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U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman criticized President Donald Trump on Wednesday, taking issue with Trump's reported plans for a military parade as another potential government shutdown looms and immigration and other issues remain unresolved.
The victory by Mike Revis was the 35th time since Trump was elected that Democrats have flipped a Republican-held state legislative seat. 2. In the Minnesota gubernatorial caucuses - the first step in the state's nominating process - 30,000 Democrats turned up to caucus as compared to just 11,000 Republicans.
Defense Secretary James Mattis said Wednesday that the Pentagon is preparing options for a possible military parade to send to President Donald Trump for consideration. In a rare on-camera appearance at the White House briefing, Mattis told reporters that the President's respect for the military was apparent in his request of a military parade.
Politico reported, in August, about a pair of memos authored by Kelly and Porter spelling out precisely how information in the White House was to be filtered . Porter had a crucial role in deciding what reached President Donald Trump 's desk.
Attorney Alexander Copp and Attorney Susan Bysiewicz, representing Jane Miller, of Brookfield, who was expelled last year from the Republican party and was re-admitted to the GOP Tuesday, July 19, 2016 speaks to the media. less Attorney Alexander Copp and Attorney Susan Bysiewicz, representing Jane Miller, of Brookfield, who was expelled last year from the Republican party and was re-admitted to the GOP Tuesday, July 19, 2016 speaks ... more Connecticut's former top election official, Susan Bysiewicz, is closing in on a presumptive run for governor and has abandoned her pursuit of a state Senate seat, Hearst Connecticut Media has learned.
From left, Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-Texas, Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Sen. Michael Bennet, D-Colo., chat as they pass in the Senate subway on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2018. The Capitol is seen in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2018.
In this Jan. 21, 2018, file photo, Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., waits to do a TV news interview at the Capitol in Washington. No details about a potential Apple rebate to customers who paid full price to replace the batteries on older iPhones were included in a five-page letter sent to Thune, who demanded last month that Apple provide more details about the iPhone slowdown.
Government shutdowns - evidence of how polarized Democrats and Republicans in office have become - are distressingly frequent news. The shutdown produced by U.S. Senate Democrats early in 2018 makes a first for them.
In a 5-2 ruling, the high court upheld a state order shuttering Capital Care of Toledo, the northwest Ohio city's last abortion clinic, in a decision the facility is expected to appeal. Justices found that the Ohio Department of Health acted within its rights in 2014 when it decided to shut down Capital Care of Toledo.
Gov. Mark Dayton is gearing up to select a Supreme Court justice to replace David Stras, who has been confirmed for a seat on the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Here's the court at currently constituted.
ADAM SCHIFF, MEET ADAM SCHIFF: Hypocrisy is traditionally understood to be the compliment vice pays to virtue. With the ranking Democrat on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, however, it's hard not to see mendacity, pure and simple.
In this Nov. 2, 2017, file photo, Carter Page speaks with reporters following a day of questions from the House Intelligence Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington. A new congressional memo alleging FBI surveillance abuse is being used to undermine the legitimacy of special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., center, and Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., left, the vice chair of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, head to a closed security briefing at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2018. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi says she and many fellow Democrats will oppose an expected bipartisan budget deal unless Republicans allow the chamber to vote on legislation protecting immigrants.
Senate leaders, disregarding President Trump's threats to shut down the government, neared a far-reaching agreement on Wednesday to set spending levels on military and domestic spending for the next two years, breaking the cycle of fiscal crises that have bedeviled the Capitol since last summer. Nevertheless, it sparked immediate opposition from the leader of House Democrats, Representative Nancy Pelosi, who said she could not agree to any budget deal that was not accompanied by a promised debate over legislation to protect the fate of young immigrants brought to the country illegally as children, known as Dreamers.
Rep. Louie Gohmert said Wednesday that the FBI agents who presented the information to obtain a FISA warrant on certain Trump campaign aides should be in jail. "The judge should be livid in the fact that these guys didn't go to jail for contempt.
In this July 7, 2016, file photo, FBI Director James Comey testifies before the House Oversight Committee about Hillary Clinton's email investigation, at the Capitol in Washington. Text messages between two FBI officials that have been reviewed by The Associated Press show they spoke admiringly of Comey at the time.
"Joe Biden has started recruiting top donors for his PAC's finance committee - but some of them are resisting signing on, wary that he'll decide again not to pull the trigger on a presidential bid and that their money might be better spent elsewhere," Politico reports. "They want to see clear moves that his own campaign is underway before writing him more checks.
The U.S. Senate will be the focus Wednesday in the effort to fund the federal government and avoid another possible shutdown as Republicans and Democrats stand apart on how long to extend domestic spending relative to national defense. With a midnight Thursday deadline pending, the House of Representatives voted mostly along party lines Tuesday night to approve a spending bill that would fund the Pentagon for the remainder of the current fiscal year but fund domestic programs for just six weeks.
San Francisco, Feb 7 : After a US senator asked Apple questions about its controversial decision to quietly slow the performance of older iPhones, the Cupertino-headquartered company replied that it may offer rebates to users who paid full price for a battery replacement. "Apple told a US senator it is 'exploring' whether to offer a rebate to customers who paid full-price for a battery replacement," CNET reported late on Tuesday.
The House intelligence committee has voted to release a Democratic rebuttal to a GOP memo on the Russia investigation. AP Investigative Reporter Eric Tucker explains the release of a classified memo written by Republican lawmakers who say it reveals abusive FBI surveillance tactics.