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Discussing the Alabama senate primary battle between Luther Strange and Roy Moore and the rally President Trump had in support of Strange, Schlapp told Hannity guest-host Judge Jeanine Pirro that Strange's struggle in this election is because he as seen as the "establishment candidate" with the $9 million campaign contribution from Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell 's PAC. The panel also discussed Trump's remarks on the latest effort on health care reform that hit a probable dead end by Sen. John McCain .
Sen. John McCain declared his opposition Friday to the GOP's last-ditch effort to repeal and replace "Obamacare," dealing a likely death blow to the legislation and, perhaps, to the Republican Party's years of vows to kill the program. It was the second time in three months the 81-year-old McCain emerged as the destroyer of his party's signature promise to voters.
The Trump administration on Friday scrapped Obama-era guidance on investigating campus sexual assault, replacing it with new instructions that allow universities to require higher standards of evidence when handling complaints. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has said that President Barack Obama's policy had been unfairly skewed against those accused of assault and had "weaponized" the Education Department to "work against schools and against students."
Russia's foreign minister said Friday the downturn in relations with the United States began with the Obama administration's "small-hearted" and "revengeful" actions and has plummeted further because of "Russo-phobic hysteria." Sergey Lavrov told a news conference there has been a lengthy campaign claiming Russia interfered in the U.S. election to ensure victory for President Donald Trump - "but we do not see any facts."
Virginia U.S. Sen. Mark Warner is praising the federal government's notification to 21 states about election hacking attempts last year but says it should have come sooner. The Democrat says it's unacceptable it took almost a year after the presidential election to notify states their elections systems were targeted.
President Trump speaks as Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and House Speaker Paul D. Ryan listen during a meeting regarding tax reform at the White House on Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2017.
Sen. John McCain declared his opposition Friday to the GOP's last-ditch effort to repeal and replace "Obamacare," dealing a likely death blow to the legislation and, perhaps, to the Republican Party's years of vows to kill the program. It was the second time in three months the 81-year-old McCain emerged as the destroyer of his party's signature promise to voters.
The federal government on Friday told election officials in 21 states that hackers targeted their systems before last year's presidential election. The notification came roughly a year after U.S. Department of Homeland Security officials first said states were targeted by hacking efforts possibly connected to Russia.
In this file photo taken on Friday, Aug. 11, 2017, Vice President Mike Pence speaks during the Indianapolis Ten Point Coalition luncheon in Indianapolis. Vice President Pence will make the Republican case for a federal tax code overhaul during a speech Friday, Sept.
Scorned by Hillary Clinton and her supporters, loathed by President Donald Trump and his allies, accused by the Justice Department of overreach - and now furiously protested as he delivered a convocation address at Howard University. Former FBI director James Comey could be considered a divisive figure, but he doesn't seem to be dividing much opinion these days.
In interviews for Jeff Sessions' vacant Senate seat, Luther Strange promised to "do more" to help former Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley. And state Sen. Del Marsh, R-Anniston, "seemed angry" and allegedly threatened to "f - k with" Bentley for the next two years if he wasn't appointed, according to handwritten notes Bentley made from the interviews.
MSNBC's Joy Reid argued that one of the reasons John McCain 's health care defection is so notable today is because of the message it sent to President Trump . Reid told Ari Melber earlier tonight that it's clearly the Senate McCain is defending, not Obamacare--though as Vice President Mike Pence argued today , "A vote against Graham-Cassidy is a vote to save Obamacare."
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The head of the House's tax-writing committee is putting forward legislation to give temporary tax relief to victims of hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria. The bill proposed Friday by Rep. Kevin Brady, R-Texas, chair of the House Ways and Means Committee, would ease requirements for deducting individual property losses and allow people to draw on their retirement funds without penalty.
Two Senate Democrats are trying to rally support for legislation that would require Facebook and other large web platforms to follow some of the same disclosure rules for political ads as broadcasters. On Thursday, Sens. Amy Klobucar and Mark Warner circulated a letter seeking co-sponsors for a bill aimed at increasing transparency of political ads.
Two essays this week, by two very different authors, take us deep into the tribalism that marks our politics. Both should serve as a wake-up call for what we risk losing as a culture - as a nation - if we fail to reconcile our differences and heal long-festering national wounds.
19, 2017. . President Donald Trump talks with reporters about the Graham-Cassidy health care bill during a meeting with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi at the Palace Hotel during the United Nations General Assembly, Wednesday, Sept.
Like a reanimated corpse in the final frames of a horror film, the Republican effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act lurched back to life this week, giving the American public one last jump scare. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has promised the Senate will hold a vote on the new Graham-Cassidy bill before his window to repeal Obamacare with a simple majority closes next Friday.