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The Department of Education has the authority to extend enrollment requirements for school loan discharges if there are "exceptional circumstances," which is what should happen for students at the now-shuttered Charlotte School of Law, say a group of North Carolina U.S. Congress members. The letter to U.S. Department of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, dated Oct. 26, is signed by U.S. Reps.
Listen to The Larry O'Connor Show today from 3pm - 6pm as Larry speaks with Former Virginia Congressman Tom Davis about the governor's election in Virginia and petitioners seeking the removal of Fairfax School Board Member Sandy Evans following the name change of J. E. B. Stuart High School.
The Pentagon has known for at least two decades about failures to give military criminal history information to the FBI, including the type of information the Air Force didn't report about the Texas church gunman who had assaulted his wife and stepson while an airman. The Air Force lapse in the Devin P. Kelley case, which is now under review by the Pentagon's inspector general, made it possible for him to buy guns before his attack Sunday at a church in Sutherland Springs, Texas.
The man who carried out one of the deadliest US mass shootings escaped from a mental health facility in 2012, the same year he was convicted by a US Air Force court-martial of domestic abuse, according to a police report. Devin Kelley, who massacred 26 people at a church in rural southeastern Texas on Sunday, was convicted of assaulting his first wife and stepson while serving in the US Air Force in 2012, according to the Pentagon.
Twelve-term GOP Rep. Frank LoBiondo of New Jersey says he plans to retire, declaring that "our nation is now consumed by increasing political polarization" and that "there is no longer middle ground." The 71-year-old became the latest moderate Republican to make plans to step down as his party struggles with internal divisions under President Donald Trump.
Earlier today, Arizona senator Jeff Flake tweeted that he was working with New Mexico's Martin Heinrich on legislation in response to the Texas church massacre: Writing a bill w/ @MartinHeinrich to prevent anyone convicted of domestic violence - be it in criminal or military court - from buying a gun But wait. That's already federal law .
ST. IGNACE, Mich. - Michigan's U.S. senators want federal regulators to determine whether the company operating twin oil pipelines in a crucial Great Lakes waterway has violated safety requirements.
A year after a devastating defeat to Donald Trump, the party is still trying to move on. A disbarred lawyer who once represented Casey Anthony has been convicted of conspiring to fly a plane filled with $13 million worth of cocaine from Ecuador to Honduras.
More than two years after central Louisiana's state-owned charity hospital was closed, a legal dispute remains unsettled about whether state senators violated the law in agreeing to shutter the facility. The lawsuit accuses the Senate of flouting the open meetings law in its handling of legislation authorizing then-Gov. Bobby Jindal to close the LSU-run hospital in Pineville, Huey P. Long Medical Center.
Rep. Mike Thompson, D-Calif., left, joined by Rep. John Larson, D-Conn., questions House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady, R-Texas, about tax relief provisions for disaster victims as the panel begin the mar... . Volumes of tax regulations are stacked on the dais as the House Ways and Means Committee begins the markup process of the GOP's far-reaching tax overhaul, the first major revamp of the tax system in three decades, on Cap... .
The top Democrat on the House intelligence committee says the United States is "marginally better prepared" to prevent Russian interference in U.S. elections. But, Rep. Adam Schiff cautions that "the Russians are a very capable cyber-adversary."
One of America's leading and most controversial gun-accessory makers says it will resume sales Tuesday of a device known as a "bump stock." Bump stocks dramatically accelerate the rate-of-fire of semi-automatic rifles, allowing them to shoot almost as fast as fully-automatic machine guns, which are far more tightly regulated and expensive in the U.S. Slide Fire, a company based in Moran, Texas, suspended sales of its bump stock line of products in early October.
For starters, he said he was going to plead his Fifth Amendment rights in the ongoing probe into Russian meddling in the 2016 election, but then, he just kept talking! Specifically, Page is dishing on a July 2016 trip to Moscow, that was originally billed as a "personal" trip. Now, however, it's a trip he sought permission for, then later briefed top Trump campaign officials on.
Donald Trump rose from reality TV show host to POTUS by out culture-warring the GOP , Republican Sen. Jeff Flake told Trevor Noah on The Daily Show. The party's drift in that direction began years ago, the Arizona senator said, explaining, "We could not be the party of fiscal conservatism when we were ballooning our debt.
REVEALED: Harvey Weinstein used ex-Mossad agents and an 'army of spies' to gather details about the personal lives and sex histories of dozens of actresses and journalists he feared would expose him 'It has to work out!' Trump predicts success stopping North Korea's nuclear plans as he arrives in the South for top-secret military briefing Mariah Carey has undergone 'gastric sleeve surgery to lose weight after she found dancing difficult and was fed up of being body-shamed' Women are applying 300 chemicals to their face each day: Beauty expert reveals the dangers hiding in everyday cosmetics - and why we should ALL be 'going green' She's got some front! Shocking moment an Uber passenger wearing a bra is caught on camera stealing money from her driver's tip jar Delicious 'fast day' meal plans... that are just 800 calories: How to lose fat fast with our supercharged 5:2 party dress diet ... (more)
House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady, R-Texas, joined by Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wis., right, holds a proposed "postcard tax filing form" as they unveil the GOP's far-reaching tax overhaul, the first major revamp of the tax system in three decades, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 2, 2017. Some representatives from high-tax states, including California, were threatening not to vote for the bill because it would eliminate the deduction for state and local income taxes.
Carter Page brought up the idea of having President Trump travel to Russia during the presidential campaign, according to a closed-door testimony he gave last week. In a May 2016 email to advisers J.D. Gordon and Walid Phares, Page wrote, "If [Trump] would like to take my place [on a trip to Russia] and raise the temperature a little bit, of course I'd be more than happy to yield this honor to him."
Lawmakers from both parties repeatedly sparred with each other on Monday in the first full day of work before a key U.S. House committee on a GOP tax reform package, as Republicans made some small changes to the bill, trying to smooth over any internal party divisions on the tax details, which still might cause trouble for the Republican plan in both the full House and Senate. "Not only do we deliver tax relief for every American family, especially those who feel like they've been left behind," said Rep. Carlos Curbelo , as GOP lawmakers on the House Ways and Means Committee delivered a strong message in favor of the Republican tax reform bill.
Carter Page's six-plus hours of testimony before the House intelligence committee makes clear senior members of the Trump campaign were aware of the former Trump foreign policy adviser's July 2016 trip to Russia - and Page may have had interactions with more Russian government officials beyond what he's previously acknowledged, according to a transcript of the interview released Monday night. Page told the committee he was invited to speak in Russia after joining the campaign - a similar pattern to foreign policy adviser George Papadopoulos, who approached by a professor connected to the Russian government after the professor learned he was advising the campaign.