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Yes, one Republican representative has decided to bypass President Donald Trump and crowdfund donations for a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border. Tennessee Congresswoman Diane Black recently introduced the Border Wall Trust Fund Act .
It's an old Washington tradition that when a new book on politics comes out, you flip to the index and look for your name. If President Donald Trump were to pick up a copy of John McCain's new memoir, "The Restless Wave," he'd see that he doesn't really come up much until the final chapters.
A Senate panel on Tuesday said it would not accept efforts by President Donald Trump to ease sanctions on Chinese smartphone maker ZTE. In a vote of 23 to 2, the Senate Banking Committee overwhelmingly approved an amendment that would block Trump from reducing penalties on ZTE without first providing Congress proof the company is following US laws.
The union said in a media release that both Mr. Cordray and Betty Sutton, who is running for lieutenant governor, have "a strong record of standing up for Ohio's auto industry and its workers." The release went on to credit Mr. Cordray for working to protect workers during General Motors' bankruptcy and restructuring while serving as Ohio attorney general.
Welcome to Queerty's Pride 50, a series of articles celebrating the people and movements we are particularly proud of this season. Next year marks 50 years since the first Pride march in New York City, and this season we're celebrating the amazing people who are continuing the progress of a half-century of Pride.
Adding to her growing list of early endorsements, New York City Public Advocate Letitia James has added the support of the 40,000-member New York State Laborer's Union in her bid to become Attorney General, James' campaign told the Times Union. The endorsement is the latest for James from a labor organization that happens to have a good relationship with Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who went to bat for building trades workers during the debate over renewal of the 421-a tax abatement for real estate developers in 2015.
Georgia Democratic gubernatorial candidates and former state representatives Stacey Abrams and Stacey Evans participate in a debate earlier this month. John Amis/AP hide caption Georgia Democratic gubernatorial candidates and former state representatives Stacey Abrams and Stacey Evans participate in a debate earlier this month.
The 26-year Apple Valley resident, father of two and husband to his Granite Hills High School “sweetheart,” grew up during George W. Bush's presidency, a time he associates with war in Iraq and the deafening bubble burst of a housing market bloated on subprime loans. President Obama's 2008 election win, then, ushered in an era of aspiration and ambition for Ariza, 30, who started 3rd Generation Taco as a “pop-up catering” outfit with his brother, Ausencio, in October 2014.
Basically nothing was sacred to Donald Trump during the 2016 presidential campaign, except Hillary Clinton's email account . This was the one thing he insisted needed to be handled by the book.
President Donald Trump talks on the phone aboard Air Force One during a flight to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, January 26, 2017. While serving as secretary of State, Hillary Clinton disregarded an instruction from the Foreign Affairs Manual directing her to use State Department equipment for day-to-day operations.
In 2018, Democrats are confronted with a challenge that few opposition parties have ever had to overcome: The administration they are running against has too many scandals . To the extent that party messaging matters at all in midterm elections , a single, unifying narrative is more likely to connect with the electorate than a fusillade of discrete ideas.
"Immigration hard-liners' anger toward Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf for her warning about a federal sweep for undocumented migrants in Northern California led an Iowa congressman to propose criminal penalties Monday for officials who talk about such operations in advance. Republican Rep. Steve King introduced the 'Mayor Libby Schaaf Act of 2018,' which would ban officials from 'the purposeful broadcast of information relating to any imminent action by a federal law enforcement officer or agent.'
Ratcheting up pressure on the Russia investigation, the White House announced that top FBI and Justice Department officials have agreed to meet with congressional leaders and "review" highly classified information the lawmakers have been seeking on the handling of the probe. The agreement came after President Donald Trump made an extraordinary demand that the Justice Department investigate whether the FBI infiltrated his presidential campaign.
The Justice Department has taken California to court over its status as a "sanctuary state," a term that refers to places where state and local officials refuse to participate in the enforcement of federal immigration laws. In a speech announcing the suit, Attorney General Jeff Sessions accused the Golden State of creating "an open borders system," something he denounced as "a radical, irrational idea that cannot be accepted."
In this Thursday, May 17, 2018, file photo, U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House, in Washington. Trump said he will "demand" that the Justice Department open an investigation into whether the FBI infiltrated his presidential campaign, an extraordinary order that came hours before his legal team said the special counsel indicated its investigation into the president could be concluded by September.
NJ marijuana legalization: 4 cautionary tales about legal weed from California, Colorado California and Colorado have legalized recreational marijuana. Their experiences offer lessons for New Jersey.
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Democrats look to expand the House map into Trump country with potentially strong recruits running in Arkansas, Kentucky and Texas. Georgia Republican gubernatorial candidates are racing to the right to embrace President Donald Trump and the National Rifle Association, while the state's Democratic primary has drawn national attention and endorsements from the party's major 2020 presidential prospects.
A deal has been struck among Senate negotiators on the long-stalled sexual harassment legislation that would overhaul how complaints are made and handled on Capitol Hill and would hold lawmakers personally responsible for paying sexual harassment settlements out of their own pocket, rather than taxpayers. The Senate negotiators, Missouri Republican Sen. Roy Blunt and Minnesota Democratic Sen. Amy Klobuchar, the chairman and top Democrat, respectively, of the Senate Rules committee, briefed members Tuesday about the contours of the deal behind-closed-doors at each of their party's policy luncheon.
Stacey Abrams makes history winning Georgia Democratic primary in bid to become first black female governor Results rolling in from primary elections in Georgia, Kentucky, Arkansas and Texas Check out this story on thetimesherald.com: https://usat.ly/2IF2kMb Georgia Democrats chose Atlanta lawyer Stacey Abrams to be their nominee for Governor. Republican candidates there are in a runoff.