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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., called for a formal ethics investigation into Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., following allegations he sexually harassed female staff and reached a settlement with an aide who claimed she was fired for rejecting his advances. "As Members of Congress, we each have a responsibility to uphold the integrity of the House of Representatives and to ensure a climate of dignity and respect, with zero tolerance for harassment, discrimination, bullying or abuse," Pelosi said in a statement Tuesday.
President Trump on Tuesday gave an implicit endorsement of Alabama Senate candidate and accused perv Roy Moore , saying, "we don't need a liberal democrat in that seat." The president's most expansive comment on the race came as he left the White House for a Thanksgiving vacation at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida.
President Donald Trump wielded his pardon power Tuesday to spare a pair of turkeys from the Thanksgiving roaster, joking that he would also let last year's turkey pardons stand despite his penchant for overturning Obama-era orders. In a brief and humorous White House ceremony, Trump extended the annual presidential tradition of pardoning turkeys ahead of Thanksgiving, an act of leniency that prolongs the lives of Minnesota-bred gobblers Wishbone and Drumstick, with the latter receiving the formal reprieve.
A half a century after serving in Vietnam, hundreds of veterans have a new reason to believe they may be dying from a silent bullet - test results show some men may have been infected by a slow-killing parasite while fighting in the jungles of Southeast Asia. The Department of Veterans Affairs this spring commissioned a small pilot study to look into the link between liver flukes ingested through raw or undercooked fish and a rare bile duct cancer.
When one TripAdvisor user saw a news story on Rams Head Tavern at Savage Mill in Savage, Md., he wanted to tell other users that its owner had been charged with six counts of secretly videotaping women with their pants down. The travel website removed the warning within a day.
A conservative student group at George Washington University believes liberal students are responsible for tearing down hundreds of posters promoting an upcoming visit by former Sen. Rick Santorum, the Washington Examiner reported. "Locked and Loaded with Rick Santorum," scheduled for Nov. 29, will feature the two-time GOP presidential candidate addressing "the importance of the Second Amendment and debunking liberal gun myths," according to Young Americans for Freedom group, which is hosting the event.
Less than a week after floating the idea that older employees should no longer be able to make extra contributions to their retirement accounts before taxes, that proposal appears to be off the table, for now. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, had filed an amendment to the chamber's tax reform legislation last week that would restrict so-called "catch-up" contributions for workers aged 50 and above to 401 , 403 and 457 retirement accounts and the Thrift Savings Plan to Roth investments, which are taxed before the money is invested.
In this April 4, 2017, file photo, Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., speaks during a hearing of the House Judiciary subcommittee on Capitol Hill in Washington. Buzzfeed, a news website, is reporting that Conyers settled a complaint in 2015 from a woman who alleged she was fired from his Washington staff because she rejected his sexual advances.
DALLAS >> Investigators believe a border patrol agent who died in West Texas after suffering extensive injuries to his head and body may have fallen down a 14-foot culvert, and his partner, who radioed for help, has no memory of what happened, according to a U.S. official with knowledge of the investigation. FBI spokeswoman Jeanette Harper said in a statement Monday that both agents were found late Saturday night in a culvert near Van Horn and that both had traumatic head injuries.
The longest-serving current House member, Democratic Representative John Conyers of Michigan, is the latest to be accused of sexual misconduct. Veuer's Chandra Lanier has the story.
Details remain scant in what the FBI describes as a "tragic incident" that left one Border Patrol agent dead and another in serious condition. The FBI said both men were found injured late Saturday in a culvert area - a tunnel structure used for water drainage - in southwest Texas.
The Associated Press) In this June 21, 2017 file photo, Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., listens at a committee hearing at the Capitol in Washington. A second woman has accused Minnesota Sen. Al Franken of inappropriate touching, saying Monday, Nov. 20, 2017 that he put his hand on her bottom as they posed for a picture at the Minnesota State Fair in 2010, after he had begun his career in the Senate.
Senator Al Franken may not be getting support from a lot of the female population right now, but at least 36 women have got his back. Over three dozen women who worked with Franken on "Saturday Night Live" on Tuesday signed a letter of support for the former cast member, who has recently been accused of sexual misconduct by at least two women.
The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission on Tuesday unveiled plans to repeal a landmark 2015 order that barred internet service providers from blocking or slowing down consumer access to web content, and said the regulator will prevent states and cities from adopting similar protections. Ajit Pai, Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, testifies before a Senate Appropriations Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., June 20, 2017.
Rep. John Conyers speaks during a hearing of the House Judiciary subcommittee on Capitol Hill in Washington on April 4. The longest-serving member of the House denied a report that he reached a financial settlement with a former employee who accused him of firing her because she refused his sexual advances, according to the Associated Press. Rep. John Conyers Jr. , 88, told the wire service Tuesday that he has not settled sexual harassment complaints with aides.
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is fresh off a winning reelection bid and clearly has things on his mind which range far beyond the problems plaguing the Big Apple. One of the latest trends among Democrats is to dump on Bill Clinton and express their disappointment in the fact that he didn't resign from the presidency when he was hit with his own sex scandal back in the 90s.
CINCINNATI >> An Ohio man serving 30 years in prison for plotting to attack the U.S. Capitol in support of the Islamic State group wants his plea and sentence thrown out, arguing that he was mentally incompetent and was entrapped by the FBI. Christopher Lee Cornell, 23, of suburban Cincinnati recently sent his motion to vacate from a federal prison in Fairton, New Jersey.
Turnabout is fair play. Moore spent the primary insisting that he was the Trump candidate in the race, never mind POTUS's endorsement of Luther Strange.
Federal aviation investigators say retired star pitcher Roy Halladay performed steep turns and flew feet above the water in his small plane moments before his fatal crash two weeks ago. Federal aviation investigators say retired star pitcher Roy Halladay performed steep turns and flew feet above the water in his small plane moments before his fatal crash two weeks ago.
Gov. John Bel Edwards intends to sidestep lawmakers to enact $15.4 billion in Medicaid managed-care deals using an emergency contracting process, after House Republicans voted twice to block deals to provide services to 1.5 million people. The Democratic governor started the process Monday evening for entering into 23-month emergency contracts that will keep five managed-care companies overseeing services for 90 percent of Louisiana's Medicaid patients.