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" Drain the swamp! " was a powerful rallying cry during Donald Trump's presidential campaign. The businessman promised to govern in the public interest, and end the revolving door between politics and lobbying.
A top Senate Republican unveiled a border and immigration enforcement bill on Thursday with fellow GOP lawmakers that would invest $15 million over four years in border security and help fund President Donald Trump's wall. The bill would authorize the physical border wall and technological advancements at the southern border.
Al Gore is back in theaters talking about climate change, and he's hoping some of his ideas will make it into people's homes as well. The former vice president stars in "An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power," which is a follow-up to the 2006 Oscar-winning documentary about his efforts to combat climate change.
The United States of America allows for people who are registered voters to vote for a specific candidate without fear of being thrown in prison because of our choice. It means that we can choose to vote or not vote regardless of our race, religion, without fear of losing our job, without our income becoming the deciding factor of whether or not our vote should count, and that we don't have to tell anyone how we voted unless we choose to do so.
Despite the complexity of the issues at stake, the debate over affirmative action in America is rarely as nuanced as it ought to be. Treating affirmative action as a practice that either hurts or helps an entire racial group, for instance, prevents productive conversations about its role in college admissions.
Members of Congress just headed home after a brutal fight over repealing Obamacare, and they won't be back in Washington until September 5. The battles that await them are even more impossible - and they're only set to be in session for 12 days before they need to act to prevent a government shutdown and an economic crash. "September is going to be a very difficult month," said House Freedom Caucus chairman Mark Meadows shortly before the break.
Two members of the Senate Judiciary Committee are moving to protect Special Counsel Robert Mueller's job, putting forth new legislation that aims to ensure the integrity of current and future independent investigations. Republican Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina and Democratic Sen. Chris Coons of Delaware plan to introduce the legislation Thursday.
After a crackdown on illegal immigration that has sharply reduced the number of unauthorized border crossings from Mexico, U.S. President Donald Trump is now turning his attention to reducing the number of legal immigrants in the country. The White House is throwing its support behind a bill developed by Republican senators Tom Cotton of Arkansas and David Perdue of Georgia that would cut legal immigration by 50 percent over 10 years by reducing the kinds of relatives immigrants can bring into the country.
I love the White House, one of the most beautiful buildings I have ever seen. But Fake News said I called it a dump - TOTALLY UNTRUE Sports Illustrated said that Trump told fellow members of his golf club in Bedminster that the "White House is a real dump."
Congress sent President Donald Trump legislation to provide the biggest expansion of college aid for military veterans in a decade. The Senate cleared the bill by voice vote on Wednesday, passing the second piece of legislation aimed at addressing urgent problems at the beleaguered Department of Veterans Affairs in as many days.
The proposed Keystone XL pipeline survived nine years of protests, lawsuits and political wrangling that saw the Obama administration reject it and President Donald Trump revive it, but now the project faces the possibility of death by economics. Low oil prices and the high cost of extracting Canadian crude from oil sands are casting new doubts on Keystone XL as executives with the Canadian company that wants to build it face the final regulatory hurdle next week in Nebraska.
Two phone calls described by President Donald Trump that didn't actually happen represent the latest chapter in a long-running series of disputes revolving around the president's rocky relationship with facts. White House press secretary Sarah Sanders on Wednesday found herself explaining that compliments Trump had described receiving in phone calls from the Mexican president and the Boy Scouts did happen - just not on the phone.
President Donald Trump has embraced legislation that would dramatically reduce legal immigration and shift the nation toward a system that prioritizes merit and skills over family ties. Trump joined with Republican Sens. David Perdue of Georgia and Tom Cotton of Arkansas to promote the bill, which so far has gained little traction in the Senate.
In a newspaper piece about a White House in turmoil, a prominent paper described an atmosphere of beleaguered aides confused by their unscripted boss, a man who needed a "rudder on what many believed was a loose and listing ship." The Washington Post, in 1997, wrote this about President Bill Clinton and the state of his presidency in mid-1994.
Things continue to heat up due to reports of a June 2016 meeting between President Donald Trump's eldest son and a lawyer connected to the Russian government. A congressional source informed CBS News that federal investigators are interested in obtaining the phone records and cell phone records pertaining to the June 2016 meeting between Donald Trump Jr., former campaign manager Paul Manafort, son-in-law Jared Kushner and a Russian lawyer connected to the Kremlin.
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Senate Foreign Relations Committee member Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis. talks to reporters on Capitol Hill Washington, Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2017, following a closed-door meeting with Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Defense Secretary James Mattis.
Following an announcement about legislation to overhaul the U.S. immigration system, President Donald Trump touted the record high of the Dow Jones Industrial Average, saying "we picked up four trillion dollars in net worth."
U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson says lawmakers have authorized seven new medical facilities for veterans in Florida. Nelson said in a news release Wednesday that the new Veterans Affairs facilities will be located in Daytona Beach, Jacksonville, Ocala, Tampa and Lakeland, with two in Gainesville.