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President Donald Trump's declaration on the opioid crisis marks the 29th concurrent active national emergency in America -- a state in which the United States has existed for nearly four decades straight. "The opioid crisis is an emergency, and I am saying, officially, right now, it is an emergency.
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Hard-line conservatives began an uphill fight Friday to force a fresh House vote this fall on erasing much of President Barack Obama's health care law without an immediate replacement. The effort by the House Freedom Caucus appears to have no chance of passing Congress.
Donald Trump's attacks on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell come at the worst possible time, if the president's goal is actually to accomplish the agenda on health care, infrastructure and taxes he's goading his GOP ally to pass. Congress, now on its August recess, will return to confront a brutal September workload including two absolute must-do items: funding the government to head off a shutdown, and raising the federal borrowing limit to avert a potentially catastrophic first-ever default on U.S. obligations.
Democrats used a bus emblazoned with the words "Drive for our Lives" to gin up opposition to vulnerable House Republicans who voted against "Obamacare" with the aim of upending the GOP's majority in next year's midterm elections. The vote to repeal and replace the Obama health care law looms large for 21 GOP lawmakers, including Iowa Reps.
US Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., speaks regarding a lawsuit they have filed against President Donald Trump for violating the emoluments clause of the US Constitution during a press conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on Tuesday, June 20, 2017. less US Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., speaks regarding a lawsuit they have filed against President Donald Trump for violating the emoluments clause of the US Constitution during a press conference on Capitol ... more Long before the Twitter age, cloak-and-dagger meetings with Russians and Trump's bold conquest of 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. - the president has denied calling the White House a "real dump" - there was a grudge over another real estate commodity.
Following a procedure in late July, U.S. Rep. Phil Roe is now cancer-free, according to a Friday announcement from his office. "Congressman Roe underwent a successful medical procedure in East Tennessee late last month.
The liberal therapy session that was Friday's "Real Time with Bill Maher" continued to heat up after actor Jim Parsons joined the all-male panel of Jon Mechem and Fareed Zakaria . After a discussion about immigration, Maher brought up a recent conversation he had with Lt.
Congressman Justin Amash took to social media Thursday night to set the record straight after some users accused him of being too hard on President Trump. It all started when Amash pointed out that only Congress has the authority to declare war according to Article I Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton talks with friend and former Philando Castile co-worker John Thompson shortly after he arrived at the memorial service for Justine Damond, Friday, Aug. 11, 2017, at Lake Harriet in Minneapolis. Damond was killed by a Minneapolis police officer on July 15 after she called 911 to report a possible sexual assault near her home.
Democrat Rep. Keith Ellison and vice chairman of the DNC said on Friday that North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Un is a "more responsible" leader than President Trump. Ellison's statement was so egregious that left-wing activists in the audience gasped.
It appears many seem to have forgotten that we in the United States elect a president every four years. Most of the time the election is just a re-election of the prior president until he has served two terms.
U.S. Senators Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand, D-NY, have announced over $4 million in funding for educational programs for low-income children in Chautauqua County.
It's been a week of walk backs from the White House after President Trump took questions from reporters at his golf club in New Jersey about some sensitive foreign policy issues. On Friday, a National Security Council official told Yahoo News that Trump was "being sarcastic" the day before in saying he was "very thankful" Putin had ordered a reduction of hundreds of employees, including diplomats and support staff, in U.S. missions in Russia.
I wish Al Franken would give a seminar to the entire Democratic Party apparatus about how to actually communicate with voters. In this short video conversation with Chris Van Hollen, Franken sidesteps the Democratic slogan "A Better Deal" to point out in just a few words what that actually means: raising the minimum wage, and lowering costs, particularly on prescription drugs.
Senator Chuck Grassley is on August recess from Congress and spending part of that vacation at the Iowa State Fair. As head of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Senator Grassley is helping lead one of the investigations into Russia's possible involvement in U.S. elections.
Authorities say an SUV being chased by the U.S. Border Patrol in the San Diego area tumbled off a freeway, killing three occupants. Authorities say an SUV being chased by the U.S. Border Patrol in the San Diego area tumbled off a freeway, killing three occupants.