Senate moves ahead on GOP budget that’s key to taxes

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., joined at right by Secretary for the Majority Laura Dove, walks from his office to the chamber for the start of the legislative day, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2017. less Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., joined at right by Secretary for the Majority Laura Dove, walks from his office to the chamber for the start of the legislative day, at the Capitol in Washington, ... more WASHINGTON - The Senate is moving ahead on a Republican budget plan, a critical step in President Donald Trump and the party's politically imperative drive to cut taxes and simplify the IRS code.

Judicial Watch: State Department Reveals 2,800 Huma Abedin Government …

Clinton Email Federal Court Hearing Thursday, October 19 Contact: Jill Farrell, Judicial Watch , 202-646-5172 WASHINGTON, Oct. 17, 2017 / Christian Newswire / -- Judicial Watch revealed today that the U.S. Department of State Department admits it received 2,800 Huma Abedin work-related documents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation that were found on her estranged husband Anthony Weiner's personal laptop. Abedin was former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's deputy chief of staff.

Grassley threatens Trump EPA nominees over biofuels mandate

A Republican senator said Tuesday he may seek to block President Donald Trump's nominees for key posts at the Environmental Protection Agency unless the administration backs off a proposed reduction in the volume of biofuels blended into gasoline and diesel. Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa said he plans to speak with EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt about the Renewable Fuel Standard.

2 Democrats top fundraising for US House challengers in Indiana

Two Democrats seeking to challenge first-term Republican U.S. Rep. Trey Hollingsworth for his southern Indiana seat have each raised more than $200,000 in the first three months of their candidacies. Federal campaign finance reports filed by attorneys Dan Canon of New Albany and Liz Watson of Bloomington showed they've been the most successful fundraisers among potential challengers for Indiana's U.S. House seats in the 2018 elections.

She says three blond aliens took her aboard their ship when she was…

Bettina Rodriguez Aguilera is one of five Republicans running to replace Ileana Ros-Lehtinen when she retires at the end of next year She says three blond aliens took her aboard their ship when she was 7. Now she's running for U.S. Congress MIAMI - A Florida candidate for Congress said Monday she stands by her claims she was abducted to an alien spaceship at age 7 but that the incident shouldn't detract from what she's done here on Earth since then. Bettina Rodriguez Aguilera has claimed in past Spanish TV network appearances, most recently in 2011, that she was taken aboard a ship with three blonde creatures that resembled Rio de Janeiro's Christ the Redeemer statue.

Trump’s drug czar nominee withdraws in opioid flap

Marino's role helping the opioid industry, highlighted in recent exposA , led him to withdraw as president's nominee as drug czar. Trump's drug czar nominee withdraws after his role backing opioid industry exposed Marino's role helping the opioid industry, highlighted in recent exposA , led him to withdraw as president's nominee as drug czar.

Trump: Drug czar nominee pulls his name from consideration

Rep. Tom Marino, President Donald Trump's nominee to be the nation's drug czar, is withdrawing from consideration following reports that he played a key role in weakening the federal government's authority to stop companies from distributing opioids. Marino "has informed me that he is withdrawing his name from consideration as drug czar," Trump tweeted Tuesday.

U.S. indicts two Chinese in major fentanyl trafficking case

The U.S. Department of Justice said on Tuesday it has indicted two major Chinese drug traffickers on charges of making and selling highly addictive fentanyl to Americans over the internet. Xiaobing Yan, 40, and Jian Zhang, 38, were charged with conspiring to distribute large quantities of fentanyl and fentanyl analogues into the United States, the Justice Department said.

Bannon boosts Flake challenger, snubs Trump plea to back off

In this Aug. 30, 2016, file photo, former state Sen. Kelli Ward concedes to Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., during her primary election night party in Scottsdale, Ariz. President Donald Trump's former chief strategist Steve Bannon is boosting multiple challengers to GOP incumbents and the party's preferred candidates in next year's midterm elections /The Arizona Republic via AP) less FILE - In this Aug. 30, 2016, file photo, former state Sen. Kelli Ward concedes to Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., during her primary election night party in Scottsdale, Ariz.

Trump declines to express confidence in drug czar nominee in wake of Post/’60 Minutes’ probe

"President Trump said Monday he will declare a national emergency next week to address the opioid epidemic and declined to express confidence in Rep. Tom Marino , his nominee for drug czar, in the wake of revelations that the lawmaker helped steer legislation making it harder to act against giant drug companies. Trump's remarks came amid widespread reaction across the political spectrum to a Washington Post/'60 Minutes' investigation that Marino helped guide legislation that sailed through Congress last year with virtually no opposition.

Firm behind Trump dossier declines to respond to House panel’s subpoena

"The U.S. political research firm that commissioned a dossier on Donald Trump while he was running for president said on Monday it would not comply with subpoenas issued by the U.S. House of Representatives Intelligence Committee. Lawyers for Fusion GPS, which hired former British spy Christopher Steele to produce the Trump research, told the committee's Republican chairman, U.S. Representative Devin Nunes, in a letter that the subpoenas were flawed and that nothing in the subpoenas indicated the intelligence committee had authorized him to issue them.

Trump Says He’ll Re-Examine His Choice for Drug Czar: ‘This …

President Trump, speaking at an impromptu news conference on Monday, said he plans to have "a major announcement, probably next week," on the nation's opioid drug crisis. The president also said he'll take another look at the man he's nominated to be his drug czar, now that questions have surfaced about the nominee's support for the makers and distributors of prescription pain pills.

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Received this e-mail today from U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand in support of Rep. Krysten Sinema's U.S. Senate campaign: Huge news - my friend Congresswoman Kyrsten Sinema just entered Arizona's Senate race! This is one of... Latest news out of Nevada: Nevada Rep. Jacky Rosen has raised $1.2 million for her campaign next year to try to unseat Republican Sen. Dean Heller. The Democratic congresswoman on Monday announced her fundraising report for July through... Received this e-mail today from Dayton Mayor Nan Whaley's gubernatorial campaign: The other night, 60 Minutes and the Washington Post broke a huge story about the opioid crisis in America.

President Donald Trump stumps for South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster at Greenville fundraiser

President Donald Trump offered a full-throated endorsement of South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster's 2018 campaign on Monday, returning the favor for McMaster's early backing of Trump's successful 2016 presidential campaign. In a 25-minute speech that focused mainly on his own achievements since taking office nine months ago, Trump recalled the support McMaster offered en route to winning the South Carolina GOP primary as the nation's first statewide politician to endorse his presidential bid.