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McClatchy reports US Rep. Devin Nunes of California used political donations to buy some $15,000 worth of Celtics tickets last year. Nunes, R-Calif., has reportedly been a Celtics fan since high school, though he grew up in Tulare, California.
Kathy Kraninger, President Donald Trump's nominee to take over the nation's watchdog for banks, credit cards and payday lenders, made her public debut in front of the Senate Banking Committee on Thursday, where she is facing extremely hostile questioning from Senate Democrats. President Trump nominated Kraninger on June 18 to replace Mick Mulvaney, Trump's budget director, who has been acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau since late November.
Forget the Democratic Socialist in New York. If Democrats retake the House of Representatives on Election Day, it will be because of people like Democratic Rep. Conor Lamb.
If contributions are any sign, District 1's Democratic challenger Audrey Denney might just give three-term incumbent Republican Congressman Doug LaMalfa a run for his money in November. Since she joined the race, political newcomer Denney of Chico has been consistently leading in donations to her campaign for the previous three filing periods.
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President Donald Trump endorsed Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp on Wednesday in the state's Republican gubernatorial primary runoff, throwing his weight behind a candidate who has echoed the president with a TV ad promising to "round up criminal illegals" in his pickup truck. Kemp is in a dead heat with Lt.
"I am writing to express opposition to recent attempts by Congress to circumvent California's water management framework by adding riders to the Appropriations billl," said California Natural Resources Secretary John Laird. In a victory for Delta Tunnels opponents urging the Brown administration to oppose Congressman Ken Calvert's rider banning judicial review of the tunnels and other water projects, California Natural Resources Secretary Laird on July 17 sent a letter to members on the Senate and House committees on appropriations opposing the language.
President Donald Trump says in an interview with CBS News that he told Russian President Vladimir Putin that the United States won't tolerate election interference in the future. Trump says: "I let him know we can't have this.
Rep. Pete Sessions, R-Texas, chairman of the House Rules Committee, speaks during a meeting on Monday. Sessions argued Wednesday that there was no need to increase federal funding for election security.
Four secretive political groups raised more than $2.6 million for ads targeting Republican primaries for Ohio House of Representative seats in the lead up to last May's election, new campaign finance filings show. The money was spent in roughly a dozen state legislative races that were a proxy fight to be Ohio's next House speaker.
The South Carolina lawmaker confirmed his intentions to McClatchy on Wednesday to formally seek the post after a period of First, he's likely going up against other House Republicans who want the job. His stiffest competition is Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, a well-liked, telegenic lawmaker who at the end of this Congress has to give up his chairmanship of the House Homeland Security Committee.
The Connecticut Coastal Chapter of RESULTS visited Washington D.C. Monday for the groupA's annual conference. During a visit to Capitol Hill, they met with several of their legislators, including Congressmen Himes and Courtney, and Congresswoman DeLauro.
Legislative immunity? Arizona lawmaker puts pedal to the metal on state highways Arizona Rep. Paul Mosley stopped for excessive speeding 5 times since last year, records show. Check out this story on USATODAY.com: https://usat.ly/2LmKFsU An Arizona lawmaker criticized for claiming legislative immunity during a traffic stop in March has a history of speeding without consequence on the state's roadways, documents show.
Award-winning investigative reporter Greg Palast was called to testify in front of the National Commission for Voter Justice at their Southern California Regional Hearing. The non-partisan organization was set up in response to the now-defunct Trump/Kobach Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity, which used fraudulent claims of illegal double-voting as justification to cull millions of perfectly legal voters from the rolls.
Donald Trump Jr. campaigned for U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis in Orlando on Wednesday, reminding a group of supporters that DeSantis was one of his father's earliest backers. "Ron DeSantis here, from day one, he got it," said Trump Jr., head of the trust that controls the Trump Organization, speaking to a crowd of about 300 at B.B. King's on International Drive.
"You have to, especially in an environment like this, you have to work to earn trust a and I've worked very hard to do that," the first daughter and adviser to the president said Wednesday at the Bipartisan Policy Center. "And I don't want to call out names because a lot of people who engaged with me in the most substantive way have done so because they know that I'm not going to violate their confidence and share their perspectives publicly."
Following President Trump's meeting and press conference with Vladimir Putin in Helsinki, where he accepted Putin's election meddling denial, top Senate Democrats sent a letter to President Trump listing a series of questions to clarify what commitments he may have made to Putin during their secretive and lengthy meeting.
Former Ohio State University wrestling coach and current U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan was interviewed by the law firm investigating allegations that a now-dead team doctor sexually abused male athletes there decades ago, his spokesman confirmed Wednesday. The Ohio Republican spoke Monday morning with the firm looking into allegations against Dr. Richard Strauss and how the school responded to any complaints about Strauss, said spokesman Ian Fury, who declined to discuss details of the conversation.