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Election directors across the state expect to record single-digit turnout in many, if not most, precincts across the state after the voters who did show up recorded their choices for Congress and the state Supreme Court. In the Raleigh area, the most closely watched race was among Republicans hoping to represent the 2nd Congressional District.
2, 2015 file photo, California Attorney General Kamala Harris speaks at a news conference in Los Angeles. California's unusual election rules allow only two U.S. Senate candidates to advance to a November ... .
Two maritime unions with 250 Alaska jobs at stake have begun a campaign to stop the operator of the trans-Alaska pipeline from switching to a nonunion company for escorting oil tankers safely out of Prince William Sound, where the Exxon Valdez spilled 11 million gallons of crude oil in 1989. Alyeska Pipeline Service Co.
Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton and Republican Donald Trump will emerge from Tuesday's coast-to-coast contests the presumptive presidential nominees of their parties. On that, there's not much suspense: Trump has held that title for weeks, and Clinton clinched it on the eve of the votes.
Members of the National Guard listen as State EOC supervisor Chris Utzinger reads messages about the latest details on a simulated tsunami during an earthquake and tsunami readiness drill, Tuesday, June 7, 2016, at Camp Murray, Wash. The four-day event, called Cascadia Rising, is built around the premise of a 9.0 magnitude earthquake 95 miles off of the coast of Oregon that results in a tsunami.
Congress on Tuesday sent President Barack Obama a sweeping bill that would for the first time regulate tens of thousands of toxic chemicals in everyday products, from household cleaners to clothing and furniture. In a rare display of bipartisanship in an election year, the Senate backed the measure on a voice vote after Republicans and Democrats spoke enthusiastically about the legislation.
House Financial Services Cmte Chairman Jeb Hensarling's Dodd-Frank replacement plan is "ill-conceived" and "clear example of how much is at stake in this election," Hillary Clinton campaign adviser Gary Gensler says in statement.
House Speaker Paul Ryan is proposing an overhaul of the nation's poverty programs, the first of several policy plans aimed at uniting Republicans fractured by a contentious election and Donald Trump's personality-driven politics. Ryan's proposal would make changes to welfare, food and housing aid programs, among others, to increase work requirements, make the programs more efficient and allow states to make more decisions about how the aid is distributed.
Donald Trump's criticism of a Latino judge overseeing a lawsuit involving Trump University shows that the presumptive Republican nominee for president is a racist, a Democratic congressman said Monday, and he told Trump to take his proposed border wall and "shove it up your ass." Rep. Filemon Vela of Texas said in an open letter that Trump's "ignorant anti-immigrant opinions," border wall rhetoric and continued attacks on the judge "are just plain despicable."
House Speaker Paul Ryan says it's time to channel anger into action. The U.S. House Republicans propose "A Better Way": Our nation is on the wrong path.
Barbara "I can stand up to bullies!" Boxer finally got the message - no one wants her or likes her - and she announced her retirement. Excitement ensued for policy wonks like me.
Someone should be collecting all the big talk we have heard from elected officials and pundits about the ground-breaking criminal justice reforms that are purportedly soon to happen in Congress . As noted in this prior post , at least one notable commentatory was saying in summer 2013 that "momentum for sentencing reform could be unstoppable."
House minority leader Nancy Pelosi endorsed Hillary Clinton for president on Tuesday as her home state of California began presidential primary voting, ending months of artful fence-sitting during which Pelosi praised both Clinton and rival Bernie Sanders. "I'm a voter in California and I have voted for Hillary Clinton for president of the United States," Pelosi told ABC's "Good Morning America," saying she is "proud to endorse her for that position."
In a stunning bit of punditry television, McConnell was confronted on Sunday by Chuck Todd of Meet the Press about Trump's declaration that Gonzalo Curiel, the federal judge presiding over a case against the now-defunct Trump University, should be disqualified because of the judge's Mexican heritage, seeing as how the Republican standard-bearer has called for the building of a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border. Todd read McConnell words recently penned by the right-wing blogger and Red State website founder Erick Erickson, who on June 4 at The Resurgent wrote the following about Trump's repeated claims regarding Judge Curiel: The attacks are racist.
People cheer as Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks at a rally at Sacramento City College, Sunday, June 5, 2016, in Sacramento, Calif. People cheer as Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks at a rally at Sacramento City College, Sunday, June 5, 2016, in Sacramento, Calif.
House Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling is slated to preview legislation offering an alternative to Dodd-Frank, which he says is hurting the economy, during a speech at the Economic Club of New York Tuesday morning. The Texas Republican has been a staunch critic of the 2010 Wall Street reform act placing additional regulations on financial institutions, saying it is hurting the economy and calling for it to be repealed and replaced.
U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan listens to a question during his weekly news conference at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., April 28, 2016. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst House Speaker Paul Ryan is slated to unveil the GOP's plan to tackle poverty Tuesday at a drug and alcohol rehab facility in Anacostia - one of Washington, D.C.'s poorest neighborhoods.
INDIANAPOLIS Indiana Democrats on Monday chastised Republicans for not defending Hoosier Gonzalo Curiel against attacks from GOP presumptive presidential nominee Donald Trump.
The Democratic presidential race has been a hot topic in Sen. Sherrod Brown's household - and not because the Ohio Democrat is rumored to be on front-runner Hillary Clinton's short list for vice president. Brown and his wife, columnist Connie Schultz, are both big Clinton supporters.