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An Agriculture Department employee and two staff members on the House Agriculture Committee are in stable condition after a car accident south of El Campo, Texas. The staffers were taken to a local hospital after the accident, which occurred following an event with farmers who had been affected by hurricane Harvey.
The top Democrat on the Senate intelligence panel says he is pleased with Facebook's announcement that the company is going to provide Congress with thousands of ads bought by Russians and increase transparency. Virginia Sen. Mark Warner is writing a bill that would require social media companies to disclose who funded political ads, similar to television broadcasters.
Justice Neil Gorsuch speaks to an audience as a guest of Senator Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., at the University of Louisville, Thursday, Sept. 21, 2017, in Louisville, Ky.
Philadelphia elections commissioner Al Schmidt admitted that non-US citizens were registered to vote in the City of Brotherly Love. He said that they were legal immigrants but not eligible to vote and nearly half of them cast ballots they were not authorized to cast.
This combination photo shows Ryan Gosling at CinemaCon 2017 on March 27, 2017, in Las Vegas, left, and Jay Z performing at a campaign rally for Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton in Cleveland on Nov. 4, 2016. Gosling will host the 43rd season opener of "Saturday Night Live," on Sept.
President Donald Trump participated in a bilateral meeting with South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Thursday, and took the opportunity to crack a joke when Jae-in used a particularly charged word. In condemning North Korea's continued moves to build up their nuclear arsenal, South Korea's leader described Kim Jong Un's actions as "deplorable" -- an adjective that had historic relevance in the 2016 election.
The irony of Melania Trump's anti-bullying speech at the United Nations on Wednesday was not lost on Twitter users. The first lady told world leaders' spouses that their focus must shift to what children are exposed to "on a daily basis through social media, the bullying, the experience online and in person."
The former First Lady, 69, questioned whether Trump is really "serious" about her commitment to the cause since she has yet to release a formal plan for her anti-cyberbullying efforts after vowing in November to be an advocate for women and children. "No, no and, look, I don't think anybody is doing enough on cyberbullying," Clinton said during a roundtable interview with Mic on Tuesday when asked if she thought Trump was doing enough with her platform.
Hillary Clinton's new cri de coeur discomfits the many Democrats who yearn to put 2016 in the rear-view mirror. She dwells at length on all the factors that constituted the perfect storm - including her own weaknesses as a candidate - but I find myself nodding in agreement about one in particular.
House Speaker Paul Ryan joined a bipartisan delegation of lawmakers Thursday to help remove debris at a in Friendswood, Texas home damaged by Hurricane Harvey and vowed that Congress will take up legislation next month to get help to those impacted by recent natural disasters. The Wisconsin Republican said the purpose of his visit was to show "that the recovery efforts are well on their way and there will not be any kind of delay with respect to the federal government."
This Oct. 1, 2016, file photo provided by the National Transportation Safety Board shows damage from a Sept. 29, 2016, commuter train crash that killed a woman and injured more than 100 people at the Hoboken Terminal in Hoboken, N.J. Federal investigators have found that the engineers of two New York City-area commuter trains that crashed into stations were both suffering from severe sleep apnea.
President Donald Trump will nominate people from four states to serve on the nine-member board of directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority, the White House said Thursday. Trump will name Kenneth E. Allen of Kentucky and James R. Thompson III of Alabama for terms that expire in 2021.
The online activist group this week leaked documents from a company that provides 'solutions' for Russian telecom giants and state agencies. The dump could signal new scrutiny of Russia from the long-time US bugbear.
There's plenty of fog in the health care debate over whether the latest Republican health bill risks protections for people with pre-existing conditions. President Donald Trump says the bill ensures coverage for them.
Senate hopeful Beto O'Rourke said this week that he isn't worried that Democrats haven't found a viable candidate to run for governor. "The only thing I can do is what I can do.
The Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs said Thursday they will hold a hearing with Smith on October 4. The session will be open to the public and it will be webcast live. and Smith have faced outrage over the cybersecurity breach in which hackers were able to gain access to personal information for about 143 million people.
An inscrutable provision in the Republican health care bill would apparently steer extra cash to Wisconsin. That's the home state of GOP Sen. Ron Johnson, a co-sponsor of the bill.
Travelers who check at least one bag when flying domestically are paying more overall than they did before airlines began unbundling fares in 2008 and charging separately for checked baggage, a government watchdog said Wednesday. A report by the Government Accountability Office said airline officials told GAO investigators that base air fares are now lower than before airlines began separately charging passengers for checked bags, reservation changes, priority boarding and other services.
Last week, I asked a series of tough questions to the remaining major party candidates in Alabama's United States Senate special election. I had planned on asking the questions as a moderator at a now-canceled forum at Samford University.
Last week, I asked a series of tough questions to the remaining major party candidates in Alabama's United States Senate special election. I had planned on asking the questions as a moderator at a now-canceled forum at Samford University.