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The Interior Department is to review large-scale national monuments in Colorado and Utah under an executive order that Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke said gives new voice to rural Americans. "Finally, rural America has a voice again," Zinke said Wednesday as President Donald J. Trump announced the executive order to study the Canyons of the Ancients National Monument in Colorado and Grand Staircase-Escalante and Bears Ears national monuments in Utah.
Sen. Donna Campbell , R-New Braunfels, has her first declared opponent for 2018. On Monday, Steven Kling announced that he plans to run for the SD 25 seat as a Democrat.
Jamaicans in the United States who send remittances to family back home may soon find themselves contributing to the construction of the Mexican border wall - a key commitment of US President Donald Trump's 2016 campaign. A United States congressman is proposing that an amendment be made to the US Electronic Fund Transfer Act to impose a fee for remittance transfers to certain foreign countries - including Jamaica.
Social Security can't even give a ballpark estimate for how much fraud there is in the program, a top official admitted to Congress on Wednesday - though he insisted they care about the matter and are working to weed out bogus payments, particularly in disability payments. Sean Brune, assistant deputy commissioner at the Social Security Administration's budget office, said they're trying to become more aware of the problems and looking for new tools to fight back, but said he couldn't guess at how bad the problem is.
Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter discusses plans for legislation to create Oklahoma Commission on Opioid Abuse. [Photo by Grayson Cook, The Oklahoman] Declaring that Oklahoma is in the midst of "an opioid abuse epidemic," Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter joined state lawmakers Wednesday in announcing support for a resolution to form an Oklahoma Commission on Opioid Abuse.
Research scientist like Chris Karstens with University of Oklahoma cooperative institutes for mesoscale meteorological studies has been working with The National Severe Storms Laboratory on FACETs, Forecasting a Continuum of Environmental Threats on this for about five years now. "Our project really is designed to bring about a new kind of warning paradigm for the National Weather Service," Karstens said.
During last year's campaign, Donald Trump promised cheering throngs that they'd eventually be so tired of winning that they'd beg for a respite from all those victories. But as President Trump's 100th day in office closes in this week, the Republican is woefully short of major legislative victories and time is running short.
This photo distributed on Wednesday, April 26, 2017, by the North Korean government, shows what was said to be a "Combined Fire Demonstration" held to celebrate the 85th anniversary of the North Korean army, in North Korea. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service.
Bishop Rudolph W. McKissick, Sr., left, escorts former Congresswoman Corrine Brown to the Bryan Simpson Federal Courthouse in Jacksonville, Fla,., Wednesday, April 26, 2017, for opening arguments in her trial. Brown was indicted in July on 22 counts involving conspiracy, mail and wire fraud, filing false tax returns and hiding income.
House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis. discusses the Republican agenda as he faces reporters during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 30, 2017.
Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin confirmed that the tax plan set to be unveiled later this afternoon will include a proposal to drive down the corporate tax rate from 35 percent down to 15 percent. Mnuchin confirmed the rate decrease at a discussion at the Newseum on Wednesday, calling it the " biggest tax cut and largest tax reform in the history of our country."
Former U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown is accused of using a charity as a personal slush fund in a federal fraud and conspiracy trial opening in Jacksonville. She has denied the charges.
The new leader of the House Russia investigation asked House Democrats to cool their barrage of criticism as part of a reset for the House intelligence committee that both sides hope will hold. Rep. Mike Conaway asked Democrats on the committee to curb their critiques for a bit while he got his footing as the new leader of the high-stakes probe, two sources familiar with the request told CNN.
Paul Ryan Ryan rejects ObamaCare subsidies in funding bill UN contacted Trump administration on ObamaCare repeal: report Shutdown fears spur horse-trading MORE on Wednesday threw cold water on a Democratic push to fund ObamaCare subsidies in a must-pass spending bill needed to avert a government shutdown this week. "We're not doing that.
President Donald Trump's former national security adviser, Michael Flynn, appeared to violate federal law when he failed to seek permission or inform the U.S. government about accepting tens of thousands of dollars from Russian organizations after a trip there in 2015, leaders of a House oversight committee say. The congressmen also raised new questions about fees Flynn received as part of $530,000 in consulting work his company performed for a businessman tied to Turkey's government.
Residents and business owners along shore of Lake Ontario are concerned about damage being caused by higher-than-usual lake waters. Many of them are blaming something called Plan 2014.
President Donald Trump plans to sign an executive order Wednesday directing his interior secretary to review the designation of tens of millions of acres of land as "national monuments," an action that could upend protections put in place in Utah and other states as Trump tries to rack up accomplishments in his first 100 days. The Antiquities Act of 1906 authorizes the president to declare federal lands as monuments and restrict how the lands can be used.
Congressional negotiators have inched towards a potential agreement on a catch-all spending bill that would deny President Donald Trump's request for immediate funding to construct a wall along the Mexico border. The emerging measure would increase the defence budget and eliminate the threat of a government shutdown on Mr Trump's 100th day in office this Saturday.
Furious Trump blasts the 'egregious overreach' of San Francisco judge who blocked his sanctuary city crackdown and says officials who protect illegal immigrants cause the DEATHS of Americans 'It was just a freak accident': Relative of grandfather killed when Bachelor contestant Chris Soules hit his tractor DEFENDS the reality star - even after he 'fled the scene and was arrested with open alcohol containers in his car' Sponsor of Ann Coulter's Berkeley speech PULLS OUT of the event amid fears of violence from 'leftist thugs' and mass protests Navy destroyer has close encounter with an Iran 'attack' boat in the Persian Gulf: US warship is forced to take evasive action after it was 'provoked' by the Revolutionary Guard's vessel Fox News employees file class action lawsuit alleging a 'Plantation-style management' where minorities are taunted with racial stereotypes and even forced to take ... (more)
Furious Trump blasts the 'egregious overreach' of San Francisco judge who blocked his sanctuary city crackdown and says officials who protect illegal immigrants cause the DEATHS of Americans 'It was just a freak accident': Relative of grandfather killed when Bachelor contestant Chris Soules hit his tractor DEFENDS the reality star - even after he 'fled the scene and was arrested with open alcohol containers in his car' Sponsor of Ann Coulter's Berkeley speech PULLS OUT of the event amid fears of violence from 'leftist thugs' and mass protests Navy destroyer has close encounter with an Iran 'attack' boat in the Persian Gulf: US warship is forced to take evasive action after it was 'provoked' by the Revolutionary Guard's vessel Fox News employees file class action lawsuit alleging a 'Plantation-style management' where minorities are taunted with racial stereotypes and even forced to take ... (more)