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The director of Puerto Rico's power company has resigned amid ongoing blackouts and following scrutiny of a contract awarded to Whitefish Energy Holdings Inc. The director of Puerto Rico's power company has resigned amid ongoing blackouts and following scrutiny of a contract awarded to Whitefish Energy Holdings Inc. Police have arrested two people after the fatal stabbing of a New Jersey man who relatives say was trying to defend his 8-year-old son from being robbed. Police have arrested two people after the fatal stabbing of a New Jersey man who relatives say was trying to defend his 8-year-old son from being robbed.
The exterior of the Veterans Affairs Department hospital is shown in east Denver, Oct. 4, 2017. A watchdog arm of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs said Thursday that the agency's Denver-area hospital violated policy by keeping improper wait lists to track veterans' mental health care.
Vice President Pence speaks in Floresville, Tex., before attending the Republican Governors Association meetings in Austin. With abundant displays of general dysfunction and specific allegations of sexual assault and harassment becoming pervasive in Washington, it is worth remembering that there are good examples of decency and leadership that we can point to.
Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa said Thursday he's going ahead with confirmation hearings for two appellate court nominees, Davis Straus of Minnesota and Kyle Duncan of Louisiana, even though they have not received the support of both of their home-state senators. In each case, a senator declined to return a so-called blue slip marking their support for the judicial nominee from their state.
"What's the point" of an investigation into Sen. Al Franken, CNN's John Berman asked Friday on New Day about Franken's alleged sexual assault and harrassment against Leeann Tweeden. Leeann Tweeden recently accused Senator Al Franken of kissing and groping her without her consent while they were traveling together on a 2006 USO Tour in the Middle East.
Interpretation of the news based on evidence, including data, as well as anticipating how events might unfold based on past events Addressing a black-tie crowd at the National Building Museum on Thursday night, Vice President Pence hailed congressional progress toward what he said would be the " biggest tax cut in American history ." As he spoke, less than a mile away the Senate Finance Committee was racing to wrap up work on a tax bill that will hand large cuts to the wealthiest while raising taxes on those earning between $10,000 and $75,000 over the next decade.
As allegations of sexual misconduct towards teenagers in Roy Moore's past hang like a toxic stench over his U.S. Senate campaign, we incessantly hear was how his God-fearing supporters aren't going to let folks who ain't from 'round here tell them what to do. Not those heathens, those outsiders from The Washington Post , The New York Times , CNN and other national news outlets who were suddenly visiting our state and GPSing themselves everywhere from Birmingham to Gadsden to wherever Moore popped up--looking for dirt on the former judge.
Minnesota Senator Al Franken apologized Thursday after a Los Angeles radio anchor accused him of forcibly kissing her during a 2006 USO tour and of posing for a photo with his hands on her breasts as she slept. The Los Angeles radio anchor who accuses Democratic Senator Al Franken of forcibly kissing her during a 2006 USO tour says she accepts his apology but he could have apologized earlier.
The federal bribery trial of Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez ended in a mistrial Thursday when the jury said it was hopelessly deadlocked on all charges against the New Jersey politician and a wealthy donor. Prosecutors did not immediately say whether they plan to retry the lawmaker.
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel presents The Trust for Public Land's 'Land for People' Award to Exelon at the national organization's annual celebration luncheon. The award is the Trust's highest honor.
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Sen. John McCain, R-Arizona, accused Lockheed senior executive John Rood, the nominee to become the Defense Department's undersecretary for defense policy, of "ducking the answer" when asked if he would recuse himself from discussions with U.S. allies that could benefit Lockheed.
Rep. Scott Taylor, R-Va., sits on the House steps to do a selfie video about his vote on tax reform on Thursday. We're all over Capitol Hill and its surrounding haunts looking for good stories.
A police report obtained by The Daily Mail shows that Sylvester Stallone was accused of forcing a 16-year-old girl into a sex act with him and his bodyguard at a Las Vegas hotel in 1986. Stallone has denied the allegations, saying "it never happened."
Saito, who escaped from a psychiatric hospital in Hawaii, was... . FILE - This Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2017, file photo shows the Hawaii State Hospital in Kaneohe, Hawaii.
The judge and lawyers in Sen. Bob Menendez's bribery trial are interviewing jurors as the jury says it remained deadlocked. The judge and lawyers in Sen. Bob Menendez's bribery trial are interviewing jurors as the jury says it remained deadlocked.
By MATTHEW DALY and JULIET LINDERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON - Minnesota Sen. Al Franken faces a storm of criticism and a likely ethics investigation after a Los Angeles radio anchor accused him Thursday of forcibly kissing her and groping her during a 2006 USO tour.
By RICHARD LARDNER Associated Press WASHINGTON - Congress on Thursday sent President Donald Trump a sweeping defense policy bill authorizing a $700 billion budget for the military, including billions of dollars more for missile defense programs to counter the growing nuclear weapons threat from North Korea.
The Department of Defense's Twitter account on Thursday retweeted a call for President Donald Trump, as well as Senator Al Franken and Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore, to leave politics over sexual assault allegations-something the agency insisted was a mistake. The original tweet from the account @ProudResister said: "The solution is simplea Roy Moore: Step down from the race.