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Demonstrators gather outside the entrance to the Sacramento City Council chambers to protest the shooting death of Stephon Clark by Sacramento police, Tuesday, March 27, 2018, in Sacramento, Calif. Clark, who was unarmed, w... .
U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez has put a federal corruption case behind him, and now he is taking aim at his Republican challenger, a wealthy former biopharmaceutical executive. The 64-year-old New Jersey Democrat announced he will begin his re-election campaign on Wednesday with stops in his hometown of Union City, outside of New York City, and at Rowan College in southern New Jersey.
Whether you believe it was a miss in Michigan or a Russian-led mission in America, Donald Trump seized power in 2016 without the support of the majority of the American people. In just over 200 days, the American people will get a chance to fight back and reclaim control.
This is not the 19th century, when politicians sometimes settled their differences with pistols at dawn. Americans expect their leaders to settle disputes in a civilized manner.
The Trump administration's decision to ask people about their citizenship in the 2020 census set off worries among Democrats on Tuesday that immigrants will dodge the survey altogether, diluting political representation for states that tend to vote Democratic and robbing many communities of federal dollars. Not since 1950 has the census collected citizenship data from the whole population, rather than just a population sample, says the Congressional Research Service.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday will hear arguments in a Maryland case brought by Republican voters who are challenging the way Democratic state officials drew the boundaries of a sprawling congressional district now held by Rep. John Kevin Delaney 2020 Dem contenders travel to key primary states Overnight Tech: FTC nominees promise focus on data breaches AT&T wants antitrust chief to testify in merger trial Experts fear US losing ground to China on AI MORE Republicans in the district claim state officials intentionally and unconstitutionally packed Maryland's 6th Congressional District with Democrats to beat the Republican incumbent, then-Rep. Roscoe Bartlett. The case opens a second front in the war over partisan gerrymandering.
Republican National Committee spokesperson Kayleigh McEnany insisted on Tuesday that all of the claims of affairs and sexual harassment that have been leveled against President Donald Trump are "ridiculous" lies intended to bring down his presidency. During a panel discussion on Fox & Friends , host Ainsley Earhardt complained that "the media just can't get enough" of Trump's alleged affair with adult film star Stormy Daniels -- whose real name is Stephanie Clifford.
The White House press office is getting a bit more Sunshine these days -- former Disney Channel star Caroline Sunshine, that is. She's joining the team as a press assistant.
New York, California and other states vowed on Tuesday to stop the U.S. government from asking in the 2020 census whether people are citizens, arguing the question could stop immigrants from participating and skew the makeup of Congress. The U.S. Census Bureau decided to include the citizenship question in the once-a-decade questionnaire, saying an accurate count of citizens would help protect minority rights under the landmark Voting Rights Act of 1965, according to Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross.
Activist Elizabeth Smart, 30 poses for a portrait, on March 27, 2018, following an interview with USA TODAY, in New York. After being kidnapped from her home at age 14 and rescued nine months later, Smart has used her ordeal to become a champion for child safety.
Prosecutors say a Virginia man jailed on accusations of threatening to shoot a U.S. congressman over marijuana policy had also threatened to kill a mayor over deteriorating road conditions. A spokeswoman for Virginia Beach Mayor Will Sessoms confirmed to The Virginian-Pilot that Sessoms was aware of a threat made by 69-year-old Wallace Grove Godwin against Sessoms.
A high-level Republican staffer in the Indiana House of Representatives has been appointed by Gov. Eric Holcomb to lead the state's purchasing and property management agency. The Republican governor announced Tuesday that former House GOP chief of staff Lesley Crane will start her new job next week leading the Department of Administration.
Co-Chair of the House Great Lakes Task Force, today issued the following statement after news that the State of Ohio will declare the open waters of Lake Erie impaired. 'I welcome this long overdue decision by the state of Ohio.
One underreported story of the Trump Presidency is how Democrats have abused Senate rules to block political appointees from taking their posts. Senate Republicans have been too slow to press the issue, though they are finally working on a way around Minority Leader Chuck Schumer's obstructionism.
White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders, right, accompanied by White House principal deputy press secretary Raj Shah, left, arrives to speak to the media during the daily press briefing at the White House, Tuesday, March 27, 2018, in Washington. Sanders discussed the removal of Russian diplomats, the opiate crisis, and other topics.
Georgia lawmakers passed dozens of bills Tuesday, as they rush to complete their work before the legislative session is set to end Thursday night. Neither the House nor Senate is convening inside the Capitol on Wednesday, meaning that legislators have only one more day left to send their proposals to Gov. Nathan Deal's desk.
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi condemned the Trump Administration's announcement that they will be reinstating the citizenship question on the 2020 census to help enforce the Voting Rights Act of 1965. "The Trump Administration's late night announcement of a new citizenship question violates the clear constitutional mandate to provide an accurate count of all people living in the United States," she said in a statement Tuesday.
Mitt Romney, who is running for U.S. Senate, said during a question and answer session in Utah Monday that he is "more of a hawk on immigration than even the president." "My view was these DACA kids shouldn't all be allowed to stay in the country legally," he said, according to The Daily Herald .
The California attorney general's office on Tuesday joined an investigation into the fatal police shooting of an unarmed black man in Sacramento. While announcing the attorney general's involvement, city officials and community leaders called for calm as Sacramento prepares for events memorializing 22-year-old Stephon Clark, where emotions will be raw and large crowds are expected.