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Police say they received a call just before 1:30 p.m. Wednesday of a drug overdose at the Wesley Inn, 625 Wells St. Officers say they arrived to find 30 year old Erica Lenard and 23 year old Cody Lenard in the room with items commonly used in methamphetamine production. The weather may be warming up for now, but conditions are expected to get colder again.
Washington >> President Barack Obama commuted the prison sentence of Chelsea Manning on Tuesday, allowing the Army intelligence officer who leaked scores of classified documents to go free nearly three decades early. Manning, who will leave prison in May, was one of 209 inmates whose sentences Obama was shortening, a list that includes Puerto Rican nationalist Oscar Lopez-Rivera.
In this Jan. 10, 2017 file photo, House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis., accompanied by House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif. leaves a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington.
In this Jan. 10, 2017 file photo, House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis., accompanied by House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif. leaves a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington.
If "repeal and replace" of the Affordable Care Act is Republicans' job one, defunding Planned Parenthood is a close second. In fact, the two priorities might be paired.
Authorities say a dog walker who became the victim of an unusual, road rage incident was able to disarm another man, and give the hand gun to a passerby. Authorities say a dog walker who became the victim of an unusual, road rage incident was able to disarm another man, and give the hand gun to a passerby.
In this Jan. 4, 2017 photo, Vice President-elect Mike Pence, joined by House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. Mike Pence, who spent a dozen years in Congress before becoming Indiana's governor, is making frequent visits to Capitol Hill and promising close coordination with lawmakers as Donald Trump prepares to enter the White House.
Dozens of residents rallied in downtown Kenosha Sunday, calling for Congress to have a plan in place before repealing the Affordable Care Act. About 70 members of Forward Kenosha marched and picketed in front of Speaker of the House Paul Ryan's office, saying they want the Wisconsin Republican and legislators to halt the process that would revoke what's commonly known as Obamacare.
House Speaker Paul Ryan, with House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy on Capitol Hill Tuesday, has been a budget hawk. Don't look now, but it's time to argue about deficits again.
A GOP congressman reported Friday that a painting stirring controversy on Capitol Hill will be taken down Tuesday after the agency responsible for maintaining the Capitol complex determined it violated rules for a student arts competition. The painting depicts Ferguson, Missouri, with a pig in a police uniform aiming a gun at a protester.
In this Jan. 5, 2017, photo, a painting by David Pulphus hangs in a hallway displaying paintings by high school students selected by their member of congress on Capitol Hill in Washington. A GOP congressman reported Jan. 13 that a painting stirring controversy on Capitol Hill will be taken down on Tuesday as a result of a review by the agency responsible for maintaining the Capitol complex determined it violated rules for a student arts competition.
" Republicans have won a gateway victory in Congress in their seven-year trek toward scuttling President Barack Obama's health care law. Now with Donald Trump a week from taking the presidential oath, achieving that goal is possible, but the pressure is on for them to deliver a final product.
Congressman James McGovern led a Democratic Capitol Hill debate Friday as ascendant Republicans drove a budget through Congress that gives them an early but critical victory in their crusade to scrap the Affordable Care Act.
The US House of Representatives on Friday joined the Senate in passing a critical measure that marks the first major step toward repealing outgoing President Barack Obama's landmark but controversial health care reforms. The Affordable Care Act - popularly known as Obamacare - has allowed millions of uninsured people to get health insurance.
The U.S. House of Representatives moved toward a Friday vote to begin dismantling Obamacare despite anxiety among some Republicans they were rushing into a major step without knowing the budget consequences or having a firm idea of how they would replace the healthcare law. The Republican-led Congress, under pressure from President-elect Donald Trump to act quickly, made the first move toward scrapping Obamacare on Thursday as the Senate voted to instruct key committees to draft legislation to repeal it.
House Speaker Paul Ryan said Thursday Republicans plan to repeal President Barack Obama's health care law at the same time they approve a GOP replacement plan. "We want to do this at the same time, and in some cases in the same bill," Ryan said during a town hall in Washington sponsored by CNN and moderated by Jake Tapper.
Pennsylvania Republican Rep. Charlie Dent said he still has reservations about voting for the Obamacare repeal bill, citing the lack of details on how they plan to replace President Barack Obama's landmark healthcare legislation. The House is slated to vote Friday on the Senate-passed procedural measure allowing Republican lawmakers to move forward with repealing Obamacare.
America's leading poets are averse to Donald Trump, and they're not about to go gentle into that good night. Funeral services are set for a New York City police officer known for publicly forgiving a teenage gunman who in 1986 left him paralyzed from the neck down.
The US Senate is about to undertake a long evening session of votes in the first step towards a repeal of the Affordable Care Act , better known as Obamacare. The Senate will vote on well over 100 amendments to a budgetary resolution in what is called a "vote-a-rama."