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Aldermen Pat Dowell, third from left, Michael Scott Jr., and Gregory Mitchell, listen to testimony during committee hearings Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2016, at City Hall in Chicago. Budget and Public Safety committees met to discuss among many other items, the enactment of a Civilian Office of Police Accountability , the new police oversight committee.
Donald Trump -- struggling to move past a week of one controversy after another -- is making clear that he's willing to go it alone in the final weeks of the campaign. As the Republican nominee tries to recover from one of his toughest stretches, few prominent GOP leaders -- other than those who advise him or are on his payroll -- seem willing to launch a full-throated rescue effort.
Kesling told News 2 This Morning that if this were a movie script that it would be rejected because directors would call what happened too h FILE - In this Sept. 7, 2016, file photo, tables are in place for the media for the Oct. 4 vice presidential debate at Longwood University in Farmville, Va.
To continue reading up to 10 premium articles, you must register , or sign up and take advantage of this exclusive offer: Supporters cheer as they wait for the arrival of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump for a campaign rally, Monday, Oct. 3, 2016, in Loveland, Colo. Vice President Joe Biden is criticizing Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump for remarks suggesting that soldiers who suffer from mental health issues might not be as strong as those who don't.
As Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia and Gov. Mike Pence of Indiana face each other tonight, they will likely seek to outline what they will do if they become vice president. Pence's House votes from 2007 to 2012, the last half of his 12 years in Congress, are compared to votes cast by current House Speaker Paul Ryan.
Members of the Chicago City Council are set to consider Mayor Rahm Emanuel's plan to revamp the way the city handles officer-involved shootings and police misconduct allegations. A hearing about the mayor's ordinance to create the Civilian Office of Police Accountability will go before a joint meeting of the council's Committee on Budget and Government Operations and Committee on Public Safety on Tuesday morning.
Maine Democrat Emily Cain, seen here bowing her head in prayer at the Franco American Heritage Center's monthly La Rencontre last month, is running in a district where Trump is beating Clinton. Even before Donald Trump became the GOP presidential nominee, House Democrats heralded Hillary Clinton's candidacy as the key to winning battleground races in all manner of swing districts.
No doubt, there's never as much portent in a running mate debate as when the two presidential nominees square off, and the rhetorical fireworks won't come close to what we've already seen from the ticket toppers. But this time looks to be special for other reasons, mainly having to do with genuine substance, which is why undecided voters and Beltway insiders have good reason to devote 90 minutes to watching television Tuesday night.
Washington Rep. Derek Kilmer interviews Minnesota Rep. Betty McCollum for his podcast last Thursday before Congress left for the October recess. Washington Democratic Rep. Derek Kilmer broke the news of the Brad Pitt-Angelina Jolie breakup on his podcast - at least to Republican Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler.
From a table at the University of New Hampshire, the Republican incumbent's campaign is touting Ayotte's commitment to making birth control more accessible through free condoms, according to the campaign. A reporter from local news station WMUR, Josh McElveen, tweeted a photograph on Monday, to which one respondent said, "I might not want to know this, but is there a logo...?" Ayotte introduced a bill in 2015 that would incentivize contraceptive manufacturers to file with the Food and Drug Administration to move their products over the counter.
A federal appeals court on Monday dismissed as "nightmare speculation" Indiana Gov. Mike Pence's fears that Syrian refugees could commit acts of terror, siding with a judge who blocked Pence's order seeking to prevent agencies from helping resettle the immigrants in the state. The ruling for the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago affirmed a preliminary injunction that a federal judge in Indianapolis issued in February.
The first and only debate between the vice presidential candidates - Republican Mike Pence and Democrat Tim Kaine - may not generate the record viewership or fireworks of last week's presidential face-off. But what Tuesday night's VP debate lacks in theatrics, it could make up for in substance, political analysts say.
U.S. Rep. Charles Boustany of Louisiana filed a defamation lawsuit Monday against the author and publisher of a book that alleges the Republican congressman was involved with prostitutes who were later killed. The lawsuit claims author Ethan Brown and Simon & Schuster , which published Brown 's book "Murder in the Bayou," have made statements that "were known to be false when made or were made with malicious intent and reckless disregard for the truth."
The U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has struck down efforts by Gov. Mike Pence's administration to ban Syrian refugees from resettling in Indiana. The state was attempting to overturn a lower court ruling that found the Pence administration erred in its judgment when the governor ordered state agencies to stop providing federal dollars to groups that were assisting Syrian refugees resettle in the Hoosier state.
As the heads of two different kinds of organizations, we take immense pride in the long history of cooperation between the labor and environmental movements. Indeed, in 2016 more than ever before, we believe we are stronger together.
Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, said Monday he plans to push legislation that would allow Wells Fargo & Co. customers to sue the bank over unauthorized accounts opened by employees trying to meet aggressive sales quotas.
Donald Trump reported losses of more than $900 million on his 1995 income tax returns filed in three states, as revealed in documents obtained by The New York Times, that experts say could have allowed him to forgo paying federal income taxes for nearly two decades. The revelation from a portion of Trump's tax returns for that year gives the most detailed insight yet into the Republican nominee's tax history during a time when his opponent, Democrat Hillary Clinton, has suggested Trump is hiding something from voters.
A federal appeals court on Monday dismissed as "nightmare speculation" Indiana Gov. Mike Pence's fears that Syrian immigrants could commit acts of terror, siding with a judge who blocked Pence's order seeking to prevent agencies from helping the immigrants resettle in the state. The ruling by a three-judge panel for the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago affirmed a preliminary injunction that a federal judge in Indianapolis issued in February.