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This year, even more than last year, people are dreading talking politics over Thanksgiving dinner. A new NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll finds that 58 percent of people celebrating the holiday are not excited about the prospect - and Democrats are less excited than Republicans.
Should the government borrow against the future? Should it guarantee higher taxes for your children and grandchildren in return for lower taxes for you? If government's moral legitimacy depends on the consent of the governed, as Thomas Jefferson argued in the Declaration of Independence, can the federal government morally compel those who haven't consented to its financial profligacy - because they are not yet born - to pay higher taxes? These questions are at the base of the debate - such as it is - in Congress these days over the so-called Republican tax reform plan.
In this June 14, 2017, file photo, Rep. Joe Barton, R-Texas, speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, about the incident where House Majority Whip Steve Scalise of La., and others, were shot during a Congressional baseball practice. Barton is apologizing after a nude photo of him circulated on social media.
Rep. Joe Barton, R-Texas, said U.S. Capitol Police had opened an investigation after a nude photo and a salacious sext surfaced on social media. America's roads and airports filled with Thanksgiving holiday travelers on what AAA said could be the busiest holiday travel day in more than a decade.
U.S. Rep. Joe Barton told a woman that he would complain to U.S. Capitol Police if sexually explicit photographs of him and other material from their relationship were to be exposed publicly, according to a published report. The Washington Post reported the threat Wednesday after Barton, a North Texas Republican, apologized for a nude photo of him that circulated on social media.
The Latest on U.S. Rep. Joe Barton's response to a nude photograph of him circulated on social media : A published report says U.S. Rep. Joe Barton of Texas told a woman to whom he had sent sexually explicit photos, videos and messages that he would report her to U.S. Capitol Police for exposing his behavior. The Washington Post reported on Wednesday that the woman, whom it didn't identify, played for the newspaper a recording of a telephone conversation she had with Barton in 2015.
Georgia Farm Bureau members will gather on Jekyll Island for the organization's 80th annual meeting Dec. 3 to 5. Gov. Nathan Deal, U.S. Dist 1 Rep. Buddy Carter and Georgia Commissioner of Agriculture Gary Black will address convention attendees during the general session on Dec. 4 from 8:30 a.m. to noon.
Rep. Joe Barton, R-Texas, said U.S. Capitol Police had opened an investigation after a nude photo and a salacious sext surfaced on social media. America's roads and airports filled with Thanksgiving holiday travelers on what AAA said could be the busiest holiday travel day in more than a decade.
U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan is a Democrat and says he always will be, but those in his party weren't spared criticism by the man who has represented the Alliance area in Congress since 2003. Ryan, D-13th, was the guest of the combined Thanksgiving Eve meeting of the Rotary, Kiwanis and Lions clubs of Alliance Wednesday at the Hoover-Price Campus Center at Mount Union.
Barton reportedly warned a woman that he would contact the police if she didn't stop communicating with other women he was previously romantically involved with. Republican Rep. Joe Barton of Texas reportedly warned a woman who received "inappropriate photographs and videos" of him that he would report the matter to Capitol Hill police, according to a transcript of a 2015 phone call obtained by The Washington Post .
FLOTUS gets festive! Melania Trump begins decking the halls at the White House in preparation for the holidays - maintaining her winter chic in a COAT, despite being indoors EXCLUSIVE: 'American mercenaries are torturing' Saudi elite rounded up by new crown prince - and billionaire Prince Alwaleed was hung upside down 'just to send a message' MS-13 member illegally in US 'helped lure man to a park where he was stabbed over 100 times, decapitated, and had his heart pulled out of his chest and thrown into a grave' 'I have come to despise so many of you:' Incredible resignation letter written by Beverly Hills soccer referee to 'entitled' parents American and United Airlines pay out $95 MILLION in compensation to Twin Tower developers over 'security lapses' that led to 9/11 Texas Congressman Joe Barton apologizes for leaked nude photo and graphic texts circulating online but has no plans to ... (more)
FLOTUS gets festive! Melania Trump begins decking the halls at the White House in preparation for the holidays - maintaining her winter chic in a COAT, despite being indoors EXCLUSIVE: 'American mercenaries are torturing' Saudi elite rounded up by new crown prince - and billionaire Prince Alwaleed was hung upside down 'just to send a message' MS-13 member illegally in US 'helped lure man to a park where he was stabbed over 100 times, decapitated, and had his heart pulled out of his chest and thrown into a grave' 'I have come to despise so many of you:' Incredible resignation letter written by Beverly Hills soccer referee to 'entitled' parents American and United Airlines pay out $95 MILLION in compensation to Twin Tower developers over 'security lapses' that led to 9/11 Texas Congressman Joe Barton apologizes for leaked nude photo and graphic texts circulating online but has no plans to ... (more)
President Donald Trump speaks to the press before departing from the south lawn of the White House in Washington, DC on November 21, 2017. President Donald Trump speaks to the press before departing from the south lawn of the White House in Washington, DC on November 21, 2017.
President Donald Trump speaks to reporters before leaving the White House Tuesday in Washington for a Thanksgiving trip to Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters before leaving the White House Tuesday in Washington for a Thanksgiving trip to Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla.
Facebook says it will show users if they followed or 'liked' Russia propaganda accounts on its service or on Instagram. The company said Wednesday it will launch a portal to let people see which accounts of the Internet Research Agency they followed between January 2015 and August 2017.
Heartbreaking moment woman bursts into tears after a neighbor shot her pet pit bull 'because it ran around inside their house' Texas Congressman Joe Barton apologizes for leaked nude photo and graphic texts circulating online but has no plans to resign over it Beginning of the end? Embattled U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore's communications director abruptly QUITS as sexual misconduct charges pile up 400 professors pen open letter urging students not to attend University of Rochester over claims a researcher preyed on female students John Conyers, 88, repeatedly touched aide at White House jazz concert - according to suit by woman who feared lawmaker's 'brawler' wife who called her 'his whore' EXCLUSIVE: Meet Malia Obama's new squeeze! He is a 19-year-old Harvard sophomore from the UK who attended the posh Rugby School in England and was considered 'quite the catch' Facebook bows to the ... (more)
Heartbreaking moment woman bursts into tears after a neighbor shot her pet pit bull 'because it ran around inside their house' Texas Congressman Joe Barton apologizes for leaked nude photo and graphic texts circulating online but has no plans to resign over it Beginning of the end? Embattled U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore's communications director abruptly QUITS as sexual misconduct charges pile up 400 professors pen open letter urging students not to attend University of Rochester over claims a researcher preyed on female students John Conyers, 88, repeatedly touched aide at White House jazz concert - according to suit by woman who feared lawmaker's 'brawler' wife who called her 'his whore' EXCLUSIVE: Meet Malia Obama's new squeeze! He is a 19-year-old Harvard sophomore from the UK who attended the posh Rugby School in England and was considered 'quite the catch' Facebook bows to the ... (more)
In the end, Hollywood superproducer Harvey Weinstein will be remembered for his sexual crimes far more than for his films. But even more poetically, his greatest impact may be ushering in a new era of shame and consequences for sexual predators and men behaving very badly.
Jackie Speier was a 23-year-old congressional staffer excited about her new job on Capitol Hill when her chief of staff got her alone in a room. Her 50-year-old boss grabbed her face and stuck his tongue down her throat.
After the deadly truck attack in Manhattan on... A person with knowledge of the deal says a former Michigan State University and USA Gymnastics doctor will pleaded guilty to sexual assault charges and face at least 25 years in prison. A person with knowledge of the deal says a former Michigan State University and USA Gymnastics doctor will pleaded guilty to sexual assault charges and face at least 25 years in prison.