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Attorney General Jeff Sessions took his department's tough policy on illegal immigration to the graduating class of Pennsylvania police cadets. Democrats called on Republicans to find a solution for DACA recipients on the 6th anniversary of the program being installed.
We'll soon know how the U.S. Supreme Court will rule in two key partisan gerrymandering cases, one from Wisconsin and the other from Maryland, which have the potential to remake how our congressional districts are drawn. Whatever the court determines, multiple lower and state court decisions should finally put to rest one important debate: Is the durable Republican congressional advantage across otherwise competitive purple states a natural geographic edge, or an unnatural upper hand obtained via extreme gerrymandering? In Wisconsin, North Carolina and Pennsylvania, Republicans and their expert witnesses have defended GOP supremacy on legislative and congressional maps as the result of natural sorting.
Amid their final whimpers of this weirdo election campaign, Ontario's parties spent some of Wednesday urging their supporters to make specific plans to vote. "Do you know when you'll be voting?" an emailed blast from the Progressive Conservative campaign asked.
For Deb Haaland, the New Mexico lawyer seeking to make history in her bid to become the first Native American woman elected to Congress, proclaiming defiance to the Trump administration has echoes in the brutal history of the Southwest. "How can we not be outraged by the separation of families?" Ms.
Republican U.S. Rep. Lou Barletta of Pennsylvania plans to attend a White House ceremony without the Super Bowl-winning Philadelphia Eagles after President Donald Trump canceled their visit, but Democratic U.S. Sen. Bob Casey is skipping it. Barletta, who's challenging Casey's re-election bid in November, said he'll be at the White House on Tuesday "representing the proud Pennsylvanians who stand for our flag."
U.S. Rep. Lou Barletta, the Republican nominee in Pennsylvania's U.S. Senate race, talks to supporters during an election night results party on May 15 in Hazleton, Pa. I cover national politics and policy from Washington D.C., with a focus on Pennsylvania and New Jersey lawmakers and issues.
President Donald Trump backed two successful U.S. Senate nominees in Pennsylvania and Nebraska, which were among four states holding primaries Tuesday. The primaries began to settle swing state Pennsylvania's chaotic congressional landscape after a court fight ended with redrawn districts just three months ago.
Monday, May 14, 2018, the day before the Pennsylvania primary where he faces two other Republicans, Scott Wagner and Laura Ellsworth. . Paul Mango, right, Republican candidate for Pennsylvania Governor, attends a campaign rally with lieutenant governor candidate Diana Vaughn, in Canonsburg, Pa., Monday, May 14, 2018, a day before the Pennsylvania primary wher... Idaho Lt.
U.S. Rep. Lou Barletta, R-Pa., right, Republican primary candidate for U.S. Senate, greets supporters during a lunch gathering, Tuesday, May 15, 2018, in Scranton, Pa. During Pennsylvania's Tuesday, May 15, 2018, primary election, Republican Party voters in the state will select Barletta or Pennsylvania state Rep. Jim Christiana as their nominee to challenge Democratic U.S. Sen. Bob Casey's re-election bid.
Paul Mango, Republican candidate for Pennsylvania Governor, campaigns in Canonsburg, Pa. Monday, May 14, 2018, the day before the Pennsylvania primary where he faces two other Republicans, Scott Wagner and Laura Ellsworth.
Tuesday's primary elections will begin to settle swing state Pennsylvania's chaotic congressional landscape after a court fight ended with redrawn districts just three months ago. Pennsylvania primary voters will also decide the fate of President Donald Trump's pick for U.S. Senate.
This Oct. 14, 2016 photo shows Rep. Jim Christiana in Beaver, Pa, Pennsylvania's thus-far sleepy U.S. Senate race could nonetheless help determine whether Republicans maintain control of the chamber. U.S. Rep. Lou Barletta is heavily favored over state Rep. Jim Christiana in Tuesday's Republican primary election.
Democratic voters in parts of Cambria County will have a choice between two candidates vying to appear on the general election ballot against incumbent U.S. Rep. Glenn Susan Boser of Indiana County and Wade Jodun of Patton Township, Centre County, will face off in Tuesday's primary election, hoping for the 15th District's Democratic nomination. In the wake of the recent Pennsylvania Supreme Court decision to draw new congressional districts, Jodun relocated to Patton Township from Mill Hall.
This Oct. 14, 2016 photo shows Rep. Jim Christiana in Beaver, Pa, Pennsylvania's thus-far sleepy U.S. Senate race could nonetheless help determine whether Republicans maintain control of the chamber.
When I lived in New York City in 1972, for a brief time I worked at an unethical company that was in the business of hiring unemployed college grads like me to write student research papers and essays for unethical university students who were well off enough to pay for them. I got paid by the page and I never knew the name of the student whose paper I was writing.
In this May 3, 2018, photo, Stephen Bloom, one of eight Republicans running for the U.S. House in Pennsylvania's 13th District, speaks to a crowd of party faithful at the Southeastern Adams Volunteer Emergency Services social hall, in Hanover, Pa. less In this May 3, 2018, photo, Stephen Bloom, one of eight Republicans running for the U.S. House in Pennsylvania's 13th District, speaks to a crowd of party faithful at the Southeastern Adams Volunteer Emergency ... more In this May 3, 2018, photo, Doug Mastriano, one of eight Republicans running for the U.S. House in Pennsylvania's 13th District, speaks to a crowd of party faithful at the Southeastern Adams Volunteer Emergency Services social hall, in Hanover, Pa.
Revealed: Trump team hired spy firm for 'dirty ops' on Iran arms deal - Israeli agency told to find incriminating material on Obama diplomats who negotiated deal with Tehran - Aides to Donald Trump, the US president, hired an Israeli private intelligence agency to orchestrate a "dirty ops" Giuliani: Trump is 'committed to' regime change in Iran - Rudy Giuliani pushed for regime change in Iran on Saturday, saying President Donald Trump is "as committed to regime change as we are."
George Scott got the inevitable question a half-hour into a meet-the-candidate house party in the rolling hills of south-central Pennsylvania: How will you inspire all those people in the congressional district who put up Donald Trump signs in 2016? Motivating the nearly 30 people who came to see Scott was that they actually have a choice in this year's congressional race: a four-way Democratic primary contest in a stretch of Pennsylvania that has been represented in Congress by a Republican for 50 years. On May 15, Pennsylvanians will settle 21 congressional primary contests, the state's most since 1984.
Comedian Michelle Wolf performs onstage during the Moontower Comedy Festival at The Paramount Theatre on April 21, 2017 in Austin, Texas. The night after Donald Trump's election as president, then-"Daily Show" contributor Michelle Wolf called out women who voted for him over Hillary Clinton.