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If contributions are any sign, District 1's Democratic challenger Audrey Denney might just give three-term incumbent Republican Congressman Doug LaMalfa a run for his money in November. Since she joined the race, political newcomer Denney of Chico has been consistently leading in donations to her campaign for the previous three filing periods.
In an interview that aired Tuesday evening with Fox News host Tucker Carlson, Trump appeared to suggest that the NATO mutual defense compact is confusing, particularly the question of why an American would have to defend a small country like Montenegro, which is more than 5,000 miles away. Trump has long raised questions about the future of the United States' commitment to NATO, a defense treaty which was established to stave off aggression from what was then the Soviet Union.
For the third straight day, President Trump cast doubt on whether he views Russia as a threat, despite warnings from his own government that Moscow continues to target the United States with hostile actions. Trump triggered a new uproar Wednesday morning when he appeared to suggest that Russia is no longer seeking to interfere in US elections.
Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul went after former CIA director John Brennan following his comments calling President Trump "treasonous" Wednesday on "Tucker Carlson Tonight." "The former director of the CIA, you think of that as a sober minded person, responsible person, kind of a James Bond with maybe an advanced degree.
The South Dakota man who helped shepherd an alleged Russian operative to National Rifle Association and conservative political group meetings had a front-row seat to history and a less than stellar reputation in South Dakota politics. Once a political provocateur, Paul Erickson virtually disappeared from the state's political scene in recent years despite having residences in both Sioux Falls and the Washington, D.C. area and boasting a Rolodex that allegedly contained some of the biggest names in the conservative universe.
Some of the nation's best-known governors - California's Jerry Brown, New York's Andrew Cuomo and John Kasich of Ohio, to name three - won't be in Santa Fe for the National Governors Association meeting, which opens Thursday. But 21 governors have confirmed they'll be here.
Sen. Rand Paul certainly has his differences with President Donald Trump, a one-time rival for the White House. But on one cornerstone issue, a resistance to U.S. intervention abroad, they are simpatico.
Some governors love campaigning - the pulse of the crowds, the meetings with affluent donors, the thrill of the chase. Then, once elected, they're bored by the administrative duties of the office.
President Donald Trump spent a second day managing the political fallout from his widely criticized meeting with Russia's Vladimir Putin, shifting stances and mopping up what the White House said were misstatements. His toughness with the longtime American foe in question, Trump said Wednesday he told the Russian president face-to-face during Monday's summit to stay out of America's elections "and that's the way it's going to be."
Trump, facing a political uproar over his failure to confront Putin during their Helsinki summit on Monday over Russia's 2016 U.S. election meddling, adopted his usual defiant posture, calling his critics deranged. Asked by reporters before a morning Cabinet meeting at the White House whether Russia was still targeting the United States, Trump shook his head and said, "No."
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President Donald Trump endorsed Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp on Wednesday in the state's Republican gubernatorial primary runoff, throwing his weight behind a candidate who has echoed the president with a TV ad promising to "round up criminal illegals" in his pickup truck. Kemp is in a dead heat with Lt.
"I am writing to express opposition to recent attempts by Congress to circumvent California's water management framework by adding riders to the Appropriations billl," said California Natural Resources Secretary John Laird. In a victory for Delta Tunnels opponents urging the Brown administration to oppose Congressman Ken Calvert's rider banning judicial review of the tunnels and other water projects, California Natural Resources Secretary Laird on July 17 sent a letter to members on the Senate and House committees on appropriations opposing the language.
President Donald Trump says in an interview with CBS News that he told Russian President Vladimir Putin that the United States won't tolerate election interference in the future. Trump says: "I let him know we can't have this.
Brett Kavanaugh was adamant as he sat in the witness chair at his 2006 confirmation hearing to be an appeals court judge. Kavanaugh was being questioned by Democrats about his knowledge of President George W. Bush's torture policy and treatment of detainees while he served as associate White House counsel.
Bob Stefanowski and his wife, Amy, spent part of Wednesday in policy discussions with former candidate David Walker of Bridgeport . Walker served in both the Reagan and Bush administrations.
Rep. Pete Sessions, R-Texas, chairman of the House Rules Committee, speaks during a meeting on Monday. Sessions argued Wednesday that there was no need to increase federal funding for election security.
Taylor Swift has been praised as a "class act" after helping TV co-host Meghan McCain arrange a concert meet-and-greet for a young woman battling cancer. Meghan, the daughter of ailing U.S. Senator John McCain, reached out to the pop superstar via Twitter earlier this month and highlighted a social media campaign launched for Lexi Caviston, who has been diagnosed with the same kind of brain cancer the 33-year-old's politician dad is battling, to help the 21-year-old meet her pop idol during the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania stop on her Reputation World Tour on Saturday.
Four secretive political groups raised more than $2.6 million for ads targeting Republican primaries for Ohio House of Representative seats in the lead up to last May's election, new campaign finance filings show. The money was spent in roughly a dozen state legislative races that were a proxy fight to be Ohio's next House speaker.