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From left, Texas Senator Ted Cruz and Arkansas Senator Tom Cotton applauded President-elect Donald Trump's decision to accept a telephone call from Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen on Friday. President-elect Donald Trump's telephone call with Taiwan's president on Friday broke decades of U.S. diplomatic policy in the region and brought a quick objection by China, but several Republican members of Congress have applauded Trump's decision to accept the call.
Senate Republican leader Shane Massey won't back the state's most powerful politician, Senate President Pro Tem Hugh Leatherman, R-Florence, Tuesday in his bid to retain the leadership role. The Edgefield Republican said he hopes to be joined by both newer and tenured members in a show of displeasure for Leatherman's power play to avoid ascending to the soon-to-be-vacant lieutenant governor spot.
WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration 's approval of a new international airline over objections from organized labor and Republican ally Rep. Frank LoBiondo means new flights from Newark Airport. Norwegian Air International received final Transportation Department approval Friday.
North Carolina Rep. Mark Meadows is discussing "harmful" regulations with the Freedom Caucus on a retreat this weekend that he wants President-elect Donald Trump to repeal. The House Freedom Caucus is on retreat this weekend in Charlottesville, Va., to discuss policy priorities and ways it can work with the incoming Trump administration, a spokeswoman said.
At least nine people are killed and another dozen missing after devastating fire breaks out on the second floor of a 100-person late-night 'Rave Cave' event inside an Oakland warehouse China lodges formal complaint over Trump's historic phone call with Taiwan's president and 'urges relevant parties to handle issues carefully' Anthony Weiner is 'so broke he can't afford sexting rehab any longer so his parents have taken out a mortgage on their home to pay for the $25k program' New York man who lost his eyesight 20 years ago has regained nearly all of it - and doctors can't explain why Heartbreaking scenes as 100,000 Chapecoense fans arrive to see their players' coffins brought back following Colombian air crash tragedy Colombian authorities say the pilot of tragic crash plane LIED about where he was taking off from as the first of the footballers' bodies are brought back to Brazil Tearful ... (more)
At least nine people are killed and another dozen missing after devastating fire breaks out on the second floor of a 100-person late-night 'Rave Cave' event inside an Oakland warehouse China lodges formal complaint over Trump's historic phone call with Taiwan's president and 'urges relevant parties to handle issues carefully' Anthony Weiner is 'so broke he can't afford sexting rehab any longer so his parents have taken out a mortgage on their home to pay for the $25k program' New York man who lost his eyesight 20 years ago has regained nearly all of it - and doctors can't explain why Heartbreaking scenes as 100,000 Chapecoense fans arrive to see their players' coffins brought back following Colombian air crash tragedy Colombian authorities say the pilot of tragic crash plane LIED about where he was taking off from as the first of the footballers' bodies are brought back to Brazil Tearful ... (more)
Donald Trump descended on Indiana this week to praise Carrier Corporation's decision to partly reverse its plan to ship 2,000 jobs to Mexico. The president-elect and his running mate, Mike Pence, credit Trump's deal-making prowess, of course.
Revered by his troops as a "warrior monk" with a knack for hard-edged quips, retired Marine Gen. James Mattis led troops in Afghanistan in 2001, won laurels for leadership in one of the bloodiest battles of the Iraq War and most recently headed US Central Command, perhaps the military's most complicated and challenging post.
President-elect Donald Trump just finished his victory lap in Indiana, for his Carrier deal and now is apparently targeting another Indiana company for its decision to move jobs out of the country. Rexnord of Indiana is moving to Mexico and rather viciously firing all of its 300 workers.
The federal government will continue for another year to fund an Oklahoma program that uses a combination of state tobacco tax revenue and federal Medicaid money to help provide health insurance coverage for nearly 20,000 low-income Oklahoma workers. Governor Mary Fallin announced that a one-year extension has been approved by the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services for the Insure Oklahoma program.
Donald Trump's skeptics hope the presidency will reveal a serious side of the brash businessman. His supporters want him to keep the freewheeling style that rattled Washington.
The most voters ever cast ballots this November in Connecticut. But how was the voter turnout in your town in the hotly contested 2016 presidential race between Republican Donald Trump, who won the national race, and Hillary Clinton, who posted a victory in Connecticut? The final figures reveal that 1,675,955 people cast ballots out of an all-time high 2,178,169 registered voters, amounting to a turnout of just under 77 percent.
President-elect Donald Trump smiles as he speaks during the first stop of his post-election tour, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2016, in Cincinnati. . President-elect Donald Trump gestures as he speaks during a "USA Thank You" tour event, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2016, in Cincinnati.
Donald Trump won the Electoral College on the strength of overwhelming support from working-class whites, who feel left behind by a changing economy and society. And they're about to get their reward - the same reward that, throughout Mr. Trump's career, has come to everyone who trusted his good intentions.
A Republican state lawmaker, in his final term in the Ohio House, tried one last time this week to convince his fellow legislators to end lame duck sessions. Rep. Terry Boose , who could not run for reelection because of term limits, urged the Ohio House's State Government Committee to move HB 577, which would prohibit the general assembly from holding session after even-year general elections.
Georgia senator David Perdue is meeting with Donald Trump on Friday. His team issued the following statement regarding their expected talks: "As a fellow businessman and outsider himself, Senator Perdue was invited to Trump Tower to discuss working together to advance President-elect Trump's 100-day plan in the Senate and changing the direction of our country," Perdue's spokeswoman Caroline Vanvick stated.
Chicago is taking $1 million earmarked for a little-used property tax relief program to start a legal fund for immigrants facing deportation. It's a response Donald Trump's election.
Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., listens to testimony at a House Education Committee hearing in Washington, D.C., on March 15, 2016. A worker, right, installs lights on the 2016 U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree on the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2016.
Rep. Keith Ellison said Friday that if he's elected chairman of the Democratic National Committee he'd consider leaving Congress in order to devote his attention to rebuilding the national party. Speaking at a forum in Denver to a gathering of state party chairs, Ellison said he's heard from DNC members who are only interested in electing a full-time chairman.