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Three tumultuous days have brought echoes of decades past and made clear a public that elected a black president hasn't reconciled its fractured history with race, that a country that lived through unrest and assassinations in the 1960s and 1970s still bubbles with resentment and rage, and that bloody images of violent tragedy aren't going away. "America is weeping," said Rep. G.K. Butterfield, head of the Congressional Black Caucus, reflecting an entire nation's mounting anger, tension and despair.
FBI Director James Comey says Hillary Clinton will not be prosecuted for using a private email server while she was secretary of state despite being 'extremely careless' in handling classified information. FBI Director James Comey says Hillary Clinton will not be prosecuted for using a private email server while she was secretary of state despite being 'extremely careless' in handling classified information.
Relationships suffer for about two out of three couples within the first three years of having a child, according to research by the Seattle-based Gottman Institute. Most couples regularly respond to the needs of their children first, neglecting their partners.
Along with roll call votes this week, the House also passed the Patient Access to Durable Medical Equipment Act , to improve access to durable medical equipment for Medicare beneficiaries; passed the Senior Safe Act , to provide immunity from suit for certain individuals who disclose potential examples of financial exploitation of senior citizens; ... (more)
On July 8 the Congressional Black Caucus held a press conference in which they criticized police for officer-involved shootings of black men and used the attack on Dallas Police officers to call for more gun control. The two officer-involved shootings of black men were the shootings of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile .
House Speaker Paul Ryan will formally ask Director of National Intelligence James Clapper to deny Hillary Clinton access to classified information during the presidential campaign, ABC News has learned. The Wisconsin Republican first proposed the idea in an interview Tuesday night, after FBI Director James Comey's announcement that the agency would not recommend criminal charges against Clinton over her private email use when she was secretary of state, which he also called "extremely careless."
The Federal Emergency Management Agency has set a July 29 deadline for some Texas victims of April storms and flooding to seek government help. A statement Friday from Congressman Gene Green says federal relief efforts are meant to assist eligible residents with home repairs and other emergency-related needs.
Several included the fatal shootings by police of Alton Sterling of Louisiana and Philando Castile of Minnesota in their remarks. "My thoughts are with the families of those brave Dallas police officers, as well as the families of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile," Rep. Judy Chu said in a statement.
A month after crushing her contenders in the primary, Attorney General Kamala Harris is still the clear favorite among California voters over Rep. Loretta Sanchez, who faces increasingly long odds of pulling off an upset in the state's first all-Democratic U.S. Senate election, a new Field Poll suggests. Harris leads Sanchez 39 to 24 percent, the poll found, with 15 percent of participants - mostly Republicans - volunteering that they won't vote for either candidate and 22 percent undecided.
FBI director James Comey's explanation of the case against the case against Hillary Rodham Clinton - "Sure, she pretty clearly did what she's accused of doing but hey man aren't penguins cute is that a squirrel man hey check it out a squirrel!" - is a fascinating floor routine of intellectual gymnastics in and of itself, dissected in these pages by several very fine lawyers and others with much more of interest to say on the strictly legal question than I have. But it is worth considering the context.
Possible replacement candidates are lining up as the speculation ramps up that Pence could be Donald Trump's running mate. House Speaker Brian Bosma and Congressman Todd Rokita are already talking-up their possible bids.
A day after a defiant Donald Trump clashed with some anxious Republican lawmakers on Capitol Hill, the presumptive GOP nominee is headed to another potentially contentious spot: Miami. Trump plans to deliver a speech titled "Succeeding Together" on Friday in Miami-Dade County, home to the largest Cuban-American population in the U.S. It was the only one of Florida's 67 counties that Trump lost in the state's March 15 primary, an outcome that underscores the billionaire businessman's deep unpopularity among Hispanic voters.
An international tribunal ruling next week on a challenge to China's expansive claims in the South China Sea could determine whether the region is ruled by law or "raw calculations of power," US officials said Thursday. But the officials testifying at a congressional hearing declined to say whether any move by China to militarize more disputed land features would prompt a US military response.
A “quinceanera” poses during a March 14 photo session in front of a cathedral as tourists line up to enter the building in Havana. Scheduled commercial airline service to Havana from 10 American cities won tentative government approval Thursday, advancing President Barack Obama's effort to normalize relations with Cuba.
Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Alabama, talks with reporters after a meeting Thursday with Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and the Senate Republican Conference at the National Republican Senatorial Committee headquarters in Washington. WASHINGTON – A defiant Donald Trump made it clear he won't change his brash tone or message as he courted anxious Republican lawmakers Thursday, blaming the media for stumbles that continue to alarm GOP leaders and energize Democrats with voting less than 3 months away.
Democratic members of Congress called Thursday for a congressional hearing to examine fatal shootings of black people by police officers in Baton Rouge, La., Minnesota and elsewhere. At a news conference in the Capitol, members of the Congressional Black Caucus also said they wished to meet with House Republican leaders to discuss concerns about what they call the alarming rate of deaths of black men and women by law enforcement officials.
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie will be joining Donald Trump on the campaign trail Friday - the latest prospective running mate Trump is bringing on tour. Christie, who won 51 percent of the Hispanic vote when he ran for re-election in 2013, will be along for the ride.
House Benghazi Committee Chairman Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-S.C., center, whose investigation led to the revelation of Hillary Clinton's private email server while secretary of state, arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington on Thursday, July 7, 2016, to question FBI Director James Comey, who was to testify before the House Oversight Committee to explain his agency's recommendation to not prosecute Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton over her private email setup as secretary of state.