Clinton: Cartwright-Comey exchange is vindication

SETH WENIG / ASSOCIATED PRESS Hillary Rodham Clinton prepares to sign copies of her book "What Happened" at a bookstore in New York on Tuesday. United States Congressman Matt Cartwright, , shakes hands with guests as he hosted a "Coffee with your Congressman" event at B'Nai B'rith Apartments, Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Tuesday July 11, 2017.

Would Trump Voters Really Revolt If He Kept DACA?

Infinite pixels have been spilled over what motivated Trump's voters in the 2016 election, with an endless barrage of research and anecdotes to bolster each competing analysis. But Trump's reported deal with Democrats to salvage the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program will provide a real-world test of what motivates most Trump partisans and what sort of compromises they will tolerate.

Tax cuts quiet once-deafening GOP call for fiscal discipline

Republicans spooked world markets in their ardor to cut spending when Democrat Barack Obama occupied the White House. Now, with a GOP president pressing for politically popular tax cuts and billions more for the military, few in the GOP are complaining about the nation's soaring debt.

Judge: Sessions can’t deny grant money for sanctuary cities

Attorney General Jeff Sessions can't follow through - at least for now - with his threat to withhold public safety grant money to Chicago and other so-called sanctuary cities for refusing to impose new tough immigration policies, a judge ruled Friday in a legal defeat for the Trump administration. In what is at least a temporary victory for cities that have defied Sessions, U.S. District Judge Harry D. Leinenweber ruled that the Justice Department could not impose the requirements.

HUD awards $4 million grant for East Chicago lead cleanup

The Department of Housing and Urban Development is awarding a $4 million grant to help with lead cleanup efforts in East Chicago. The northwest Indiana city is home to the USS Lead Superfund site, where lead was once salvaged from old car batteries and scrap metal.

House passes federal spending plan

A federal spending bill with an amendment aimed at preventing tolling on Interstate 5 and Interstate 205 has passed the U.S. House and is moving on to the U.S. Senate. The amendment was proposed by Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler, R-Battle Ground, earlier this month.

Lawmaker says Congress is partly to blame for rash of deadly military accidents

Congress is partly responsible for a string of military training accidents that killed two and injured more than 20 troops over the past week, the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee said Friday. Rep. Mac Thornberry, R-Texas, has blamed spending caps and delayed defense budgets, as well as the newest continuing budget resolution approved this month, for putting military service members at greater risk and said the new incidents at Fort Hood, Texas, Camp Pendleton, Calif., and Fort Bragg, N.C., are the latest evidence.

Commissioner Adam Putnam Issues Emergency Order

Commissioner Adam H. Putnam Issues Emergency Order Waiving Fee to Replace Concealed Weapon and Security Guard Licenses Damaged or Lost in Hurricane In the wake of Hurricane Irma, Florida Commissioner of Agriculture Adam H. Putnam today issued an emergency order to waive the fees to replace Florida concealed weapon licenses and security guard licenses that were lost or destroyed during the hurricane. "Hurricane Irma devastated Florida, and the last thing someone needs to worry about is paying a fee to have their concealed weapon license or security guard license replaced," said Commissioner of Agriculture Adam H. Putnam.

Boeing selects Triumph Group as major supplier for its U.S. Air Force T-X offer

If the Air Force awards the contract to Boeing, Triumph's Aerospace Structures business unit, located in Red Oak, Texas, will supply the wing, vertical tail and horizontal tail structures, with opportunities for additional work, generating 950 direct and indirect jobs. "Providing our military with the newest and most advanced training system is crucial to preparing future generations of warfighters," said Congressman Joe Barton who represents the 6th district in Texas where Triumph Aerospace Structures is located.

Lawmaker tried negotiating deal with Trump to help WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange

Rep. Dana Rohrabacher of California called White House Chief of Staff John Kelly this week to negotiate a deal to help WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, The Wall Street Journal reported Friday. The report claims that Rohrabacher, who chairs the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia, and Emerging Threats, would have submitted evidence that Russia was not the source of the thousands of hacked emails published by WikiLeaks during the contentious 2016 US presidential election.

Utah Governor Supports Newest Effort To Repeal And Replace Obamacare

Utah Gov. Gary Herbert is backing a new plan by two Republican senators to repeal and replace President Barack Obama's signature health care law. The GOP governor said at a news conference on KUED-TV Thursday that the plan from Sens. Lindsey Graham and Bill Cassidy offers the kind of flexibility he's been seeking for the state without a "one-size-fits-all" approach.

Otter’s higher ed task force backs a dozen recommendations, on 12 unanimous votes

Gov. Butch Otter's higher education task force today adopted 12 recommendations in a series of 12 unanimous votes, Idaho EdNews reports. Among them: Rewriting and resetting the "60 percent goal," extending it out for another five years in an effort to be more realistic and effective in the move to get more Idahoans into higher education; an increased emphasis on internships, apprenticeships and workplace-campus co-op programs that partner with industry; a statewide "digital campus" that task force members view as a "game-changer;" and more money for college scholarships.

Robinson: The beauty of Medicare for all

The smartest, savviest people in Washington will tell you Bernie Sanders' "Medicare for all" idea is dead on arrival, a waste of time and energy. But since those same smart, savvy people told you Donald Trump didn't have a prayer of becoming president, I'd advise keeping an open mind.

Trump Drives Wedge Between Candidates and His Base

Charlie Cook : "There are now signs that President Trump is succeeding in driving a wedge in the GOP between his base and the Republican Congress, blaming his own party for a lack of progress on Capitol Hill, something that could spell trouble for incumbents like Dean Heller in Nevada, Jeff Flake in Arizona, and possibly others." "The danger is two-fold.