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Jeff Sessions lied before Congress during questioning of his contact with Russians as a member of the Donald Trump campaign and now he wants to keep his job by recusing himself from a probe of Russian influence in the 2016 election. Under oath and on live TV, he was asked by Sen. Al Franken, "if there is any evidence that anyone affiliated with the Trump campaign communicated with the Russian government in the course of this campaign, what will you do?" And he answered, "I did not have communications with the Russians."
Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner continues to deny he had a heavy-handed role in derailing the so-called grand bargain to end the state budget impasse, even as Senate Democrats accuse him of pulling GOP votes off of the deal. on Friday, Rauner said "we should help" senators keep negotiating so they reach his goals of instituting a permanent property tax freeze and changing workers' compensation rules.
" Republicans hate "Obamacare," so House GOP leaders freak out whenever their health care bill is compared to President Barack Obama's law. But one reason some conservatives are branding the bill "Obamacare Lite" comes down to the tax credits to help consumers buy insurance.
Seven years ago, Barack Obama's Democrats passed a health-insurance law that promised to cover almost everyone and make medical care more affordable. Best of all, Obama said, the new plan wouldn't inconvenience anybody, except the high-income folks who got hit with a tax increase.
The Salt Lake Tribune) Anasazi structures built under a sandstone alcove in a canyon on Cedar Mesa in San Juan County and part of Bears Ears National Monument. The Salt Lake Tribune) Anasazi structures built under a sandstone alcove in a canyon on Cedar Mesa in San Juan County and part of Bears Ears National Monument.
For months, President Donald Trump and his advisers have tried to distance themselves from Carter Page, a little-known investment banker who briefly served as a foreign policy adviser on the Republican's presidential campaign. This week, Page - who is at the center of the swirling controversy over Trump associates' connections to Russia - painted himself as a recurrent visitor to Trump Tower, the New York skyscraper that housed Trump's campaign offices.
In stepping up legal challenges to President Donald Trump's revised travel ban, Democratic attorneys general are trying to use the court system to thwart the executive branch in the same way their GOP counterparts did under President Barack Obama . Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson said Thursday he was asking a federal judge to find that his order last month halting the old travel ban applies to the new one, too.
24, 2015 file photo a man carries a child to board a train at a station near the village of Zakany, Hungary. UNICEF, the United Nations' children's agency, says it is alarmed by the new Hungarian ... Women seeking abortions and some basic services would face restrictions and have a tough time paying for some of that medical care under the Republicans' proposed health bill.
For months, President Donald Trump and his advisers have tried to distance themselves from Carter Page, a little-known investment banker who briefly served as a foreign policy adviser on the Republican's presidential campaign. This week, Page - who is at the center of the swirling controversy over Trump associates' connections to Russia - painted himself as a recurrent visitor to Trump Tower, the New York skyscraper that housed Trump's campaign offices.
Time marches on, with a bit more skip this weekend, as daylight saving time officially re-emerges at 2 a.m. Federal judges have dealt Texas another loss over voting rights, finding that Republicans racially gerrymandered some congressional districts to weaken the electoral influence of the state's booming minority... Federal judges have dealt Texas another loss over voting rights, finding that Republicans racially gerrymandered some congressional districts to weaken the electoral influence of the state's booming minority population. A district attorney says two assistant prosecutors no longer work for him after a report by The Associated Press about abuse at a North Carolina church where they are members.
Sessions is seeking the resignations of 46 United States att... Time marches on, with a bit more skip this weekend, as daylight saving time officially re-emerges at 2 a.m. Time marches on, with a bit more skip this weekend, as daylight saving time officially re-emerges at 2 a.m. Federal judges have dealt Texas another loss over voting rights, finding that Republicans racially gerrymandered some congressional districts to weaken the electoral influence of the state's booming minority... Federal judges have dealt Texas another loss over voting rights, finding that Republicans racially gerrymandered some congressional districts to weaken the electoral influence of the state's booming minority population.
Donald Trump campaigned as an outsider - celebrating his lack of political experience by selling himself as a dealmaker willing to buck Republican orthodoxy and his own party's leadership. He alone would reshape Washington.
Hawaii has filed a lawsuit against President Donald Trump's new travel ban, saying the order will harm Muslims, tourism and foreign students. Hawaii has filed a lawsuit against President Donald Trump's new travel ban, saying the order will harm Muslims, tourism and foreign students.
Donald Trump, then president-elect, shakes hands with then-President Barack Obama during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Nov. 10, 2016. WASHINGTON - When he was Ronald Reagan's secretary of state, George Shultz was once asked about the CIA's disavowal of involvement in a mysterious recent bombing in Lebanon.
In the 27 hours the House Energy and Commerce Committee spent debating Republicans ' Affordable Care Act revision plan, a handful of moments stand out. At the start, Democratic Rep. Mike Doyle was talking with Republican Rep. John Shimkus about his objections to the Affordable Care Act's requirements for health-insurance plans.
The State Department says top U.S. diplomat Rex Tillerson has recused himself from TransCanada's application for a presidential permit for the proposed Keystone XL pipeline. The pipeline, which would bring oil from Canada to the U.S., was halted by then-President Barack Obama.
Upon taking office, President Trump dusted off a portrait of Andrew Jackson and hung it above his desk in the Oval Office. He chose better than he knew.
The federal government's top ethics official on Thursday chastised the White House for declining to discipline President Trump's senior adviser Kellyanne Conway for her on-air endorsement of Ivanka Trump's clothing line. Walter M. Shaub Jr., director of the Office of Government Ethics, had urged officials last month to reprimand Conway after she told Fox News viewers to "go buy Ivanka's stuff," appearing to violate a federal rule banning public officials from using their position to endorse products or services.
A groundbreaking climate lawsuit, brought against the federal government by 21 children, has been hailed by environmentalists as a bold new strategy to press for climate action in the United States. But the Trump administration, which has pledged to undo Barack Obama's climate regulations, is doing its best to make sure the case doesn't get far.
The U.S. Department of Justice declined to confirm Sean Spicer's claims that President Donald Trump was not under investigation. Trump claimed last weekend that former President Barack Obama had ordered a wiretap on his campaign, but has thus far not offered any proof, and the president has asked the U.S. Congress to investigate his own allegations.