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Maybe there are reasons to hope that this nightmare has awakened some Republicans to the fact that they can actually stand up to the president. President Donald Trump gestures as he signs a "Space Policy Directive" during a meeting of the National Space Council in the East Room of the White House, Monday, June 18, 2018, in Washington, as Vice President Mike Pence watches.
President Donald Trump, flanked by Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, left, and Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta, answers a question on Aug. 11, 2017, at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J. President Donald Trump, flanked by Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, left, and Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta, answers a question on Aug. 11, 2017, at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J. The White House on Thursday will propose merging the Education and Labor departments into one federal agency, the centerpiece of a plan to remake a bureaucracy that President Donald Trump and his supporters consider too big and bloated, according to an administration official familiar with the plan.
Veteran Republican campaign strategist Steve Schmidt said Wednesday he is renouncing the GOP - in part because of what he calls President Donald Trump's unethical and corrupt behavior, but more because the party's leadership in Congress has failed to hold Trump to account. "What we've seen is the complete and total corruption of the Republican Party among its elected officials," Schmidt, senior strategist for 2008 GOP presidential nominee John McCain, told The Associated Press.
Hours after abruptly reversing himself to end the forced separations of migrant families, President Donald Trump returned to the warm embrace of his supporters at a raucous rally Wednesday to fiercely defend his hard-line immigration policies while unleashing a torrent of grievances about the media and those investigating him. Trump downplayed the crisis that has threatened to envelop the White House amid days of heart-wrenching images of children being pulled from their immigrant parents along the nation's southern border.
In the end, the decision seemed inevitable. After a seven-day trial in Kansas City federal court in March, in which Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach needed to be tutored on basic trial procedure by the judge and was found in contempt for his "willful failure" to obey a ruling, even he knew his chances were slim.
Two debates are planned in the race for the Democratic nomination in the 1st Congressional District race to succeed Rep. Paul Ryan. As of Wednesday, The Gazette had received no word of any debate planned ahead of the Republican primary.
In the race for U.S. Senate, Manchin holds a 48% to 39% lead over Morrisey among all potential voters - that is voters who have participated in an election since 2010 or have newly registered to vote . Another 4% support Don Blankenship, who is seeking to run as the Constitution Party candidate after losing his bid for the GOP nomination.
The Republican and Democratic senators leading an investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 elections joined in criticism of President Barack Obama's administration for failing to do more to stop the meddling. Republican Senate Intelligence Chairman Richard Burr said at a hearing Wednesday that Obama administration officials have made clear they were operating "without a playbook" against a new threat with an undefined set of rules.
He also mentioned his status as the 'only non-millionaire Democrat' in the primary and how it makes him more relatable to those casting ballots. "One of my opponents is 11,000 times wealthier than I am, but I think I am in good company," said Gillum.
Mick Mulvaney is using a curious tactic to encourage Senator Elizabeth Warren to drop her opposition to the Trump administration's pick to run the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. "Anybody has to be better than me," Mulvaney, who has been leading the financial regulator part-time on an acting basis since November, said Wednesday.
Joseph Simons in February 2018 during a confirmation hearing to become chairman of the Federal Trade Commission in advance of taking office May 1. On June 20, the FTC announced it would hold a series of hearings to address whether sweeping changes are needed in how it enforces consumer protection and marketplace competition. less Joseph Simons in February 2018 during a confirmation hearing to become chairman of the Federal Trade Commission in advance of taking office May 1. On June 20, the FTC announced it would hold a series of ... more FILE - This Jan. 28, 2015 file photo shows the Federal Trade Commission building in Washington.
Doug Jones won the Alabama Senate election Tuesday, defeating Republican candidate Roy Moore to become the first Democratic candidate to win a Senate race since the 1990s. Kirsten Fiscus / The Anniston Star Doug Jones won the Alabama Senate election Tuesday, defeating Republican candidate Roy Moore to become the first Democratic candidate to win a Senate race since the 1990s.
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks while appearing with First Lady Michelle Obama at a campaign rally at Joel Coliseum in Winston-Salem, N.C., on Thursday. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks while appearing with First Lady Michelle Obama at a campaign rally at Joel Coliseum in Winston-Salem, N.C., on Thursday.
A U.S. district court in Montana just imposed a $34 million fine on Canada Drugs, an online pharmacy charged with selling counterfeit medications to unsuspecting Americans. Some of the drugs contained no active ingredients.
California legislation that was billed as one of the nation's most aggressive efforts to revive net neutrality was watered down during a tense legislative hearing Wednesday, leading the author to repudiate what he called a "mutilated" bill. Sen. Scott Wiener has been pushing legislation to revive regulations repealed last year by the Federal Communications Commission that prevented internet companies from exercising more control over what people watch and see over the internet.
EL PASO, Texas The ongoing separation of migrant children from their families at the border has been denounced by five first ladies, prompted millions of dollars in donations and drawn rebuke from religious leaders across the country. But the governors who represent the states along the 2,000-mile border between the U.S. and Mexico have been largely absent from the national conversation .
Democrats and Republicans aren't often on the same team, but on Wednesday, they will with two aims: to beat the press and to fundraise for breast cancer survivors. The Congressional Women's Softball Committee has already raised more than $300,000 this year for its annual softball game benefiting the Young Survivor Coalition, an organization that supports breast cancer survivors younger than the age of 40. "The players are united in the belief that no woman should have to face breast cancer alone," committee president Atalie Ebersole said.
Both President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence intend on visiting Columbia to campaign on behalf of Governor Henry McMaster, who is headed into a competitive runoff election for the Republican ticket in the governor's race. WIS has independently confirmed through sources close to McMaster's campaign that a Trump visit is imminent is tentatively planned for Monday; the plans were first published in the New York Times .
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., left, and Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, ride the Senate subway as they head to a vote on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, June 20, 2018 in Washington. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., left, and Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, ride the Senate subway as they head to a vote on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, June 20, 2018 in Washington.
Taxpayers have paid nearly $20 million for extra Coast Guard patrols that protected President Trump by land and sea during 16 winter and spring trips to West Palm Beach since his inauguration, according to new records obtained by USA TODAY. The spending records include all but one of his trips to his Mar-a-Lago estate in South Florida since the inauguration in January 2017.