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Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz on Thursday defended her decision to keep IT aide Imran Awan on her staff months after she was informed he was under investigation for fraud. Awan, who was arrested at Dulles airport last week allegedly trying to flee the country, is charged with mortgage fraud for listing a rental property as a "principal residence" while attempting to secure a line of homeowner equity credit.
McCain is in a more reflective place in his long Senate career as he faces a serious health challenge and undergoes chemotherapy for brain cancer. McCain aims to revive immigration reform when he returns to Congress McCain is in a more reflective place in his long Senate career as he faces a serious health challenge and undergoes chemotherapy for brain cancer.
Vice President Mike Pence speaks during the Tennessee Republican Party's Statesmen's Dinner at Music City Center in Nashville, Tenn., Thursday, Aug. 3, 2017. Vice President Mike Pence speaks during the Tennessee Republican Party's Statesmen's Dinner at Music City Center in Nashville, Tenn., Thursday, Aug. 3, 2017.
West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice announced Thursday he's switching parties to join Republicans as President Donald Trump visited the increasingly conservative state. Justice told about 9,000 Trump supporters at a rally in Huntington that he will be changing his registration Friday.
Washington, D.C.- Senator John McCain, Chairman of the International Republican Institute , issued the following statement on the confirmation of Ambassador Mark Green as Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development : "I'm proud that the Senate today confirmed Ambassador Mark Green as Administrator of USAID. Mark has dedicated his life and career to public service and advancing human rights and democracy around the world.
Congressional candidate E Brian Rose says Steven Palazzo fraudulently sought deferments to avoid serving in Iraq. #2018@wlox pic.twitter.com/XDcCUCLWhS Rose provided previously unreleased documents and information regarding Palazzo's service, saying Steven Palazzo sought special favors to be assigned duty at Camp Shelby, rather than be sent to Iraq with the 155th battalion in 2004.
Ketchum's family said last July that he had been refused treatment at the VA medical center in Iowa City and he committed suicide hours after. He had been struggling with PTSD after serving three tours.
Members of Congress just headed home after a brutal fight over repealing Obamacare, and they won't be back in Washington until September 5. The battles that await them are even more impossible - and they're only set to be in session for 12 days before they need to act to prevent a government shutdown and an economic crash. "September is going to be a very difficult month," said House Freedom Caucus chairman Mark Meadows shortly before the break.
After a crackdown on illegal immigration that has sharply reduced the number of unauthorized border crossings from Mexico, U.S. President Donald Trump is now turning his attention to reducing the number of legal immigrants in the country. The White House is throwing its support behind a bill developed by Republican senators Tom Cotton of Arkansas and David Perdue of Georgia that would cut legal immigration by 50 percent over 10 years by reducing the kinds of relatives immigrants can bring into the country.
President Donald Trump has embraced legislation that would dramatically reduce legal immigration and shift the nation toward a system that prioritizes merit and skills over family ties. Trump joined with Republican Sens. David Perdue of Georgia and Tom Cotton of Arkansas to promote the bill, which so far has gained little traction in the Senate.
Trump joined Sens. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., and Davi... A bill endorsed by President Donald Trump that would change the U.S. immigration system may harm farm labor. The bill by Republican Senators Tom Cotton of Arkansas and David P... ALLIANCE, Neb.
Following an announcement about legislation to overhaul the U.S. immigration system, President Donald Trump touted the record high of the Dow Jones Industrial Average, saying "we picked up four trillion dollars in net worth."
The Reubens, bacon-scallop grits and lobster-stuffed avocado-and happy servers at the diner counter-make CF Folks a hole-in-the-wall hit. The Reubens, bacon-scallop grits and lobster-stuffed avocado-and happy servers at the diner counter-make CF Folks a hole-in-the-wall hit.
Employees work on the production line at the Foxconn Technology Group complex in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen in this file photo. Foxconn officials have not responded to a claim by President Donald Trump that the company plans to spend $30 billion in the U.S. MADISON, Wis.
As tens of millions of Americans prepared for the very real possibility they would lose their health care last week, Nevada's U.S. Sen. Dean Heller was doing a whole lot of nervous giggling. In one instance, Heller awkwardly laughed a little too heartily when President Trump casually threatened him on national television after positioning him as his right-hand man at a White House luncheon, asking the country, "Look, he wants to remain a senator, doesn't he?" Heller's uncomfortable goofy grin and insincere chuckles spoke volumes, and it was obvious at that moment that he had received the President's message and would choose Trump over his constituents.
After six months of infighting, investigations and legislative failures, President Donald Trump is trying to combat new signs of weakness in his Republican base and re-energize his staunchest supporters. White House officials have been urging the president to refocus on immigration and other issues that resonate with the conservatives, evangelicals and working-class whites who propelled him to the Oval Office.
President Donald Trump's endorsement of legislation to restrict and reshape legal immigration is based on some shaky assumptions, such as the idea that low-wage green-card holders are flooding in to take jobs from Americans. Trump swung behind a bill from Republican Sens. David Purdue of Georgia and Tom Cotton of Arkansas, calling it "the most significant reform to our immigration system in half a century" if made law.
Foxconn Technology Group is not saying whether it plans to invest US$30 billion in the United States, as President Donald Trump claimed the company's leader told him "off the record." Trump announced to a group of small-business leaders at the White House on Tuesday that Foxconn chief executive Terry Gou told him privately that the Taiwanese electronics manufacturer could invest ... Foxconn Technology Group is not saying whether it plans to invest US$30 billion in the United States, as President Donald Trump claimed the company's leader told him "off the record."
Trump hailed what he called 'the most significant reform to our immigration system in half a century' [Carlos Barria/Reuters] US President Donald Trump on Wednesday threw his weight behind efforts to give English-speakers priority for US residency cards and halving the number of legal migrants admitted to the country. Trump backed proposals that would reform the process of obtaining a US "green card" by introducing a points-based system favouring skilled anglophone workers.