Raids and tariffs? We’ll take our lumps, say California farmers
Mike Poindexter in his walnut orchard. President Trump has said he'll pay farmers back for taking one for the team on China trade tariffs.
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Dad stabbed to death as daughter sits in lap at restaurant
The homeless man has been charged with murder in a random stabbing attack in which a man was killed wh... . FILE - In this Feb. 16, 2018, file photo, shows former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney sitting behind the wheel of a tractor during a tour of Gibson's Green Acres Dairy in Ogden, Utah.
US experts back marijuana-based drug for childhood seizures
A prominent biomedical ethics expert predicts that in 20 to 40 years, many parents will choose babies from dozens of embryos, after examining DNA information on each. . This 2016 photo provided by OrganOx shows Drs.
DNC suit cites plot in email hacking
The Democratic Party sued Donald Trump's presidential campaign, Russia, WikiLeaks, and Trump's son and son-in-law Friday, accusing them of an intricate conspiracy to undercut Democrats in the 2016 election by stealing tens of thousands of emails and documents. The lawsuit filed in Manhattan federal court seeks unspecified damages and an order to prevent further interference with computer systems of the Democratic National Committee.
Axelrod’s advice to Liberals: convince voters you still represent change
Re-election campaigns - like the one the Trudeau Liberals will embark on next year - hang on a government's ability to convince voters that it still represents positive change, Barack Obama's chief campaign strategist David Axelrod said Friday. David Axelrod and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at the University of Chicago Institute of Politics in February.
Senators spar on access to Kavanaugh’s staff secretary work
More than a decade after he served as what's been called the president's "inbox and outbox," Brett Kavanaugh's role as White House staff secretary to President George W. Bush has become a flashpoint as Republicans push his confirmation to the Supreme Court. Democrats want to see records from the time, portraying the potentially millions of documents as vital to understanding his approach to the law.
Trump TORCHES Wasserman Schultz and ‘Pakistani Mystery…
President Trump responded to the suit Friday afternoon and absolutely torched Debbie Wasserman Schultz, her Pakistani IT staffer and Hillary Clinton. Trump tweeted : Just heard the Campaign was sued by the Obstructionist Democrats.
Giuliani adds toughness, star power to legal team for Trump
President Donald Trump gains a former U.S. attorney, a past presidential candidate and a TV-savvy defender with the addition of former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani to his legal team. And this comes at a time when the White House is looking for ways to bring special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation to a close.
Steyer’s talk of impeaching Trump not appealing to Dems
Tom Steyer is on a multimillion-dollar mission to impeach Donald Trump, but Democrats whose campaigns the California billionaire is helping bankroll aren't keen to follow his lead.
Reed, HUD regional administrator tour Chautauqua County
United States Department of Housing and Urban Development Regional Administrator, Lynne Patton, tours sites in Jamestown, NY and Dunkirk, NY that are annually provided HUD funding through Community Development Block Grants and other HUD programming. The City of Jamestown received $1,056,212 and the City of Dunkirk received $448,163 in direct CDBG funding as entitlement cities.
Hot potato: Dems shy from Steyer’s talk of impeaching Trump
Steyer is spending millions of his own money on a campaign arguing to remove President Donald Trump from off... . Mourners pause as former U.S. first lady Barbara Bush lies in repose during the visitation of former first lady Barbara Bush at St. Martin's Episcopal Church, Friday, April 20, 2018, in Houston.
What are your privacy expectations?
Did anyone really think there wouldn't be a price to pay for all the disruptive changes that we've made an indispensable part of our lives the past 15 years? As long as it is free, social media seems like a harmless idea. Now that we're aware of the lack of privacy and data security, we are learning how hacks, leaks and exploitation of our personal information is disrupting our lives.
Republicans left behind in blue Democratic wave of new women candidates
Dressed in a blue flight suit adorned with a US flag and her name, Martha McSally, the US Congresswoman representing this Tucson, Arizona crowd, scanned the airline hangar filled with supporters. Saluting, as the retired Colonel is well accustomed to doing from her 26 years in the US Air Force, McSally pledged to crack a political ceiling with a rallying cry that echoes her entire career.
WikiLeaks Responds to Absurd Lawsuit – Zings DNC
The Democratic National Committee has filed a multi-million dollar federal lawsuit against WikiLeaks, the Trump campaign and Russia for exposing their plot to rig the Democratic primaries for Hillary Clinton. Comment on DNC "lawsuit": DNC already has a moribund publicity lawsuit which the press has became bored of-hence the need to refile it as a "new" suit before mid-terms.
GOP Lawmaker on Comey Memo Leaks to Media: “Was Rosenstein In On It?”
Media was set ablaze on Thursday night after the much-anticipated Comey memos were finally released by the DOJ to Congress. This didn't stop Comey from giving the memos to a friend to leak to the liberal press in order to prompt a special counsel investigation into Trump.
Impeaching Rosenstein? Some Republicans are talking about it
Rod Jay Rosenstein Republicans divided over legislation protecting Mueller The Hill's Morning Report: Inside the Comey memos Memos document Comey's interactions with Trump MORE - a move that would fire up the GOP base, but that could also turn off moderate and independent voters in the midterm elections.
Players Guide 2018
Outside groups spent more than $1.6 billion in the 2016 election on TV ads and other forms of communication that urged the election or defeat of federal candidates, according to the Federal Election Commission. Many of those same groups - and new ones that have formed since - will spend hundreds of millions more trying to influence the outcome of the 2018 elections.
In court, Dems allege conspiracy between Trump camp, Russia
The Democratic Party sued Donald Trump's presidential campaign, Russia, WikiLeaks and Trump's son and son-in-law Friday, accusing them of an intricate conspiracy to undercut Democrats in the 2016 election by stealing tens of thousands of emails and documents. The lawsuit filed in Manhattan federal court seeks unspecified damages and an order to prevent further interference with computer systems of the Democratic National Committee.
Hot potato: Dems shy from Steyer’s talk of impeaching Trump Source: AP
Tom Steyer is on a multimillion-dollar mission to impeach Donald Trump, but Democrats whose campaigns the California billionaire is helping bankroll aren't keen to follow his lead. Steyer, whose appeals you may have seen on TV, is spending $40 million on his "Need To Impeach" roadshow, with advertising and town halls around the country.
Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens charged over charity donor list
St. Louis prosecutors on Friday charged Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens with a felony for using a charity donor list for his 2016 political campaign, adding to the first-term governor's legal woes. The charge of tampering with computer data is in addition to an earlier charge alleging Greitens took and transmitted a nonconsensual photo of a partially nude woman with whom he had an extramarital affair in 2015.