OnPolitics Today: Trump said a lot on Monday – some of it false
OnPolitics Today: Trump said a lot on Monday - some of it false "I don't know. That's what I was told," Trump said.
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Sen. Cantwell visits ICHS
ICHS Holly Park Clinic and ICHS CEO Teresita Batayola hosted a news conference for Sen. Maria Cantwell on Sept. 22, as she spoke out against the Graham Cassidy bill, the latest attack on Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act.
Voters to settle Louisiana treasurer race in November runoff
In this July 12, 2017 photo, New Orleans attorney Derrick Edwards talks to reporters as he signs up as the only Democratic candidate to run for state treasurer in Baton Rouge. The major candidates vying to be Louisiana's next state treasurer are spending their final day ahead of Saturday's election trying to drum up interest for a low-interest race.
Wildfires now up to 100 miles wide as death toll reaches 40
Firefighters gained some ground on a blaze burning in the heart of California's wine country but face another tough day ahead with low humidity ... . FILE - In this Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2017 file photo, people walk past a fallen transformer and downed power lines on Parker Hill Road in Santa Rosa, Calif.
Schumer: FDA must reverse decision delaying e-cig regulation
U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer is calling on the federal government to reverse a recent decision to delay the regulation of e-cigarettes. The New York Democrat said Sunday that the Food and Drug Administration should reconsider its decision announced earlier this year to put regulating electronic cigarettes on hold.
Fire death toll hits 40
The California wildfires raced toward wineries and the historic town of Sonoma on Saturday, chasing hundreds more people from their homes and threatening to roll back firefighters' modest gains against fires that stretched across a 100-mile swath of Northern California. Propelled by stiff winds, the fires damaged or destroyed several buildings in the middle of the night before crews halted their advance at the edge of Sonoma, where firefighters spent days digging firebreaks to keep flames from reaching the city's historic central plaza built centuries ago when the area was under Spanish rule.
Football isn’t the only thing Trump wants Pence to boycott in this week’s ‘SNL’ cold open
Alec Baldwin returned to Saturday Night Live to remind us all what a distracted seven days President Trump had last week. You know, unlike all the other weeks he's been president thus far.
Wildfires, now up to 100 miles wide, threaten more wineries
CalFire firefighters protect structures from fires in Sonoma, Calif., on Saturday, Oct. 14, 2017. SONOMA, Calif.
Trump turns to executive powers in bid to force Congress into action
President Donald Trump speaks to reporters and members of the media on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington on Oct. 13, 2017. WASHINGTON - Frustrated with his inability to spur Congress to act on much of his agenda, President Trump is increasingly using his executive powers in a risky bid to gain leverage with lawmakers on an array of unfulfilled campaign promises.
Little has happened in 2 months since Trump declared opioid crisis an “emergency”
On the mid-August day when President Donald Trump first called the nation's opioid epidemic a "national emergency," plaudits from the state's congressional delegation were quick to follow. Sen. Sherrod Brown, DOhio, said the designation was overdue.
15% of Ohioans could see higher taxes under GOP plan
As part of an effort to overhaul the federal tax code, House Republican leaders want to scrap a key section of the current code used by more than 40 million Americans to deduct their property taxes and state taxes from their returns. But because the tax plan also eliminates the $4,000 personal exemption, the combined changes could lead to higher taxes for as many as 15 percent of Ohio's taxpayers, according to a study by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, a nonpartisan, nonprofit in Washington.
Alec Baldwin’s Trump tells Mike Pence to ditch NFL game, gay…
Saturday Night Live was back to its Donald Trump -inspired shenanigans this week, with Alec Baldwin returning to the fore to mock the president's involvement in a wide array of high-profile matters, ranging from the NFL "Take a Knee" protest controversy to his recent spat with Republican Senator Bob Corker . The cold open depicted Trump addressing a crowd in Harrisburg, Pa.
Laura Weyl, Richard Kimmel
Laura Frances Weyl and Richard Louis Kimmel were married Oct. 14 at the Elizabeth Street Garden in New York. Robert Kimmel, the groom's father, who is ordained by the Universal Life Church, officiated.
The Latest: 40 now dead from Northern California wildfires
Stories of some people who lived through the inferno by standi... . Sonoma firefighter Pete Avencino launches an incendiary device during a backburn operation Friday, Oct. 13, 2017, in Glen Ellen, Calif.
Trump OUT? Congress – has enough evidence to IMPEACH President’THE…
California politician Maxine Waters said there is now sufficient evidence collected by the Russia probe that Congress "should be moving towards impeachment". An investigation is currently underway in the US examining the role, if any, Russia played in influencing the 2016 Presidential elections.
Biden says a Northam victory in Virginia governor’s race would ‘give people hope’
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Smoke smolders from a wildfire-ravaged home Saturday, Oct. 14, 2017, in Sonoma, Calif.
Newly released body camera footage shows a sheriff's deputy braving flames to rescue a disabled woman and get people to flee from a lethal wildfire that was about to devour a Northern California community. Sonoma County announced Saturday evening that its coroner had confirmed two more deaths, taking the total in the county to 22 and the overall count to 40. A residence in the hills above Sonoma, Calif., has a posted sign alerting people to an available pool if needed to shelter from wildfires Friday, Oct. 13, 2017.
Steve Bannon Declares – Season of War’ Against GOP Establishment
Steve Bannon, President Donald Trump's former chief strategist, has a blunt message for the Republican establishment: Get ready for battle. In a fiery speech Saturday at the Values Voter Summit, an annual conference for social conservatives, Bannon lambasted Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and declared a "season of war" on party elders.
Pro-Trump states most affected by his health care decision
President Donald Trump speaks to the 2017 Value Voters Summit, Friday, Oct. 13, 2017, in Washington. Trump's decision to end a provision of the Affordable Care Act that has benefited an estimated 6 million Americans helps fulfill a campaign promise, but it also risks harming some of the very people who helped him win the presidency.
Most Insiders see Irma as boost to Scott
Gov. Rick Scott received generally high marks for his handling of the hurricanes hitting Florida and its sister territory, Puerto Rico, but his PR team lately has been working ferociously to push back against assorted reports raising questions about his emergency management record before and after the storms hit. Republican U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio joined calls for a congressional investigation into the deaths of 14 Floridians in a sweltering Broward County nursing home.