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House Republicans on Monday night rejected a proposal that would have dissolved the Appropriations Committee and put its discretionary spending authority in the hands of the authorizing committees, among other sweeping proposed changes to House rules. The proposal, from Rep. Devin Nunes , R-Calif., was strongly condemned ahead of the closed-door meeting by House Appropriations Chairman Rodney Frelinghuysen , R-N.J., who said adopting the Nunes amendment to a rules package would take the unified Republican Congress in the "wrong direction."
The Post's Marc Fisher has established that President-elect Donald Trump doesn't read many books . "I have so little time," Trump said about reading a presidential biography.
Donald Trump and members of his family take part in the grand opening of the Trump International Hotel in Washington on Oct. 26. Perhaps what is fueling President-elect Donald Trump's ongoing venom toward critics and his unquenchable desire for affirmation is his awareness, at some level, that more Americans voted for Hillary Clinton - and worse, a significant majority still do not like him. As Donald Trump prepares to take the presidential oath on Jan. 20, less than half of Americans are confident in his ability to handle an international crisis , to use military force wisely or to prevent major scandals in his administration .
Senior House Democrats are extolling the benefits of President Barack Obama's health care law in hopes of derailing Republican plans to gut the statute. Speaking to reporters Monday, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi says the GOP will begin its "assault" on the law when the 115th Congress convenes Tuesday.
The marching band of Alabama's oldest private, historically black liberal arts college has accepted an invitation to perform at President-elect Donald Trump's inaugural parade, organizers said. Talladega College's band will march at Trump's inauguration as other historically black schools such as Howard University, which performed at President Barack Obama's first inaugural parade, said they won't be marching in the Jan. 20 event.
No position taken by President-elect Donald Trump more upsets leading Republican legislators than his desire to reconcile with Russia. GOP leaders routinely assert that 2012 presidential nominee Mitt Romney was right when he declared Russia "without question our No.
U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal is calling for an aggressive response to Russia's alleged hacking of Democrats during the presidential election. The Connecticut Democrat pointed to recently discovered malware at a Vermont utility as further evidence the nation needs to toughen its cybersecurity.
America's "Wreck it Ralph" is at it again. This time, President Barack Obama decided to give Israel one last kick in the behind before he leaves office.
Incoming White House press secretary Sean Spicer is defending cryptic comments by President-elect Donald Trump that he knows "things that other people don't know" when it comes to allegations of Russian hacking. Spicer tells Fox News Channel's "Fox & Friends" that Trump is getting national security briefings "on a daily basis" and "there doesn't seem to be conclusive evidence" Russians were behind the hacking of Democratic emails during the election.
The day has barely started, but Mary Stewart is already worried about one homeless student and others who arrive at her Kansas City, Kansas, high school in below-freezing temperatures with no winter coats. The principal never knows what's happened at home for these students - when they last ate, when they last slept, when they last were warm.
President-elect Donald Trump is showing little sign of forgiving his critics as he prepares to move into the Oval Office. The incoming president tweeted Monday that, "Various media outlets and pundits say that I thought I was going to lose the election.
Rosie O'Donnell has continued her long-running social media feud with Donald Trump, insisting the U.S. President-elect is "mentally unstable" and a "criminal". Donald and Rosie have been arch foes for a decade after the actress and comedienne called him a "snake-oil salesman" and criticized him forleaving his first two wives on U.S. talk show The View.
NEW YORK – President-elect Donald Trump says Rahm Emanuel, Chicago's mayor and President Barack Obama's former chief of staff, should ask for federal assistance if he can't bring down the city's rising homicide tally. The nation's third-largest city had 762 homicides in 2016 - the most in two decades and more than the largest cities, New York and Los Angeles, combined.
Senate Democrats reportedly plan to attack eight of Republican President-elect Donald Trump's Cabinet picks and stretch their confirmation process from days to perhaps months, despite having essentially no chance of blocking their nominations. The Democratic senators are vowing to make good on their vow unless the nominees start disclosing personal financial information, according to The Washington Post .
FILE - In this Feb. 4, 2009, file photo, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, left, orders approximately 200 convicted illegal immigrants handcuffed together and moved into a separate area of Tent City, for incarcerati... PHOENIX - The full-throated bravado that made Sheriff Joe Arpaio a household name in debates over illegal immigration and the treatment of jail inmates was missing as he started his last news conference in a law enforcement career that spanned a half-century.
Sonny Perdue III, the former governor of Georgia, is president-elect Donald Trump's leading candidate to be his U.S. secretary of agriculture, according to a person familiar with the matter. Perdue, 70, would succeed secretary Tom Vilsack.
Gun owners and enthusiasts are breathing a collective "sigh of relief" after the election of Donald J. Trump, one York County gun shop owner said. For gun buyers, 'panic' ebbs with Trump victory Gun owners and enthusiasts are breathing a collective "sigh of relief" after the election of Donald J. Trump, one York County gun shop owner said.
They've raised eyebrows, created national controversies, settled national controversies, won elections, lost elections, stuck it to their political enemies and signed truces with their political enemies. These five governors know how to make news.
Since our corporate media has become sitting ducks feeble in the lobby of Trump Tower, you probably have no idea there's another lead crisis happening in the Midwest. East Chicago, Indiana, a low-income neighborhood predominately made up of Hispanics and African Americans, received notice in July, 2016 that the West Calumet apartment complex had 218 times the "allowable" limit of lead in its ground soil and air.