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Newly released emails show senior Environmental Protection Agency officials collaborating with a conservative group that dismisses climate change to rally like-minded people for public hearings on science and global warming, counter negative news coverage and tout Administrator Scott Pruitt's stewardship of the agency.
In this April 5, 2018 photo, candidates for New Mexico governor participate in a policy forum in Albuquerque, N.M., attended by, from left, state Sen. Joseph Cervantes of Las Cruces, U.S. Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham of Albuquerque and U.S. Rep. Steve Pearce.
The other day Scott Pruitt, the E.P.A. chief and well-known candidate for Worst Person in Washington, tossed some reporters out of a public conference on water contamination. Pruitt has been in a long-running battle with Education Secretary Betsy DeVos for the title of most terrible Trump minion.
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos apparently wasn't around to see it, but a message to her was projected on the Education Department's headquarters in Washington about policy on LGBTQ youth, asking, "How do you sleep at night?" The Human Rights Campaign, with artist Robin Bell, displayed data Wednesday night from a recently released survey revealing experiences of about 12,000 LGBTQ teens, taking aim at Trump administration policies that advocates say have targeted these young people. The survey was conducted by the Human Rights Campaign - the largest civil rights organization working in the United States to achieve equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer people - and University of Connecticut researchers.
Ted Cruz on Friday accepted rival Beto O'Rourke's challenge to a debate, though he didn't specify the time of the showdown or how many should occur. "Oh, sure.
With the help of a federal grant, Connecticut will kick off Troops for Teachers, a program that trains veterans to become K-12 educators, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy and Connecticut congressional leaders announced Friday. "The men and women of our armed forces are a uniquely talented group of people with an exceptional skill set that undoubtedly can be beneficial in the classroom as they move into civilian life," Governor Malloy said.
The man suspected of shooting three people inside an Oklahoma City restaurant before being fatally shot by bystanders had no obvious connection to the victims or the restaurant, and was legally authorized to carry a firearm, authorities said Friday. Oklahoma City Police Capt.
One of the dangers in America today is the small number of individuals it takes to destroy the reality that has been the cultural and social norms of the country. It starts with the Deep State using the power of globalists and progressive socialists that reside in the shadows to manipulate what the people believe.
Nearly two decades since Columbine, the debate on guns and school safety rages on. Mass shooters like Nikolas Cruz and Dimitrios Pagourtzis can't just be hastily categorized as either "bad or mad," experts say.
Bon Iver's manager Kyle Frenette has withdrawn his candidacy to represent Wisconsin's 7th district in Congress, he announced on Friday. "I didn't get into this race because I wanted to be a politician but because I wanted to be a representative," he said.
Federal immigration authorities have agreed to renew the temporary protection from deportation for a Mexican woman whose case made national headlines eight years ago when she was a Georgia college student, according to a court filing. The settlement agreement signed Monday and filed Friday in federal court in Atlanta is the latest twist in 30-year-old Jessica Colotl's quest to stay in the country she has called home for nearly two decades.
With less than 100 days until the August 28th primary, Florida Democrats are coming together this Memorial Day weekend for an "I Will Vote" weekend of action, with U.S. Senator Bill Nelson and FDP hosting joint "Nelson's Neighbors" events across the state. The weekend of action marks a kick-off to a summer of activism, where Democrats are committed to registering thousands of Floridians to vote-by-mail, knocking on doors in all 67 counties, registering thousands of new voters and communicating in new ways about our candidates.
New rules requiring political campaigns to verify their identities before getting authorization to buy ads on Facebook are preventing some candidates from getting their message out in the critical last days before June primary elections. And one congressional candidate says it may tip the election to his opponent.
The Trump administration has told Congress that it's reached a deal that would allow Chinese telecommunications giant ZTE Corp. to stay in business, a source familiar with the talks who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss a confidential matter said Friday. A resolution of the ZTE case could clear the way for the United States to make progress in its high-stakes trade talks with China.
Military veterans who were discharged for relatively minor offenses say they often can't get jobs, and they hope a recent warning to employers by the state of Connecticut will change that. The state's human rights commission told employers last month they could be breaking the law if they discriminate against veterans with some types of less-than-honorable discharges.
Trump's pick to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau says he wants to give it the credibility of the SEC. One of the first things Mick Mulvaney did last year after President Trump asked him to be acting director of the protect consumers from the abuses of the financial industry and is one of the Democratic Party's proudest recent achievements.
On Thursday, President Donald Trump granted a posthumous presidential pardon to legendary boxer Jack Johnson, the first African-American boxing heavyweight champion. Johnson, who died in 1946, was convicted of violating The Mann Act in 1913 after taking his white wife, Lucille Cameron, across state lines for what the white jury called "immoral purpose."
A high-ranking Minnesota state lawmaker thrust into the lieutenant governor's office following U.S. Sen. Al Franken's resignation moved abruptly Friday to resign her state Senate seat and take the oath of office as lieutenant governor, a swift reversal for the longtime Republican senator who had resisted the job and its duties. Senate President Michelle Fischbach's ascent was automatic after Democratic Gov. Mark Dayton appointed then-Lt.
President Donald Trump walks out of the White House in Washington, Friday, May 25, 2018, as he heads to Marine One for a short trip to Annapolis, Md., to speak at the United States Naval Academy graduation. President Donald Trump walks out of the White House in Washington, Friday, May 25, 2018, as he heads to Marine One for a short trip to Annapolis, Md., to speak at the United States Naval Academy graduation.
The National Rifle Association says it hopes a restaurant shooting in Oklahoma City in which the alleged shooter was shot dead by two armed citizens serves as a "wake-up call" for the state's Republican governor. The NRA said in a tweet Friday that the shootings Thursday evening were an example of "how the best way to stop a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun."