The Latest: Inmate asks Supreme Court to halt execution

This undated family photo made available by Joyce Vance, shows U.S. Circuit Judge Robert S. Vance, who was killed by a mail bomb sent to his home in Mountain Brook, Ala., in 1989. Walter Leroy Moore Jr. was convicted of capital murder in the blast and is scheduled to be executed by lethal injection on April 19, 2018.

‘It’s very humbling,’ Huntington fire chief says of making Time 100 list

A West Virginia fire chief is joining other global leaders, advocates, artists, scientists, activists and entrepreneurs on the Time 100 list for 2018. "But I think that the bigger picture here is that the world is actually paying attention to all the positive things Huntington, West Virginia is doing to turn the tide in this epidemic."

Democrats see Wisconsin as proving ground for party revival

Margo Miller thanked her hosts, covered herself in a blue plastic poncho and headed back into the driving sleet Saturday morning, with more doors to knock on in this rural subdivision but with another new volunteer's name on her clipboard.

Trump lawyer drops defamation lawsuit over publication of Steele Dossier Source: Cox Media Group

Embroiled in a new legal dispute after an FBI raid earlier this month, President Donald Trump's personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, has dropped a $100 million defamation lawsuit filed against BuzzFeed news, and the head of the opposition research firm Fusion GPS, which spearheaded the development of the Steele Dossier, paid for by Democrats in 2016, which made accusations of ties between Russia and President Donald Trump. "Michael Cohen hereby voluntarily dismissed the above-entitled action as to all named Defendants without costs to any party as against the other," Cohen's lawyers stated in a one page filing with a federal court in New York.

Obama praises Parkland students in Time: ‘Our children are calling us to account’

Former president Barack Obama praised the Parkland student activists who were named among Time magazine's most influential people of 2018. In his tribute to the students - Cameron Kasky, Jaclyn Corin, David Hogg, Emma Gonzalez and Alex Wind - Obama said while they may not have lobbyists, big budgets, or even the ability to vote, they are still making a difference.

Durbin, Duckworth announce $5 million in DOT funding to repair Illinois roads damaged by flooding

WASHINGTON U.S. Senators Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth today announced $5,004,113 in grant funding to repair roads and infrastructure across Illinois damaged by flooding and severe weather. The funding which was awarded through the U.S. Department of Transportation's Emergency Relief and Emergency Relief for Federally Owned Roads programs will support reconstruction and repair efforts in nine Illinois counties.

‘There’s Something About Her I Just Don’t Like’

Jennifer Palmieri, former communications director for Hillary Clinton's 2016 campaign; former White House communications director for President Barack Obama; president of the Center for American Progress Action Fund and executive vice president for Communications and Advocacy at the Center for American Progress; and author of the No. 1 New York Times best-seller Dear Madam President: An Open Letter the Women Who Will Run the World , joins Michele and Igor to discuss the battle to elect the first female president.

Mike Pompeo, director of the Central Intelligence Agency and U.S….

Mike Pompeo, director of the Central Intelligence Agency and U.S. secretary of state nominee for President Donald Trump, listens during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee confirmation hearing in Washington, D.C., on April 12, 2018. less Mike Pompeo, director of the Central Intelligence Agency and U.S. secretary of state nominee for President Donald Trump, listens during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee confirmation hearing in Washington, ... more WASHINGTON - The Senate Foreign Relations Committee has set a vote for Monday on Mike Pompeo's nomination as President Donald Trump's secretary of state.

The Health 202: Medicare is the name in Democrats’ health-care game

If you want to sell Americans a bill expanding the government's role in health care, be sure to include "Medicare" in the title. A crop of health-care legislation named after the popular and well-known federal insurance program for the elderly has sprung up over the past six months.

Messer didn’t disclose DUIs when first elected

Luke Messer didn't disclose DUIs when he replaced lawmaker killed by drunk driver Senate candidate Luke Messer had a secret when he launched his political career Check out this story on pal-item.com: https://indy.st/2qKDtKV Closing statements from the Indiana Republican Senate Primary Debate between candidates Luke Messer, Todd Rokita and Mike Braun at Emmis Communications in Indianapolis on Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2018. Senatorial candidate Luke Messer responds to a health care question during the Indiana Republican Senate Primary Debate between Messer and fellow Senate candidates Todd Rokita and Mike Braun at Emmis Communications in Indianapolis on Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2018.

Senate committee plans Monday vote on Pompeo as secretary of state

The Senate Foreign Relations Committee has set a vote for Monday on Mike Pompeo's nomination as President Donald Trump's secretary of state. Pompeo, who has made headlines in recent days for his secret trip to North Korea over Easter weekend, won the backing of the committee last year as CIA director but faces longer odds this time.

Republican Governors Association rakes in record fundraising haul

Two months after the Republican Governors Association pledged to spend $3.3 million on TV ads to influence Nevada's gubernatorial race, the group reported a record-breaking fundraising haul this quarter. Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt announcing his bid for governor at Brady Industries's warehouse in Las Vegas, Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2017.

Donald Trump warns unless North Korea summit is ‘fruitful’ he will pull out

President Donald Trump has said that although he is looking ahead optimistically to a historic summit meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un he could still pull out if he feels the meeting is "not going to be fruitful". Mr Trump said that CIA director Mike Pompeo and Mr Kim "got along really well" in their recent secret meeting, remarking that "we've never been in a position like this" to address worldwide concerns over North Korea's nuclear weapons.