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During George W. Bush's eight years in office, the federal debt roughly doubled. It doubled again under Barack Obama, a dubious fiscal record forever linking our two previous presidents, one a Republican, the other a Democrat.
As the Florida Republican settles into a second term in a Senate that he once couldn't leave fast enough, Marco Rubio is aggressively pursuing his legislative interests in ways he did not while chasing the presidency. WASHINGTON>> During his run for president, Marco Rubio took plenty of fire for being an absentee senator.
A few days ago, former First Lady Michelle Obama made some racist comments about the Republican Party. She continued the divisive rhetoric we've all grown used to hearing during her husband's two terms as President.
US President Donald Trump has said he will not go ahead with his controversial pledge to move the American embassy to Jerusalem until after pushing for an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal. "I wanna give that a shot before I even think about moving the embassy to Jerusalem," Trump said on former governor Mike Huckabee's TV show yesterday, referring to efforts to forge a peace between the two sides that has eluded career diplomats for decades.
An effort to accomplish that kicked off Saturday afternoon when the group Public Water Now held a rally at Laguna Grande Park. There were petitions available for signing, a chance to donate to the cause and to be videotaped while telling about experiences dealing with California American Water's Monterey District Water System.
President Donald Trump's lawyers have adopted a new legal strategy of cooperating with special counsel Robert Mueller in the hopes that he will do the one thing former FBI director James Comey did not: confirm publicly that Trump is not being investigated as part of the FBI's Russia probe, according to The New York Times . Mueller was appointed special counsel after Trump fired Comey in May. Initially, the White House said Trump's dismissal of Comey was based entirely on Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein's recommendation and because of his handling of the Hillary Clinton email investigation.
Rep. Walter Jones, R-N.C., introduced a resolution in the House that would call on President Donald Trump to allow the National Archive and Records Administration to release any remaining documents related to KennedyA s killing in Dallas in 1963. "To me, the tragedy that took place in Dallas continues to raise many questions that go unanswered," Jones said in a release from his office.
President Trump is expected to sign an executive order next week that will allow people to buy lower-cost health insurance that can circumvent some of the mandates created under Obamacare. Additional details of the executive order, which is being billed as a move that would allow insurance to be sold across state lines, were reported Saturday by the Wall Street Journal .
Earlier on Saturday, both President Donald Trump and former presidential candidate and Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee teased an 8 P.M. EST interview on Huckabee's show on Trinity Broadcasting Network.
The president's proclamation Friday directs the U.S. to celebrate his discovery of the Americas, noting ``the permanent arrival of Europeans ... was a transformative event that undeniably and fundamentally changed the course of human history and set the stage for the development of our great Nation.' ' It contrasts with President Barack Obama's document almost exactly a year earlier.
Rep. John Lewis praised NFL players who kneeled during the national anthem at games to protest racial injustice on Saturday, saying he would kneel alongside them. "I would kneel with the players.
During his run for president, Marco Rubio took plenty of fire for being an absentee senator. He now concedes that his day job might, indeed, have suffered.
This July 13, 2014 file photo shows Seth Meyers in Beverly Hills, Calif. On Saturday, Oct. 7, 2017, Myers, who has been among the most vocal critics of President Donald Trump, tweeted that he'd "love" to have Trump on his NBC show, in response to one of his messages.
Looks like Barack Obama is going to have to live with yet another disappointment. He vetoed legislation in 2015 that would have reduced the salary of former presidents.
Eleven years and two months ago United States Senator George Allen of Virginia was a runaway favorite to win reelection in his race against Democrat James Webb . During an August 2006 campaign stop near the Kentucky border, Allen noted to a crowd of his supporters that one of Webb's staffers - an Indian American named S.R. Sidarth - was attending the event on Webb's behalf.
Now that Harvey Weinstein, a consummate liberal, has been outed over sexual harassment allegations, many supporters of President Donald Trump are cheering - but one GOP strategist has had enough. John Weaver, who worked for both John McCain and John Kasich, took to Twitter on Saturday to call out the hypocrisy of Trump supporters jeering Weinstein's downfall .
Earlier this week, reports revealed that the largely unverified 'Trump Dossier' that shocked Washington was now being probed by Special counsel Robert Mueller. The report compiled by former MI6 officer Christopher Steele and released nine months back not only rattled Washington, but also generated a derogatory remark from the Russian President Vladimir Putin, who has, to a large extent refrained from commenting on the Russia-Trump collusion investigations.
The United States plans to have 17,000 military personnel in Puerto Rico to aid disaster recovery efforts after Hurricane Maria, a Democratic senator briefed on the plan told reporters on Saturday. Democratic Senator Richard Blumenthal, speaking to news media after a bipartisan Congressional visit to the island, said Brigadier General Jose Reyes, Assistant Adjutant General of the Puerto Rico National Guard, told Blumenthal that "there will be 17,000 military personnel," including 8,600 National Guard troops from 13 U.S. states.
Trying to revive health care talks, President Donald Trump tweeted Saturday that he had spoken to the Senate's Democratic leader to gauge whether the minority party was interested in helping pass "great" health legislation. Trump's latest overture to Democrats follows GOP failures so far to fulfill their yearslong promise to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act despite controlling the White House and Congress since January.
Louisiana voters may not be paying much attention, but there's a statewide election only a week away. Top of the ballot are the selection of a new state treasurer and decisions on three constitutional changes.