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The Indiana Debate Commission's April 30 televised U.S. Senate Republican primary debate now includes a three-candidate field in what will be the only statewide debate offered live to hundreds of Indiana media outlets. U.S. Rep. Todd Rokita had initially declined, while Indiana businessman Mike Braun and U.S. Rep. Luke Messer had confirmed the hour-long time slot to debate.
Republican Rep. Charlie Dent of Pennsylvania, a leader of an influential caucus of GOP moderates and a critic of President Donald Trump, said Tuesday that he will resign from Congress in May, after announcing last year he would not seek re-election. Dent's announcement sets up a midsummer special election to serve the remaining months in his term while candidates campaign for a full two-year term in the November election.
U.S. Congressman Charlie Dent, a leader of a moderate group of Republicans and a frequent critic of President Donald Trump, said Tuesday he would resign from Congress next month. "After discussions with my family and careful consideration," I have decided to leave Congress in the coming weeks," Dent said.
The chairman and other members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, including Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., unveiled a bipartisan resolution Monday authorizing the use of military force overseas, accelerating a debate that Congress has been reluctant to have, but that's taking on new urgency after President Donald Trump's strikes on Syria. The resolution from Kaine and Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., would repeal the broad authorizations Congress approved in 2001 and 2002 for the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, replacing them with new authority to go after specific "non-state terrorist groups."
The Trump administration on Tuesday defended an underwater monument established by former President Barack Obama to protect marine life in the Atlantic Ocean and asked a judge to dismiss a lawsuit from fishermen trying to eliminate it. The fishing groups sued in federal court in Washington, challenging the creation of the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument by the Democratic former president in 2016.
A new resolution from leaders on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to authorize the use of military force overseas is accelerating a debate that Congress has been reluctant to have, but that's taking on new urgency after President Donald Trump's strikes on Syria. The bipartisan measure from Sens. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., and Tim Kaine, D-Va., would repeal the broad authorizations Congress approved in 2001 and 2002 for the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, replacing them with new authority to go after specific "non-state terrorist groups."
When House Speaker Paul Ryan announced that he would step down from his position and not run for reelection, the news didn't come as that much of a surprise. Of course, it is a big deal to learn that the most powerful person in Congress is relinquishing their authority.
U.S. Sen. John McCain's office says he's had intestinal surgery needed to stem an infection and is in stable condition at a Phoenix hospital. The longtime Republican senator has been undergoing physical therapy related to brain cancer treatment at his family home near Sedona, Arizona, since December.
A record number of jurisdictions this year are taking aim at conversion therapy: an attempt to change someone's sexual orientation or gender identity. 'Being LGBTQ is not an illness': Record number of states banning conversion therapy A record number of jurisdictions this year are taking aim at conversion therapy: an attempt to change someone's sexual orientation or gender identity.
Do you think Sean Hannity's association with Michael Cohen will spell serious touble for the popular talk show host and commentator? FILE - This Feb. 11, 2014, aerial file photo shows a view of the Mackinac Bridge, which spans a 5-mile-wide freshwater channel called the Straits of Mackinac that separates Michigan's upper and lower peninsulas. Sen. Gary Peters of Michigan said Friday, April 13, 2018, that the flow of crude oil through twin pipelines through the Straits should be suspended until authorities determine how severely they were damaged by what may have been a ship anchor strike.
Recent damage to underwater oil and electrical lines in the waterway connecting Lake Huron and Lake Michigan that's blamed for an insulation fluid spill was caused by a tugboat dragging its anchor, Michigan's attorney general announced Tuesday. Attorney General Bill Schuette said he notified Vanenkevort Tug and Barge that he's planning civil action against the company because of the damage believed to have been caused April 1 by the tug named Clyde S. Vanenkevort in the Straits of Mackinac.
Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers said Tuesday that Republicans are confident the tax bill will help them in the midterm races, but said her party isn't taking anything for granted. "After years of stagnant economy, stagnant wages, people are seeing their take-home pay go up," Ms.
Bodies of all four members of a Southern California family who went missing earlier this month have been found after a boy's body was found late Monday afternoon, Mendocino County sheriff's officials said. The Thottapilly family -- Sandeep, 41, Soumya, 38, Siddhant, 12, and Saachi, 9 -- were returning home to Santa Clarita from a vacation in Portland, Oregon, when they were reported missing by a relative who had expected them to show up at their San Jose home on April 6, but still had not seen them two days later, according to San Jose police.
In the wake of the 2016 presidential election, Hiral Tipirneni talked to her three kids about the importance of civic engagement, of standing up for the issues you think are important, and of the value of women in politics. In response, Tipirneni's daughter Mira - who was 19 years old at the time - told her mother to put her money where her mouth was.
The Interior Department's internal watchdog says that charter flights taken by Secretary Ryan Zinke did not violate any laws, but that the department could have avoided some of the cost in an interim report published Tuesday. The department's inspector general found that three flights on private or military planes taken by Zinke generally followed the relevant rules and were all approved by ethics officials in advance.
Paul Ryan, speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, has rendered very valuable service to his fellow Americans during his 20 years in Congress. His role has been especially valuable during the past year and a half.
Crain's columnist Joe Cahill has been a tireless cheerleader for Mayor Rahm Emanuel's dream of upscale express service to O'Hare. Back in February 2017 Cahill first made the argument that Chicago won't be able to maintain its status as a world-class city unless it offers business travelers and well-heeled visitors a seamless connection from the airport to the Loop.
The parent company of Allegiant Air faced calls for an inquiry into its safety record and a sharp drop in its stock price after a report by CBS News' 60 Minutes alleged the US budget airline suffers a high number of mechanical problems. The 60 Minutes segment, which aired Sunday, found more than 100 "serious mechanical incidents" on the ultra-low-cost carrier between January 2016 and October 2017.
In his first televised interview since being fired by the U.S. President Donald Trump, the former FBI director James Comey spoke on wide-ranging topics. In an interview with George Stephanopoulos broadcast on ABC, Comey declared that he believed Donald Trump was "morally unfit to be president."