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The Senate passed a four-month extension to the National Flood Insurance Program Tuesday, less than a day before the program was set to expire. The bill, which had originated in the House, will now go to President Trump, who has until midnight to sign it to avoid a lapse in the program.
Who's ready for Al Franken's big comeback from #MeToo purgatory? The former Senator from Minnesota himself may be, local CBS affiliate WCCO reports . Franken has begun making public appearances again, raising questions about his ambitions.
That's because a legal settlement the federal government reached with a nonprofit had allowed schematics for a 3D-printable handgun to be posted online starting Wednesday, Aug. 1. "The idea of these print-on-demand ghost guns is as scary as they sound," said Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-NY, the Senate minority leader. "I think we should take this up in Congress to look at it, and see how we may be able to help and be able to protect our citizens in the right way," Taylor said.
Facebook Inc. has identified a coordinated political influence campaign ahead of November's U.S. congressional elections and taken down dozens of fake accounts on its site, the company said on Tuesday. A Russian propaganda arm tried to tamper in the 2016 U.S. election by posting and buying ads on Facebook, according to the company and U.S. intelligence agencies.
Missouri health officials are looking to implement Engaging Patients in Care Coordination, or EPICC, across the state within a year. The program treats overdose victims at emergency rooms with buprenorphine, a medication that mimics opioids without the resulting high and helps with withdrawal symptoms.
The Senate Banking Committee is scheduled to vote Thursday on the nomination of Kathy Kraninger to become director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau among a slate of six nominees considered by the panel. Kraninger, a senior official at the Office of Management and Budget, has been heavily criticized by Democrats on the panel over her ties to the administration's family-separation policy at the border.
Congressional auditors say about 30 million people - 21 percent of U.S. taxpayers - will have to come up with more money to pay their taxes next year because their employers withheld too little from their paychecks under government tables keyed to the new tax law. New tax withholding tables for employers were put together by the government early this year.
At around 11:20 a.m. Wednesday, deputies from the Kootenai County Sheriff's office responded to the 7900 block of W. Cougar Gultch Rd. for a report of a possible home invasion robbery. It was reported that an 18-year-old woman had walked outside of her house to let her dog out of a nearby kennel.
Congressional auditors say about 30 million people 21 percent of U.S. taxpayers will have to come up with more money to pay their taxes next year because their employers withheld too little from their paychecks under government tables keyed to the new tax law. New tax withholding tables for employers were put together by the government early this year.
Hours after Trump threatened to shut down the government over border security, lawmakers were proceeding with a plan to fund federal agencies anyway. Trump shutdown threat falls flat in Congress fixated on avoiding budget battle Hours after Trump threatened to shut down the government over border security, lawmakers were proceeding with a plan to fund federal agencies anyway.
U.S. Senators Joe Manchin and Shelley Moore Capito, announced $2,773,296 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for various healthcare programs across West Virginia. "This significant funding will support a variety of programs throughout West Virginia including school health programs, public health education programs, mental health and substance abuse programs and cutting edge medical research.
The duck boat that sank in Table Rock Lake in Branson, Mo., is raised Monday, July 23, 2018. The boat went down Thursday evening after a thunderstorm generated near-hurricane strength winds.
Trump administration officials mounted a fierce defense Tuesday of the controversial family separation policy at the border, defending sites as "more like a summer camp" than holding facilities, and arguing that the detention system simply was not set up to facilitate court-ordered reunions easily. "I'm very comfortable with the level of service and protection that is being provided," top Immigration and Customs Enforcement official Matthew Albence told the Senate Judiciary Committee about the conditions at the "family residential centers," which he likened to summer camps.
Sen. Dick Durbin called for Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen to resign her post over the Trump administration's practice of separating immigrant children from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border. Sen. Dick Durbin called for Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen to resign her post over the Trump administration's practice of separating immigrant children from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border.
In this April 13, 2018, file photo, Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach speaks during a Republican gubernatorial debate in Atchison, Kan. Kobach is relying on his running mate to finance his campaign to unseat Kansas Gov. Jeff Colyer in the state's Republican primary.
The Trump administration is studying the idea of implementing a big tax break for wealthy Americans by reducing the taxes levied on capital gains, but no decision has been made yet on whether to proceed. Administration officials said Tuesday that Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin prefers deferring to Congress.
ALEXANDRIA, Va. T.S. Ellis III had something to say about the prosecution strategy of former Trump campaign chief Paul Manafort and he was not about to hold back.
Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen address the Department of Homeland Security National Cybersecurity Summit, Tuesday, July 31, 2018, in New York. Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen address the Department of Homeland Security National Cybersecurity Summit, Tuesday, July 31, 2018, in New York.
The war of words intensified between two titans in Republican politics on Tuesday as President Donald Trump trashed the conservative billionaire Koch brothers as a "total joke in real Republican circles." The presidential insult followed a weekend gathering of Koch officials who repeatedly condemned Trump's trade policies, the explosion of government spending under his watch and his divisive tone.