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The Trump administration is moving to roll back the centerpiece of President Barack Obama's efforts to slow global warming, seeking to ease restrictions on greenhouse gas emissions from coal-fired power plants. In a plan expected to be made public in coming days, the Environmental Protection Agency declared the Obama-era rule exceeded federal law by setting emissions standards that power plants could not reasonably meet.
In this Jan. 11, 2017, file photo, Pa. state Sen. Scott Wagner, a Republican from York County and owner of trash hauling firm Penn Waste, speaks to reporters after formally announcing he will run for Pennsylvania governor in 2018, during an event at a Penn Waste facility in Manchester, Pa.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said Saturday he told President Donald Trump Democratic lawmakers were willing to work with him on making needed fixes to the Affordable Care Act, but that repeal of the law was "off the table," The Hill reported. "The president wanted to make another run at repeal and replace and I told the president that's off the table," Schumer said in a statement about a phone call he had with Trump on Friday.
Joe Biden thinks his party is in the mood for finding bipartisan consensus and illustrates his point by waxing nostalgic for the segregationists of yore who were, OK, morally deplorable. But fun guys! Graham Vyse of TNR leads with the idea that earnest Progressives are in no mood for compromise with Trump.
A growing number of communities now are ditching the traditional Columbus Day holiday in favor of Indigenous People's Day, which, supporters say, is meant to promote an accurate telling of the United States' history and commemorate the resilience of its original inhabitants against European settlers. Just this year, 20 cities and one county have adopted some proclamation or ordinance declaring the second Monday in October Indigenous People's Day.
In this Sept. 6, 2017 photo, President Donald Trump and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., during a meeting with other Congressional leaders in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington.
Opinion: Of all of the things that are having a comeback in 2017 , TV show Will and Grace is by far my favourite. When I was a kid I got to watch TV for half an hour every night after homework was done.
At a packed press conference on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, Sen. Richard Burr , the chairman of the Senate intelligence committee, provided a progress report on his panel's investigation of the Trump-Russia scandal. Naturally, this is a touchy and dicey matter for a Republican, and Burr tried to make some points that appeared designed to limit President Donald Trump's political vulnerabilities on this front.
Thousands of pro-Spanish unity supporters donning Spanish flags have rallied in a central Madrid plaza to protest the Catalan regional government's drive to se... . Spaniards pack Colon Square in Madrid, Spain, Saturday, Oct. 7, 2017.
Former Vice President Joe Biden's recent flurry of events have raised questions about whether he is considering a 2020 presidential bid. "President Obama and I have been very quiet and respectful, giving the [Trump] administration time," the former vice president said Thursday night.
The Moscow City Court on Friday upheld a 20-day jail te... . Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, right, meets to the media during a break in the hearing on his appeal in a court in Moscow, Russia, Friday, Oct. 6, 2017.
Merkel's throwing her weight behind a coalitio... . German Chancellor Angela Merkel of the Christian Democrats delivers a speech during a meeting oh her party's youth wing in Dresden, eastern Germany, Saturday, Oct. 7, 2017.
Billboards seeking the public's help in the investigation into the Las Vegas concert shooting will serve as a stark reminder that investigators remain stumped about the gunman's motives. Billboards seeking the public's help in the investigation into the Las Vegas concert shooting will serve as a stark reminder that investigators remain stumped about the gunman's motives.
Jimmy Fallon's late-night show this week featured a sketch more cathartic than funny. In it, his female writers penned heartfelt thank-you notes to Hillary Clinton.
Donald Trump bragged in vulgar terms about kissing, groping and trying to have sex with women during a 2005 conversation caught on a hot microphone, saying that "when you're a star, they let you do it," according to a video obtained by The Washington Post. The video captures Trump talking with Billy Bush, then of "Access Hollywood," on a bus with the show's name written across the side.
The campaign to succeed Gov. Chris Christie centers around the always-important Jersey issue of taxes: who's going to raise them, who's going to lower them, and by how much. Republican gubernatorial nominee Kim Guadagno has said she will lower property taxes for New Jersey homeowners with her plan to replace some of the taxes you're sending directly to schools with $1.5 billion in state aid.
Not since the Civil War has our country been so grievously divided ... with the possible exception of the overheated, student-led uprising of the 1960s. I know that sounds a bit over the top, the kind of rhetorical excess I customarily ascribe to television and the social and electronic media.
Scott has had many posts on why the fantasy of Joe Biden, Successful Presidential Candidate in 2016, was ridiculous. And lest we forget why Biden is completely unacceptable in 2020, one reason is that he openly longs for the day of segregationist Democratic senators.
EU negotiators have stepped up backroom Brexit talks with Jeremy Corbyn's Labour Party amid fears that Theresa May's government will collapse. Uncertainty over May's future has seen EU negotiators "significantly" increase the amount of talks held with Labour since the election, reports The Daily Telegraph.
The liberals have a favorite word to silence their opposition; racist. There are many more that sail from their mouths at regular intervals such as "compassion" and "intolerance."