Ex-NH labor executive makes 1st Congressional District bid official
Charging his critics have created a "hostile work environment," Northwood Supt. of Schools Robert Godomski has announced he will leave at the end of the school year.
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Former Trump campaign chair Manafort surrenders to FBI, indicted in Russia election probe
Special counsel Robert S. Mueller indicted former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort Monday, The New York Times reported. It is the first indictment filed as a result of Mueller's investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election.
Former House Speaker John Boehner describes how Obama…
Former House Speaker John Boehner says former President Barack Obama is "scared to death" of his wife, Michelle. Citing that reason, Obama maintains that he has not smoked a cigarette in years.
May calls for changes in handling UK sex harassment cases
Britain's Cabinet Office will invest... The wife of a seriously wounded soldier is expected to take the stand as the sentencing hearing for Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl resumes.
Here’s what Mueller could get from ‘flipping’ Manafort
The Special Counsel has reportedly received an indictment against former Trump campaign chair Paul Manafort in his investigation into alleged Russian election meddling and potential collusion with the President's team. But few believe that the first indictments, reported against Manafort and his business partner Rick Gates only five months after Mueller was appointed, will be the last for the former FBI Director.
Spain seeks rebellion charges against fired Catalan leaders
Hundreds of thousands of Catalans took to the streets of Barcelona Sunday to call for their region to remain ... . TV crews stand in front of the Palau Generalitat as they wait for the arrival of the Catalonia president Carles Puigdemont, in Barcelona, Spain, early Monday Oct. 30, 2017.
Goodman: Gov. Rick Scott, friend of the environment, LOL.
The Florida governor whose mantra is jobs, jobs, jobs? Who rode to office on a wave of tea party support and has pushed for limiting government and gutting regulations, including those that protect the environment, in the name of giving business a freer rein? Yet here he was this week, proposing to boost spending on Florida's natural resources and environmental programs by $220 million.
Trump’s former campaign manager asked to surrender to FBI: report
Paul Manafort, President Donald Trump's former campaign manager, has been told to surrender to the FBI, The New York Times reports. The report says Manafort's former business associate, Rick Gates, will also be surrendering.
John Boehner Unleashed: Ex-House Speaker Curses at LawmakersFox Nation
Former House Speaker John Boehner, who retired in October 2015, is no longer holding back his anger against several of his former colleagues in Congress. The Ohio Republican talked to Politico Magazine in a lengthy profile Sunday about the widening political divide in America.
John Boehner, retired and a little bitter, f-bombs some old GOP enemies
John A. Boehner has always had a gruff side. During his four-plus years as House speaker, the Ohio Republican let it show occasionally, like when he told former Democratic leader Harry M. Reid "go f- yourself" outside the Oval Office.
Ethiopian-born suspect goes on trial for 1970s war crimes
Presiding Judge Renckens, center, opens the court session in The Hague, Netherlands, Monday, Oct. 30, 2017, in the case against a Dutch national of Ethiopian descent for alleged war crimes committed during the 1970's regime in ... . Presiding Judge Renckens, center, opens the court session in The Hague, Netherlands, Monday, Oct. 30, 2017, in the case against a Dutch national of Ethiopian descent for alleged war crimes committed during the 1970's regime in ... Defense attorneys for Democratic U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez and a wealthy friend have accused the judge in their bribery trial of not letting them present evidence and witnesses to prove their case.
Kenyan election panel poised to announce Kenyatta as winner
Chebukati said Sunday that the election had gone well, and h... . Opposition leader Raila Odinga greets his supporters after attending a church service in the slum of Kawangware in Nairobi, Kenya, Sunday, Oct. 29, 2017.
California ablaze; Las Vegas aftermath; Drying wells
DISPATCH FROM CALIFORNIA WILDFIRES The massive wildfires in Northern California in mid-October forced thousands to quickly evacuate their homes as the fires advanced on neighborhoods and wineries. The American Red Cross set up makeshift evacuation centers in veterans' halls, churches and schools to accommodate the hundreds seeking refuge, some who had lost everything.
Handbook to ranching; pizza-loving bears; high hopes for medical marijuana
It's hard not to wax rhapsodic about the poet and essayist Linda M. Hasselstrom, whose 17th book, Dakota: Bones, Grass and Sky , was published this year. Her mostly short poems are frank yet lyrical, and their subjects range from the appearance of her own aging body to reprising the worth of an old cow found frozen stiff on the range.
At climate talks, it’s America alone more than America first
A file photo of Chicago demonstrators protesting President Donald Trump's decision to exit the Paris climate change accord on June 2, 2017. Washington, Facing 195 other countries who have chosen a different path, the task of US negotiators at upcoming climate talks in Bonn is unenviable.
Debate over tax cuts begins with defining ‘middle class’
In this Oct. 26, 2017, photo, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady, R-Texas, whose panel is charged with writing tax law, talks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington. President Donald Trump and Republican leaders are promoting their tax-cutting plan as needed relief for the stressed American middle class and a catalyst for job creation.
Video: James Comey and the draft letter clearing Hillary Clinton
Here's what we know about former FBI director James B. Comey's decisions about how to end the Clinton email probe. "Wow, FBI confirms report that James Comey drafted letter exonerating Crooked Hillary Clinton long before investigation was complete.
Trump tears into Russia ‘dossier,’ Hillary Clinton and Uranium One ina
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Speculation rife as first arrest in US Russia probe nears
WASHIGNTON : Official Washington was abuzz this weekend over reports that a grand jury has charged at least one person stemming from the US probe of Russia's attempts to tilt the 2016 presidential elections in Donald Trump's favor. There was no indication, in reporting by CNN that other media later confirmed, of who might be charged or what crimes might be alleged in the ongoing inquiry led by former FBI chief Robert Mueller.
.com | Trump in new Twitter rant over Russia probe
President Donald Trump expressed renewed frustration on Sunday over the investigations into alleged ties between his campaign associates and Russian government officials, saying on Twitter that the "facts are pouring out" about links to Russia by his former presidential opponent, Hillary Clinton. Trump's tweets followed a CNN report late on Friday that a federal grand jury in Washington has approved the first charges in a criminal investigation into Russia ties led by special counsel Robert Mueller.