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Affiliates of Republican President Donald Trump are reportedly targeting U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown, a Democrat from Ohio, in the 2018 election. Trump's allies see Brown as a potential 2020 foe.
Silicon Valley has long argued that any change to the law would hamper free speech and destroy the internet as we know it. Now, outrage over sex trafficking, mixed with growing unease about Silicon Valley's economic and political clout, may be pushing tech companies to loosen their grip on the shield.
Since nobody else seems to want to stick their neck out, this old fool might as well do it and point out the obvious: those who have shouldered the heavy lifting in the disaster and rescue work in South Texas and South Florida during our hurricane events have been with plenty of exceptions, of course those hated white males the left loves to disparage. Yep, those despicable conquerors of Caucasian extraction, who are responsible for all the ills of the world, were repeatedly caught on camera in countless settings and poses doing the unthinkable: helping people of color in dire straits reach safety, shelter, and succor.
Animal rights advocates wanting some dog breeders in Ohio to meet additional animal care standards have won approval to move forward in their efforts. State Attorney General Mike DeWine has certified the advocates' petition summary for a ballot proposal requiring dog breeders with eight or more unspayed females and annual sales of more than 15 dogs to meet certain standards.
Ohio has spent billions on school buildings over the past 20 years, but U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown and local school officials say it hasn't been enough. Between state funding caps, diversions to charter schools and other issues, the Columbus City School District has scores of buildings in need of renovation, they said.
The Minnesota Supreme Court acted in the interests of Minnesotans where the governor and Legislature could not when it ordered mediation in a dispute that threatened to make Minnesota government dysfunctional. The court gave the Legislature and the governor a reprieve of sorts to come to compromise Minnesotans expected five months ago.
Hillary Clinton - who lost the 2016 election, in case you weren't sure - is on a book tour with her campaign memoir, Donald Trump - who is still campaigning despite having won - is chatting up Democrats to try to get something done. Anything! By week's end, he was recanting every mean thing he ever said about illegal immigrants and was softening his vow to send Dreamers back to their point of conception.
"Hillary Clinton says she would not rule out questioning the legitimacy of the 2016 election if new information surfaces that the Russians interfered even more deeply than currently [asserted on the basis of no credible evidence]. In an interview with Fresh Air 's Terry Gross about her new memoir, What Happened , Clinton acknowledges that such a challenge would be unprecedented and that 'I just don't think we have a mechanism' for it."
Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong arrives in China Tuesday amid tensions with Beijing and unease in southeast Asia over China's increasingly muscular foreign policy. Lee was not invited to China's One Belt, One Road conference in May, despite the city state's strong support for Beijing's sprawling economic and trade initiative.
Republican senators couldn't escape the question as they shuffled to the Senate floor for votes Monday night. Would they support the Graham-Cassidy bill, perhaps their last chance to overhaul Obamacare? It's a repeal-and-replace proposal that less than a week ago seemed dead on arrival in the Senate.
Over the summer, Trump had a contentious phone call with Murkowski and also berated her on Twitter, accusing her of letting the country down for voting against GOP plans to gut Obamacare. But behind the scenes, Trump has since tried to make nice, inviting her to a private lunch earlier this month -- something that seems to have defused tensions, at least for now.
The Republicans are making yet another run at repealing Obamacare, this time with a bill sponsored by Republican senators Lindsey Graham, of South Carolina, and Bill Cassidy, of Louisiana. While this legislation doesn't seem workable in its current form, as the old saying about Richard Wagner's music goes, the bill is in some respects "better than it sounds."
President Donald Trump will call on world leaders to confront North Korea and Iran in his first address to the United Nations. Bloomberg's Ladane Nasseri reports on "Bloomberg Markets: Middle East."
Paul Manafort, Donald Trump's campaign manager, before the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio, July 17, 2016. Manafort met with Senate Intelligence Committee investigators on July 25, 2017, to discuss the June 2016 meeting between a Russian lawyer and Trump's inner circle that was set up to receive damaging information about Hillary Clinton, according to a person familiar with the discussion.
House Speaker Paul Ryan , center, shakes hands with Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen , chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, during a news conference about funding bills, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Sept. 14, 2017.
NU went 7-3 in non conference play but were upset by Northern Iowa on Saturday afternoon. Head coac... -- The Washington Redskins have placed safety Su'a Cravens on the reserve/left squad list, meaning he will not return to the team this season.
Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo announced on Monday she had helped secure more than $170,000 to cover the renewal fees for people in her state covered by the Deferred Action for Child Arrivals policy. The status of the program, better known as DACA, is in question after President Donald Trump said he would scrap it , potentially leaving in limbo 800,000 people living in the US illegally after migrating to the country as children.
Hillary Clinton said she was surprised Trump was elected based on his demeanor at the presidential debates, and said she purposefully held her tongue on the assumption that voters wanted someone more "composed." "You know, I sort of thought at the end of the day people would say, 'Yeah.