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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.
House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes speaks to the media about President Donald Trump's allegation that his campaign was the target of wiretaps on Capitol Hill in Washington March 7, 2017. REUTERS/Aaron P. Bernstein A U.S. House of Representatives panel has asked the Justice Department for copies of documents which if they exist could shed light on President Donald Trump's allegation that the Obama administration wiretapped his election campaign.
White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer wants everyone to know that he, the White House and the president are "not aware" of a Justice Department investigation into Donald Trump's wiretapping accusations. In fact, he repeated the claim 10 times in response to one question on Thursday and then recommended that reporters use a thesaurus to look up additional ways to say it.
Washington state's attorney general is asking a federal judge to affirm that an order blocking President Donald Trump's first travel ban will also apply to a revised travel ban. Washington state's attorney general is asking a federal judge to affirm that an order blocking President Donald Trump's first travel ban will also apply to a revised travel ban.
President Donald Trump speaks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, March 9, 2017, during a meeting with leaders from small community banks. . FILE- In this March 6, 2012 file photo, an FBI poster showing a composite image of former FBI agent Robert Levinson, right, of how he would look like now after five years in captivity, and an image, center, taken f... .
" The Latest on the health care debate as Congress begins work on a GOP-drafted overhaul : The American Action Network says it will run spots in 30 districts represented by members of the hard-line House Freedom Caucus. Many in that group have opposed the GOP-drafted health care overhaul.
" President Donald Trump has offered former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman the position as U.S. ambassador to Russia, a high-profile and sensitive post amid investigations into contacts between Russian officials and the Trump campaign. Trump made the offer to Huntsman earlier this week, according to a White House official not authorized to discuss the move publicly until it is announced.
Republicans have won an initial victory in their effort to erase former President Barack Obama's health care overhaul. They've pushed a measure through the House Ways and Means Committee repealing tax penalties on people who don't buy insurance.
President Donald Trump's spokesman went out of his way to cast doubt on Congress' budget experts, perhaps anticipating disappointing results from a coming cost analysis of a Trump-backed plan to "repeal and replace" former President Barack Obama's health care law. Too far out of his way.
FILE - In this 2012 photo provided by a former member of the church, Jeffrey Cooper holds his infant daughter at her 2012 baby dedication at the Word of Faith Fellowship compound in Spindale, N.C. At second right is Frank Webster, an ... Republicans on a pivotal House committee are nearing an initial triumph in their effort to scuttle former President Barack Obama's health care overhaul. Republicans on a pivotal House committee are nearing an initial triumph in their effort to scuttle former President Barack Obama's health care overhaul.
Displaced Iraqis who fled their homes due to fighting between Iraqi security forces and Islamic State militants wait to be transferred to camps for displaced people, on the western side of Mosul, Iraq, Wednesday, March 8, 20... Republicans on a pivotal House committee are nearing an initial triumph in their effort to scuttle former President Barack Obama's health care overhaul. Republicans on a pivotal House committee are nearing an initial triumph in their effort to scuttle former President Barack Obama's health care overhaul.
Republicans on a pivotal House committee are nearing an initial triumph in their effort to scuttle former President Barack Obama's health care overhaul. Republicans on a pivotal House committee are nearing an initial triumph in their effort to scuttle former President Barack Obama's health care overhaul.
A protester wearing a mask, attends during a rally calling for impeachment of President Park Geun-hye near the Constitutional Court in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, March 10, 2017. People gathered Friday ahead of a court ruling on... .
Page, o... 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. U.S. employers are thought to have hired at a brisk pace in February, and the unemployment rate is expected to stay low _ a result that would provide further evidence of a consistently solid job market.
That's when the rookie doctors exchan... . In this Monday, Feb. 27, 2017, photo, Cambridge Hospital first-year resident Samantha Harrington stands for a photograph at the hospital in Cambridge, Mass.
Some media outlets say that the first African-American president was "livid." Either way, it's hard not to see how Obama wouldn't be a bit upset after his successor called him a "bad guy" while basically saying he has no integrity.
HEALTHCARE The top U.S. doctors' organization and several hospital groups come out strongly against a Republican plan backed by Trump t WASHINGTON, March 8 Republicans in the U.S. Congress are moving to repeal regulations adopted by the Obama administration in October that would have subjected internet service providers to stricter scrutiny than websites to protect customers' private data.
Democrats denouncing the new House GOP health-care bill should actually be dancing in the streets. Perhaps, in the privacy of their own homes, the savvier ones are popping the champagne corks.
President Trump walks down the stairs of Air Force One in West Palm Beach, Fla., on March 3. We shouldn't blithely move on to other matters until we deal with the institutional carnage inflicted upon us by President Trump. The current president of the United States has accused former president Barack Obama of committing a felony by having him wiretapped.