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In thisJune 3, 2016, file frame from video provided by KGW-TV, smoke billows from a Union Pacific train that derailed near Mosier, Ore., in the scenic Columbia River Gorge. Oregon's Multnomah County Chairwoman Deborah Kafoury and Portland, Ore., Mayor Charlie Hales are calling on Oregon Gov. Kate Brown to oppose oil-by-rail projects like the Tesoro-Savage terminal proposed in Vancouver, Wash., and to work for a permanent ban on oil-by-rail--a request that comes in the wake of the Mosier derailment.
Hillary Clinton brought a close to the presidential primary season with a win Tuesday in the nation's capital and a meeting with dispatched rival Bernie Sanders, hoping to set a tone of Democratic unity heading into next month's party convention in Philadelphia. Clinton's win in the District of Columbia, the final primary of 2016, had no bearing on her role as the presumptive nominee, but it nevertheless marked a transition in the lengthy primary fight between the two rivals.
Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer said he was uplifted by the way the community has come together during a citywide prayer service for the 49 people who were killed in a nightclub shooting over the weekend. More than a thousand people - including many clergy and local, state and national civic leaders - met Tuesday night at First Baptist Orlando to hold a vigil for the victims of the early Sunday morning shooting at the Pulse nightclub.
State Senator Donald McEachin and Henrico Sheriff Mike Wade have emerged victorious Tuesday in the Democratic and Republican primaries for Virginia's 4th District Congressional seat. McEachin defeated Ella P. Ward, of Chesapeake to capture the Democratic nomination.
President Barack Obama angrily denounced Donald Trump's anti-Muslim rhetoric on Tuesday, blasting the views of the presumptive Republican presidential nominee as a threat to American security and a menacing echo of some of the most shameful moments in U.S. history. Obama's rebuke was his most searing yet of the man seeking to take his seat in the Oval Office.
Virginia voters in select parts of the state head to the polls Tuesday to weigh in on their party's congressional nominees. Democrats in Arlington will also choose a candidate for the County Board.
President Barack Obama's upcoming trip to Yosemite National Park occurs amid both pomp and peril for the National Park Service. Even as Yosemite officials ready themselves, and the park service celebrates its centennial, lawmakers and Interior Department investigators are criticizing what a House panel on Tuesday termed "misconduct and unethical behavior," including allegations of serial sexual harassment.
House Speaker Paul Ryan said Tuesday that a ban on Muslims entering the U.S., a proposal from Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, is not in the nation's interest. An Orlando police officer was wearing this helmet when it was struck by a bullet during Sunday morning's shooting at Pulse nightclub.
Five-time NBA Champion Earvin "Magic" Johnson will partner with SC State University to raise $2.5 million toward an endowed scholarship that will bear the global businessman's name. Such a philanthropic effort is the first in the university's history.
Dismayed Republicans scrambled for cover Tuesday from Donald Trump's inflammatory response to the Orlando massacre, while President Barack Obama and Democrat Hillary Clinton delivered fiery denunciations that underscored the potential peril for the GOP. Republican hopes are fading for a new, "more presidential" Trump as the party's divisions around him grow ever more acute.
Donald Trump's Michigan campaign manager Scott Hagerstrom has said he believes that it's possible the likely Republican nominee can win in the state. No Republican has done so since 1988.
Democratic Caucus Vice Chairman Joseph Crowley, D-N.Y., blasts GOP House members for failing to take up gun legislation. House Democrats on Tuesday renewed their call to take up legislation aimed at gun control calling the GOP leadership "deer in the headlights" when it comes to the issue.
The most closely watched race on Tuesday is among Republicans in the 2nd District, which includes much of the Hampton Roads area. Rep. Randy Forbes is facing off against former Navy SEAL and state lawmaker Scott Taylor and attorney Pat Cardwell.
The mass shooting in Orlando, Florida has allowed Donald Trump to seize upon a familiar issue he has used to great advantage -the threat of Islamist militants and his plan to limit Muslim immigration to the United States, offering him what could be a crucial moment to re-boot his sputtering presidential campaign. But while rank-and-file voters might respond positively to Trump's renewed call for a ban on some Muslims entering the country, his reaction to the massacre showed few initial signs of winning over Republican foreign-policy figures who have spurned the New York mogul.
Protesters plan to gather outside the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday to say the Confederate battle emblem on the Mississippi flag is a vestige of slavery and Congress should erase it. Among the scheduled speakers for the Flag Day rally is Aunjanue Ellis, an actress who lives in Pike County, Mississippi, where she grew up.
The chairman of the House Financial Services Committee's call to strip the Financial Stability Oversight Council of the ability to designate insurers and others as systemically important financial institutions leaves unanswered the question of how insurance groups should be regulated. In remarks prepared for an address to the Economic Club of New York last week, Rep. Jeb Hensarling, R-Texas, outlined details of the Financial CHOICE Act, a Republican plan to replace the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.
Totalitarian governments and those who seek to expand the power and control of government fear the free exchange of information and ideas. The Obama administration is no exception and has long pushed the concept of "net neutrality" which, in the name of giving everyone equal access to the Internet, empowers government to be the traffic cop -- in essence putting government toll booths on the information superhighway.
The Kansas State Board of Education plans to discuss and take possible action on the Obama administration's directive that public schools allow transgender students to use restrooms that match their gender identity.
The bipartisan bill would require federal agencies to consider release of government information under a "presumption of openness" as opposed to a presumption the information is secret.
Defense lawyers for a Pennsylvania congressman on trial in Philadelphia accuse the Justice Department of smearing a long-time public servant through the racketeering case. Defense lawyer Samuel Silver says Fattah may have had financial problems.