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U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg expressed hope the traditional "bipartisan spirit" of congressional hearings for judges will once again prevail in Washington, rather than the votes of recent years that have mostly divided along party lines. Speaking at a Jerusalem cinema on Thursday after the screening of "RBG," the breakout hit documentary about her life and career, Ginsburg said she would not address past or present personnel changes on the court, in apparent reference to Justice Anthony Kennedy's upcoming retirement.
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt walks during a picnic for military families on the South Lawn of the White House July 4, 2018 in Washington. The president accepted Scott Pruitt's resignation for reasons outside of his job performance - where he "has done an outstanding job" running the EPA, according to the president.
I agree wholeheartedly with U.S. Rep. Colleen Hanabusa over suing the federal government to demand more support for Pacific Islanders who immigrate to Hawaii under the Compact of Free Association ("Hanabusa and Ige debate immigration and environment," Star-Advertiser, July 3) . Read More
E.P.A. Aide Questioned Deleting Sensitive Meeting Details. Then She Was Fired. - WASHINGTON - Scott Pruitt, the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and the subject of numerous investigations into claims that he used agency resources for personal benefit How Scott Pruitt's Disloyalty to His Own Staff Brought Him Down in the End Minutes before President Donald Trump announced the resignation of Scott Pruitt, his top environmental regulator, one of his former aides accused him of firing another for questioning a potentially illegal purge of official agency records.
Beijing, July 6: Flags for US President Donald Trump's re-election campaign are being produced in China, despite a looming trade war, a media report said. One of the manufacturers, Li Jiang owns a factory that began to make flags after China became part of the World Trade Organization, according to an interview published on the Washington-based National Public Radio .
Boots Riley's debut film takes plenty of bold storytelling swings, and the misses are as interesting as the hits. Sometimes, the smartest dystopian fiction knows that you need to give the real world just a little tweak to make it scary.
In a campaign stop in Montana, President Donald Trump targeted Democrat Jon Tester on Thursday in a bid to get more Republicans elected to the Senate but also to punish the lawmaker he blames for derailing his nominee to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs. Appearing in a state he dominated in 2016, Trump cast Tester as a "liberal Democrat," railing against his voting record on issues like abortion, immigration and taxes.
Progressives responding to Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy's retirement with a proposal for court packing might argue that there's nothing especially unusual about the proposal. The historian Jean Edward Smith has referred to packing , with some exaggeration, as a "hallowed tradition" in American politics.
Special counsel Robert Mueller is tapping additional Justice Department resources for help with new legal battles as his year-old investigation of Russian interference with the 2016 election continues to expand. As Mueller pursues his probe, he's making more use of career prosecutors from the offices of U.S. attorneys and from Justice Department headquarters, as well as FBI agents -- a sign that he may be laying the groundwork to hand off parts of his investigation eventually, several current and former U.S. officials said.
WASHINGTON: Amidst a trade war between the US and China, a Chinese company is manufacturing flags for President Donald Trump 's 2020 re-election campaign, a media report said here. The factory, situated in eastern Zhejiang province, had also made flags for the election campaigns of Hillary Clinton and Trump in 2016, the Washington-based National Public Radio reported.
President Donald Trump is closing in on his next Supr... . FILE -In this April 26, 2004, file photo, Brett Kavanaugh appears before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington.
A US flag is pictured in front of Harley-Davidson bikes at the "Hamburg Harley Days" in Hamburg, Germany, on June 24. BEIJING: US President Donald Trump fired the biggest shot yet in the global trade war by imposing tariffs on $34 billion of Chinese imports. China immediately said it would be forced to retaliate.
The city of Flint officially is receiving a $30 million federal grant to pay for replacement of the Atherton East public housing complex and other improvements. Congressman Dan Kildee, a Democrat from Flint, and Michigan's two U.S. Senators announced the city's selection for a Choice Neighborhoods Implementation grant on Friday.
GREAT FALLS, Mont. - In the hours after President Donald Trump concluded his rally Thursday in Great Falls, the internet has ignited with comments about his more inflammatory remarks.
"A man who doesn't believe in climate change never should have been in charge of the Environmental Protection Agency in the first place," Warren told The Hill . "And a government official that corrupt should have been fired by the President of the United States 28 scandals ago."
Before Scott Pruitt headed off to Washington to lead the Environmental Protection Agency, he made a national name for himself as Oklahoma's Attorney General suing the agency for its efforts to regulate toxins and pollution. Now Pruitt is leaving the EPA under his own cloud of suspicion.
On paper, Richard Strauss was a well-regarded Ohio State University physician who examined young athletes for decades as a team doctor and sports-medicine researcher. In interviews with The Associated Press in recent weeks, seven former athletes and a former nursing student shared detailed allegations of sexual misconduct dating back to the 1970s against the doctor, who killed himself in 2005 at age 67 and is only now under investigation.
President Trump dangled a $1 million donation to Sen. Elizabeth Warren 's charity of choice if she takes a DNA test and it proves her purported Native American heritage. Trump mused that he would buy a DNA test and throw it at her should he face off with the Massachusetts lawmaker during a 2020 presidential debate - and she brings up the claim.
A U.S. senator from Idaho held an oversight hearing in Anchorage to receive feedback from Alaska business leaders on Small Business Administration programs. The Alaska Journal of Commerce reports Republican Sen. Jim Risch, chairman of the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, aimed for the hearing last week to gather insight into how and if the programs are helping businesses navigate the federal contracting system.