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Disciplined repeatedly in school, treated for mental health issues, crushed after his mother died - more signs of unheeded red flags are emerging about the young man accused of murdering 17 students and staff at Marjory Stoneman Douglas in Parkland this week. Nikolas Cruz, 19, faced a judge Thursday for the first time since authorities say he rode an Uber to his former school at dismissal time with an AR-15 and fired more than 100 shots.
A candidate for Kansas' Second District U.S. House seat received backlash on social media Thursday for a firearm giveaway his campaign announced earlier this week before a gunman fired on a Florida high school. Tyler Tannahill, a Leavenworth Republican and Marine Corps veteran running to replace outgoing Republican Rep. Lynn Jenkins, announced his campaign would give away an AR-15 semiautomatic rifle on his website and Facebook before, according to the Associated Press, Nikolas Cruz allegedly killed 17 people at a Florida high school using the same type of gun.
Romney, 70, was the Republican Party's presidential standard-bearer in 2012, eventually losing the general election to then-President Obama. With Romney's potential arrival in Washington comes notably real tension between him and the man now occupying the Oval Office: President Donald Trump.
House Democrats see a big opportunity this year to seize control of the chamber after years in the wilderness, but the favorable landscape has emerged as a double-edged sword for Nancy Pelosi - putting high expectations on the House minority leader to deliver or face a resurgent effort to unseat her. The California Democrat has held onto her leadership post for roughly a dozen years, brushing aside past challenges and touting her political acumen all along, despite her party being relegated to the minority since the 2010 midterms.
In this May 26, 2016, file photo, North Dakota Republican state Rep. Kevin Cramer speaks in Bismarck, N.D. Cramer will announce Friday, Feb. 16, 2018, he is entering North Dakota's Senate race, a move that would give Republicans the candidate they hoped would take on Democratic Sen. Heidi Heitkamp. less FILE - In this May 26, 2016, file photo, North Dakota Republican state Rep. Kevin Cramer speaks in Bismarck, N.D. Cramer will announce Friday, Feb. 16, 2018, he is entering North Dakota's Senate race, a move ... more BISMARCK, N.D. - Rep. Kevin Cramer is lined up to launch his U.S. Senate campaign at an evening rally in Bismarck.
Speaking at his alma mater, the University of Texas, on February 1, Secretary of State Tillerson suggested a potential military coup in Venezuela. Tillerson then visited allied Latin American countries urging regime change and more economic sanctions on Venezuela.
Former top White House strategist Steve Bannon arrives Thursday on Capitol Hill for questioning by the House Intelligence Committee in its investigation of Russian meddling in the 2016 election. Bannon presented a list of 25 questions he would be willing to answer, all reportedly scripted by the White House and all with the answer "no."
The Republican-led Senate on Thursday blocked both President Donald Trump's immigration plan and a bipartisan alternative, a failure that cast doubt on whether Congress will ever resolve the fate of hundreds of thousands of young illegal aliens known as Dreamers. In a series of afternoon votes, senators failed to muster enough votes for a Republican plan backed by Trump that would have granted legal status to 1.8 million of the young people and spent at least $25 billion to bolster security along the U.S.-Mexico border.
Rep. Diane Black is defending efforts to extend an emissions loophole benefiting a Tennessee-based trucking company whose entities, executives and family gave her gubernatorial campaign $225,000, as The New York Times reported. Campaign spokesman Chris Hartline said Thursday the congresswoman fights to support the few companies trying to keep rural Tennessee manufacturing jobs.
Another massacre at an American school means another round of finger-pointing, cries for reform, and searching for answers. In Tulsa, as in cities across the country, people talk about their fears and their opinions on what needs to be done.
U.S. President Donald Trump continued to rail against ongoing probes into ties between his campaign team and Russia on Twitter Sunday morning as he said that they are "laughing their asses off in Moscow." He began his tweet with: "If it was the GOAL of Russia to create discord, disruption and chaos within the U.S. then, with all of the Committee Hearings, Investigations and Party hatred."
The state Senate voted Thursday to set aside legislation to raise the tobacco smoking age to 21. With no debate and on a voice vote, the Senate tabled the measure and the bill's two prime architects admitted it's all but dead for 2018.
The Senate failed to get the 60 votes needed to move forward on four separate proposals, including one backed by President Donald Trump and a bipartisan bill that had been considered the most likely to survive the deeply divided Senate.
In a vote of 39-60, the Senate on Thursday rejected an immigration reform proposal by Sen. Chuck Grassley which was based on President Donald Trump's immigration reform framework. The measure was one of four that was rejected by the Senate, including two bipartisan bills - one by Sens. John McCain and Chris Coons and another by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and Sens. Mike Rounds , and Susan Collins that were criticized by the Department of Homeland Security.
The David Geffen Medical College Scholarship fund offers full tuition to the school's best applicants who attend the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. Under Geffen's tenure, Geffen Records was home to popular artists such as Cher, Donna Summer, John Lennon and Yoko Ono, Elton John, and Guns 'N' Roses.
North Dakota's Rep. Kevin Cramer is set to announce Friday that he will challenge Democratic Sen. Heidi Heitkamp in what's likely to become a marquee match-up in this year's battle for control of the Senate. Cramer plans to make his announcement at 5:30 p.m. Central Time on Friday in Bismarck, a source familiar with his plans said.
Other Facts: Lewis' skull was fractured in 1965 during an attempted voting rights march from Selma, Alabama to Montgomery, Alabama. March 7, 1965 - Helps organize a voting rights march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, and is among 600 demonstrators attacked by police.
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