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They met more than a decade ago, when the genteel junior senator from Alabama invited the brash real estate mogul to testify on Capitol Hill about the renovation of the United Nations. Jeff Sessions was taken by Donald Trump, calling him a "breath of fresh air for this Senate."
President Donald Trump's turbulent few weeks at home -- the palace intrigue of White House rivalries, sudden departures and legislative defeats -- have been echoed by a brewing storm of challenges overseas. North Korea is launching missiles designed to reach the US; Moscow is forcing a drastic reduction in US diplomatic staff in Russia; Venezuela is wracked by violence as its democracy dies; and Iran has been expanding its reach in Syria and Iraq.
U.S. intelligence agencies are telling us not to worry about the FISA Amendments Act, a 2008 law that allows the NSA to tap into the communications of "non-U.S. persons" who are outside the U.S., even though this law sidesteps the Fourth Amendment as it allows the NSA to record the emails and phone calls of U.S. citizens who happen to be communicating with people overseas. How many American citizens is the government listening in on? We don't know, as the intelligence agencies told Congress they can't say just how many American citizens they've eavesdropped on .
This June 29, 1967, file photo shows the mangled car that actress Jayne Mansfield died in after colliding with a truck, on Route 90 outside of New Orleans. Fifty years after Mansfield car slammed underneath a tractor-trailer, auto safety advocates say hundreds of similar deaths annually could be prevented by guard rails mounted beneath trucks.
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A new study finds over the past 40 years, hundreds of millions of dollars have been spent rebuilding homes in the Garden State that keep getting flooded. According to Rob Moore, a senior policy analyst with the Natural Resources Defense Council, New Jersey has one of the highest totals of severe repetitive loss properties of any state in the nation.
Republican U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan speaks at a town hall meeting at Bartlett High School in Anchorage on Saturday, May 20. Republican U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan speaks at a town hall meeting at Bartlett High School in Anchorage on Saturday, May 20. How dare you, Mr. President, from your Twittering perch in distant Washington, threaten a senator from Alaska - or any senator - with damage to her state's share of public interests because she voted not your views but her own carefully considered views on a matter of concern to Alaskans. Apparently you think that Alaskans are so attuned to top-down dictatorial styles of government that they will punish Sen. Lisa Murkowski at the polls at your direction.
Police Board President Lori Lightfoot's term is set to expire at the end of the day Monday, and Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel hasn't said whether he'll re-appoint her for the job. "I'm not especially worried about it just yet, but the longer this goes without resolution, this will potentially have an impact," she said.
House Freedom Caucus Chairman Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C., center, speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, July 12, 2017, to say that his group wants to delay the traditional August recess until work is accomplished on health care, the debt ceiling and tax reform. A major GOP group is encouraging members like Meadows to stay focused on tax reform.
A proposed law that would require carmakers to build alarms for back seats is being pushed by child advocates who say it will prevent kids from dying in hot cars. The law also would streamline the criminal process against caregivers who cause the deaths - cases that can be inconsistent but often heavier-handed against mothers.
President Donald Trump is looking for a fresh start with a new White House chief of staff. But he's still clinging to an old battle, refusing to give up on health care.
Sen. Charles Schumer says the Food and Drug Administration should launch a formal investigation into the health consequences of chemicals used in fast food packaging. The New York Democrat on Sunday released a letter he sent to the head of the agency asking for the investigation into phthalates, which are used in plastics to make them more flexible.
America's top law enforcement officer wandered through a Salvadoran jail, sizing up the tattooed gang members who sat with their backs to him on the concrete floors of their cells. His soft voice was barely audible over the downpour pelting the tin roof as he spoke to the local police.
Susan Collins Collins: Trump's threat to end ObamaCare payments won't change my vote Collins recounts 'heartwarming' welcome in Maine after healthcare 'no' vote Kelly starts new White House gig Monday amid high hopes from Republicans MORE said President Trump's threats to cut off funding for key ObamaCare payments won't change her vote on the GOP's plan to repeal it. the cost-sharing reduction payments, as well as his apparent threat to cut off the healthcare benefits of members of Congress if they don't pass a new bill, would change her vote.
Democrat Hillary Clinton lost the 2016 election to President Donald Trump, but some Republicans in Congress are intensifying their calls to investigate her and other Obama administration officials. As investigations into Russian meddling and possible links to Trump's campaign have escalated on both sides of the Capitol, some Republicans argue that the investigations should have a greater focus on Democrats.
There's an issue that bedevils commuters who use New York's Penn Station that will persist long after this summer's extensive track work . There's an issue that bedevils commuters who use New York's Penn Station that will persist long after this summer's extensive track work .
After a couple of slow weekends, the specialty box office perked up with the release of a couple of anticipated titles, though not all of the luster was concentrated in films with marquis names attached. Doc An Inconvenient Sequel : Truth To Power , which returns former Vice President Al Gore to the big screen over ten years after his Oscar-winning An Inconvenient Truth, had the highest per theater average of any film in release this weekend, grossing $130K in four locations.
A tax reform bill could reach President Trump's desk by year end, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Rep. Kevin Brady said Sunday. "We're on that timetable to do it," Brady, R-Texas, told Maria Bartiromo on "Sunday Morning Futures."
Fifty years after actress Jayne Mansfield died in a Buick that slammed underneath a tractor-trailer, auto safety advocates say regulations inspired by that gruesome crash need updating to prevent hundreds of similar deaths annually. "We're asking Congress to pass a bill that would mandate comprehensive underride protection, not only on tractor-trailers but on single-unit trucks," such as dump trucks, said Marianne Karth, who lost two teenage daughters, AnnaLeah and Mary, when her Crown Victoria crashed beneath a tractor-trailer in Georgia in 2013.