Ted Cruz ‘likes’ NSFW Twitter post
Senator Ted Cruz may be in the market for a new social media manager. >>See Twitter's response to the gaffe.
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.com | In campaign memoir, Clinton says won’t ‘sulk or disappear’
Washington - She might be finished as a US presidential candidate following her "aching" loss to Donald Trump last November, but Hillary Clinton is not going away quietly. The 2016 Democratic nominee releases her new campaign confessional "What Happened" on Tuesday, coinciding with the launch of a book tour intended not only to drum up sales but perhaps re-establish Clinton as a prominent figure in US political life.
Cruz No Longer ‘Likes’ Pornographic Post
A spokeswoman for Sen. Ted Cruz announced that a "like" on a pornographic post on the Texas lawmaker's Twitter account has been undone and reported to the social media site, Politico reports. The Verge : "t's unclear if Cruz liked the video himself, or if it was the late-night work of an aid that manages his social media presence.
Are town halls useless?
Since the 2016 election, there has been mounting pressure for elected representatives to hold town halls with their constituents. Many credit town halls for persuading Republican lawmakers to reconsider their stance on repealing the Affordable Care Act.
Ivana Trump reveals Donald asked her to be US ambassador
Ivana Trump says Donald asked her to be ambassador to Czech Republic but she turned him down because she did not want an '8-to-12 job' and likes her 'freedom' Ivana Trump said that she turned down the chance to serve as US ambassador to the Czech Republic after being offered the job by her ex-husband 'I like my freedom and I want to do what I want to do, go wherever I want to go, with whomever I want,' explained Ivana while attending New York Fashion Week 'It's four years in Prague, so bye-bye to Miami, bye-bye to New York in spring and fall, bye-bye to Saint-Tropez in summer,' said Ivana Ivanka Trump revealed that her ex-husband asked her to be ambassador to the Czech Republic after he was elected president, and she turned him down.
Sen. Shaheen: There’s No Evidence of Illegal Voting in New Hampshire
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen released a statement last week condemning President Trump's voting commission and talk of widespread voter fraud in last November's elections. Secretary of State Bill Gardner invited everyone from the congressional delegation to the meeting this morning with Trump's voting commission.
Senator’s Twitter account – likes’ NSFW video
Senator Ted Cruz may be in the market for a new social media manager. >>See Twitter's response to the gaffe.
Kid Rock opens Detroit arena with no political announcement
In the end, the political aspirations of musician Kid Rock were not laid bare Tuesday night before thousands of screaming fans when the rocker performed the first of six concerts at a new sports arena in Detroit. For much of the summer, the Detroit-area native has teased a Republican run for the U.S. Senate.
Trump to weigh more aggressive U.S. strategy on Iran, sources
The University of New Hampshire football team, 2-0 after beating FBS member Georgia Southern on Saturday, moved up in the national polls released on Monday.
Flatley startup contest begins
Residents turned out at Monday night's town council meeting to discuss celebrating The Age of Exploration and Indigenous Peoples' Day along with Columbus Day.
Titus wants to protect DACA recipients’ information from immigration authorities
U.S. Rep. Dina Titus, D-Nev., said Monday on "Nevada Newsmakers" that she is co-sponsoring a bill in the U.S. House to keep DACA recipients' files away from federal immigration authorities. Titus is concerned that the information provided to the federal government to enter the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program could help immigration authorities round up DACA immigrants for deportation if and when the program is eliminated.
Republicans are jumping ship amid dissatisfaction in the Trump era
Veteran Republicans are bailing on Congress in growing numbers, as GOP control of Washington fails to produce the unity or legislative successes party leaders wish for. With President Donald Trump willing, if not eager, to buck fellow Republicans and even directly attack them, a number of lawmakers no longer wish to be involved.
Social media gets the word out during Irma emergency
Florida Senators Marco Rubio and Bill Nelson flew over the Florida Keys and toured Key West to see the damage from Hurricane Irma. The Keys felt Irma's full fury when it blew ashore as a Category 4 hurricane Sunday morning with 130 mph winds.
‘What Happened’ in 2016? Hillary Clinton still doesn’t know
Was this book necessary? Hillary Clinton's anguished, angry memoir of her presidential campaign, "What Happened," will be unveiled this week, complete with television appearances and a 15-city lecture tour. Other Democrats have been dreading this moment for months.
Trump’s right: Immigration is Congress’ mess
Amid the laudable moral support for the DACA recipients after President Donald Trump's revocation of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, liberals should keep in mind an important constitutional principle: Immigration is supposed to be the province of Congress, not the executive. The belief that the president has ultimate immigration power can lead to terrible results -- like Trump's travel ban against six majority-Muslim countries, also powered by the mistaken idea that immigration policy should be set by executive order.
Larson, Courtney ask Mnuchin for crumbling-foundation tax break
CT Department of Consumer Protection A cracking foundation WASHINGTON - Reps. Joe Courtney and John Larson asked Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Monday to allow a tax break for thousands of Connecticut homeowners plagued by crumbling foundations.
Ditching Donald Trump: Wave of Republican retirements points to big GOP trouble in 2018
Republican members of Congress returned from an August recess in which they avoided terrible headlines by doing their darnedest to avoid their constituents only to face an even bleaker political landscape awaiting them in Washington. With few legislative results to tout, several congressional Republicans have opted to head into 2018 by taking the road of least resistance: retirement.
Senate GOP looking for budget deal to open way to tax redo
Pushing toward the Republicans' prime goal of tax legislation, the GOP Senate leader and members of the Budget Committee are scrambling to come up with a budget deal to clear the way for the first tax overhaul in three decades. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and GOP members of the Budget Committee are meeting Tuesday with two top Trump administration officials to plot breaking the budget stalemate.
Report says Trump, aides receive email offering hacked DNC documents
Washington , December 09 : A U.S. news network, CNN, has revealed that Donald Trump and his son, Donald Trump Junior, during election campaigning in 2016, received an email offering a decryption key and website address for Democratic National Committee documents, hacked by WikiLeaks. The email, sent by one Mike Erickson, offered the Trump and his aides the link of the hacked documents, and it came two months after the hacked emails from the DNC were released and one month before WikiLeaks began publishing hacked emails from the account of Hillary Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta.
Trump’s voter commission meets amid concerns about mission
A commission created by President Donald Trump to investigate his allegations of voter fraud is coming to New Hampshire a week after its vice chairman angered state leaders by claiming out-of-state voters in November helped elect a Democrat to the U.S. Senate. The vice chairman, Republican Kris Kobach, who also is Kansas' secretary of state, said last week that newly released data showed more than 6,500 people registered to vote last year using out-of-state driver's licenses but only 15 percent had acquired New Hampshire licenses.