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With passage of an enormous budget bill, the GOP-controlled Congress all but wrapped up its legislating for the year. But will it be enough to convince voters to give Republicans another term at the helm? In two big ways, Republicans have done what they promised.
I praise the courage of Robert Rees and Clifton Jolley's March 18 commentary: " Evangelicals, Mormons and Trump's Perfect Storm ." They observe that Republicans are shutting down the House Intelligence Committee's investigation of President Donald Trump's alleged collusion with the Russian interference in the 2016 election.
A copy of the $1.3 trillion spending bill is stacked on a table last week in the Diplomatic Room of the White House. Pablo Martinez Monsivais/The Associated Press A copy of the $1.3 trillion spending bill is stacked on a table last week in the Diplomatic Room of the White House.
Republican U.S. Rep. Steve Pearce, New Mexico's Republican gubernatorial candidate, is an outspoken advocate for restricting access to abortion. Luis SA nchez Saturno/New Mexican file photo Republican U.S. Rep. Steve Pearce, New Mexico's Republican gubernatorial candidate, is an outspoken advocate for restricting access to abortion.
Democratic lawmakers turned out in force on Saturday as hundreds of thousands of protesters gathered in cities across the country to call for an end to gun violence. At March for Our Lives rallies across the U.S., congressional Democrats joined in calls demanding swift action on gun control more than a month after a deadly school shooting in Parkland, Fla.
Flanked by Defense Secretary Jim Mattis , Vice President Mike Pence and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, President Trump discusses the $1.3 trillion spending bill he signed. Flanked by Defense Secretary Jim Mattis , Vice President Mike Pence and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, President Trump discusses the $1.3 trillion spending bill he signed.
The Vermont Nuclear Decommissioning Citizens Advisory Panel got its first look this week at a memorandum of understanding hammered out earlier this year between the administration of Gov. Phil Scott and both Entergy Nuclear and NorthStar Group Services Inc. The memorandum of understanding , with the state Department of Public Service, Agency of ... (more)
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President Donald Trump signed a $1.3 trillion spending measure Friday, averting a midnight government shutdown just hours after declaring he was considering a veto. in the package, in part because it did not fully fund his plans for a border wall with Mexico and did not address some 700,000 The bill signing came a few hours after Trump created last-minute drama by saying in a tweet that he was With Congress already on recess, and a government shutdown looming, he said that young immigrants now protected in the U.S. under Barack Obama's Delayed Action for Childhood Arrivals "have been totally abandoned by the Democrats and the BORDER WALL, which is desperately needed for our National Defense, is not fully funded."
Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School student Emma Gonzalez addresses the "March for Our Lives" rally in support of gun control in Washington, Saturday, March 24, 2018, on Pennsylvania Avenue near the U.S. Capitol. Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators gathered in the nation's capital and cities across the United States on Saturday to demand action against gun violence, the latest and most visible show of force by a student-led political movement born in the wake of a deadly school shooting in Parkland, Fla.
Congresswoman Dina Titus (D-Nev) arrives to speak during a March For Our Lives event in downtown Las Vegas Saturday, March 24, 2018. About 4,000 people participated in the march and rally in front of Las Vegas City Hall.
At the gun-control rally, two teen sisters who helped organize the protest said they felt hope for the first time after the Parkland, Florida shooting survivors advocated for change. "Finally, somebody was doing something about it, except it wasn't who you'd expect - it was us," Mariah Thomas, 17, said to cheers.
Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo, center, and Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner, far right, join demonstrators during a "March for Our Lives" protest for gun legislation and school safety Saturday, March 24, 2018, in Houston. Turner has told several thousand people demonstrating for stricter gun control that adults have a responsibility to stand up and protect all children.
A demonstrator is seen on the National Mall near the student-led March for Our Lives rally on Pennsylvania Avenue to call for action to prevent gun violence. Thousands took to the streets of Washington on Saturday to protest inaction by Congress on gun violence.
A longtime congressional stronghold for Republicans, Pennsylvania is emerging in dramatic fashion as a source of hope for Democrats in their quest to take control of the U.S. House in November's mid-term elections. This week cemented Democratic victories in two key battles: Republicans dropped talk of legal challenges to Democrat Conor Lamb's improbable victory in a special election in southwestern Pennsylvania and federal courts rejected two GOP lawsuits seeking to block a state court-drawn map of more competitive districts.
OPINION: Such a treat to sit down with my old friend Barack Obama again this week. As ever, I baked cheese scones, and as ever, watching carbs, we left them on the plate.
A federal heating aid program for low-income residents has survived another attempt by President Donald Trump to kill it. The $1.3 trillion spending bill signed by Trump on Friday includes $3.64 billion for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program.
Hillary Clinton speaks to her communications director Jennifer Palmieri aboard the campaign plane in Philadelphia on Nov. 6, 2016. : Washington Post photo by Melina Mara Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign was "foolish" not to mount a louder and longer defense of her government email troubles in its last weeks, when the FBI had suddenly reopened the issue and Donald Trump was using it to thrash Clinton daily, a top Clinton aide concludes in a new memoir.
Maine's U.S. senators say the federal government is providing more than $200,000 to three Maine counties to help with economic development in mostly rural parts of the state. Republican Sen. Susan Collins and independent Sen. Angus King say the grants from the U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration will also help support small businesses and job growth.