Flying tire shears through car
A driver came away with just minor injuries after a flying tire sliced through his car. Police say the tire flew off a pickup truck on Interstate-41 Friday morning in Menomonee Falls, northwest of Milwaukee.
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Bay Area a solidarity networka aims to protect undocumented immigrants
Rev. Nancy Palmer Jones, of the First Unitarian Church of San Jose, speaks during a press conference with public officials and faith leaders with the grassroots organization PACT at City Hall in San Jose, Calif., Friday, April 6, 2017. PACT will launch a county-wide "solidarity network" aimed at protecting and defending "immigrants who are living in fear under the threat of deportation."
In Syria, Trump and Obama faced same issue – and found different solutions
More than four years ago, President Barack Obama vowed action if Syria crossed a "red line" and used chemical weapons on its own people. But when hundreds of Syrians died in a chemical weapons attack in the Ghouta region outside Damascus in 2013, Obama failed to act.
The Nuclear Option: Senate confirms Trump pick to Supreme Court
The Senate confirmed Neil Gorsuch to become the newest associate justice on the Supreme Court Friday, elevating Donald Trump's nominee following a corrosive partisan confrontation that could have lasting impacts for the Senate and the court. Vice President Mike Pence was presiding as the Senate voted 54-45 in favor of Gorsuch, a 49-year-old veteran of the 10th U.S. Circuit of Appeals in Denver whose conservative rulings make him an intellectual heir to the late Justice Antonin Scalia, whose seat he will fill.
Letter: When Trey Gowdy goes silent
Not since Simon & Garfunkel has there been such a deafening "sound of silence" as U.S. Rep. Trey Gowdy and his Republican colleagues in responding to Russia's assault on American freedom and democracy. Gowdy's only interest, if any, seems to be government leaks, when most folks with half a brain know that Washington, D.C., leaks as badly as Pa Kettle's roof in a rainstorm.
U.S. strikes Syrian airbase
Turkish experts evacuate a victim of a suspected chemical weapons attacks in the Syrian city of Idlib to a local hospital Tuesday in Reyhanli. Turkish experts evacuate a victim of a suspected chemical weapons attacks in the Syrian city of Idlib to a local hospital Tuesday in Reyhanli.
Kansas congressional race first in nation since Trump’s win
" President Donald Trump will soon get his first report card from his own supporters in the nation's first congressional election since he won the presidency. At stake is a House seat Republicans have held for more than two decades.
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Thomas Vranas wants probation for role in CPS bribery scandal
Thomas Vranas asked a judge Thursday to sentence him to probation for his role in a bribery scandal that enmeshed the Chicago Public Schools and cost former CPS CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett her job and led to her corruption conviction, the Chicago Sun-Times is reporting. Even though his former business partner, Gary Solomon, has already been hit with a seven-year prison sentence - and Byrd-Bennett faces her own lengthy stay behind bars - Vranas' attorney claims he was basically taken along for a ride.
In U.S. talks, Morneau draws link between anxiety that elected Trudeau, Trump
In his search for common ground with the new U.S. administration, federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau has been drawing parallels between the underlying forces that elected Justin Trudeau and Donald Trump. Morneau, whose most recent U.S. visit took him to New York and Indiana this week, said he's been telling American political leaders that the same middle-class angst that fuelled Trump's victory also helped propel the Trudeau government to power.
Lawmakers alarmed by scale of IRS security threats
Lawmakers are sounding the alarm over the vulnerability of sensitive taxpayer data as the Internal Revenue Service's deadline for the 2017 tax filing season looms. Cyber criminals have increasingly turned to hacking and phishing email schemes to obtain sensitive taxpayer information, which can be used to commit tax fraud or identity theft.
John Kass: Susan Rice is stuck in the rabbit hole
Democratic lawmakers and representatives from the state teachers union, the state PTA and other organizations gathered in Annapolis Thursday morning to tout the Protect Our Schools Act. Gov. Democratic lawmakers and representatives from the state teachers union, the state PTA and other organizations gathered in Annapolis Thursday morning to tout the Protect Our Schools Act.
California Fights Back
After he was sworn in, he went further, singling out the state for attack. "California," Trump declared in February, "in many ways is out of control."
GOP lawmaker, pockets stuffed with bank cash, leads assault on consumer bureau
Rep. Jeb Hensarling, chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, is a top recipient of contributions from banks and financial firms. Rep. Jeb Hensarling, chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, is a top recipient of contributions from banks and financial firms.
Lawmakers try to keep town halls from getting out of control
It was one of the most exclusive tickets in town: Only 800 were made available, and those lucky enough to score one had to show photo ID at the gate, where they were issued a wristband and a number. No signs bigger than a sheet of notebook paper were allowed, so as not to obscure anyone's view.
Elijah Cummings calling him a great president
At his Senate confirmation hearing, Attorney General Jeff Sessions lied under oath that he had never had contact with the... Here we have a wonderful example of how Donald Trump's mind works. Democratic Rep. Elijah Cummings has spoken with Donald Trump on "several occasions" and has always had a consistent message for der Pumpkinfuhrer .
Markup: Markup of: H.R. 625 H.R. 1351 H.R. 2131 H.R. 2132 H.R. 2169…
Markup of H.R. 625, H.R. 1351, H.R. 2131, H.R. 2132, H.R. 2169, H.R. 2188, H.R. 2190, H.R. 2213, H.R. 2281, H.R. ____ H.R. 625 , Reporting Efficiently to Proper Officials in Response to Terrorism Act of 2017, introduced by Rep. Pete Aguilar H.R. ____, Department of Homeland Security Morale, Recognition, Learning and Engagement Act of 2017, to be introduced by Rep. Bennie Thompson H.R. ____, Border Enforcement Security Task Force Reauthorization Act of 2017, to be introduced by Rep Filemon Vela The Homeland Security Committee continues its efforts to shield the homeland and protect Americans.
Letter: Kinzinger must hold a town hall meeting
For the past two months, the citizens of the Illinois' 16th Congressional District have asked Rep. Adam Kinzinger to host a town hall meeting. Our goal is to discuss our concerns with him and allow him to explain what he is doing in Congress.
Meadows says Obamacare repeal is alive, Trump will deliver
House Freedom Caucus chairman Rep. Mark Meadows on Sunday shrugged off taunts from President Trump, saying that health care reform was still alive and that congressional Republicans would aim to pass legislation for Trump to sign. Friday's failure on healthcare legislation, the North Carolina Republican said, does not mean that the effort to replace Obamacare is dead.
Will: Confidence of Republicans important, whether true or not
'Mend it, don't end it" was Bill Clinton's rhetorical straddle regarding affirmative action. Republican efforts to "repeal and replace" the Affordable Care Act look increasingly like "mend it, don't end it."