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Ahead of a likely 2018 run for U.S. Senate , Gov. Rick Scott has set up a political action committee designed to appeal to younger and Hispanic voters. The super PAC, called New Republican and announced last week, is meant to sell the GOP 's philosophy to young voters who want less government in their lives, Scott said.
From left, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., ranking member on the Senate Judiciary Committee, Sen. Cory A. Booker, D-N.J., and Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., walk on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, May 18, 2017, to meet with Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein for a briefing of the full Senate amid controversy over President Donald Trump's ... (more)
Jackie Robinson has been looking into buying her parents farm, Leaves and Blooms Greenhouses in Dover-Foxcroft. Robinson has been running the farm for seven years, but she is unable to get a loan because of defaulting on her student loan payments.
Gene Goldstein, center right, and his family stop for a photo outside the Nassau Veteran's Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale, N.Y., which is hosting the final performances of the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus, Sa... A man accused of mowing down pedestrians in Times Square, killing a teenage Michigan tourist and injuring 22 others, says he had been trying to get psychiatric help. Now that New Orleans has removed three prominent Confederate statues and a monument heralding white supremacy, what should it do with them?.
Welcome back to "The Stakes," where this week Senior National Correspondent Jamil Smith sat down with Let America Vote founder Jason Kander, the Army veteran and former Missouri secretary of state who narrowly lost his U.S. Senate race last fall to Republican incumbent Roy Blunt. Many of the balloons that were released Sunday evening in Loose Park bore a picture of Spider-Man because he was Marcus Haislip III's favorite super hero.
A group of graduating seniors from the University of Notre Dame turned their backs on their own graduation ceremony in protest of Vice President Mike Pence, who gave their commencement address there on Sunday. The protests, which were organized by a student activist group at Notre Dame called We Stand For, were staged in response to "marginalized people affected by Pence's politics," according to a Facebook post published by the group last week, which urged students to join them in the walk out.
Dozens of graduates and family members silently stood and walked out Sunday as Vice President Mike Pence began his address at Notre Dame's commencement ceremony. Pence, the former governor of Indiana, was invited to speak after Notre Dame students and faculty protested the prospect of President Donald Trump being invited to become the seventh U.S. president to give the commencement address.
Dozens of graduates of the University of Notre Dame walked out of their commencement ceremony in protest on Sunday when Vice President Mike Pence started to speak. As the VP was introduced as the keynote speaker, some of the graduates stood up and walked out.
Dozens of students walked out of Notre Dame University's commencement exercise on Sunday to protest a speech by U.S. Vice President Mike Pence, who warned graduates of the prestigious Catholic school against suppressing free speech. The protesters, among the thousands of graduates and guests assembled in the university's football stadium, stood up when the conservative Republican began his speech and streamed out of the ceremony, to the jeers of some of those who remained.
Graduates and their families were on the University of Notre Dame campus Sunday morning for commencement - and so were protesters. Commencement speaker Vice President Mike Pence was the target of their anger.
U.S. Rep. Al Green has received multiple voice mails, containing racial slurs and lynching threats, for calling U.S. President Donald Trump to be impeached. The Texas congressman played the recording to an audience of around 100 in a Houston town hall, Huffington Post reports.
Dozens of the Catholic university's class of 2017 quietly filed out as VP Mike Pence began his commencement speech, videos show - fulfilling a planned protest of President Trump's no. 2. "Father Jenkins, Board of Trustees, distinguished members of the faculty, my fellow honorees, guests, grandparents, parents, family and friends gathered here," Pence began after most protesters had cleared out and boos had died down.
In protest, students walk out on Mike Pence's Notre Dame commencement speech More than 100 students made the gesture Sunday to protest Pence's stance on gay rights, immigration and refugees. Check out this story on USATODAY.com: https://usat.ly/2r64XgD SOUTH BEND, Ind.
Adam Schiff Schiff struck by Trump's suggestion to 'deemphasize human rights' Sunday shows preview: Trump abroad as Russia probe heats up Lawmakers vow to move ahead with Russia probes MORE said he was taken aback Sunday by what he says was President Trump's suggestion to "deemphasize human rights" issues during the president's speech in Saudi Arabia to leaders of majority-Muslim nations. "I think this is a broader element of the administration's policy that they're going to deemphasize issues of human rights," Schiff said on CNN's "State of the Union."
California Democrats on Saturday elected a longtime party activist to become their new chairman, after a contentious day of voting in which a second candidate backed by Sen. Bernie Sanders Sanders backers fall short in California Democrat race Russian government promotes conspiracy surrounding murdered DNC staffer Bernie backers fight to take over California Democrats MORE Meeting in Sacramento in the shadow of the state capitol, California Democrats elevated vice chairman Eric Bauman to the top job. Bauman edged out Kimberly Ellis, a Bay Area Democratic activist, by just about 60 votes out of 3,300 eligible delegates.
Members of key congressional committees pledged today to proceed with aggressive investigations into Russia's meddling into the U.S. election and any ties with the Trump campaign, saying the American people need a full airing as to why former FBI director James Comey was ousted. Comey was fired by President Donald Trump earlier this month.
President Donald Trump's budget hasn't been released yet, but that's not stopping some of Capitol Hill's most important Republicans from giving it a cold shoulder. Trump's blueprint for the 2018 budget year comes out Tuesday, and it's certain to include a wave of cuts to benefit programs such as Medicaid, food stamps, federal employee pensions and farm subsidies.
Yet another impeachable offense Column by Dick Polman Check out this story on jacksonsun.com: Forgive my frequent references to Richard Nixon. It's just eerie how his impeachable behavior is being replicated by the current con man.
As Utah Republicans met for their annual state convention Saturday, delegates broke from routine debates about party platforms to give Rep. Jason Chaffetz a warm send-off. As Utah Republicans met for their annual state convention Saturday, delegates broke from routine debates about party platforms to give Rep. Jason Chaffetz a warm send-off.