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In Florida's halls of power, Sherry Johnson is somewhat of an anomaly: a black woman who grew up destitute and survived child abuse. Her story is shocking.
A by-the-numbers look at President Donald Trump's first year in office reveals areas of both progress and peril. The stock market is soaring, smashing record after record.
When President Donald Trump delivers his first State of the Union address today, his most fervent supporters are anxious that he will squander the most high-profile moment of his presidency with a soft speech that bends more to the predilections of the political establishment in Washington and less to the populist army that sent him there to drain the swamp. Trump has always veered between ideological extremes in his speeches: He railed against "American carnage" in his inaugural address last year, then gave a speech to a joint session of Congress a few weeks later that seemed restrained and conventional compared with the chaotic first weeks of his tenure.
A Shenandoah County Public Schools bus driver has been placed on administrative leave after an incident last week involving a child on her bus. The incident occurred Thursday and, according to two parents who had children on the bus, allegedly involves the driver dragging a first-grader to a seat.
Tickets inviting guests to President Donald Trump's first official State of the Union address Tuesday had to be reissued after a misprint. Lawmakers had fun with the glitch: "Looking forward to tomorrow's State of the Uniom," Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida tweeted with a picture of the invite.
'Terrible twin of yoga' goes on trial for murdering her sister by driving off 200ft cliff in Hawaii after 'vicious, hair-pulling argument' as defense says it was just a 'tragic accident' 'Ask your wife how it feels to be a loser!' How Trump insulted ousted FBI boss Andrew McCabe after furiously calling him to find out why Comey was given official plane ride home after he was fired by president Republicans vote to release the memo - and now Trump must decide on publishing highly-classified document which 'shows FBI and DoJ misconduct against him before election' More than half of Americans are unable to afford a minor emergency: Only 39% would be able to cover an unexpected $1,000 bill from their savings 'State of the Uniom': Tickets to Trump's address to Congress have to be reprinted at the last minute because of an embarrassing spelling error Raised in a cult, forced to live with a ... (more)
In his Jan. 22 letter, Doug Nusbaum criticizes another letter writer for stating that Barack Obama's accomplishments were generally bad for our country. Mr. Nusbaum then tries to make the case for the opposite by giving some "so-called" facts.
President Trump will fulfill his constitutional duty Tuesday night to "give to the Congress Information of the State of the Union." Before he does, let's review, without the night's pomp, circumstance, and political rhetoric, the actual state of the union.
The Senate on Monday rejected legislation designed to ban abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy, a vote that put vulnerable Democrats on the record on the issue during an election year. The vote was 51-46, short of the 60-vote threshold to advance the bill.
WINNING: President Trump, accompanied by Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, left, and U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley, right, has lunch with the United Nations Security Council yesterday. Not only have his policies added over $8 trillion in value to the stock market - in year one of his administration - the economy is roaring and unemployment is at an all-time low.
President Trump is expected to order the release of a controversial secret House Intelligence Committee memo that has become a political lightning rod in the ongoing Russian election meddling probe. Last night, GOP members of the House Intelligence Committee voted over the objection of Democrats to release the classified memo, alleging the FBI and Justice Department misused surveillance laws to monitor a former Trump campaign aide.
But the bill succeeded at putting vulnerable Democrats on the record on that issue, which was one of the Republicans' goals. The GOP is defending its 51-49 majority in the midterm elections.
Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee have voted to release a classified memo they wrote that alleges that the FBI and the Justice Department improperly used government surveillance during the investigation into Russian election interference and contacts with President Donald Trump's campaign. That's according to Rep. Adam Schiff of California, the ranking Democrat on the committee.
Brushing aside opposition from the Department of Justice, Republicans on the House intelligence committee voted Monday to release a classified memo that purports to show improper use of surveillance by the FBI and the Justice Department in the Russia investigation. The memo has become a political flashpoint, with President Donald Trump and many Republicans pushing for its release and suggesting that some in the Justice Department and FBI have conspired against the president.
This file photo taken Jan. 5, 2016, shows Maureen Hildreth, center, attends a public hearing on a proposed southwest Washington state massive oil-handling facility in Ridgefield, Wash. Washington Gov. Jay Inslee on Monday, Jan. 29, 2018, rejected a permit for a massive oil-by-rail terminal proposed along the Columbia River.
Gov. John Bel Edwards makes a point while speaking at the annual meeting of Jump Start, which allows high school students to get workforce training in addition to regular academic classes, Tuesday Jan. 23, 2018, in Baton Rouge, La. It's not exactly breaking news that Gov. John Bel Edwards' 2105 election didn't usher in a Democratic wave in Louisiana.
Stephen Waguespack, President & CEO of the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry, speaks outside the House Ways and Means Committee after HB628 by sponsor State Rep. Sam Jones,D-Franklin, concerning the commercial activity tax, or 'CAT,' effectively died for the legislative sesssion, after Jones voluntarily deferred it in the committee, Tuesday, April 25, 2017. The bill was the centerpiece of Gov. John Bel Edwards' tax package.
The research firm behind the so-called Trump "dossier" accused U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley on Monday of endangering its employees by ignoring "multiple" requests not to publicly disclose their names. In a letter to Grassley, which also criticized Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, lawyers for Washington-based Fusion GPS said the firm had twice reported unspecified "threats" to the police and had tried to keep its employees' names confidential "because of well-founded concerns about their public safety."
The GOP-majority House Intelligence Committee voted Monday to release an explosive memo allegedly accusing the Department of Justice and FBI of misusing their authority to get a secret surveillance order on an ex-Trump campaign aide. Rep. Adam Schiff of California, who announced the action at a news briefing, complained the Republican members voted against also releasing a minority memo that rebuts the data in that written by panel chairman Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif.