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California officials demanded Monday that the Trump administration back off a plan to weaken national fuel economy standards aimed at reducing car emissions and saving people money at the pump, saying the proposed rollback would damage people's health and exacerbate climate change. Looming over the administration's proposal is the possibility that the state, which has become a key leader on climate change as Trump has moved to dismantle Obama-era environmental rules, could set its own separate fuel standard that could roil the auto industry.
US Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh has declared in a televised interview that he never sexually assaulted anyone in high school or at any other time in his life. Mr Kavanaugh and his wife, Ashley, sat down for an interview with Fox News Channel's The Story With Martha MacCallum after a second woman accused him of sexual misconduct.
Trump will host a MAGA Rally on Monday, Oct. 1 at 7 p.m. at the Freedom Hall in Johnson City, Tennessee. A Make America Great Again rally is set for the same day President Donald J. Trump is scheduled to arrive in Johnson City to campaign for Marsha Blackburn .
TESTING CORN: Corn processors are aware of mycotoxin concerns from the 2016 corn crop. Ethanol plants have stepped up their mycotoxin testing and are letting their corn suppliers know the maximum level they will accept.
The members of the U.S. House of Representatives are back in Washington, D.C., today as the House gets back to work on passing spending bills that will ensure the federal government continues operating through the Sept. 30 deadline.
On Monday, Donald Trump called the accusations among "the single most unfair, unjust things to happen to a candidate for anything." Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., returns to his office after speaking on the Senate floor about Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Sept.
Thousands of coastal residents remained on edge Sunday, told they may need to leave their homes because rivers are still rising more than a week after Hurricane Florence slammed into the Carolinas. About 6,000 to 8,000 people in Georgetown County, South Carolina, were alerted to be prepared to evacuate ahead of a "record event" of up to 10 feet of flooding expected from heavy rains dumped by Florence, county spokeswoman Jackie Broach-Akers said.
A large auto industry trade group isn't stating explicitly that it favors freezing federal gas mileage requirements at the 2021 level, but it's says the current plan won't work. In testimony prepared for a public hearing Monday in Fresno, the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers said customers aren't buying more efficient vehicles.
A San Bernardino County deputy public defender has subpoenaed the employment records of a lead gang prosecutor whose racist rants on social media in July generated public outcry and a demand by civil rights groups for his termination.
US Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh has declared in a televised interview that he never sexually assaulted anyone in high school or at any other time in his life. Mr Kavanaugh and his wife, Ashley, sat down for an interview with Fox News Channel's The Story With Martha MacCallum after a second woman accused him of sexual misconduct.
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If combines aren't already rolling near you, chances are they will be soon, according to the latest USDA Crop Progress report. USDA has the 2018 U.S. corn harvest at 16% complete for the week ending September 23, moving ahead from 9% the prior week.
Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein's job is safe for at least the next few days . But special counsel Robert S. Mueller III's job may not be any safer after Washington thought for a few brief hours Monday that Rosenstein had resigned.
The White House delayed until at least Thursday a decision on the fate of Rod Rosenstein, the Justice Department official overseeing the Trump-Russia investigation, following chaotic hours of breathless and sometimes conflicting reports anticipating his imminent departure. His future hanging in the balance over revelations that he had discussed possibly secretly recording the president, Rosenstein expected to be fired as he headed for the White House on Monday for what was later described as a prescheduled meeting.
Demonstrators protest against the nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to be a Supreme Court Justice outside the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC, September 24, 2018. (AFP / SAUL LOEB)
In this July 13, 2018, file photo, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein speaks during a news conference at the Department of Justice in Washington. Rosenstein is denying a report in The New York Times that he suggested last year that he secretly record President Donald Trump in the White House to expose the chaos in the administration.
"Late in his presidency, Ronald Reagan challenged his Soviet counterpart, Mikhail Gorbachev, to 'tear down' the Berlin Wall; a structure that had stood for more than a quarter century as a seeming permanent monument to the strength of the communist system. His critics, and even some in his own political Party, sloughed off Reagan's challenge as nothing more than a catchy soundbite delivered by an eloquent but elderly president.
Scores of people have spoken against the Trump administration's plan to roll back car-mileage standards at a hearing in California that ended earlier than expected.
When politicians campaign for office, it's common to find family members by their side. These days, office-seekers might be advised to watch their backs.
The founders of Ben & Jerry's ice cream in Bernie Sanders' home state are putting their ice cream expertise to work to support seven congressional candidates they call progressive. Vermont's Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield are working with political action committee MoveOn to create ice cream flavors that reflect each candidate.