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Persistent budget problems that followed a now-abandoned tax-slashing experiment in Kansas helped kill new cuts this year that were meant to return an unexpected "windfall" to the state from changes in federal tax laws. Top Republicans pushed Friday - the last day of the GOP-controlled Legislature's annual session - for passage of a bill that would save taxpayers an estimated $78 million during the state's next budget year, which begins July 1. It was a response to changes in federal tax laws that will force some individuals and corporations to pay more to the state because the state's tax code is tied to the federal one.
President Donald Trump's nominee to lead the CIA has told senators privately that she would stand firm against any effort to restart the brutal detention and interrogation program the spy agency ran after 9/11, administration officials said Friday. In comments meant to soften the public profile of Gina Haspel before her confirmation hearing on Wednesday, two administration officials said she was not the "architect" of the program, but a "line officer" who never interrogated any terrorism suspects.
Television personality and longtime Michael Cohen friend Donny Deutsch suggested at pharmaceutical deficiencies could explain former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani's defenses of President Donald Trump, during a Friday appearance on MSNBC's "Deadline: White House." "It is abundantly clear - and more clear by the hour - that the president is far more worried about what his friend, your friend, Michael Cohen, has on him," host Nicolle Wallace observed.
U.S. House of Representatives Natural Resources Committee Chairman Rob Bishop said on Friday he supports the government of Puerto Rico's efforts to introduce bipartisan legislation in Congress to grant full statehood to the U.S. commonwealth territory. "I am supportive of statehood.
To continue reading this premium story, you need to become a member. Click below to take advantage of an exclusive offer for new members: President Donald Trump talks to the media as he leaves for Dallas to address the National Rifle Association, Friday, May 4, 2018 at the White House in Washington.
Rudy Giuliani released a statement Friday to "clarify" some of the myriad mixed messages he delivered on behalf of President Trump. Rudy Giuliani released a statement Friday to "clarify" some of the myriad mixed messages he delivered on behalf of President Trump in recent days.
An ex-coal executive who's running for U.S. Senate after serving a one-year prison sentence has unleashed a political ad that takes swipes at "China people" and calls the Senate majority leader "Cocaine Mitch." Former Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship, a Republican, is seeking the West Virginia seat now held by Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin, but his ad disparages Kentucky GOP Sen. Mitch McConnell.
Police Patrolling Trail In Popular Vacaville Park After Woman Robbed A woman was robbed along a popular trail and police are sending out extra patrols and plan to through the summer. California is Now the 5th Largest Economy in the World California has surpassed the United Kingdom to become the world's fifth largest economy.
The annual defense policy bill proposed by House Republicans would bar the Pentagon from spending half the money designated for a broad-based cloud computing contract until Defense Secretary Jim Mattis offers Congress more information about the project. The report should include "a description of the characteristics and considerations for accelerating the cloud architecture and services required for a global, resilient, and secure information environment to enable warfighting," according to the draft authorization measure issued Friday by House Armed Services Chairman Mac Thornberry of Texas and obtained by Bloomberg Government.
Stormy Daniels speaks to members of the media while attorney Michael Avenatti listens outside Federal Court in New York on April 16, 2018. President Donald Trump's lawyer Rudy Giuliani said hush money paid to a porn actress during the 2016 election didn't violate campaign finance laws, seeking to clarify comments he made earlier in the week.
Rep. Raul Ruiz, M.D., D-Palm Desert, on Friday released a letter signed by 38 of the state's 39 Democratic members of the House of Representatives in opposition to reopening the DRECP. The letter to Bureau of Land Management state Director Jerome Perez was written by Rep. Ruiz and argued against the Department of Interior's recent threat to overhaul the DRECP, which was years in the making. The DRECP was crafted with input from thousands of Californians, as well as business and mining leaders, environmentalists, farmers, recreational enthusiasts and more.
A barrier-breaking Texas sheriff who is now running for governor is testing the patience of some Democrats heading into a primary runoff this month. A barrier-breaking Texas sheriff who is now running for governor is testing the patience of some Democrats heading into a primary runoff this month.
A man hoping to challenge Democratic U.S. Senator Tim Kaine is sounding off about his lawsuit against the Virginia Department of Elections and the Republican party. Raiklin believes he was unfairly excluded from absentee ballots that started on April 27. He says the executive director of the Republican Party undermined his campaign's right to a fair count of signatures.
Democrats are jumping on new revelations about lobbyists planning Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt's lavish trips to Morocco, Australia, and Israel to show conflicts of interest. "The outsized role you have given lobbyists and non-governmental individuals in setting both your domestic policy agenda as well as your international travel is concerning and leads to even more questions about your ability to objectively serve the American people," said Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., in a sent Friday to Pruitt asking for a full list of industry representatives that the agency has collaborated with on planning his overseas excursions.
Legislation to combat the nation's opioid crisis has moved through the Senate's Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee chaired by Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., who is with ranking member Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash. Legislation aimed at helping communities deal with the opioid addiction crisis is moving through the Senate and House, despite Democrats' disgruntlement about the process.
Sen. Tammy Baldwin has long targeted federal judicial nominee Gordon Giampietro. President Trump nominated Giampietro to serve in Wisconsin's Eastern District.
Honestly, who wrote this? Yeah, I know it's from Rep. Eric Swalwell , but who on this staff wrote this rather great piece of comedy regarding military-style assault rifles. He wants to ban them, buy them back, and prosecute anyone who doesn't abide by his proposed law : Reinstating the federal assault weapons ban that was in effect from 1994 to 2004 would prohibit manufacture and sales, but it would not affect weapons already possessed.
Trump, speaking to reporters Friday, suggested that Giuliani had misspoken about reimbursements to the president's personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, for payments to porn star Stormy Daniels as part of a nondisclosure agreement.
A key lawmaker on Friday unveiled his proposal for a massive defense policy plan that endorses the president's military parade in addition to boosting pay for servicemembers and increasing troops, weapons and equipment. Rep. Mac Thornberry, R-Texas, chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, proposed $639.1 billion in a military base budget, in addition to another $69 billion for a war chest called the Overseas Contingency Fund.