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Category Archives: US Politics
Hillary Clinton to headline NY Democratic convention
The former U.S. senator, secretary of state and presidential contender will speak at the gathering Wednesday. The party is meeting for two days this week at Hofstra University on Long Island to nominate candidates for governor, attorney general and other offices up for election this fall.
‘Don’t be mad at Claire’: McCaskill courts black voters
Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., speaks to supporters at the opening of her campaign field office Friday, May 18, 2018, in Ferguson, Mo. Less than six months before Election Day, McCaskill's standing with Missouri's African-American community is in question.
After GOP defeat, Blankenship trying again for Senate seat
A former coal mine executive who lost West Virginia's Republican Senate primary said Monday he'll run as a third-party candidate, even if the state says he can't. Earlier this month, Blankenship lost the state's GOP primary for the seat.
The Latest: Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders launches Senate bid
Independent U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont says health care and infrastructure will be the most important issues in his campaign for re-election. Sanders says he expects to spend a great deal of time in Vermont, but added he will campaign for progressives across the country as well.
Netflix says it has signed Barack and Michelle Obama
Barack and Michelle Obama are getting into the television business with Monday's announcement that they had signed a multi-year deal with Netflix.
Obamas Reach Deal With Netflix To Produce Variety Of Content
LOS ANGELES - Barack and Michelle Obama will work both in front of and behind the camera in a multi-year production deal with Netflix. The unique pact was announced on Monday.
Senators press Pruitt for details on new legal defense fund Source: AP
Four Senate Democrats asked Scott Pruitt on Monday for details about a new legal defense fund to help the Environmental Protection Agency administrator as he weathers a series of federal ethics investigations. Pruitt confirmed at a Senate hearing last week that people he did not identify have created the legal defense fund in his behalf, but he gave no specifics on its operation.
Watchdog report to fault FBI for Clinton probe delay
In this Oct. 22, 2015, file photo, then-Democratic presidential candidate, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, before the House Benghazi Committee. An upcoming Justice Department inspector general report is expected to criticize the FBI over a weeks-long delay in reviewing a newly discovered trove of Hillary Clinton emails in the days before the 2016 presidential election.
Senators press Pruitt for details on new legal defense fund
Four Senate Democrats asked Scott Pruitt on Monday for details about a new legal defense fund to help the Environmental Protection Agency administrator as he weathers a series of federal ethics investigations. Pruitt confirmed at a Senate hearing last week that people he did not identify have created the legal defense fund in his behalf, but he gave no specifics on its operation.
The Latest: McConnell opens Senate session; mourns victims
On Sunday funeral services were held for 17-year-old Pakistani exchange student Sabika Sheikh, who had been attending Santa Fe High School since last August when she was killed Friday in a shooting.
US issues steep list of demands for nuclear treaty with Iran
The United States on Monday issued a steep list of demands to be included in a nuclear treaty with Iran to replace the deal scuttled by President Donald Trump and threatened "the strongest sanctions in history" if Iran doesn't change course. Drawing sharp contrasts with the 2015 deal, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said a stronger pact should require that Iran stop enrichment of uranium, which was allowed within strict limitations under the previous deal.
Ex-coal exec chases US Senate seat despite GOP primary loss
In this May 8, 2018, file photo, former Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship speaks to supporters in Charleston, W.Va. Despite having lost the Republican primary, convicted ex-coal baron Blankenship said he's going to continue his bid for U.S. Senate as a third-party candidate.
Cornyn’s bill to shrink the prison population will reduce crime and cost
The annual cost of the business of doing criminal justice in the United States is $270 billion dollars. That's higher than the gross domestic product of Finland.
Ex-convict Don Blankenship launches third-party Senate bid in West Virginia
Ex-convict and former coal baron Don Blankenship said Monday he's running as a third-party candidate in West Virginia's Senate race after coming in third in the GOP primary. Blankenship said he accepted the West Virginia Constitution Party's nomination and argued that the "press and the establishment have colluded and lied to convince the public that I am a moron, a bigot and a felon."
Legislative panels vote to stall groundwater nitrate rule
ST. PAUL, Minn. - Minnesota lawmakers have moved to stall implementation of the state's proposed rule for reducing nitrate levels in groundwater supplies in farm country.
President Trump to DOJ: Investigate whether FBI infiltrated campaign
President Donald Trump said he will "demand" that the Justice Department investigate whether the FBI infiltrated his presidential campaign, an extraordinary order that came hours before his legal team said the special counsel indicated the investigation into the president could be concluded by September.
Don Blankenship To Mount Third-Party Senate Bid After Losing W.Va. GOP Primary
Former Massey CEO and West Virginia Senatorial candidate, Don Blankenship, speaks during a town hall to kick off his GOP campaign in Logan, W.Va., on Jan. 18, 2018. After losing the Republican primary, Blankenship says he'll run under the Constitution Party banner.
U.S. issues steep list of demands for nuclear treaty with Iran
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo offered Iran dramatic concessions if it agrees to make "major changes" amounting to a wholesale transformation of its key policies - concessions that could go so far as to restore full diplomatic and commercial ties between the countries. In a speech in Washington on Monday morning, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo threatened 'the strongest sanctions in history' if Iran doesn't change course on a number of its cornerstone policies.
Months of inaction led 20 Republicans to take a stand on immigration
They played basketball with his kids. They were the pride of the immigrant families upon which the Central Valley's agricultural economy relies.