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SEATTLE: The U.S. state of Washington has decided not to file criminal charges against the three police officers who fatally shot an undocumented Mexican farm worker in 2015 after he threw rocks at them and ran through a crowded intersection. The killing of Antonio Zambrano-Montes in the southeastern farming hub of Pasco, captured on video by witnesses and shared widely online, sparked days of protests from the city's majority Latino community and drew criticism from the Mexican government and human rights activists.

DOJ reportedly granted immunity to computer expert who deleted Clinton emails

The Department of Justice reportedly gave immunity to a computer expert who deleted Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton's emails during its investigation into her private email server despite being ordered by Congress to keep them. The New York Times reported Thursday that the Justice Department's immunity deal with Paul Combetta likely means that Republican lawmakers' calls for federal authorities to investigate his deletions will go unheard.

Westmoreland Announces September Mobile Office Hours

Representative Westmoreland's district office is permanently located in Newnan, and the mobile office hours serve as an opportunity for constituents to speak with a representative from his office in a location closer to their home. Constituents may attend the mobile office hours to gather more information on the services the district office provides, and how to get help with a federal agency.

Lisa Vanderpump is taking it to Capitol Hill to “discuss the brutal dog meat trade in Asia”

Real Housewives star Lisa Vanderpump took to Twitter and Instagram to ask her followers to take it to Capitol Hill with her on September 14 to "discuss the brutal dog meat trade in Asia." Please join me in the US Capitol to discuss the brutal dog meat trade in Asia.

Chait: Vladimir Putin, Constitutional ConservativeRepublicans care…

Conservatives have a deep and completely principled belief, stemming entirely from abstract constitutional premises and not at all from partisanship or substantive opposition to his policies, that Barack Obama has governed like a dictator. Everything he does is vaguely unconstitutional, from the laws he passes through both chambers of Congress to his enforcement of laws that existed beforehand.

Strickland’s US Senate bid bolstered by local Ohio Democrats

The Democratic state chairman and other local leaders have helped U.S. Senate candidate Ted Strickland kick off an Ohio campaign tour where he'll contrast his record on working families with the record of his November opponent, Republican Sen. Rob Portman. Ohio Democrats are moving to bolster the former governor after national groups began pulling pro-Strickland money out of Ohio in recent weeks.

Despite Katrina lessons, flood plan in Louisiana shows gaps

In this Saturday, Aug. 13, 2016 file aerial photo, a boat motors between flooded homes after heavy rains inundating the region, in Hammond, La. Eleven years ago, Hurricane Katrina exposed huge gaps in the disaster response plans of Louisiana and the nation.

Beating the odds: Manufacturing training opens doors for those with criminal records

Chicago's West Side neighborhoods are not only devastated with crime, the aftermath of illegal activity has taken a severe toll on the community's productivity. In Chicago Urban League research director Paul Street's white paper on "Race, Prison and Poverty," Congressman Danny Davis claims 70 percent of men between the ages of 18 and 45 living in impoverished North Lawndale are ex-offenders.

Hillary’s keeps bad company on immigration issue

Hillary Clinton, the Democratic presidential nominee, is the wrong person to judge others by the company they keep - especially on the immigration issue, where her hands are far from clean. Just look at some of her closest associates.

Federal grants awarded to assist stranded marine mammals on the north coast

Congressman Jared Huffman today announced that the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has awarded $292,415 in federal funds to educational centers across Huffman's congressional district to study, provide education, outreach and improved response time to assist stranded marine mammals. “From California sea lions to harbor seals, the North Coast is fortunate to have a diversity of marine mammals as part of our coastal ecosystems and communities, and we must do all we can to protect these intelligent creatures,” said Rep. Huffman.

Vote on IRS chief’s impeachment could come in week, House leaders say

The House will vote as early as next week on a conservative effort to impeach IRS chief John Koskinen. But congressional GOP leaders still must decide how to avert a federal shutdown and finance federal efforts to contain the Zika virus, even as the approaching elections pressure them to avoid riling voters.

Republican leaders face tough choices in Congress this week :0

Congress' Republican leaders face decisions on averting a federal shutdown, containing the Zika virus and impeaching the head of the IRS, with approaching elections pressuring the GOP to avoid doing anything that could damage its standing with voters. House Republicans were meeting behind closed doors Wednesday to hash out strategy on those and other issues.

US said to weigh HSBC charge that could upend 2012 settlement

US prosecutors are considering a criminal charge against a unit of HSBC Holdings Plc related to conduct on its foreign-exchange desk, according to two people familiar with the matter, imperiling an earlier deal that let the bank avoid prosecution. [NEW YORK] US prosecutors are considering a criminal charge against a unit of HSBC Holdings Plc related to conduct on its foreign-exchange desk, according to two people familiar with the matter, imperiling an earlier deal that let the bank avoid prosecution.

Tim Kaine: Trump is too ’emotionally volatile, fact-challenged,…

Flake fires back at Trump, warns GOP - Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake is firing back against Donald Trump with a warning for the Republican Party at large. - The Republican presidential nominee denounced Flake as "very weak and ineffective," particularly with respect to illegal immigration

Stalemate on debates shadows California US Senate contest

The two Democrats seeking the seat - state Attorney General Kamala Harris and U.S. Rep. Loretta Sanchez - have been unable to agree how many there should be, or when and where to hold them. On Tuesday, Sanchez proposed a series of four debates, after Harris earlier agreed to two, one in Sacramento and one in Los Angeles.