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A grieving New York mother recognized by President Donald Trump at the State of the Union in his campaign against deadly MS-13 gang violence was struck by an SUV and killed at her slain daughter's memorial site Friday after a heated confrontation with the driver. Evelyn Rodriguez was hit around 4 p.m. in Brentwood, near where her 16-year-old daughter Kayla Cuevas' body was found beaten and slashed two years ago to the day, police said.
Democratic Senator Dianne Feinstein directs questions during the Senate Judiciary Committee's confirmation hearing of Brett Kavanaugh's nomination to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court on September 5. Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee entered the confirmation hearings for the Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh with concerns about his record and his views. After four days of testimony and questions, those concerns remain - and in some cases have increased considerably.
PREACHING TO THE CHOIR: U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, top, speaks at a town hall forum at Quincy High School yesterday. Above, supporters listen, wearing Warren for Senate T-shirts.
Lawrence, MA. - September 14, 2018: Charlie Baker, Massachusetts Governor, joins US Senator Elizabeth Warren, D-Ma, US Congressman Ed Markey, D-MA, and others in a tour of 35 Chickering St., where a young man was killed during yesterday's gas leak/fires, today September 14, 2018.
Anne Hathaway is the picture of elegance in white gown as she's honored at Human Rights Campaign National Dinner in DC But on Saturday night, in the nation's capital, the 35-year old beauty was recognized for her powerful voice in the fight for LGBTQ equality at the 22nd annual Human Rights Campaign National Dinner. A woman with a voice: Anne Hathaway was honored for her fight for LGBTQ equality at the 22nd annual Human Rights Campaign National Dinner in Washington, DC on Saturday The Les Miserables talent looked every bit the movie star as she wowed photographers in a white shoulder-less gown that included a see-through sheer lining for added pop.
It can be difficult to get politicians to open up and reveal a bit of their true selves because staying on message is the real sport of campaigning. This time of year, each day seems to bring a deluge of panic and self-doubt from candidates concerned that their campaigns are on the verge of collapse if they fall short of yet another fundraising deadline.
House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, a Republican from California, speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, July 24, 2018. House Speaker Paul Ryan said Russian President Vladimir Putin won't be invited to speak at a joint meeting to Congress on a visit to the U.S., and what matters is the message Putin will get from Trump -- to stop meddling in U.S. elections and violating sovereignty.
In a stormy week, President Donald Trump blustered and distorted reality, denying massive deaths from a hurricane that scientists believe to be one of the nation's deadliest and blowing out of proportion U.S. economic growth and his role in spurring it. He's insisting the federal response to Hurricane Maria, which hit Puerto Rico last September, was "incredibly successful," even though blackouts there remain common and several forms of federal aid have been slow to arrive compared with past disasters.
Breitbart on Wednesday published leaked video of a town-hall-style meeting with employees shortly after the 2016 election, in which Google executives appeared dismayed at President Trump's win. Google co-founder and Alphabet President Sergey Brin described the results as "pretty upsetting," while Google Senior Vice President of Global Affairs Kent Walker described a global political environment of "tribalism."
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The State Board of Education in Texas has voted to drop several historical figures, including Hillary Clinton, Barry Goldwater and Helen Keller, from the state's required social studies curriculum to "streamline" the material for millions of public school students. Members of the volunteer work groups that made such recommendations to the board said the state requires children to learn about too many historical figures.
APPLE VALLEY - The Dreamers, Visionaries and Leaders Project celebrated Hispanic Heritage Month on Saturday with its fourth annual Felix Diaz Mariachi Festival. Held at the Victor Valley Museum, the free event was geared to bring the community together and embrace Hispanic culture through live music and dance performances, crafts, great food and much more.
Almost buried in a report about how the Texas State Board of Education voted to remove Hillary Clinton and Helen Keller from the history curriculum of their public schools.. As part of an effort to "streamline" the social studies curriculum in public schools, the State Board of Education voted Friday to adjust what students in every grade are required to learn in the classroom.
Anna Kendrick called former President Barack Obama an "a**hole" in an exchange which left him doubled over in laughter. The 33-year-old actress has finally revealed what she said to Obama during a meeting in 2012 - when he was still the US president - which caused confusion after pictures surfaced showing the figurehead in a fit of laughter.
Mayors, governors, entrepreneurs, CEOs, investors and celebrities delivered a double-edged message Friday at the close of a climate summit in San Francisco: global warming is making the planet unliveable -- but we know how to fix it. "We are using the sky as an open sewer, it's insane," former US vice president Al Gore told the conference, noting that humanity belches 110 million tons of heat-trapping pollution into the atmosphere every day.
Jerry Kyser's reaction to any reduction in federal oversight of companies that make high-interest loans to members of the military, their families and veterans was swift and sure. "Absolutely nothing irritates us more than those lenders preying on service people," said Kyser, chairman of the United Veterans Legislative Council of Minnesota.