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Some Wisconsin students who took their demonstration against gun violence on the road have reached their destination - House Speaker Paul Ryan's hometown. A group of about 40 students make their way along Old Highway 92 south of Evansville, Wis., on Tuesday, March 27, 2018, as they march to U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan's hometown of Janesville to call for stricter gun control laws.
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Students in Wisconsin are going more than just the extra mile to fight for school safety and push for gun legislation. A group of teen advocates from across the state are bringing the battle for gun reform to House Speaker Paul Ryan's back yard in Janesville.
The good news for President Donald Trump? His approval rating is up 7 points since last month, according to a new poll by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. The bad news? That only lifts Trump's approval to 42 percent, low for a president at this point in his tenure.
Staff writers for The Washington Post and BuzzFeed News won awards on Tuesday for investigative nonfiction books. The Post's Amy Goldstein won the $10,000 J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize for her portrait of a Wisconsin community and the residence of Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan, "Janesville: An American Story."
Staff writers for The Washington Post and BuzzFeed News won awards on Tuesday for investigative nonfiction books. The Post's Amy Goldstein won the $10,000 J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize for her portrait of a Wisconsin community and the residence of Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan, "Janesville: An American Story."
President Donald Trump with, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, left, and Vice President Mike Pence, speaks in the White House on March 23 about the $1.3 trillion spending bil. President Trump signed the $1.3-trillion omnibus spending deal on Friday, averting another government shutdown.
In this Aug. 13, 2015, file photo, hemp plants tower above researchers who tend to them at a research farm in Lexington, Ky. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Monday, March 26, 2018, he wants to bring hemp production back into the mainstream by removing it from the controlled substances list that now associates it with marijuana, its illicit cousin.
About 40 high schoolers from Wisconsin are using the start of their spring break vacation to bring the weekend's national wave of gun control marches to the hometown of Republican U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan. The group on Monday was approaching the halfway point in its four-day, 50-mile trek from the state capital of Madison to Janesville, Wisconsin in an event they were calling "March for Our Lives: 50 Miles More."
About 40 students from across Wisconsin prepare to march to Janesville, Wis. as part of a "50 Miles More" event to protest gun violence and advocate for gun control Monday, March 26, 2018.
Stormy Daniels describes her alleged affair with Donald Trump - The adult-film star and director is being threatened with financial ruin, but she wants to set the record straight about her alleged affair with Donald Trump - A week and a half before the 2016 election Adult Film Star Says She Stayed Silent on Trump Out of Fear - The adult film star Stephanie Clifford told "60 Minutes" that she struck a $130,000 deal for her silence about an alleged affair with Donald J. Trump in the final days of the 2016 campaign because she was worried about her safety and that of her young daughter.
Stormy Daniels describes her alleged affair with Donald Trump - The adult-film star and director is being threatened with financial ruin, but she wants to set the record straight about her alleged affair with Donald Trump - A week and a half before the 2016 election Adult Film Star Says She Stayed Silent on Trump Out of Fear - The adult film star Stephanie Clifford told "60 Minutes" that she struck a $130,000 deal for her silence about an alleged affair with Donald J. Trump in the final days of the 2016 campaign because she was worried about her safety and that of her young daughter.
I cover national politics and policy from Washington D.C., with a focus on Pennsylvania and New Jersey lawmakers and issues. Rep. Ryan Costello won't seek reelection, he announced Sunday night, opening a major opportunity for Democrats in the fight for control of the U.S. House.
By LISA MASCARO and MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON - With passage of an enormous budget bill, the GOP-controlled Congress all but wrapped up its legislating for the year.
With passage of an enormous budget bill, the GOP-controlled Congress all but wrapped up its legislating for the year. But will it be enough to convince voters to give Republicans another term at the helm? In two big ways, Republicans have done what they promised.
The deal was struck last week in an ornate room just off the House floor, where two New Yorkers discussed a big infrastructure project in their home town as dignitaries milled around a St. Patrick's Day luncheon. President Donald Trump's message to Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., was simple, King recounted Thursday: Federal money would flow to the $30 billion Gateway project, but Trump had to be in control.
U.S. President Donald Trump made a surprising threat on Friday to veto Congress' newly passed $1.3 trillion spending bill, a move that raised the specter of a government shutdown ahead of a midnight deadline to renew funding for federal agencies. In a tweet on Friday morning Trump said he was displeased about immigration issues in the bill, even though the White House had given assurances on Thursday that he would sign it.
In this March 21, 2018, photo, Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., walks to the Senate floor for a vote with accompanying reporters, on Capitol Hill in Washington. As the Senate gets closer to another government funding deadline, Paul is protesting the pending $1.3 trillion spending bill, which he has called "budget-busting."
Congress gave final approval Friday to a giant $1.3 trillion spending bill that ends the budget battles for now, but only after late scuffles and conservatives objections to big outlays on Democratic priorities at a time when Republicans control the House, Senate and White House. Senate passage shortly after midnight averted a third federal shutdown this year, an outcome both parties wanted to avoid.