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A federal lawsuit is seeking an emergency extension of the voter registration deadline in at least one Georgia county that suffered damage from Hurricane Matthew. The Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law filed the lawsuit Wednesday in Savannah on behalf of several groups that work to encourage voter registration.
House Speaker Paul Ryan speaks during the 1st Congressional District Republican Party of Wisconsin Fall Fest, Oct. 8, 2016 at the Walworth County Fairgrounds in Elkhorn, Wisconsin. US Republican presidential candidate Trump was scheduled to attend the Fall Fest with Ryan, who said he was "sickened" by lewd and misogynistic comments Trump made as he described groping women in a 2005 video released on October 7, disinviting him from the political event in Wisconsin.
Democratic vice-presidential candidate Tim Kaine will campaign this weekend in South Florida, as his Republican counterpart Mike Pence also tries to nail down votes in the critical swing state.
Countless former Democrats in Ohio'... . Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally, Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2016, in Lakeland, Fla.
Republican lawmakers already leery of the Iran nuclear deal railed at new US Treasury Department guidelines indicating foreign companies will not be sanctioned for doing business with Iranian entities. The updated guidelines , which were published last Friday, allow for business dealings inside Iran so long as the US financial system and Americans are not involved.
U.S. prosecutors have declined to pursue criminal charges against an employee of the Environmental Protection Agency over a massive mine wastewater spill that fouled rivers in three states, a federal watchdog agency said. The EPA's Office of Inspector General disclosed Wednesday that it recently presented evidence to prosecutors that the unnamed employee may have violated the Clean Water Act and given false statements.
U.S. Rep. Gus Bilirakis strode to the front of the Oldsmar City Council chambers and turned to address the room, filled with military veterans. "I told Jerry I wanted to have a roundtable, not necessarily a town hall meeting," the Palm Harbor Republican said, nodding toward organizer Jerry Custin of the local chamber of commerce.
U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt's Democratic challenger out-raised him in the third quarter, raking in $3 million for his insurgent campaign compared to Blunt's $1.8 million, according to campaign finance information released by both campaigns on Wednesday. It's the latest sign of just how close the Missouri Senate race has become as Democrat Jason Kander looks to end Blunt's 20 year career in Congress.
In this July 25, 2016, file photo, John Podesta, Clinton Campaign Chairman, speaks during the first day of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia. Podesta, a top adviser to Hillary Clinton, on Tuesday, Oct. 11, accused Roger Stone, a longtime Donald Trump aide, of receiving "advance warning" about WikiLeaks' plans to publish thousands of hacked emails and suggested the Republican candidate is aiding the unprecedented Russian interference in American politics.
Residents of five states may be barred from boarding a commercial flight using a driver's license beginning in 2018 because of their states' refusal to comply with national proof-of-identity requirements. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security confirmed Wednesday that it rejected requests from Oklahoma, Kentucky, Maine, Pennsylvania and South Carolina for an extension to comply with the federal Real ID Act.
The Plasma Protein Therapeutics Association and its member companies are sponsoring the fourth annual International Plasma Awareness Week, October 9-15. -- Raise global awareness about plasma donation; -- Recognize the contributions of plasma donors in saving and improving lives; and, -- Increase understanding about lifesaving plasma protein therapies and rare diseases.
The story that dogs Hillary Clinton's campaign to this day, the disclosure of her private email server, had just broken two days earlier, and her campaign spokesman was minimizing the impact. "Goal would be to cauterize this just enough so it plays out over the weekend and dies in the short term," Nick Merrill wrote last year.
Alaska's two U.S. senators resigned leadership posts in the state Republican party after denouncing GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump and saying he should step aside. U.S. Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan voluntarily resigned over the weekend as honorary members of the party's state central committee, Murkowski campaign spokesman Robert Dillon said Tuesday.
Now that it has become crystal clear Donald Trump will not quit - that he has "unshackled" himself and plans to "limp" across the finish line - some Republicans who called on him to drop out over the weekend are reversing themselves. Deb Fischer tweeted, "The comments made by Mr. Trump were disgusting and totally unacceptable under any circumstance."
Chris Stewart gave a simple explanation for introducing a congressional resolution on missing American David Sneddon: "As a parent, it seemed the right thing to do." The Utah congressman's own son was the one who told him that his friend had mysteriously vanished-the first U.S. citizen to disappear from China without a trace since President Nixon's historic 1972 trip.
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump released a video statement Friday in response to a 2005 video in which he made lewd comments and bragged about groping women. This election has many people deeply entrenched in their preferred pick for president, but some people say a Texas congressman took it too far following a proposed hypothetical on Donald Trump.
Testimony is scheduled to resume after Hurricane Matthew in the trial of a Georgia man accused of intentionally leaving his 22-month-old son in a hot SUV to die. The trial of Justin Ross Harris resumes Wednesday.
Donald Trump stepped up his attacks against U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan on Tuesday, calling him a "weak and ineffective leader" and saying Ryan and other Republicans were hurting his bid for the White House by holding back their support. The stinging attacks deepened the party's dramatic rift over the former reality TV star, who has seen a string of Republican defections after a video surfaced on Friday showing him bragging crudely to a reporter in 2005 about groping women and making unwanted sexual advances.