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WASHINGTON - The U.S. Chamber of Commerce's decision this week to pour $300,000 into Tuesday's congressional primary to support former Ohio State wide receiver Anthony Gonzalez against state Rep. Christina Hagan means that establishment Republicans are concerned enough about the race that they have now invested more than a half a million dollars to boost Gonzalez. “I think it indicates that they're worried,” said David Cohen, a political science professor at the University of Akron.
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When "Ocean's 8" began filming in October 2016 - with eight actresses reviving the martini and testosterone-zested heist franchise that last winked at audiences in 2007 - Hillary Clinton was ahead in the polls, Harvey Weinstein was synonymous with Hollywood power, and few in the industry, let alone the public, had ever heard of the term " inclusion rider ." The movie will be released on June 8 in a dramatically different world.
Patrick Conroy, chaplain of the House of Representatives, delivers an interfaith message on the steps of the Capitol in Washington for the victims of the mass shooting ... WASHINGTON - The embattled chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives has won his job back just hours after sending a scalding letter to House Speaker Paul Ryan that accused a top Ryan staff aide of telling him "something like 'maybe it's time that we had a Chaplain that wasn't a Catholic.' " Ryan, a Wisconsin Republican, forced Reverend Pat Conroy to tender his resignation last month, sparking a firestorm.
But the surprise revelation of the president's payment clashed with his past statements, created new legal headaches and stunned many in the West Wing. White House aides were blindsided when Trump's recently added attorney, Rudy Giuliani, said Wednesday night that the president had repaid Michael Cohen for $130,000 that was given to Daniels to keep her quiet before the 2016 election about her allegations of an affair with Trump.
In this Nov. 30, 2017, file photo, Ohio Attorney General and former U.S. Sen. Mike DeWine speaks before introducing Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted during a news conference in Dayton, Ohio.
Oklahoma legislators approved a measure Thursday to grant legal protections to faith-based adoption agencies that cite their religious beliefs for not placing children in LGBT homes and lawmakers in Kansas were close to passing a similar measure. The Oklahoma House's 56-21 vote sent its measure to Republican Gov. Mary Fallin, who has not said whether she would sign it.
The Beale Street Music Festival opens Friday and the clouds appear right on cue. But that, in and of itself, doesn't stop the proceedings in Tom Lee Park .
After President Trump claimed that the Obama Administration had unsuccessfully sought the release of three Americans in North Korea, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, the White House press secretary, struggled to explain the president's words. MSN put together a fact check on the statement.
Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell of California wants to ban assault weapons, instate a federal gun buy-back program for those who own them and criminally prosecute those who refuse to hand them over. The representative wrote an op-ed in USA Today Thursday rolling out what he feels is the gun control policy America should adopt, one that would take "military-style semiautomatic assault weapons" away from law-abiding citizens and threaten them with jail time if they refuse.
A Los Angeles congressman acknowledged Thursday he is the unnamed target of a lawsuit alleging sexual abuse of a teenage girl more than a decade ago and his lawyer said the allegations were "absolutely false." Rep. Tony Cardenas is "sickened and distraught by these horrific allegations, which are 100 percent, categorically untrue," attorney Patricia Glaser said in a statement.
The embattled chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives is seeking to withdraw his resignation in a caustic letter to House Speaker Paul Ryan that accuses a top Ryan staff aide of telling him "something like 'maybe it's time that we had a Chaplain that wasn't a Catholic.' " Ryan, a Wisconsin Republican and a Catholic himself, forced Conroy to tender his resignation last month, sparking a firestorm.
New video shows the moment a private plane carrying six Las Vegas revelers, including two models, crashed into an Arizona golf course in a terrifying fireball and killed all the passengers on board 'I hope she can find happiness, she needs more of that in her life': Sarah Huckabee Sanders fires back at Michelle Wolf over her controversial White House Correspondents Dinner speech 'It was The Alamo': Four US troops killed in ISIS ambush in Niger were 'abandoned' and 'outgunned' as relatives briefed on probe point finger at commanders who 'set them up to fail' The couple's guide to slimming down without breaking up: Scientist explains exactly how to work together to shed pounds School superintendent is exposed as high school's mystery pooper after defecating on the football field every day in baffling campaign of terror 'I am your mother!' Devastated biological mom of baby stolen at birth ... (more)
New video shows the moment a private plane carrying six Las Vegas revelers, including two models, crashed into an Arizona golf course in a terrifying fireball and killed all the passengers on board 'I hope she can find happiness, she needs more of that in her life': Sarah Huckabee Sanders fires back at Michelle Wolf over her controversial White House Correspondents Dinner speech 'It was The Alamo': Four US troops killed in ISIS ambush in Niger were 'abandoned' and 'outgunned' as relatives briefed on probe point finger at commanders who 'set them up to fail' The couple's guide to slimming down without breaking up: Scientist explains exactly how to work together to shed pounds School superintendent is exposed as high school's mystery pooper after defecating on the football field every day in baffling campaign of terror 'I am your mother!' Devastated biological mom of baby stolen at birth ... (more)
An ongoing Capitol drama over the fate of the House chaplain ended as quickly as it had escalated on Thursday, with Rev. Patrick Conroy rescinding his resignation and Speaker Paul Ryan accepting his decision.
President Donald Trump said Thursday that his lawyer Michael Cohen was reimbursed for a payment Mr. Cohen made to former adult film star Stormy Daniels to keep her quiet about an alleged sexual encounter with Mr. Trump. Here are some of Mr. Trump and the White House's responses to the allegations over the past few months.
With the June 5 primary closing in, hundreds of party delegates will spend the weekend in San Diego debating endorsements for candidates seeking statewide offices that are all held by Democrats. Republican registration numbers continue to slide in the state - currently, an anemic 25 percent of the total - and the party could soon suffer the indignity of being eclipsed by independents in voter enrollments.
Oklahoma legislators approved a measure Thursday to grant legal protections to faith-based adoption agencies that cite their religious beliefs for not placing children in LGBT homes and Republicans in Kansas were pushing a similar measure. The Oklahoma House's 56-21 vote sent its measure to Republican Gov. Mary Fallin, who has not said whether she would sign it.
Then President-elect Donald Trump greets Rudy Giuliani at the clubhouse at Trump National Golf Club Bedminster in Bedminster Township, N.J. on November 20, 2016. Then President-elect Donald Trump greets Rudy Giuliani at the clubhouse at Trump National Golf Club Bedminster in Bedminster Township, N.J. on November 20, 2016.
A busy district on the border of Pawtucket and Central Falls is set to undergo a major facelift, and local leaders hope the project will breathe new life into the area. "This is really a great project that's going to benefit the city of Pawtucket and the city of Central Falls," Pawtucket Mayor Donald Grebien said.