Rep. Blum releases statement on E15 sales
Rep. Rod Blum issued the following statement in regard to President Trump's announcement to allow year-round E15 sales. "I applaud President Trump's decision to continue E15 sales into the summer months.
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Why is Anthony Kennedy smiling? He kept quiet on Kavanaugh, but can’t plead not guilty
He was standing right there, to one side of new Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh and slightly behind the left shoulder of President Donald Trump. Anthony Kennedy was right in the thick of it.
Dozens in Kavanaugh protest
About three dozen people gathered Monday at the Allen County Courthouse to protest the appointment of Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Bernie Sanders headed to Colorado to stump for Jared Polis, other progressives
Bernie Sanders is coming to Colorado in the midst of the state's midterm elections with the aim of giving Democrats and progressives such as gubernatorial candidate Jared Polis a boost in the home stretch.
U.S. Attorney Mike Stuart announces ‘Project Charleston’
CHARLESTON W.Va. - On the steps of the Robert C. Byrd United States Courthouse in Charleston on Tuesday, federal, state and local leaders and law enforcement came together to announce a project at aiming to continue the downward trend of violent crimes in Charleston.
GOP’s Pearce rents equipment to oil companies
Republican gubernatorial candidate and U.S. Rep. Steve Pearce owns two companies that actively lease oilfield equipment to undisclosed customers even as he campaigns to regulate a booming petroleum sector and expand an oil-dependent economy. A spokesman for Pearce's campaign confirmed this week that the congressman's businesses, Trinity Industries and LFT, provide oilfield equipment rentals after The Associated Press found corporate registration documents that describe the activities.
Drug Pricing Legislation Sent to the President for Enactment into Law
Two pieces of related legislation that would prohibit so called "gag clauses" in contracts between pharmacists and health plans and pharmacy benefit managers have been passed by both the Senate and the House. The legislation prohibits any restrictions on the ability of pharmacists to alert consumers to situations where it may be less expensive for them to pay for prescription drugs out-of-pocket, rather than through their insurance benefits.
Indiana Senate candidates take part in first debate
Senator Joe Donnelly faced off with Republican challenger Mike Braun and Libertarian candidate Lucy Brenton at Purdue University Northwest in Westville. The debate immediately got heated with Donnelly and Braun trading attacks.
HISTORY, Oct. 9: Public first admitted to Washington Monument
In 1930, Laura Ingalls became the first woman to fly across the United States as she completed a nine-stop journey from Roosevelt Field, N.Y., to Glendale, Calif.
Beto famously declines Obama help — actually it would be Schumer who …
Beto famously declines Obama help -- actually it would be Schumer who would be calling the shots if Beto gets Senate seat O'Rourke is trying hard to burnish the centrist label he adopted for his Senate run against Ted Cruz. But conservatives in Texas are probably skeptical.
UN Ambassador Haley resigning; she gives no reason
U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley is leaving the administration at the end of the year, she and President Donald Trump announced Tuesday.
Emily Ratajkowski Says She Was Kicked Out of School Dance at Age 13 for Dressing “Too Sexy”
Shortly after an arrest for protesting the vote of Brett Kavanaugh onto the U.S. Supreme Court this past weekend, the 27-year-old shares her story in an interview with Emily was raised in a family an environment that she says taught women to appreciate their own bodies. Frequenting Spanish beaches where women were topless, more often than not, Emily shares that nudity was unremarkable for her family and that it wasn't "always about sex."
U.S. Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Voting Rights Case Involving U.S. Territories
Once again, the U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear a case involving voting rights for individuals who live in a U.S. territorial possession. The court refused to hear Segovia v United States, 17-1463.
Hundreds attend vigil to honor 20 victims of limousine crash
A ceremony for the victims of the limousine crash that killed 20 people ended with participants lifting candles above their heads to signal unity and perseverance.
US Navy designates new fighting ship USS Cleveland
Under Secretary of the Navy Thomas Modly made the announcement on Monday, saying the ship will be a littoral combat ship meant for coastline missions. The Cleveland Plain Dealer reports Modly made the announcement at the USS Cod Submarine Memorial in Cleveland.
NYT: Gates requested manipulation plans from Israeli firm
The New York Times is reporting one-time Trump campaign official Rick Gates asked for proposals from an Israeli intelligence firm to help defeat Trump's Republican primary race opponents and Hillary Clinton. Times correspondent Mark Mazzetti explains to CNN's Wolf Blitzer.
Bill, Hillary Clinton headlining 2018-2019 arena tour
Former President Bill Clinton and former secretary of state Hillary Clinton are going on a 13-date arena tour through 2019. "Attendees will have the opportunity to hear one-of-a-kind conversations with the two leaders as they tell their stories from some of the most impactful moments in modern history," Live Nation said in a statement .
Justice KavanaughTrump Says Kavanaugh Was a Proven Innocenta Jonathan Chait
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh shakes hands with President Donald Trump during Kavanaugh's ceremonial swearing in in the East Room of the White House October 08, 2018 in Washington, DC. In her lengthy speech explaining for vote to seat Brett Kavanaugh on the Supreme Court, Senator Susan Collins emphasized the high evidentiary standard she required to disqualify a justice she had previously supported over allegations of sexual assault.
Radical Left: Trust Us, We Are the Most Insane
Any time I say that the right has its crazies too , unhinged leftists crawl out of the woodwork acting like mobs - on the streets and on Twitter - as if to say: "No, we're worse. Don't try to take our title away!" Here's Antifa protestors in Portland harassing an elderly white man trying to drive on the street: And here is video of an elderly man who didn't heed their street orders - so they chased him down.
Cemetery case puts property rights before high court
Rose Mary Knick makes no bones about it. She doesn't buy that there are bodies buried on her eastern Pennsylvania farmland, and she doesn't want people strolling onto her property to visit what her town says is a small cemetery.