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House Speaker Michael Madigan abruptly canceled plans for lawmakers to return to the Capitol on Wednesday and vote on an override of Gov. Bruce Rauner's education funding veto, citing "progress" made during several hours of closed-door negotiations. "I am hopeful we can finish our negotiations shortly to ensure schools around the state can receive the money needed to operate schools throughout this school year," Madigan said in a statement late Tuesday.
State Treasurer John Chiang picked up two key endorsements Tuesday, with Rep. Brad Sherman, D-Sherman Oaks, and Los Angeles City Councilman Bob Blumenfield throwing their support behind the gubernatorial candidate. The endorsements came as Democratic candidate Chiang stumped in the San Fernando Valley.
On Tuesday, President Trump will visit a state he loves to make waves in for exactly the kind of events he loves to make waves at: a border tour and campaign-style rally in Arizona. For Trump, it's a precarious moment.
The August 15 primary in Alabama winnowed a very crowded ten person field down to two candidates. The 'colorful' former chief justice of Alabama's Supreme Court and two time candidate for governor Roy Moore and Mitch McConnell's creature, the aptly named Luther Strange.
The last time Republican tax writers unveiled legislation for overhauling the tax code, it elicited this telling response from the Speaker of the House: "Blah, blah, blah, blah." It was February 26, 2014, and the House Ways and Means Committee had just unveiled a tax overhaul discussion draft, with full legislative text and both dynamic and static scores from the Congressional Budget Office.
Bags of heroin, some laced with fentanyl, are displayed before a press conference regarding a major drug bust, at the office of the New York Attorney General, September 23, 2016 in New York City. New York State Attorney General Eric Scheiderman's office announced Friday that authorities in New York state have made a record drug bust, seizing 33 kilograms of heroin and 2 kilograms of fentanyl.
James Hodgkinson of Belleville protests outside of the United States Post Office in Downtown Belleville Tuesday. Hodgkinson is part of the "99%" team drawing attention to the disproportionate amount of money and political power the top 1% of Americans have acquired.
The Congressional Black Caucus announced a plan to rid Trump administration policies of "racism" during a call with reporters Monday. Louisiana Democratic Rep. Cedric Richmond, along with other members of the black caucus, discussed their "Root Out Racism" campaign that would target racism in the Trump White House and combat "discriminatory" federal policies enacted by the administration, reports NBC News .
President Donald Trump is trying to turn the page on a disastrous week in which his comments responding to white supremacists' actions in Charlottesville, Virginia, were condemned across the political spectrum by all but his adoring base. Less than 24 hours after delivering a primetime speech outlining his Afghanistan strategy, Trump will hold a campaign-style rally in Phoenix.
In the minutes that ticked by in the 8 a.m. hour on Monday morning, Judge Joseph J. Bruzzese Jr. was walking through the narrow alley in the shadow of the Jefferson County courthouse when a man got out of his car in the nearby bank parking lot and opened fire. Police say Bruzzese returned fire, and a nearby probation officer stepped in and ultimately killed the suspect.
A conference call between House Majority Whip Steve Scalise -- recovering from a June shooting -- and House Republicans on Monday was "very emotional," House Speaker Paul Ryan says. "It was really, very emotional for us," Ryan said at a CNN town hall in Racine, Wisconsin, on Monday night.
Bill Cosby has hired Michael Jackson's former lawyer to represent him at his November retrial on sexual assault charges in Pennsylvania. Cosby's spokesman announced yesterday that the 80-year-old comedian is bringing in Tom Mesereau to lead a retooled defense team.
President Donald Trump checks hands with House Speaker Paul Ryan before a meeting in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, on June 6, 2017 in Washington, D.C. President Donald Trump checks hands with House Speaker Paul Ryan before a meeting in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, on June 6, 2017 in Washington, D.C. House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., said Monday that he was disappointed with President Donald Trump's failure to denounce white supremacists in the wake of violence at a rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, but Ryan said he would not endorse an effort to formally censure Trump for his response. "I do believe he messed up in his comments on Tuesday," Ryan said during a town hall on CNN.
President Donald Trump, admitting he came into office wanting to pull all U.S. troops out of Afghanistan, said Monday he had changed his mind and had approved an open-ended military commitment to prevent terrorist safe havens there. In a televised prime-time speech Monday night before an audience of troops at Fort Myer, across the Potomac River from Washington in Virginia, the president told the nation that the "immense" security threats from South Asia dictated that the United States remain involved after nearly 17 years in Afghanistan.
Phoenix's top cop promised Monday there are sufficient protections in place for today's Trump rally to prevent a repeat of the violent clashes that happened in Charlottesville. The police chief said Phoenix has a long history of being the site of political hot-button events, rallies and marches.
WASHINGTON a How unstable and divorced from reality is President Trump? We've reached the point where the nation has the right and the need to know. We're not accustomed to asking such questions about our presidents.
Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton put it another way, in a statement ahead of Donald Trump's planned rally in Phoenix on Tuesday: "I am disappointed that President Trump has chosen to hold a campaign rally as our nation is still healing from the tragic events in Charlottesville." While Stanton noted that the Constitution protects the right to free speech -- and that the Phoenix Convention Center can be rented by anyone -- he hoped Trump would delay his visit.
Washington >> Mike Thompson , Vallejo's representative in Congress, has submitted a letter to Secretary of Defense James Mattis urging him to begin the process of renaming military installations across the country that are named for Confederate figures, Thompson's office announced Monday. The letter is co-signed by 21 other members of Congress, including House Armed Services Committee Ranking Member Adam Smith .
The nation's political split over President Donald Trump is expected to be on full display Tuesday as hard-core backers of the Republican president flood into the Phoenix Convention Center and police brace for protests from opponents outside. The rally organized by the Trump campaign will also be a test of the president's support among his base and elected Arizona Republicans, some of whom won't show up because of the possible damage he can do to their own political standing.