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U.S. Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney met with local officials and agricultural leaders Wednesday to celebrate the award of $130,000 in state and federal matching funds to further Cornell University's study of a new pest that is threatening the region's $40 million onion and allium crops.
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Apple CEO Tim Cook told Iowa officials "we admire what you guys have accomplished" in creating an environment to attract job-creating companies like Apple and Amazon to the state. The head of Apple Inc. stood on the steps of the Iowa State Capitol this summer and delivered the kind of speech that makes some Minnesotans wince.
Appearing with MSNBC host Rachel Maddow on Friday, a New York congressman called out a Republican House member from a neighboring district for ducking his constituents' questions about the newly passed GOP health care plan and said he might hold a town hall there himself. Saying, "If it takes a Democrat," to face constituents to talk about their health care worries, Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney said he's willing to go to GOP districts and host town halls.
Democratic U.S. Rep. Sean Pa... . FILE- In this Aug. 7, 2007, file photo, visitors check out Purple Hearts on display at The National Purple Heart Hall of Honor in New Windsor, N.Y. Democratic U.S. Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney says he will join other officials... NEW WINDSOR, N.Y. - New York officials want a commemorative coin created for the state's National Purple Heart Hall of Honor.
Sen. Marco Rubio is greeted as he visits an early voting center to cast his general election ballot on Oct. 31, 2016 in Miami, Florida. Mr. Rubio is in a race against his Democratic opponent Rep. Patrick Murphy for the Florida Senate seat.
In this Oct. 26, 2016 file photo, Sen. Marco Rubio gestures as he speaks during a debate against U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy, at Broward College in Davie, Fla. The Florida Senate race between Republican incumbent Marco Rubio and Democratic U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy is as much about presidential nominees Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton as it is about differences between the candidates.
Sen. Marco Rubio, right, and Rep. Patrick Murphy, chat during a break in a debate, Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2016, at Broward College in Davie, Fla. Rubio and Murphy held their second and final debate, 13 days before the election.
A rush hour commuter train crashed through a barrier at the busy Hoboken station and lurched across the waiting area Thursday morning, killing one person and injuring more than 100 others in a grisly wreck that renewed questions about whether long-delayed automated safety technology could have prevented tragedy. People pulled chunks of concrete off pinned and bleeding victims, passengers kicked out windows and crawled to safety and cries and screams could be heard in the wreckage as emergency workers rushed to reach the injured in the tangle of twisted metal and dangling wires just across the Hudson River from New York City.
A rush-hour commuter train crashed through a barrier at the busy Hoboken station and lurched across the waiting area Thursday morning, killing one person and injuring more than 100 others in a grisly wreck that renewed questions about whether long-delayed automated safety technology could have prevented tragedy. People pulled chunks of concrete off pinned and bleeding victims, passengers kicked out windows and crawled to safety, and cries and screams could be heard in the wreckage at the station just across the Hudson River from New York City as emergency workers rushed to reach commuters in the tangle of twisted metal and dangling wires.
Ah, Marco Rubio. After his humiliating pounding in his own home state's presidential primary at the hands of Donald Trump, a beleaguered Rubio swore he was done with politics: A month later, Rubio went back on his "word"-which I put in scare-quotes because Rubio doesn't seem like the kind of person who actually understands what promises are-and decided to run for re-election anyway.
After months of being bombarded with campaign ads and mailers, Florida primary voters will decide Tuesday which U.S. Senate candidates will move on to the general election. We've been tracking the most visible candidates in both parties on our Truth-O-Meter for months.
Florida Sen. Marco Rubio's last-minute decision to run for re-election - and a television take down of Democrat Rep. Patrick Murphy questioning his credentials and resume - is threatening to upend a crucial battle for Senate control, Politico reports . According to Politico, Republicans are looking to damage Murphy so badly that Democrats will be forced to overspend on his behalf ahead of the state's Aug. 30 primary, or abandon the race.
When Rep. Scott Peters offered a measure last summer to forbid funds in an underlying spending bill from being used by federal contractors discriminating against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people, it was approved with little fanfare. President Obama a year earlier had issued an executive order prohibiting such discrimination by federal contractors.
In an embarrassing blow for the Speaker Paul Ryan, the House failed to pass its annual spending bill funding water and energy programs. The bill failed because of a bipartisan amendment to protect federal workers from being fired on the basis of sexual discrimination or gender identity was attached to the bill.