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Ready for the angry red planet are, from left, Nick , Sadie , Kayla , Jennifer and Matteo Vega . Long before Beau Willimon was a playwright who adapted "House of Cards" for Netflix, he was a kid touring a nuclear submarine with his father, Capt.
In this Sept. 3, 2018, file photo, Sen. Joe Donnelly, D-Ind., talks to guests at the Labor Day Awards Banquet at Idle Creek Banquet Center in Terre Haute, Ind.
Some "dark money" political campaign operatives will no longer be able to cloak big financial contributors' identities after the Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed a lower court ruling to take effect. Though the legal battle is not yet over, at least for now the move means nonprofit groups who weigh in on political matters by spending more than $250 must follow disclosure rules, reporting the identities of anyone who gave at least $200 in a year.
Shengmin Sang, PhD, a food scientist with North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, has received a $2.8 million, five-year grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institutes of Food and Agriculture. The funding will be used by Sang and his fellow researchers to identify biomarkers for whole grain wheat and oats.
Judge Robert Bork used to tell a prescient and darkly humorous story about watching Clarence Thomas' Senate confirmation hearings - etched in pre-hashtag history as the "Thomas-Hill hearings," in homage to Anita Hill's role as the Left's heroic accuser. As he viewed Thomas' "high-tech lynching" in horror, Bork recalled, a friend of his, the iconic Irving Kristol, approached and asked him what was happening.
President Donald Trump says it's "terrible" that Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California didn't raise allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh sooner but says he's "totally supporting" his nominee.
The way music is licensed and songwriters are compensated for the digital age will be undergoing big changes under a bill making its way through Congress. The Senate cleared a bill late Tuesday that creates a new independent entity that will license songs to companies that play music online.
Former Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe said in Iowa Tuesday he's not ruling out a 2020 Democratic campaign for president, as he took his national campaign to promote Democratic candidates for governor to the early presidential testing ground. And while he said a decision remains months away, the former Democratic National Committee chairman touted his term as governor as a model for his party nationally.
Senators are demanding answers about what warnings Columbia Gas had of blasts that destroyed as many as 80 homes in and around Lawrence, Mass. Senators: Natural gas pressure was 12 times normal level before Massachusetts explosions Senators are demanding answers about what warnings Columbia Gas had of blasts that destroyed as many as 80 homes in and around Lawrence, Mass.
U.S. Senate candidate Matt Rosendale's campaign says President Donald Trump's eldest son will campaign for the Montana Republican next week in Bozeman. Donald Trump Jr.'s return to Montana marks the president's continuing interest in what's shaping up to be a tight race between Rosendale and incumbent Democratic U.S. Sen. Jon Tester.
The Senate on Tuesday approved a wide-ranging, $854 billion bill that funds the military and a host of civilian agencies for the next year and provides a short-term fix to keep the government open through early December. The measure includes $675 billion for the Defense Department and boosts military pay by 2.6 percent, the largest pay raise in nine years.
Christine Blasey Ford, 51, the woman who accused Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, is a psychology professor at Palo Alto University. Christine Blasey Ford came forward Sunday as the woman who has accused Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her more than three decades ago, an allegation that threatens to derail his confirmation.
Following the bill's passage, a number of corporations made conveniently-timed announcements that their workers would be getting raises or bonuses. One of the leading arguments for the GOP's Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 has been that it will raise the wages of rank-and-file workers, with congressional Republicans and members of the Trump administration promising raises of many thousands of dollars within ten years.
Talk-radio host Rush Limbaugh told his listeners that Americans who are confused by the circus-like atmosphere surrounding Judge Brett Kavanaugh 's road to the U.S. Supreme Court fail to comprehend the Democrats' modus operandi: "They need to destroy anybody credible who opposes them." Accusations by Christine Blasey Ford that President Trump 's pick for the high court tried to rape her in his teens has thrown a wrench into the voting plans of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, but Mr. Limbaugh said Monday it all was rather predictable.
'I need to spend more time with my husband and our son': Tearful Julie Chen announces she is leaving The Talk 10 days after CBS fired Les Moonves - and hints Carrie Ann Inaba may take her place as fellow co-hosts sob Bravo TV reality show surgeon, 38, and his girlfriend, 32, are charged with drugging and raping two intoxicated women while filming the assaults - and police say there could be up to 1,000 victims Sunny gays: Sesame Street founder who created Bert and Ernie says they are not homosexuals in the wake of show writer revealing he depicted the pair as lovers based on his relationship Mattis says he's going nowhere despite claims Trump is poised to oust him because he is sick of defense chief being called 'the adult in the room' Stormy Daniels calls sex with Trump 'the least impressive I've ever had' and also reveals he had a phone call with Hillary Clinton when she was with him ... (more)
Mount Airy Parks and Recreation Director Darren Lewis, pictured earlier this year at Reeves Community Center, will journey to Indianapolis next week to accept the 2018 Park Champion of the Year Award.
Prosecutors look for corroborating evidence - and there are strong indications already that Christine Blasey Ford is telling the truth about her attack Allegations of sexual assault are deserving of a full and fair investigation, particularly when a lifetime appointment to the nation's highest court is at stake. We now have the specifics of an alleged attack Christine Blasey Ford, a California professor, says occurred in the 1980s when she and Judge Brett Kavanaugh were in high school in Maryland.
President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he feels "terribly" for Judge Brett Kavanaugh, his Supreme Court nominee who could face off in a high-stakes hearing next week with a woman who has accused him of sexually assaulting her when they were teenagers. "I feel so badly that he's going through this," Trump said during a news conference at the White House.