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Tillerson Replaced With Pompeo In Dramatic Shakeup
President Donald Trump unceremoniously dumped Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Tuesday - by tweet - and picked CIA Director Mike Pompeo to take his place, abruptly ending Tillerson's turbulent tenure as America's top diplomat and escalating the administration's chaotic second-year shake-up.
Pennsylvania’s special election should have been a cakewalk for the GOP
"MARINE, prosecutor, patriot, Catholic. Democratic nominee for Congress in the #PA18 special election on March 13th, 2108."
‘You’re fired’: A recap of official turnover under Trump
Since coming to office in January 2017, President Donald Trump 's administration has witnessed the departure - at times forced - of a number of high-ranking officials. Mike Pompeo, Director of the CIA, will become our new Secretary of State.
In steel country, rumblings of a political earthquake: Dems poised to win again
Deep in the heart of rust-belt Trump country, in a congressional district where Democrats didn't even bother running a candidate in recent elections, and were clobbered by 28 percentage points the last time they tried competing, you could hear the rumblings of a potential political earthquake. Democrats appear likely to have won a squeaker in a special election outside Pittsburgh, with votes still being counted overnight.
Juan Williams Plays ‘But Trump!’ Three Times in Excusing…
On the Friday overnight edition of Fox News @Night , Juan Williams disingenuously made three attempts to create a false equivalence between Congressional Black Caucus leaders' political and physical embraces of National of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan and Donald Trump's non-existent relationship with the KKK. Host Shannon Bream and the Daily Caller's Vince Coglianese weren't having any of it, but Williams wouldn't let go.
Churchill: Cuomo broke his biggest promise
Joseph Percoco, a former top aide to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo accused of bribery, leaves Federal court in New York, Monday, March 12, 2018. Jurors have finished another day of deliberations after a second deadlock.
Several issues unresolved as General Assembly nears ending point
The Indiana Senate abruptly adjourned Tuesday afternoon, with lawmakers leaving a crush of bills that still need final votes for the last day of the annual legislative session.
House Intelligence Democrats Release Response To GOP Russia Conclusions
House intelligence committee ranking member Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., speaks to reporters Tuesday on Capitol Hill, joined by other Democrats on the committee as they released a response to GOP conclusions on the House Russia investigation. A day after the Republican members of the House intelligence committee released their findings from the investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 campaign, which cleared President Trump's campaign of collusion, Democrats from the committee said today it was "premature" for the majority GOP members to conclude the probe, and that they would keep investigating.
Bellwether Pennsylvania special election too close to call
A closely watched and extremely expensive special congressional election in Pennsylvania's 18th Congressional District remained too close to call late Tuesday. Such a tight margin will likely be seen as a major victory for the Democrat Conor Lamb, as President Donald Trump won the area in southwest Pennsylvania by nearly 20 points during the 2016 election cycle and in the last two cycles the Republican incumbent ran unopposed.
Options to restrict gun sales, regulate firearms to be explored by LA Board of Supervisors
LOS ANGELES The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously today to explore options for regulating firearms, including restricting sales to anyone under 21, banning .50-caliber handguns, strengthening safe storage laws and prohibiting gun sales near schools. "This is a very important motion to me and, I think, to many others who have contacted us after yet another mass shooting in this country," Kuehl said.
as Close as it Gets: The nation’s most closely watched special election is coming down to the wire
Democrat Conor Lamb late Tuesday moved close to pulling off an improbable win, keeping the Democratic momentum going on Tuesday as he led Republican Rick Saccone in the special election for Pennsylvania's 18th Congressional District. Polls heading into Tuesday showed a tight race in a district President Donald Trump won by 20 points in 2016, with some showing Lamb, a former Marine and federal prosecutor, ahead significantly.
House Democrats cite ‘evidence’ of Trump-Russia collusion
Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee are sharply disagreeing with Republicans on the panel who say they don't see any evidence of collusion or coordination between President Donald Trump's 2016 campaign and Russia. California Rep. Adam Schiff, the top Democrat on the panel, said Tuesday that he believes there is "significant evidence" of collusion between Trump's campaign and Russia, though he couldn't say if there was criminal wrongdoing.
The Columbian: Public business belongs in the sun
There is no telling whether the weather will live up to the name, but today marks the beginning of Sunshine Week. Rather than serving as a reference to our meteorological side, the annual observation highlights the importance of open government and celebrates the free flow of information.
With 99 percent of precincts reporting, Pennsylvania special…
Democrat Conor Lamb and Republican Rick Saccone battled to the wire Tuesday night in a tighter-than-tight congressional election that pitted the strength of President Donald Trump in blue-collar America against the energy and anger of the political left. The contest in the Pittsburgh-area district has drawn national attention as a bellwether for the midterm elections in November for control of Congress.
Donald Trump praised the draft Republican report
Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee are sharply disagreeing with Republicans on the panel who say they do not see any evidence of collusion or coordination between President Donald Trump's 2016 campaign and Russia. California Representative Adam Schiff, the top Democrat on the panel, said on Tuesday that he believes there is "significant evidence" of collusion between Mr Trump's campaign and Russia, though he could not say if there was criminal wrongdoing.
Rob Portman, Sherrod Brown Split On State Department Shakeup
Reaction to Tuesday's shakeup in the State Department broke along party lines for Ohio's two senators. President Trump fired Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and nominated CIA Director Mike Pompeo to replace him.
Claire McCaskill defiant as Donald Trump visits Missouri
Sen. Claire McCaskill said she has no regrets about her vote against the tax cut bill or calling it mere "scraps" for American families, striking a defiant stance as President Trump visits Missouri on Wednesday to boost her likely Republican opponent in November's election. The $1.5 trillion tax cuts and the rest of president's agenda loom large in a race where the two-term incumbent Democrat is fighting to hold on to her Senate seat in a state Mr. Trump won by more than 18 points in 2016.
14K Shoes Placed Near US Capitol for Child Gun Victims
Organizers said last month's shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, served as a catalyst for creating the memorial and sending a message to lawmakers Thousands of children's shoes were on display outside the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday as a temporary memorial to children killed by gun violence. The Monument for Our Kids, made up for 7,000 pairs of shoes, represents every child killed with a gun since the Sandy Hook massacre in 2012, organizers said.
The Latest: Hanabusa calls for missile alert transparency
In this Jan. 13, 2018 file photo, Hawaii Gov. David Ige, right, speaks during a news conference with Vern Miyagi, former administrator of the Hawaii Emergency Mangement Agency, in Honolulu after a false missile alert was sent to residents and visitors statewide. Hawaii officials have repeatedly pointed to a low-level state employee and a breakdown in his agency's leadership as the main cause for a missile alert that left hundreds of thousands of islanders thinking they might die in a nuclear blast in January.