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After last year's successful drive to cut taxes, what does the majority party in Congress do for an encore? The answer for Republicans seems to be, "Not so much." For sure, Republicans in Washington feel good about the effect their overhaul of the nation's tax code is having on the economy, and recent polling suggests it's getting more popular as the midterm elections draw closer.
On the heels of closing Memorial Hospital in December -- laying off 800 plus employees, Care New England's Women & Infants is now closing its Woonsocket office. "We are turning into as medical colony.
Tom van Overbeek made a point that even if Donald Trump is a narcissist, perhaps nearly all our presidents have been narcissists. While perhaps not as knowledgeable about our presidents as van Overbeek, who thinks Gerald Ford and Harry Truman were probably the only exceptions, perhaps James Buchanan, Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses Grant, Grover Cleveland, Calvin Coolidge, Dwight Eisenhower, Jimmy Carter and Barack Obama and others were also exceptions.
Illinois Democratic gubernatorial candidates Robert Marshall Tio Hardiman, Chris Kennedy, J.B. Pritzker, Bob Daiber and Sen. Daniel Biss participate in a debate Friday in Chicago. The nominee will face either Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner or his conservative challenger, state Rep. Jeanne Ives, in November.
Radio legend Michael Savage revealed Sunday night that his secret homes were visited by political operatives in the past view days. The conservative firebrand is currently weighing a Senate bid in the state of California.
Over half a century ago, all eyes were on Selma, Ala., as police brutally beat peaceful protesters who were attempting to march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge on their way to the state capitol in Montgomery. Among the nearly 600 protesters in 1965 was 11-year-old Jo Ann Bland.
Joseph Kopser, a candidate for Texas' 21st District seat, speaks at a forum focused on environmental issues at Scholz Garten in Austin. Joseph Kopser, a candidate for Texas' 21st District seat, speaks at a forum focused on environmental issues at Scholz Garten in Austin.
The bipartisan Senate Intelligence Committee will be releasing a report in the coming weeks on Russia's attempts to infiltrate state election systems, according to one panel member. Sen. Angus King said the committee's investigation into Russia's interference in the 2016 election and is "pretty well done."
'This Is On Them 100%': Fire Chief Blasts National Grid For Storm Response The fire chief in Hull took to Facebook to express his frustration with National Grid after power was knocked out in town for several days. More Than 100,000 Mass.
Several members of Congress joined civil rights activists and others Sunday afternoon for the annual commemoration of a day of racial violence in Selma dating to 1965. A bipartisan group including Rep. John Lewis of Georgia led the crossing of the Edmund Pettus Bridge.
Last week President Trump announced a new 25 percent tariff on steel imports and a 10 percent hike on aluminum imports. Foreign leaders like Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called the move "unacceptable" and the European Union threatened to respond to the U.S. with their own tariff.
Congressman John Lewis embraces Susan Bro, mother of Heather Heyer, while touching the Civil Rights Memorial during a wreath laying ceremony in Montgomery, Ala., on Saturday, March 3, 2018. Heather Heyer was killed in Charlottesville, Va., on Aug. 12, 2017, while protesting the Unite the Right rally.
A program that temporarily shields hundreds of thousands of young people from deportation was scheduled to end Monday but court orders have forced the Trump administration to keep issuing renewals, easing the sense of urgency.
READ: Trump Says Rep. Maxine Waters Needs 'An IQ Test' At Gridiron Dinner - President Donald Trump on Saturday night addressed the annual Gridiron Club Dinner, an event he skipped last year and one known for presidential humor. - Though he poked fun at his own administration's dysfunction GOP Panic Spreads to Pennsylvania - Republicans have spent over $9 million in a blue-collar district Trump carried by 20 points.
READ: Trump Says Rep. Maxine Waters Needs 'An IQ Test' At Gridiron Dinner - President Donald Trump on Saturday night addressed the annual Gridiron Club Dinner, an event he skipped last year and one known for presidential humor. - Though he poked fun at his own administration's dysfunction The most memorable jokes from Trump's Gridiron dinner speech - on Saturday participated in the Gridiron Club dinner's long-standing tradition of presidential speeches filled with self-deprecating humor, flinging barbs at his own administration as well as the usual targets.
Across Colorado, Republican and Democratic voters will convene at 7 p.m. sharp on Tuesday in schools, churches, community centers and other neighborhood gathering places, marking the parties' first official step toward picking candidates. This year, Republicans are grappling with what party officials are calling a "hangover" from the party's 2016 caucuses, when the state party decided against holding a presidential preference poll and eventually drew the wrath of then-candidate Donald Trump, who blasted Colorado's system as "rigged" against him when he didn't wind up with any of the state's delegates to the Republican National Convention.
Florida shooting survivor David Hogg says he hung up on the White House during a call inviting him to Trump's listening session Two survivors of the Florida shooting, high school students David Hogg and Cameron Kasky, told TV host Bill Maher that they "don't respect" politicians simply because of who they are, and demanded action from politicians like Sen. Marco Rubio. Hogg bragged that he hung up on the White House during a call about the listening session on gun control and school safety that President Donald Trump hosted last week.
President Donald Trump's administration appears unbowed by broad domestic and international criticism of his planned import tariffs on steel and aluminum, saying Sunday that the president is not planning on exempting any countries from the stiff duties. Speaking on CNN's "State of the Union," White House trade adviser Peter Navarro said: "At this point in time there's no country exclusions."