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Geoduck clams are kept fresh in seawater after being harvested near Harstine Island, Wash., in Puget Sound in this March 23, 2015, file photo. Washington state officials, environmental advocates and others are warning of dire environmental and economic consequences if President Donald Trump's cuts to Puget Sound and other environmental programs go through as proposed in his first budget.
An Obama administration official who warned the Trump White House ... President Barack Obama warned Donald Trump against hiring Michael Flynn as national security adviser during an Oval Office meeting after the 2016 election, according to three former Obama administration officials. WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama warned Donald Trump against hiring Michael Flynn as national security adviser during an Oval Office meeting after the 2016 election, according to three former Obama administration officials.
"It has been my high honor to represent Collin County for the past decade - soon to be 12 years. But I firmly believe that one should not make a long career of holding a highly visible position like county judge," the 64-year-old Republican wrote in an email to constituents.
The Senate is slated to vote on a former New Mexico congresswoman tapped by President Donald Trump to be Air Force secretary. If Heather Wilson is confirmed Monday, she'll be Trump's first service secretary nominee to be approved by the chamber.
The improbable rise of Emmanuel Macron as the youngest president in modern French history - held up as a rebuke to transatlantic populism and generating expectations from Boston to Berlin - started with the big hope of women like Christelle Dernon. Ms. Dernon was one of thousands of French people who signed up for the political movement "En Marche" that Mr. Macron started just a year ago, knocking on doors across the country and helping create and curate the message of optimism that ultimately prevailed at the polls Sunday night.
Former President Barack Obama, in his first public comments about the ongoing debate over his signature health care plan, implored members of Congress on Sunday to demonstrate political courage even if it goes against their party's positions. Obama briefly returned to the spotlight as he accepted the annual John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award at JFK's presidential library in Boston.
U.S. Senator Susan Collins was honored for her work on issues that help children and families by Common Sense Media, the nation's leading non-partisan, non-profit children's media anda Z advocacy organization. U.S. Senator Susan Collins was honored for her work on issues that help children and families by Common Sense Media, the nation's leading non-partisan, non-profit children's media anda Z advocacy organization.
Sally Yates will finally testify Monday on what she knows about possible contacts between Trump campaign officials and Russia - and there's evidence to suggest she may drop some bombshell revelations. It seems like every time Yates' name or explosive claims about Russia enter the news cycle, President Donald Trump and his allies lash out.
President Donald Trump urged Senate Republicans on Sunday to "not let the American people down", as the contentious debate over overhauling the US health care systems shifts to Congress' upper chamber, where a vote is potentially weeks, if not months, away. Some senators have already voiced displeasure with the health care bill that cleared the House last week, with Republicans providing all the "yes" votes in the 217-213 count.
French President-elect Emmanuel Macron will start getting his house in order Monday after a landslide victory that handed him the reins to the world's sixth-largest economy. The independent centrist beat his rival Marine Le Pen from the far-right National Front with a decisive 65.7% of the ballots in Sunday's presidential vote, official figures show.
Schleswig-Holstein State Premier and top election candidate Torsten Albig receives flowers from Social Democratic Party leader Martin Schulz in Berlin, Germany, May 8, 2017. German Chancellor Angela Merkel addresses a news conference after the Schleswig-Holstein regional state elections, in Berlin, Germany, May 8, 2017.
The contentious debate over overhauling the health care system shifts to the Senate and a moderate Republican, Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, says the Senate will not take up the House bill and will instead start from scratch . Some senators have already voiced displeasure with the health care bill that cleared the House last week.
Nicole Meyer, the sister of Jared Kushner, who wields considerable position of influence on President Donald Trump, was in Beijing, China Saturday to raise funds from investors for a $976.4 million Kushner Companies' residential and commercial project underway in New Jersey. To lure investors at the event, as reports said, she mentioned Jared Kushner's service as chief executive of Kushner Companies, the family business from which he resigned January, saying he had left to serve in the Trump administration.
Former US president Barack Obama urged lawmakers to follow their conscience and protect vulnerable Americans, as a Republican-backed bill that tore up his namesake health care reform law heads to the Senate. Obama, speaking in Boston where on Sunday night he received a Profile in Courage Award from the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation, said: "Courage means not simply doing what is politically expedient, but doing what they believe deep in their hearts is right."
The Centrist candidate defeated the far right's Marine Le Pen in yesterday's second round of voting Musicians, film stars and famous faces have reacted to the news that the centrist candidate, Emmanuel Macron , has won the French presidency. Macron defeated far-right leader Marine Le Pen - who represented the country's National Front party - in yesterday's second vote, with the new President securing 66.06% of the popular vote over his rival.
Jury selection begins Monday for a Phoenix woman charged with murder in the 2011 death of a girl who was found dead inside a padlocked storage box. State authorities are asking for the public's help in finding out who painted graffiti on rocks within a protected area on Mauna Kea mountain.
Jury selection begins Monday for a Phoenix woman charged with murder in the 2011 death of a girl who was found dead inside a padlocked storage box. Jury selection begins Monday for a Phoenix woman charged with murder in the 2011 death of a girl who was found dead inside a padlocked storage box.