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Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and John Podesta arrive for a portrait unveiling ceremony for retiring Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., last week. Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call,Inc. hide caption Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and John Podesta arrive for a portrait unveiling ceremony for retiring Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., last week.
A view of Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid's former home in Searchlight, Nev. Thursday, Dec. 1, 2016. Reid sold the home and 110 acres to Nevada Milling & Mining LLC in 2014.
The FBI knew that Russia was meddling in the U.S. election to help ensure a Donald Trump victory - but the agency's director turned a blind eye to the interference, outgoing Senate minority leader Harry Reid claimed. A day after a secret CIA assessment showed several people connected to the Russian government leaked hacked emails from the Democrats to whistleblowing site WikiLeaks, Reid called for the resignation of FBI director James Comey.
President-elect Donald Trump hasn't said whether he supports or opposes the Yucca Mountain disposal site, but a possible train route to haul radioactive waste from nuclear power plants could come within a half-mile of his Las Vegas hotel. Robert Halstead, executive director of the Nevada Agency for Nuclear Projects, said Friday the Trump hotel is within "800 meters of influence" of the railroad route that could carry more than 77,000 tons of high-level nuclear waste to the site about 90 miles from Las Vegas.
This image provided by C-SPAN2 shows retiring Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. giving his final speech on the Senate floor on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 8, 2016.
A bipartisan bill to speed government drug approvals and bolster biomedical research cleared its last procedural hurdle in the Senate on Monday. The 85-13 vote for cloture, or closing debate and preventing a filibuster on the bill, puts the measure on track for final legislative approval by the Senate as early as today.
Housing of Representatives Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi may well be patting herself on the back this past week. In the process, she should be looking over her shoulder.
Two weeks after a crushing defeat in an election in which Democrats thought they were playing to their strengths of sober competence and tolerance in the face of extremism, a change has already occurred. Vermont independent Sen. Bernie Sanders is acting as the voice of the party far more frequently than anyone could have imagined just a few years ago.
Appearing on NBC's Meet the Press Sunday, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer vowed that Democrats would oppose Donald Trump's most controversial policies, but not all of the president-elect's legislation, echoing earlier reports about Schumer and other Democrat leaders' willingness to align themselves with some of Trump's campaign promises. "We're not going to oppose him just because it's something that Trump sponsors," Schumer said, noting that "candidate Trump voiced very progressive and populist opinions" on things like the carried interest loophole, trade deal reform, and infrastructure spending.
Bannon, 62, was taking time off from Breitbart to serve as CEO of the Trump campaign before Sunday's announcement giving him a senior leadership role in the incoming administration. Breitbart has propagated conspiracy theories, like Planned Parenthood having Nazi ties or Clinton aide Huma Abedin being a spy for Saudi Arabia.
Newly elected congressman Ruben Kihuen greets supporters as the Nevada State Democratic Party hosts its 2016 election night watch party with Hillary for Nevada, Catherine Cortez Masto for Senate, and down-ballot Democratic candidates in Southern Nevada at ARIA Resort and Casino on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016. We are a few days past the 2016 election, so I will not indulge in any of the sour grapes that may have infected my view in the initial aftermath of the results Tuesday night.
Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minn., has emerged as a leading candidate for the next chairman of the Democratic National Committee. MUST CREDIT: Washington Post photo by Linda Davidson Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minn., picked up another high-profile supporter on Sunday in his expected bid to become the next chairman of the Democratic National Committee: outgoing Senate Minority Leader Harry M. Reid, D-Nev.
Hillary's last hurrah: Clinton greets her campaign staff one final time, admitting the last few days have been 'very, very tough' as it's claimed she was 'inconsolable' after crushing defeat to Trump Angry anti-Trump demonstrators in Portland are hit with tear gas while 11 are arrested in New York as protest leaders vow to continue marching across the country all the way to Inauguration Day Don't blame Hillary! Don't blame us! Loser's closest aides claim it was the FBI and the media who dared to scrutinize her who cost the election 'F**k your father!' Eric Trump and his wife, Lara, heckled on the streets of New York City after a dinner celebrating Donald's election win 'A sexual predator who lost the popular vote': Senator Harry Reid slams President-elect Donald Trump's victory for leaving law-abiding Americans 'wracked with fear' Is Trump about to DITCH his pledge to lock Hillary up? ... (more)
Hillary's last hurrah: Clinton greets her campaign staff one final time, admitting the last few days have been 'very, very tough' as it's claimed she was 'inconsolable' after crushing defeat to Trump Is Trump about to DITCH his pledge to lock Hillary up? President-elect softens his stance on 'very strong and very smart' Clinton and brushes aside question about when he will appoint special prosecutor Don't blame Hillary! Don't blame us! Loser's closest aides claim it was the FBI and the media who dared to scrutinize her who cost the election 'A sexual predator who lost the popular vote': Senator Harry Reid slams President-elect Donald Trump's victory for leaving law-abiding Americans 'wracked with fear' Anti-Trump backlash spills on to the streets again: Angry Clinton supporters are confronted by counter-protesters as police brace themselves for violence Silicon Valley's lone Trump ... (more)
The departing Senate minority leader says Donald Trump's election "has emboldened the forces of hate and bigotry" and he now must lead "a time of healing." In a statement Friday, Nevada Democrat Harry Reid said white nationalists, Russian President Vladimir Putin and the Islamic State extremist group are celebrating Trump's election "while innocent, law-abiding Americans are wracked with fear."
The U.S. Senate will welcome its first Latina member when Democrat Catherine Cortez Masto takes the mantle from pugnacious Nevada Sen. Harry Reid. Nevada's Cortez Masto breaks barrier as 1st Latina in Senate LAS VEGAS - The U.S. Senate will welcome its first Latina member when Democrat Catherine Cortez Masto takes the mantle from pugnacious Nevada Sen. Harry Reid.
Control of the Senate was up for grabs Tuesday as Republicans' hopes of protecting their narrow majority in an unpredictable election rested on a handful of states that were toss-ups until the end. In two red states that were never supposed to be this competitive, North Carolina and Missouri, Democrats sought to upset entrenched GOP incumbents.
Republican nominee Donald Trump , who has long suggested without evidence there is voter fraud in the United States, explicitly accused Democrats in Nevada in engaging in the practice. Speaking in a convention centre hall in Reno, Nevada , Trump alleged that the long lines in Hispanic neighbourhoods on the last day of early voting in Las Vegas were the result of the machinations of "crazy broken Harry Reid and his political machine", referring to the Senate minority leader, who hails from the state.
Control of the Senate hung in the balance as candidates from Nevada to New Hampshire made their closing pitches to voters Saturday after a tough and costly campaign. Republicans feared their slim 54-46 majority could slip away as they battled cross-currents from all sides, not least their unconventional presidential nominee, Donald Trump.