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Congress is back in Washington, D.C., this week to tackle a to-do list so packed it unfurls all the way down to the Anacostia River. Lawmakers aren't only expected to focus on taxes, the budget, the debt ceiling and other such priorities.
Paul Davis, a Democrat who's running for the U.S. House of Representatives in Kansas' 2nd district, said Labor Day is a celebration of the American worker and the labor movement. Kansas House Minority Leader Jim Ward, who is running for governor, recognized the labor movement's contributions to securing the 40-hour week, workplace safety laws and overtime pay.
At various times during our history, American troops abroad have been targeted with special ferocity by enemies aware that the more U.S. troops they killed, the more likely our government would be to accelerate already declared timetables for withdrawal. That ends now, President Donald Trump declared in his recent speech about policy toward the war in Afghanistan.
On August 25th, Governor Bill Walker, our second Alaskan born governor, arrived in Seward to spend some personal time here with his wife Donna in celebration of their fortieth wedding anniversary and to take part in the Lost Lake Run benefiting those with cystic fibrosis; a cause that is close their hearts as their daughter-in-law has cystic fibrosis. The governor mentioned that he likes to take the opportunity to thank those that participated in the run while raising money for a good cause.
In this Feb. 20, 2012, file photo, U.S. Rep. Dennis Kucinich disputes an point from businessman Graham Veysey during a debate at the City Club in Cleveland. Kucinich, an ex-Ohio congressman, says he found his county's elections board offices unlocked and unoccupied when he tried to cast an early ballot.
A plan to create a new farmers market complex in the Bronx has been awarded nearly $2.5 million in federal funding. Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced the Greenmarket Regional Food Hub last year.
A plan President Donald Trump is expected to announce today for young immigrants brought to the country illegally as children was embraced by some top Republicans on Monday and denounced by others as the beginning of a "civil war" within the party.
President Donald Trump on Tuesday is expected to rescind a program shielding from deportation some immigrants who came to the United States illegally as children, throwing their fate to Congress, which would have six months to find a fix. Sources familiar with the matter, who spoke on condition of anonymity to outline the president's thinking ahead of the announcement, stressed that the decision was not final and that Trump could change his mind at the last minute.
New York and Washington state on Monday vowed to sue President Donald Trump if he scraps a program shielding from deportation immigrants who came to the United States illegally as children. The Trump administration is expected to announce on Tuesday that he will end the so-called Dreamers program but give the US Congress six months to craft legislation to replace it, according to sources familiar with the situation.
Looming ahead are critical government funding deadlines and the last, best chance at championing a legislative win -- tax reform -- ahead of the 2018 midterm election. But Trump is clashing with Republican leaders, his approval ratings are in the 30s in most polls and more than half of voters are convinced he is bent on tearing the country apart, according to one recent Fox News survey.
President Trump reportedly plans to give notice Tuesday that he'll end the Obama program for "Dreamers" in six months , giving Congress time to pass a law to resolve one of the toughest immigration issues. Trump thus keeps his campaign promise to reverse his predecessor's clearly illegal action, while showing heart for people stuck in a bind through no fault of their own.
How can America's Most Ubiquitous Conservative Public Intellectual possibly explain how his Republican Party's position on climate change went from this -- Was it perhaps due to the concerted effort and billions of dollars spent by the moguls of oil and coal to set up a vast web of climate denial front groups and think tanks? To buy political campaigns? To underwrite right wing hacks on radio and teevee? DAVID BROOKS: Climate change, in the way it wasn't 20 years ago, it's a total partisan issue now. DAVID BROOKS: I happen to think he had some positive effects with the movement.
A plan President Donald Trump is expected to announce Tuesday for young immigrants brought to the country illegally as children was embraced by some top Republicans on Monday and denounced by others as the beginning of a "civil war" within the party. The response was an immediate illustration of the potential battles ahead if Trump follows through with a plan that would hand a political hot potato to Republicans on the Hill who have a long history of dropping it.
In Brooklyn, acting District Attorney Eric Gonzalez - who has the backing of Rep. Hakeem Jeffries and much of the Democratic Party establishment - is facing six rivals with prosecutorial experience. Anne Swern, Patricia Gatling, Marc Fliedner, Ama Dwimoh and John Gangemi all have worked as prosecutors in the DA's office.
Supporters of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, chant slogans and hold signs while joining a Labor Day rally in downtown Los Angeles on Monday. President Donald Trump is expected to announce this week that he will end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, but with a six-month delay, according to two people familiar with the decision-making.
As tension between North Korea and the United States continues to grow, people in the metro with ties to the region wonder what could lie ahead. American leaders have said North Korea could be "begging for war" after another round of missile tests over the weekend.
Lucky Varela: Longtime state employee served for 30 years in New Mexico House Luciano "Lucky" Varela died Saturday night in Santa Fe. He was 82. Check out this story on scsun-news.com: Representative Luciano "Lucky" Varela, D-Santa Fe, sits in the house chambers as house members honor him on Friday, Feb. 12, 2016.
The Senate is looking to mandate a government-wide ban on the use of all products made by one of the world's most respected cybersecurity firms, Moscow-based Kaspersky Lab, according to congressional sources.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is ready to sue President Trump if the DACA decision goes in a direction he and his attorney general don't like. Cuomo, along with Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman, said in a statement Monday that should Trump go through with this "cruel" decision to end DACA, it would devastate tens of thousands of New Yorkers.
President Donald Trump is expected to announce that he will end protections for young immigrants who were brought into the United States illegally as children, but with a six-month delay, people familiar with the plans said. The delay in the formal dismantling of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals would be intended to give Congress time to decide whether it wants to address the status of t... President Donald Trump is expected to announce that he will end protections for young immigrants who were brought into the United States illegally as children, but with a six-month delay, people familiar with the plans said.