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Two Texas congressman urged Texas universities to cut ties with Chinese government supported academic organizations, citing concern that the Chinese government could influence American education and possibly gather intelligence through their presence at schools. Republican Michael McCaul of Austin and Democrat Henry Cuellar of Laredo said in a joint statement Thursday they strongly urge universities to end their partnerships with the Confucius Institute.
Corporate America's love affair with the Trump administration's tax overhaul is still going strong, and it's pushing spending plans to multiyear highs. In a quarterly survey released by Deloitte LLP Wednesday, a record number of chief financial officers said that now is a good time to take greater risks, pushing up growth expectations for revenue, earnings, capital spending and hiring.
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The Latest on teachers rallying for higher pay and more education funding in several Republican-led states across the U.S. : Oklahoma lawmakers will convene rare Friday sessions as protesting school teachers continue to fill the state Capitol and demand more funding for public education. Republican leaders of the state House and Senate said Thursday they will meet Friday to consider legislation to raise more money.
A powerful U.S. senator traveled to Venezuela on Wednesday as pressure mounted on President Nicolas Maduro to hand over a Utah man jailed in the turbulent South American country for nearly two years. Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois was to meet with members of the government and opposition, a spokesman for his office said.
The Fountain Valley, California, city council couldn't afford to file an amicus brief supporting the Justice Department's lawsuit against the state's sanctuary city law protecting illegal immigrants. So, Rep. Dana Rohrabacher stepped up and offered to foot the bill.
Shortly before he wounded then-US Rep. Gabrielle Giffords in a shooting massacre in 2011 outside an Arizona grocery store, Jared Lee Loughner stood in the store's checkout lane, casually took a plastic bag of cash from his pocket and bought a bottle of water. Surveillance video of the purchase was among hundreds of pieces of evidence, including photos and documents, relating to the Tucson shooting that the FBI released this week in its Freedom of Information Act online library, dubbed "The Vault."
Republicans are warning President Donald Trump that a trade war with China would deal an economic blow to politically important areas of the country that will cost the party in November's congressional elections. The president's proposed tariffs on a variety of imports are aimed at fulfilling a campaign promise to protect domestic industries slammed by globalization.
For more than a year, Wall Street has largely ignored the unpredictability and chaos that has plagued U.S. President Donald Trump's administration, confident that the businessman-turned-president's policies would juice the economy and that a team of mainstream advisers would keep more controversial proposals at bay. A triple whammy of tariffs, Twitter threats against one of the nation's largest companies and high-level staff shake-ups have rattled Wall Street in recent weeks.
Not too long ago, Sen. Bob Corker said something that was deeply disturbing. Here is how it was reported in the Washington Examiner : "The president is, as you know - you've seen his numbers among the Republican base - it's very strong.
GOP legislatures across the nation have since to debate a motion to ban assault rifles and high-capacity magazines - a measure voted down just six days after the shooting. Votes against that measure included every Republican politician from Miami-Dade county, where the massacre occurred.
U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., uses a salt shaker to illustrate that a similar quantity of the drug fentanyl would kill thousands of people. Cotton and Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge held a news conference Wednesday to discuss their efforts to fight opioid problems.
TRUMP: "Thank you to Rasmussen for the honest polling. Just hit 50 percent, which is higher than Cheatin' Obama at the same time in his Administration."
Former U.S. senator Harry Reid of Nevada said he is appalled that Republicans do not call their leader to account. "Why would they be afraid of him?" Democrat Reid told New York Times reporter Carol Hulse in an interview last week during a visit to D.C. "It should be just the opposite.
Nevada, which incessantly markets itself as the Saudi Arabia of solar power and benefits from federal research funding, received a boost in the new federal budget, over the objections of the Trump administration. Indeed, Donald Trump's recommendations were overridden by the Republican Congress in so many areas that it is dubious to call it the Trump budget any more.
Some Oklahoma school districts say they will close for a fourth day in anticipation of a continued walkout by teachers demanding more funding for classrooms. OKLAHOMA CITY - When Oklahoma Republicans finally passed a massive tax hike for hundreds of millions of new dollars for public schools and teacher pay raises, they thought they would get a thank you.
For more than a year, Wall Street has largely ignored the unpredictability and chaos that has plagued Donald Trump's administration, confident that the businessman-turned-president's policies would juice the economy and that a team of mainstream advisers would keep more controversial proposals at bay. A triple whammy of tariffs, Twitter threats against one of the nation's largest companies and high-level staff shake-ups have rattled Wall Street in recent weeks.
Although the country's next presidential election is still 2 1/2 years away, that has not stopped plenty of folks from talking about it. President Trump has already announced that he'll seek re-election.
In a twist on red state teacher demonstrations that have been sweeping the country, thousands of teachers across Arizona gathered outside their respective schools in an effort to rally in support of community residents in their ongoing attempt to win better wages. Before classes started today, teachers, many wearing T-shirts reading "#RedForEd," greeted parents and students with signs reading, "Don't Shortchange Education" and "Help me Help Them."