navajo girl.
It's taken just two weeks for Washington's immigration battle to fade from blistering to back-burner. Lawmakers now seem likely to do little or nothing this election year on an effort that's been eclipsed by Congress' new focus on guns, bloodied by Senate defeats and relegated to B-level urgency by a Supreme Court ruling.