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Hillary Clinton, speaking at a women's empowerment event in New York on Tuesday, stressed the need for more women in politics, while joking about her own resilience after November election lost to President Donald Trump. Clinton, who is emerging from relative privacy after her election loss with a series of speeches, credited her family, friends and many of the women she has mentored with giving her the strength to bounce back after losing to Trump.
It's being examined by Lincoln Police Chief Jeff Bliemeister following claims by the Lincoln Independent Business Association that protesters should have been arrested outside a February 21 speaking engagement by Nebraska U-S Republican Senator, Deb Fischer, at the Grand Manse. Protesters showed up and chanted loudly outside the room where the luncheon was being held, voicing opposition to her support of Betsy DeVos as U.S. education secretary.
Trump team praises House health care bill but will work with critics President lauds 'wonderful' bill to replace Obamacare. Check out this story on USATODAY.com: http://usat.ly/2mClUNe WASHINGTON - Trump administration officials praised the House Republican health care bill Tuesday but said they are willing work with conservative critics of the plan.
The Great Lakes contain 95 percent of America's fresh surface water and supply drinking water to more than 30 million people in North America. The environmental and ecological justification for improving and maintaining the Great Lakes is undeniable but one must look no further than my of hometown Buffalo, N.Y., to see how Great Lakes cleanup is breathing new life into the economy of once struggling cities.
A family's ownership stake in Breitbart News throws a fresh spotlight on the publicity-averse political donors Bob and Rebekah Mercer, who now occupy a prominent place in Donald Trump's Washington. Who are mega-donors Bob and Rebekah Mercer, and why are they influential? A family's ownership stake in Breitbart News throws a fresh spotlight on the publicity-averse political donors Bob and Rebekah Mercer, who now occupy a prominent place in Donald Trump's Washington.
All 100 senators are urging the Trump administration to help communities dealing with a wave of antisemitic activity, following a spate of bomb threats against Jewish institutions and desecration of Jewish cemetaries Senators press Trump administration to help communities against antisemitic threats All 100 senators are urging the Trump administration to help communities dealing with a wave of antisemitic activity, following a spate of bomb threats against Jewish institutions and desecration of Jewish cemetaries Check out this story on USATODAY.com: http://usat.ly/2nbiAoK WASHINGTON - Capitol Hill lawmakers are pressing the Trump administration to help local communities battle antisemitism following a rash of threats to Jewish institutions and vandalism at historic cemeteries.
U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham and President Donald Trump shared a meal on Tuesday, their first face-to-face meeting since the election. The private lunch in the White House presidential dining room might mark the re-set of a professional and personal relationship that has had its share of road bumps over the past year and a half.
The Trump administration is moving to roll back federal fuel-economy requirements that would have forced automakers to increase significantly the efficiency of new cars and trucks, a key part of former President Barack Obama's strategy to combat global warming. The Environmental Protection Agency is close to an announcement reversing a decision made in the waning days of the Obama administration to lock in strict gas mileage requirements for cars and light trucks through 2025.
A growing list of conservative groups and lawmakers balked on Tuesday at House Republicans' plan to dismantle the Affordable Care Act, condemning the replacement health care bill "Obamacare 2.0." , a Republican health care bill that maintains some of the most popular provisions of the 2010 Affordable Care Act and was revealed on Monday. . "The overwhelming response from our activists is, 'This is not what we meant or expected when we voted for Congress to repeal Obamacare.
"There are still too few women in the upper reaches of the private sector, academia, science, technology, not to mention politics and government." There's a saying that "you can't be it if you can't see it."
The crowd of people burst into cheers at the sight of Trump, who gestured for them to come toward him. The White House Visitors Office, which is traditionally overseen by the first lady, is typically closed during the presidential transition as the new staff gets in place.
With Attorney General Jeff Sessions 's decision Thursday to recuse himself from any investigations into Russia's connections to Donald Trump 's presidential campaign, focus is turning to the Department of Justice's secondary leaders. Deputy Attorney General nominee Rod Rosenstein and Aassociate attorney general nominee Rachel Brand will face the national spotlight Tuesday during their confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
President Trump surprised White House visitors on the first restarted tours of his administration Tuesday morning. A video released by White House special assistant Cliff Sims showed Trump walking out to greet tour group visitors, who started to scream and cheer.
In the months leading up to and following the US presidential election, publishers with right-wing and occasionally extremist views, such as Breitbart and InfoWars, have joined stalwarts like the Drudge Report and Newsmax on the Republican right. In spite of their growing audiences, monetization can be tough for these challengers.
People who voted for Donald Trump in America's rust belt need to hear more about the role bicycles and cycling can play in the future of our country. And people who didn't vote for Trump should see bike advocacy as a place to put their newfound energy for activism.
Low-income Americans may have to prioritize purchasing health care coverage over gadgets such as iPhones under Republicans' Obamacare replacement plan, House Oversight Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz said Tuesday. The Utah lawmaker told CNN's Alisyn Camerota on "New Day" that he wants low-income Americans to be able to have more access to health coverage.
On March 7, 1965, a march by peaceful civil rights demonstrators turned violent when the group was attacked on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Ala. According to history.com, "Although Wallace ordered state troopers 'to use whatever measures are necessary to prevent a march,' approximately 600 voting rights advocates set out from the Brown Chapel AME Church on Sunday, March 7. King, who had met with President Lyndon Johnson two days earlier to discuss voting rights legislation, remained back in Atlanta with his own congregation and planned to join the marchers en route the following day.
Long-awaited legislation to dismantle Obamacare was unwrapped on Monday by U.S. Republicans, who called for ending health insurance mandates and rolling back extra healthcare funding for the poor in a package that drew immediate fire from Democrats. In a battle waged since the 2010 passage of the Affordable Care Act, Democratic President Barack Obama's signature domestic policy achievement, Republicans including President Donald Trump have long vowed to repeal and replace the law.
Authorities said a Sikh man... . A man bows his head as he attends Sunday services at the Gurudwara Singh Sabha of Washington, a Sikh temple in Renton, Wash., Sunday, March 5, 2017, south of Seattle.
Politics, it is said, makes curious bedfellows, and the longstanding relationship between Barack Obama and presidential adviser and confidante Valerie Jarrett is curious indeed. It had become curiouser and curiouser with the news that Jarrett is moving into Obama's D.C. home, which is to serve as the nerve center to the resistance to the presidency of Donald Trump.