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Sen. Orrin Hatch on Wednesday beat back Hillary Clinton's charge that Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh would undermine access to birth control because of his response on an Obamacare contraception mandate case during his confirmation hearing last week. "This didn't happen" the Utah Republican's office said on Twitter .
Call them the "working homeless," a term now a thing in this "low-wage/high-rent society." Matthew Desmond profiles the struggles of the working poor in a major report for the New York Times.
The Farm Bill conference committee should make an announcement this week about whether or not there will be a work requirement attached to food stamp benefits. The Foundation for Government Accountability has long promoted work requirements for food stamp recipients: able-bodied people under age 59 who aren't caring for small children should work or volunteer 20 hours a week for their benefits.
The Federal Communications Commission and the Federal Emergency Management Agency will be testing the Emergency Alert System later this month. The test alert will go to all Emergency Alert System participants, Participating Mobile Service providers, and to the public on September 20 at 2:18 PM EDT.
After releasing a document showing a $10 million transfer from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR) argues the funds are being taken away from storm preparation in favor of supporting President Trump's immigration policy.
Few gave the Republican U.S. Senate candidate from Wisconsin much of a chance of defeating her better-funded primary challenger last month, but she prevailed thanks largely to support from the party establishment. Now Vukmir faces another opponent with deeper pockets - Democratic Sen. Tammy Baldwin - in one of the most expensive Senate races in the country.
The Navy is moving people and ships ahead of Hurricane Florence , and the Air Force and Army are both flying advanced aircraft elsewhere as a safeguard. Some remaining Marines, meanwhile, are digging in their heels.
Fueling speculation about his White House ambitions, New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker will headline a Democratic fundraiser in South Carolina, which hosts the South's first presidential primary. The Orangeburg County Democratic Party told The Associated Press that Booker is scheduled to attend its annual fundraising gala Oct. 18. That will put him in front of more than 1,000 South Carolina Democrats, including many of the state's most prominent black leaders and activists.
President Donald Trump has reportedly woken up to the possibility of being impeached by Democrats but thinks he can play the situation toward a 2020 reelection. If he is impeached but not removed from office, the news website Axios said Wednesday, Trump would try to play the victim card and paint Democrats as having unfairly attacked him.
The Republican trying to knock off Wisconsin Sen. Tammy Baldwin is used to being the underdog. Leah Vukmir wasn't given much of a chance in last month's primary before she beat a better-funded opponent.
As fate would decree, both of California's U.S. senators, Dianne Feinstein and Kamala Harris, sit on the Senate Judiciary Committee, both played starring roles in last week's confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, and both had personal political agendas. Feinstein is running this year for re-election and needed to be critical enough of President Donald Trump and Kavanaugh to avoid alienating fervently anti-Trump Democratic voters, while maintaining an air of senatorial decorum.
The European Union must flex its muscles as a world power, EU chief executive Jean-Claude Juncker said on Wednesday, as he spoke critically of U.S. President Donald Trump's retreat from international engagement. FILE PHOTO: President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker speaks about trade relations with U.S. President Donald Trump in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, U.S., July 25, 2018.
A state lawmaker who served in the Air Force and worked in the defense industry has won the Republican nomination for the state's 2nd Congressional District and will face Democratic incumbent Annie Kuster in November. Steven Negron defeated six other GOP candidates to get his party's nomination in Tuesday's primary.
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It's desperation time for Scott Wagner. The York County Republican nominee for governor of Pennsylvania is trailing badly in the race against incumbent Democrat Tom Wolf.
In this Sept. 8, 2018, photo, Former President Barack Obama greets supporters as he campaigns in support of California congressional candidates in Anaheim, Calif.
In this April 11, 2018 file photo, former President Jimmy Carter, 93, sits for an interview before a book signing in Atlanta. Carter is cautioning Democrats that their path to defeating President Donald Trump depends on independents and moderates.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency reportedly told CBS News correspondent David Begnaud that it provided the water to the central government in response to Hurricane Maria in 2017, but it is unclear what kept the water from being distributed. Many of the deaths in the aftermath of Maria were attributed to power outages, and limited access to heath care and clean drinking water.
In this Sept. 8, 2018, photo, former President Barack Obama speaks as he campaigns in support of California congressional candidates in Anaheim, Calif.
On Jan. 19, 2017, Aden Hassan's long wait to start a new life ended when he stepped off a plane in Columbus, Ohio, half a world away from the Kenyan refugee camp where he had lived for a decade. Aden Hussein Hassan with his daughter Asmo, 2 days, son Mohammed, 4, and daughter Adno, pose for a picture inside their apartment in Columbus, Ohio, U.S., August 8, 2018.