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Crews searched a mobile home park strewn with twisted metal and other debris Wednesday for a toddler whose parents reported him missing after a tornado demolished their trailer during a weekend outbreak of deadly storms. Albany Fire Chief Ron Rowe told a news conference the search for 2-year-old Detrez Green resumed at first daylight Wednesday.
A day after President Donald Trump declared he was ready to "send in the Feds" if Chicago can't reduce its homicides, Mayor Rahm Emanuel warned against deploying the National Guard, saying it would hurt efforts to restore trust in the police. Trump offered no details on what kind of federal intervention he was suggesting or if it could involve troops, but the mayor cautioned using the military could make matters worse.
A cold-case investigation into the disappearance of a woman in Manchester in 1981 took a twist Wednesday when the state Attorney General's Office announced it will hold a press briefing... Gabriel Verpaelst's fourth goal of the season sent the Norfolk Admirals to a 4-3 overtime win over the Manchester Monarchs in ECHL play Wednesday night in ... (more)
Despite the president's action today, the City Council voted to reaffirm Chicago's status as a "sanctuary city," which provides some protection against deportation for undocumented immigrants. President Donald Trump cracked down on sanctuary cities like Chicago and signed an executive order today that could block federal funding.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel and aldermen said Chicago will remain a sanctuary city despite President Donald Trump's executive order to cut off some federal funding from immigrant-protecting municipalities. On Wednesday, as news was breaking that Trump has signed the executive order, the City Council overwhelmingly voted in favor of a resolution to reaffirm Chicago's status as a sanctuary city.
President Donald Trump's call on Wednesday for a "major investigation" into voter fraud, despite no evidence to support his claims that millions of ballots cast illegally cost him the popular vote, led many critics to pounce on him as thin-skinned. But some voting rights experts and Democrats say they fear something more pernicious than a bruised ego at play: a long-range bid to impose tougher voting requirements nationwide.
Congress may pay for the border wall through a special spending bill being hashed out over the next two months, footing the cost of President Donald Trump's priority before seeking any refund from Mexico, Republican lawmakers said Wednesday. House Speaker Paul Ryan told lawmakers, gathered in Philadelphia for a private retreat this week, that they could pay for the wall through a supplemental appropriations bill -- a spending measure that would be dedicated just to the wall, according to Republicans in the room and a GOP lawmaker.
As part of his first-week restrictions on the flow of human beings into the United States, President Donald Trump is reviewing a draft executive order that would "block all refugees from entering the U.S. for 120 days and restrict admissions and some visa applicants for people from countries where the U.S. has counterterrorism concerns, not only Syria but also Iraq, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen," according to the L.A. Times . This targeting of war-ravaged, refugee-generating countries would be a radical departure from four decades of bipartisan Washington leadership in the absorption and resettlement of refugees.
In this July 26, 2016, file photo, Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, D-Hawaii, speaks at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia. Gabbard says she met with Syrian President Bashar Assad during a recent trip to the war-torn country.
The Chicago City Council also approved a symbolic resolution Wednesday that looks to protect and honor all city residents regardless of race, ethnicity, immigration status, criminal record, sexual orientation and gender identity Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel said the city will "stay a sanctuary city" after President Donald Trump signed an executive action to block federal grants from such cities. NBC5's Trina Orlando reports.
President Trump and Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., spoke Wednesday by phone about increasing prescription drug costs, a White House official told the Washington Examiner. Cummings, the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee, has urged the government to intervene to reduce high drug prices.
Anti-choice House Republicans on Tuesday voted to further curtail U.S. women's healthcare access, passing a draconian bill that permanently bans the use of federal funds for abortion and prohibits anyone who receives subsidies to buy insurance through the Affordable Care Act from purchasing a plan that covers abortion. "The goal of this bill is clear: to end any and all insurance coverage of abortion and make abortion financially out of reach, even in cases where a woman's health is in danger," Planned Parenthood said in a statement .
In this Feb. 11, 2013, file photo, U.S. Rep. Chaka Fattah, D-Pa., speaks after a gun control discussion at Girard College in Philadelphia. Officials say Fattah, who was convicted of racketeering and received a 10-year sentence, reported to federal prison Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2017, at the Federal Correctional Institution-McKean in Lewis Run, Pa., where he will be held in a minimum-security camp next to the medium-security prison.
Georgia's governor is getting a firsthand look at the destruction caused by weekend tornadoes and thunderstorms blamed for killing 20 people in the South. Gov. Nathan Deal flew over the city of Albany on Wednesday to see the path of a tornado blamed for killing four of 15 people who died in Georgia.
The Latest on President Donald Trump's tweet indicating he would "send in the Feds" to bring down Chicago's homicide rate : Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel has welcomed federal help with the city's violence problem but said that just letting police get "tough and rough" would undermine efforts to build trust in the city's crime-plagued communities. Emanuel made the statements on Wednesday, a day after President Donald Trump tweeted that he would "send in the Feds!" if the high rates of homicides and shootings didn't improve in Chicago.
"Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and Rep. Ted Poe reintroduced a controversial bill that allows governors to bar refugees from entering their state, The Hill reported. The bill, entitled 'The State Refugee Security Act,' was initially introduced last year, The Hill Reported on Tuesday.
" The Republican chairman of the House Science panel says Americans should get their news from President Donald Trump and not the news media. Rep. Lamar Smith of Texas said if Trump were a Democrat, the media would be saying he has tremendous energy.
President Donald Trump's executive actions on the Dakota Access and Keystone XL pipelines are aimed at turning the much-protested pipelines into reality. Here's a look at what may be next for the two pipelines: The $3.8 billion Dakota Access pipeline to carry North Dakota oil through South Dakota and Iowa to a shipping point in Illinois is nearly complete, except for a stretch underneath Lake Oahe, a Missouri River reservoir in southern North Dakota.
President Donald Trump and his administration, along with congressional Republicans, are reportedly thinking of implementing massive tax cuts that aren't revenue neutral - ones that would cause the deficit to rise dramatically. "A number of Trump advisers in recent weeks have privately questioned whether tax reform needs to be 'revenue neutral,'" Politico reported on Wednesday , citing people involved in the early discussions.