Doctor declares Trump running mate Pence to be healthy
In this photo taken Sept. 15, 2016, Republican vice presidential candidate, Indiana Gov, Mike Pence gives a pep talk to campaign staff and volunteers inside Trump Tower in New York.
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Court halts construction of another section of pipeline
A federal appeals court has ordered a halt to construction of another section of the Dakota Access oil pipeline in North Dakota. A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit said in a ruling late Friday that it needs more time to consider the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe's request for an emergency injunction.
For First Time in Forty Years, Only Two Candidates on Vermont Ballot for U.S. House
This year, the only two candidates on the Vermont ballot for U.S. House of Representatives are incumbent Peter Welch, a Democrat who is also the Republican nominee; and Liberty Union nominee Erica Clawson. This is the first time since 1976 that a Vermont U.S. House race has had only two candidates on the general election ballot.
Tribes granted permit for pipeline protests on corps land
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has granted the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe a temporary permit that allows demonstrators to legally protest on federal lands, as long as they cover the costs. The permit issued Friday allows protesters to gather to the south of the mouth of the Cannonball River.
Senate Democrats turn to red states in hope of winning majority
Senate Democrats, worried about their chances in key battlegrounds of Ohio and Florida this fall, are increasingly setting their sights on three red states to bring them back to the majority. Democratic leaders and party strategists are zeroing in on Indiana, North Carolina and Missouri, sending major resources to traditional Republican states in the hopes of returning to power after losing the majority in 2014.
2 sides of Trump’s down-ballot weight in play in Minnesota
Both sides are at play in two of the state's congressional races. The brash Republican businessman has Democrats suddenly eyeing an upset in western suburbs of Minneapolis where a popular GOP incumbent is facing an unusually strong challenger.
Local gas prices up after pipeline leak
A leak in a pipeline that supplies Georgia and other states in the South and East Coast caused gasoline prices to spike in Douglas County and across metro Atlanta at the end of the week. The price of a gallon of regular unleaded was already up to $2.39 a gallon Friday night at several Douglasville gas stations, according to GasBuddy.com .
Trump’s birther flip meets with skepticism from many blacks
In this July 8, 2016 file photo, Congressional Black Caucus Chairman Rep. G. K. Butterfield, D-N.C., center, accompanied by, from left, Rep. Joyce Beatty , D-Ohio, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., Butterfield, Rep. Gregory W. Meeks, D-N.Y., and Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. Black voters reacted skeptically on Friday to Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump's public admission that he now believes the nation's first black president was indeed born in the United States.
Indiana should raise gasoline tax for better roads
Indiana's gas tax hasn't changed in more than two decades. The most recent time it was raised was in 1993, when it was upped from 9 cents to 18.4 cents.
Alabama, Georgia governors lift driver rules after gas spill
The governors of Alabama and Georgia have lifted restrictions on the number of hours that fuel truck drivers can work, hoping to prevent gasoline shortages after the shutdown of a leaking pipeline in rural Alabama. Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal issued a four-day order on Wednesday.
Many black voters skeptical at Trump’s birther about-face
Black voters reacted skeptically Friday to Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump's admission that he now believes the nation's first black president was indeed born in the United States. Many said the fact that Trump spent years questioning President Barack Obama's national origin was disrespectful, and an insult to all black Americans.
Oklahoma’s first new abortion clinic in 40 years opens doors
Despite facing some of the nation's strictest anti-abortion laws, a Kansas-based foundation opened a new facility in Oklahoma City - the first new abortion provider in the state in 40 years. The Trust Women South Wind Women's Center welcomed the first patients last week to its clinic on the city's south side.
The Export-Import Bank Provision That Could Be A Problem In Government Funding Negotiations
House Freedom Caucus Chairman Jim Jordan agrees that conservatives don't have much leverage in upcoming government funding battles, which might mean that conservatives get rolled. WASHINGTON - Thirty-six conservative advocacy groups warned on Friday that a potential Export-Import Bank provision in the upcoming bill to keep the government funded could provide Congress with unexpected controversy as lawmakers look to get out of Washington and back to the campaign trail.
Ted Poe on fight against leukemia: Attitude as important as treatment
As U.S. House Republicans were involved in one of their most notable faceoffs of the summer, something felt amiss to U.S. Rep. Pete Olson. During the July House committee hearing, Attorney General Loretta Lynch faced the wrath of Republicans over the Justice Department's decision to not prosecute Democratic presidential nominee and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton amid her email scandal.
Donald Trump Is Winning September
Sometime around the end of summer, it dawned upon most Democrats, and the elite of both parties, that they - okay, we - inhabit a different political universe than does the rest of the country. In our world, Donald Trump is a surreal authoritarian buffoon whose presidency is too nightmarish to contemplate, except perhaps as an abstract intellectual exercise to bolster whatever argument one wishes to make about larger trends in American society.
Clinton visits North Carolina in campaign trail return; Trump up in polls
Hillary Clinton got back on the campaign trail on Thursday after taking three days off for pneumonia, and the Democratic presidential candidate faced a more challenging political landscape, with Republican rival Donald Trump rising in opinion polls. Senior Clinton aides said they always expected the race to the Nov. 8 election to be close.
What other states could be problematic for NCAA?
Now that North Carolina has lost its NCAA and Atlantic Coast Conference championship events for this year, some other states shape up as the next potential battlegrounds in the organization's fight for discrimination-free environments. The NCAA earlier this week took the unprecedented step of pulling seven championship events from the state over its objection to a law that can allow for discrimination against LGBT people.
Deroy Murdock: North Carolina’s early ballots way ahead of Election Day
Election Day is here! November 8 is more than seven weeks away. Nonetheless, Americans already are voting for Hillary Clinton and Donald J. Trump.
Nevada House Republicans call for exemption from ACA tax
Reps. Mark Amodei, Joe Heck and Cresent Hardy say they introduced the measure because of the number of large insurers leaving the ACA exchanges, reducing coverage options to individuals and families. The measure would exempt individuals and families from the penalty for not buying insurance if they live in a county where there's only one or no insurance carrier available.
ND Candidates running for Congress weigh in on DAPL
The protest and legal battle over an oil pipeline being constructed near the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation is drawing varying reactions from the candidates running for North Dakota's sole seat in the House of Representatives. There's been confusion and chaos after a federal judge rejected the tribe's efforts to stop construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline.