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Unnerving fellow Republicans, President Donald Trump declared Monday he would have "no problem" shutting down the federal government this fall if Congress won't come up with more money for border security. Trump's threat, his second in two days, put him further at odds with his own party in Congress, where many Republicans are facing tough re-election fights this November.
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On Tuesday, December 12, 2017, the state of Alabama held a special election for the U.S. Senate seat left vacant by Attorney General Jeff Sessions. Democrat Doug Jones defeated Republican Roy Moore by 1.5 points in a state that has not elected a Democrat senator since 1992.
Congress had weeks to pass another budget deal to keep the federal government open. Last night, Kentucky's junior senator, Republican Rand Paul, prolonged that process another few hours, filibustering the last-minute compromise over his complaints about increasing the federal deficit.
Missile threat alert for Hawaii a false alarm - Washington An emergency alert notification sent out on Saturday claiming a "ballistic missile threat inbound to Hawaii" was a false alarm, according to the Hawaii Office of Emergency Management and a tweet from one of the state's Democratic congresswomen. Kentucky to now require LITERACY TESTS for "certain populations" to receive medical care.
Well, folks, we have had a more exciting and fun filled political year than we expected. Usually, most of the fun is reserved for even numbered years when presidential or gubernatorial elections are held.
Alabama's election of a Democrat to the U.S. Senate for the first time in a quarter-century qualifies as historic but it does not indicate a sudden massive swing in voter allegiance in that state or nationwide.
Tuesday, Doug Jones became the first Democrat to win a U.S. Senate seat in Alabama since Richard Shelby in 1992. Jones defeated his Republican opponent, Roy Moore, in Alabama's special Senate election.
Weary national Republicans breathed a collective sigh of relief on Wednesday, a day after voters knocked out their own party's scandal-plagued candidate in deep-red Alabama.
The prospect of a high-profile Republican senator dogged by sexual misconduct accusations had unnerved a GOP that's fearful of an albatross on its candidates in next year's campaigns. Alabama Sen. Richard Shelby says Moore would have brought a "radioactive" element to the Senate GOP.
One consequence of the election results in Alabama is that the hostility between the establishment and the populist elements of the GOP coalition will rise to a new, potentially unsustainable level. Over the past 40 years, the Republican Party has largely become a coalition of two groups: white people for whom the economy and the U.S. political system work extremely well, and white people for whom the economy and our politics hardly work at all.
Politicians react to Democrat Doug Jones winning over Republican candidate Roy Moore in Tuesday's special election in Alabama for senate. Politicians react to Democrat Doug Jones winning over Republican candidate Roy Moore in Tuesday's special election in Alabama for senate.
The easy, immediate and accurate analysis of Roy Moore's loss in Tuesday's election for the U.S. Senate is that the allegations made against him cost him the race. Without those allegations of sexual misconduct, which Moore repeatedly denied, he certainly would have sailed to victory.
In a stunning victory aided by scandal, Democrat Doug Jones won Alabama's special Senate election on Tuesday, beating back history, an embattled Republican opponent and President Donald Trump, who urgently endorsed GOP rebel Roy Moore despite a litany of sexual misconduct allegations. It was the first Democratic Senate victory in a quarter-century in Alabama, one of the reddest of red states, and proved anew that party loyalty is anything but sure in the age of Trump.
In a stunning victory aided by scandal, Democrat Doug Jones won Alabama's special Senate election Tuesday, beating back history, an embattled Republican opponent and President Donald Trump, who urgently endorsed GOP rebel Roy Moore despite a litany of sexual misconduct allegations.
Democrat Doug Jones assembled an unusual Deep South alliance to claim a Senate seat Tuesday in Republican-dominated Alabama, combining strong turnout among African-Americans and white liberals with enough crossover support from conservatives who couldn't stomach scandal-ridden Republican nominee Roy Moore.
It was the first Democratic Senate victory in a quarter-century in Alabama, one of the reddest of red states, and proved anew that party loyalty is anything but sure in the age of Trump. The Republican loss was a major embarrassment for the president and a fresh wound for the nation's already divided GOP.