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Licking Valley Schools Superintendent David Hile shuddered when he saw the Facebook image of the boy with a menacing stare and a gleaming assault rifle. It was the same boy who, after threatening students, had been expelled from school for 80 days, the maximum time allowed under state law.
With unified control of both chambers of Congress and the presidency, the last thing voters might expect of Republican leadership is taking action to increase government's power to tax and regulate. But if the so-called Remote Transactions Parity Act , HR 2191, were to pass, that's exactly what would happen.
He said that while he supported portions of the bill, he thought the state should look to ... . Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle and Gov. Deal's chief of staff Chris Riley confer in the senate before the senate went into recess and the Rules Committee stripped the Delta tax cut from legislation.
Former Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore is long past the need for campaign contributions, but that didn't stop him from pleading with supporters to help pay his hefty legal fees incurred trying to fight sexual misconduct allegations. The Republican, who lost to Democrat Doug Jones in a Dec. 12 runoff to replace Attorney General Jeff Sessions , took to Facebook late Thursday to tell supporters he faces "another vicious attack from lawyers in Washington D.C. and San Francisco who have hired one of the biggest firms in Birmingham Alabama to bring another legal action against me and ensure that I never fight again."
Democrats are using the ongoing scandal surrounding embattled Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens as a way to attack a top challenger to incumbent Sen. Claire McCaskill. Greitens last week was indicted on a felony invasion of privacy charge stemming from an extramarital affair that occured in 2015.
Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers a speech during a rally to support his bid in the upcoming presidential election at Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow, Russia on March 3, 2018. Photo - Reuters Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers a speech during a rally to support his bid in the upcoming presidential election at Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow, Russia on March 3, 2018.
AT&T has opposed the FCC's 2015 net neutrality rules. And as the rules are set to expire, some supporters of the regulation are nervous AT&T and other ISPs could abuse their power on the net.
WASHINGTON: Republicans in Congress have learned to ignore President Donald Trump's policy whims, knowing whatever he says one day on guns, immigration or other complicated issues could very well change by the next. But Trump's decision to seek steep tariffs on steel and aluminum imports has provoked rarely seen urgency among Republican lawmakers, who are scrambling to convince the president he would spark a trade war that could stall the economy's recent gains if he doesn't reverse course.
President Donald Trump will venture into hostile territory Saturday night at the annual Gridiron dinner, mingling with members of the mainstream media he loves to lash out against. The white-tie gala is one of the city's longest-running traditions, and the kind of establishment event that Trump has so far shunned.
Choose your news! Select the text alerts you want to receive: breaking news, prep sports scores, school closings, weather, and more. Democratic gubernatorial candidates Robert Marshall, Tio Hardiman, Chris Kennedy, J.B. Pritzker, Bob Daiber, and Illinois Sen. Daniel Biss, left to right, participate in a debate Friday, March 2, 2018, in Chicago.
FORCED TO RETIRE: Emails obtained by the Herald indicate Gov. Charlie Baker's aides discussed Col. Richard McKeon's retirement more than a day before it was announced.
President Donald Trump on Friday declared a global trade war and said it would be "easy to win," promising to hammer "reciprocal taxes" on any country that charges tariffs on U.S. goods and services. His threats, made in a series of Twitter posts, looked to escalate his new protectionist policies far beyond the steel and aluminum tariffs he said he would impose next week.
The sun rises Aug. 23 over the Valley of the Gods, at that time a part of the Bears Ears National Monument, near Blanding, Utah. Interior Department emails obtained by The New York Times in a lawsuit indicate that oil exploration was the central factor in the decision to scale back the monument.
On March 3, 1931, "The Star-Spangled Banner" became the national anthem of the United States as President Herbert Hoover signed a congressional resolution. In 1791, Congress passed a measure taxing distilled spirits; it was the first internal revenue act in U.S. history.
Atlantic salmon net pens have operated for decades in Washington but have come under fire after tens of thousands of Atlantic salmon escaped from Cooke Aquaculture's net pens last August. After lengthy debate Friday night, the Senate passed House Bill 2957 on a 31-16 vote.
The 2016 election was less than a month away, and Donald Trump's attorney had blown the deadline for paying Stormy Daniels to keep quiet about her alleged affair with the future president. In an Oct. 17 email, an attorney for Daniels - a porn star whose real name is Stephanie Clifford - threatened to cancel the nondisclosure agreement by the end of the day.
Sen. Marco Rubio joined Nikki R. Haley, US Ambassador to the United Nations, for a panel discussion with Hispanic and Latin American community leaders Friday, as the all-Republican panel heaped effusive praise on her. The discussion took place at Florida International University's Modesto Maidique campus, after Haley's travels to Honduras and Guatemala.
A coalition is seeking to unseat anti-LGBT Democrat Rep. Dan Lipinski , but he has support from House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi . The nation's largest LGBT advocacy group is spearheading a $1.3 million effort to unseat from Congress a nearly extinct animal - an anti-LGBT Democrat - in an upcoming primary, but that effort runs contrary to the position of House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi .
A second complaint alleging federal campaign finance law violations has been filed against the winner of this week's special Republican primary election to replace former U.S. Rep. Trent Franks. The complaint against former state Sen. Debbie Lesko was filed with the Federal Election Commission on Thursday by the Campaign Legal Center, a Washington-D.C.-based group that supports strong enforcement of the finance laws.