House Russia probe veers close to dysfunction at end of rocky week

The House intelligence committee's Russia investigation appeared Friday to be veering back off the rails after a rocky week, punctuated by the re-emergence of House Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes as a force in the probe. A visibly angry House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi said Friday she has met with House Speaker Paul Ryan multiple times to complain about Nunes never fully stepping away from the Russia probe - despite the California Republican's promise two months ago that he would step aside.

The Latest: Special counsel’s Trump probe adds Manafort case

The Associated Press has learned that the special counsel running the U.S. investigation into possible ties between President Donald Trump's campaign and Russia's government has assumed oversight of an ongoing investigation involving former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort. The investigation by special counsel Robert Mueller may also expand to look into the roles of the attorney general and deputy attorney general in the firing of FBI Director James Comey.

Trump Adviser Cohn Confident Congress Will Raise Debt Ceiling

President Donald Trump's chief economic adviser said Friday that Congress has no choice but to vote to raise the government's borrowing authority, and that the White House will consider spending cuts or other riders to avert an unprecedented default. Gary Cohn, the National Economic Council director, appeared to align himself with Trump's budget director, Mick Mulvaney, and against Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin, who has said Congress should pass a "clean" bill to raise the debt limit.

Trumpa s cuts could see hungry kids in vulnerable California GOP districts

In this May 23, 2017, photo, Budget Director Mick Mulvaney holds up a copy of President Donald Trump's proposed fiscal 2018 federal budget as he speaks to members of the media in the Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington. Trump's $4.1 trillion plan for the budget year beginning Oct. 1 generally proposes deep cuts in safety net programs, including the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, commonly known as food stamps.

Post-riot review finds Delaware prison poorly run, managed

An independent review ordered by Delaware's governor after a deadly inmate riot describes the state's maximum-security prison as dangerously overcrowded, critically understaffed, and poorly run and managed. According to the preliminary report, prison workers consider communication to be the top problem at James T. Vaughn Correctional Center.

Congress must focus on reducing drug costs

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The Latest: 36 dead from smoke in Philippine casino attack

Nest Labs is adding Google's facial recognition technology to a high-resolution security camera that will provide a glimpse at the potential for increasingly intelligent computers to see and understand everything... Nest Labs is adding Google's facial recognition technology to a high-resolution security camera that will provide a glimpse at the potential for increasingly intelligent computers to see and understand everything going on in people's homes. Witnesses say gunshots and explosions have been heard at a mall, casino and hotel complex near Manila's international airport in the Philippine capital.

Tell us your story and help preserve tax-exempt municipal bonds

With some Members of Congress talking about removing the tax exemption for municipal bonds as part of larger tax reform measures, the public power community must ensure that lawmakers understand all the benefits that flow from tax-exempt municipal bonds. In 2017, the American Public Power Association has ramped up advocacy efforts to maintain the tax exemption for municipal bonds.

Ohio GOP holds Toledo fund-raiser

The Ohio Republican Party raised money in Lucas County Thursday evening with a fund- raiser at the Inverness Club attended by national Republican Chairman Ronna Romney McDaniel and Ohio Republican Chairman Jane Timken. The private event at the exclusive West Toledo club drew some 120 people at ticket prices ranging from $250 to $10,000.

States seek to fill the void after Trump dumped the climate pact

Leaders of California, Washington and other states said Thursday they will work to fill the international leadership vacuum created by President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw from the Paris climate change agreement. Even before Trump was elected, California Gov. Jerry Brown had joined with other states and governments in Europe, Canada and China to pursue reductions in greenhouse gas emissions greater than those called for in the Paris pact.

Driver swallows false teeth then crashes into two parked cars on…

The driver of a minivan swallowed his false teeth, then hit a couple of parked cars near Fairview and Monroe. Spokane Police say the driver was heading south on Monroe, swallowed his teeth, lost control of the minivan ran into two cars in front of The Hub Tavern, forcing one of the parked cars to crash into the bar, causing major structural damage.

New ‘Blue Lives Matter’ laws raise concerns among activists

Following a spike in deadly attacks on police, more than a dozen states have responded this year with "Blue Lives Matter" laws that come down even harder on crimes against law enforcement officers, raising concern among some civil rights activists of a potential setback in police-community relations. The new measures build upon existing statutes allowing harsher sentences for people who kill or assault police.

Trump’s budget cuts West Coast quake warning system funding

President Donald Trump's budget proposal would cut federal funding for an earthquake early warning system for California, Oregon and Washington state, a development that seismology experts and some local leaders say would be the end of the project. The system being developed in conjunction with various universities is intended at providing critical seconds of warning when an earthquake has started and potentially dangerous shaking is imminent, allowing time for people to take cover and to slow or halt such things as critical industrial processes and transportation systems.

Undercover Planned Parenthood Video Removed from YouTube at Judgea s…

Yesterday evening, the Center for Medical Progress undercover footage - recorded at the 2014 and 2015 National Abortion Federation conventions - was removed from YouTube, supposedly for a violation of the site's Terms of Service agreement. A few hours later, news emerged that Judge William Orrick - the California district judge who granted NAF and Planned Parenthood's request for a preliminary injunction to prevent the release of this video footage - had ordered the CMP's lead investigator David Daleiden and his attorneys to appear at a June 14 hearing to consider holding them in contempt for releasing the footage yesterday morning.