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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif. accompanied by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of N.Y. speaks with DREAMERS who are holding a 4-day fast on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept.
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif. accompanied by members of the House and Senate Democrats, gestures during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Sept.
The Trump administration intends to rewrite the Obama administration's directive on handling campus-based sexual assaults, saying the system has failed both victims and the accused, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos said Thursday. Her stance sets the stage for a dramatic reversal of how Title IX, the 1972 law that bars discrimination based on sex in education, is enforced.
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi urged President Donald Trump Thursday to tweet reassurances to the immigrants who benefit from a program his administration is ending. And the president obliged, in the latest instance of Trump doing the bidding of leaders of the opposition.
Amazon.com Inc said on Thursday it would build a $US5 billion second headquarters in North America, kicking off a competition between cities and states to offer tax cuts and incentives that could bring 50,000 new jobs. The largest e-commerce company said it intended to create "HQ2", a headquarters that would be a "full equal" to its Seattle office, Chief Executive Jeff Bezos said in a statement.
Residents in parts of the Miami metro area are under mandatory orders to leave their homes as Hurricane Irma barrels toward South Florida with potentially catastrophic winds. The Latest on Education Secretary Betsy DeVos' policy announcement about campus sexual assault and enforcement of Title IX, the federal law that bars discrimination in education on the basis of gender : Education Secretary Betsy DeVos says any new policy on investigating sexual assault on college campus must balance the rights of victims and the accused.
6, 2017 photo, a pedestrian walks past the Acton Congregational Church in Acton, Mass. The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court will hear arguments Thursday whether the town is improperly permitting taxpa... .
President Donald Trump's eldest son has told politicians that he was open to receiving information about Hillary Clinton's "fitness, character or qualifications" in a meeting with a Russian lawyer last year. However, Donald Trump Jr insisted that neither he nor anyone else he knows colluded with any foreign government during the presidential campaign.
The way President Donald Trump talked about the meeting with congressional leadership Wednesday, it would be easy to forget Republicans were even there. It's too early to tell whether Trump's willingness to strike a deal with Democrats to fund the government in the short-term was a sign of a new strategy to work across the aisle, or simply an impulsive decision from a president already frustrated with his own party.
Wells Fargo's continued missteps following revelations last year that the bank created millions of unwanted accounts for customers may lead to additional hearings on Capitol Hill. Democrats on the Senate Banking Committee sent a letter in August to panel Chairman Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, requesting a hearing on the bank.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Superintendent Michael P. Kelly today joined performance artists to reopen the recently renovated Theater on the Lake . The historic building has been transformed from a summer programming site to a year-round performance and special events venue.
Senate Republicans have almost doubled the size of the disaster relief package for Harvey to more than $15 billion, a first installment to help communities in Texas rebuild from the storm - and stock reserves for looming damage from Hurricane Irma. The must-do legislation, paired with a short-term increase in the government's borrowing authority and a temporary government funding bill, is on track to pass the Senate as early as Thursday.
Today TIME, a TIME Inc. brand , releases FIRSTS, a multimedia project highlighting 46 women who broke barriers across fields. FIRSTS includes an interactive site, short films, candid interviews, portraits, a social media campaign and, later this month, a hardcover book, featuring these pioneering athletes, scientists, lawmakers, entertainers and entrepreneurs.
The senior Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee says questions remain about a meeting between Donald Trump Jr. and a Russian lawyer in June 2016. The senior Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee says questions remain about a meeting between Donald Trump Jr. and a Russian lawyer in June 2016.
Menendez defense claims indictment is an "attack" on Hispanic-American community With opening statements done, prosecution offers witnesses Check out this story on northjersey.com: https://njersy.co/2vQfVtq U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez and Florida eye specialist Salomon Melgen were accused in a 2015 indictment of bribery and other crimes and have pleaded not guilty. Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez arrives at Martin Luther King Jr. Federal Court with his children Alicia and Robert on the opening day of his trial on public corruption charges.
House Speaker Paul Ryan is rejecting a Democratic idea to tie Harvey aid to a three-month increase in the debt limit. A day after they returned to work from their summer recess, congressional leaders met with President Trump at the White House Wednesday on issues from tax reform to hurricane Irma preparedness and disaster aid for Harvey affected areas.
President Donald Trump turned to Democrats for a second straight day on Thursday to try to resolve the fate of so-called Dreamers brought illegally into the United States as children, a day after stunning his fellow Republicans by striking a deal with the opposition party on U.S. debt and federal spending. The Senate was expected to vote on Thursday afternoon on the deal Trump hammered out with Democrats on Wednesday.
U.S. President Donald Trump's eldest son told Senate investigators on Thursday that he had set up a June 2016 meeting with a Russian lawyer because she might have had damaging information about Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, the New York Times reported. Donald Trump Jr., in a prepared statement to Senate Judiciary Committee investigators in a meeting behind closed doors, said it was important to learn about Clinton's "fitness" to be president, the paper said.