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'Getting old is not for pussies!' Helen Mirren and Jane Fonda lead all-star 'golden squad' for L'Oreal Paris - as the beauty giant recruits celebrities over 50 to help change perceptions of ageing Marine veteran John Canley, 80, will finally be given a Medal of Honor after being denied the award 10 times John Canley, 80, is a retired sergeant major who's been credited with saving more than 140 Marines during one of the deadliest battles in the Vietnam War. President Donald Trump called Canley on July 9 to share the news that the veteran living in Oxnard, California , will be receiving the nation's highest military award.
The top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee blasted Trump, suggesting he "acts like he's compromised." Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., was responding to Trump's apparent acceptance during a news conference last week of Putin's denial that Russia attempted influence the 2016 election.
Earlier this year, the political world was gripped by an accusation from Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., that the government's application for a warrant to surveil former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page was born of bias and almost entirely reliant on a dossier of information compiled on the dime of Democratic operatives. Nunes had a memo that made that argument; eventually, and probably with not a lot of goading, President Donald Trump was convinced to release it publicly.
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Delegates at the state Republican Party's convention Saturday voted to certify state Rep. Mickey Gates as the Republican nominee for his House seat but didn't endorse his re-election. Gates, a Hot Springs Republican, faces criminal charges of failing to pay state income taxes or file returns.
A group of Arkansas veterans hopes to soon transform a near-defunct prison complex into an enclave for recovering ex-military members. The 52-acre compound comprising the former Southeast Arkansas Community Corrections Center in Pine Bluff needs north of $10 million in repairs and renovations.
One and a half years ago, after another tragic death in blistering heat of a baby forgotten in the back seat of a family car, our editorial board called for rear-seat sensors to be mandated in all new cars . After all, we reasoned, carmakers already install devices to remind drivers to fasten their seat belts or turn off their headlights and take their keys when they leave their cars.
Facing condemnation from allies and foes alike on Capitol Hill, President Donald Trump was outnumbered even in the Oval Office. Top aides gathered to convince the president to issue a rare walk-back of the comments he'd made raising doubts about U.S. intelligence conclusions of Russian election interference as he stood alongside Vladimir Putin.
Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh suggested several years ago that the unanimous high court ruling in 1974 that forced President Richard Nixon to turn over the Watergate tapes, leading to the end of his presidency, may have been wrongly decided. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh glances at reporters during a meeting with Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla., on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 19, 2018.
Three governors -- Montana's Steve Bullock, Colorado's John Hickenlooper and Washington state's Jay Inslee -- each said in interviews at the National Governors Association summer meeting in New Mexico this week that they are considering 2020 runs. All three have already visited Iowa, the first state to vote during the caucus and primary season, once this year.
In this July 19, 2018, photo, Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh glances at reporters during a meeting with Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla., on Capitol Hill in Washington. Kavanaugh has a long record of judicial and executive branch service.
BRANSON, Mo.: More than half of the 17 people killed when a tourist boat sank on a Branson lake were members of the same Indiana family, and they likely would not have been on the ill-fated trip but for a ticket mix-up. Tracy Beck, of Kansas City, Missouri, said she recalled the family members waiting in line.
With less than six weeks to go until the primary, Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi went to bat for state Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam in the Republican gubernatorial primary. Bondi appeared at an event in Winter Park with Putnam on Thursday and talked about her experience working with him in the state Cabinet.
CNN's Anderson Cooper called the president's performance at a summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin “perhaps one of the most disgraceful performances by an American president at a summit in front of a Russian leader certainly that I've ever seen.” Obama CIA Director John Brennan tweeted that it “rises to & exceeds the ... (more)
Legislation proposed by Florida's Republican Sen. Marco Rubio and Maryland's Democratic Sen. Chris Van Hollen gained eight new cosponsors on Thursday, the same day senators and the White House clashed over how to handle Russia and US relations. The legislation was originally proposed in January but gained new prominence after President Donald Trump's one-on-one meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Finland on Monday -- and after the White House temporarily entertained the idea of sending US officials to be interrogated by Russians in exchange for Russian cooperation with the investigation into its interference in the 2016 US election.
One day in July demonstrated the identity crisis facing Kansas Democrats as they seek to capture a congressional seat for the first time in a decade. Roughly 2,000 people packed into a swampy-hot hall at the Reardon Convention Center in Kansas City, Kan., Friday night to hear U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, a self-described Democratic socialist, as he led a rally for Brent Welder, a Bonner Springs attorney mounting a campaign for Kansas' 3rd District on an unabashedly progressive platform.
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Lori Swanson stood by her running mate, U.S. Rep. Rick Nolan, on Friday despite pressure from liberal groups to dump him over his handling of a top aide accused of sexual harassment, and her campaign suggested that her political rivals had a hand in raising the allegations. The online news site MinnPost reported Thursday that Nolan's legislative director, Jim Swiderski, was allowed to leave quietly in 2015 rather than be fired over the alleged sexual harassment of several young female staffers.
Each year, as Congress works through the appropriations process, the term "regular order" is often used. Regular order means the House and Senate both passing 12 individual bills to fund the various branches and agencies that make up the federal government instead of one massive omnibus spending bill at the end of the year.
Finally, the meeting between the presidents of the United States and Russia was held in Helsinki, Finland. At the end of the meeting, the two sides emphasized the need for having interaction with each other to resolve international crises.