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Confronted with a federal judge's looming deadline, Florida Gov. Rick Scott called an extraordinary late-night meeting of top state officials Wednesday to decide what to do about the state's process for restoring voting rights to former prisoners. U.S. District Judge Mark Walker gave Florida until Thursday to create a new process after ruling in February that the state's system is unconstitutional and arbitrary, with decisions possibly swayed by politics and racial factors.
It took a big money push from the Republican Party, tweets by the president and the support of the state's current and former governors, but the GOP held onto an Arizona U.S. House seat they would have never considered endangered in any other year. Tuesday's narrow victory by Republican Debbie Lesko over a Democratic political newcomer sends a big message to Republicans nationwide: Even the reddest of districts in a red state can be in play this year.
Rep. Mike Conaway stretches before the first Republican Team practice for the Congressional Baseball Game for Charity at Simpson Field in Alexandria, VA on April 25, 2018. It was the first team practice since the 2017 shooting that seriously injured Rep. Steve Scalise on the same field.
Just days ahead of the scheduled confirmation hearing for U.S. Navy Rear Admiral and longtime White House Doctor Ronny Jackson to become the next Secretary of Veteran's Affairs, anonymous allegations of professional misconduct have surfaced in news report. Jackson is accused of drinking on the job and improperly prescribing prescription drugs like Ambien to White House staffers on foreign trips.
A new report produced by U.S. Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, identifies key factors of economic opportunity and social cohesion in American communities to rank states according to a newly released Social Capital Index.
The Senate on Tuesday confirmed the 15th circuit court judge since President Donald Trump took office 15 months ago, far outpacing the rate at his recent predecessors were able to fill vacancies in the powerful appeals courts in the early months of their administrations. The trend has potentially significant political consequences for the direction of the country's most influential federal benches at a time when several will be weighing questions about key administration policies, ranging from immigration to the environment.
Republican Debbie Lesko is projected to win the special election in Arizona's 8th congressional district. President Trump won the district by 21 points in the 2016 presidential election.
President Donald Trump tweeted congratulations this morning to Republican Debbie Lesko on Tuesday night's win in the special election for Arizona House seat, blasting that "Press is so silent" on the subject. NBC News, for instance, noted Lesko's relatively narrow margin of victory over physician and first-time candidate Hiral Tipirneni may concern Republicans, Trump having carried the district in the conservative Western Phoenix suburbs by 21 percentage points.
Now that the cameras have gone, the booster cushion has been removed from the witness chair, and Mark Zuckerberg is comfortably back in in Palo Alto, having survived his marathon two-days of testimony in front of a somewhat confused Congress, what's next? Following the revelations that a political marketing firm, Cambridge Analytica, improperly obtained personal information from approximately 87 million Facebook user profiles , Congress has more support than ever to regulate Facebook and other social media tech. On his 'apology tour,' and in congressional testimony, Zuckerberg has said he is open to some form of oversight.
Those who want to kill the Iran nuclear deal, and those who want to fix it, may all overlook that there's a strong third option: keep its fate in limbo. May 12 is the deadline for President Donald Trump to decide whether to re-impose crippling sanctions, which were lifted by the deal that was intended to provide transparency into and temporary limits on Iran's nuclear development.
Lawmakers on Capitol Hill advanced a proposal to outlaw dog and cat consumption last week - but not because Americans are eating their pets. If passed, the ban would send a clear signal that the United States condemns the dog and cat meat trades in East Asia, said Sara Amundson, executive director of the Humane Society Legislative Fund, which lobbied for the measure.
Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., is hugged by Chairman Bob Corker, R-Tenn., on April 23, 2018, in gratitude for Coons's ending a tie vote in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee's consideration of the nomination of Mike Pompeo to be secretary of state. less Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., is hugged by Chairman Bob Corker, R-Tenn., on April 23, 2018, in gratitude for Coons's ending a tie vote in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee's consideration of the nomination of ... more WASHINGTON - Senate Republicans, frustrated with Democrats' stalling tactics, begin their effort Wednesday to streamline the process for confirming presidential nominees, particularly those below Cabinet level and in low-level posts on the federal judiciary.
It took a big money push from the Republican Party, tweets by the president and the support of the state's current and former governors, but the GOP held onto an Arizona U.S. House seat they would have never considered endangered in any other year. Tuesday's narrow victory by Republican Debbie Lesko over a Democratic political newcomer sends a big message to Republicans nationwide: Even the reddest of districts in a red state can be in play this year.
Former Trump adviser Michael Caputo says he endures steep legal bills and death threats after being swept up in the Russiagate inquest. hile Washington feeds its insatiable Trump/Russia-collusion jones, Americans are going broke in the process.
A Republican candidate running to challenge West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin for his seat said he would like to "waterboard" opioid dealers during a primary debate on Monday. "When looking at this epidemic I might be a little bit stronger," Jack Newbrough said.
Governor Nathan Deal met with leaders in Stockbridge to discuss legislation that would split a portion of the city apart to form the new community of Eagle's Landing. Stockbridge Mayor Anthony Ford told CBS46 News that the meeting went well but he says the governor had concerns with how the bills will affect the bond rating for Stockbridge and other cities in Georgia.
A toast to 'unbreakable friendship': Trump and Melania pull out all the stops as they host President Macron, the French first lady and 120 guests at the White House for glittering state dinner 'You may shut the f*** up': Shocking video emerges of Port Authority commissioner flashing her badge during a traffic stop and telling cops they 'ruined her holiday' by pulling over her daughter's friend Federal judge rules AGAINST the Trump administration's decision to end DACA, calls program 'unlawful' and says it must resume in major blow to the White House Trump's VA nominee and personal doctor was 'repeatedly drunk at work, nicknamed "the Candy Man" for handing out pills and banged on a female employee's hotel room after a night out on an Obama overseas trip until Secret Service intervened' EXCLUSIVE: My Trump campaign lover wanted to abort baby we conceived when his wife was pregnant and said ... (more)
Democrats vying to reclaim a majority in the House of Representatives for the first time in eight years are targeting districts around the country where well-educated voters hold disproportionate sway, right as those voters are expressing profound displeasure with Donald John Trump Republicans hold on to Arizona House seat Dems win majority in New York Senate, but won't control it Mulvaney to bankers: Campaign donations will help limit consumer bureau's power MORE An analysis of the seats both Democrats and Republicans see as key battlegrounds this year shows the path to a Democratic majority runs through two types of districts: Suburban areas near large metropolitan centers where voters are more likely to have attained college degrees, and more rural areas where the share of nonwhite voters is higher than average.