The Crowne Plaza hotel on Summer St. in Stamford, Conn. on Monday, July 9, 2018.

Congressman Jim Himes, a Democrat who represents the Fourth District covering Fairfield County, gives the keynote address at The Business Council of Fairfield County's annual meeting at the Crowne Plaza hotel in Stamford, Conn., on Monday, July 9, 2018. less Congressman Jim Himes, a Democrat who represents the Fourth District covering Fairfield County, gives the keynote address at The Business Council of Fairfield County's annual meeting at the Crowne Plaza hotel ... more Congressman Jim Himes, a Democrat who represents the Fourth District covering Fairfield County, gives the keynote address at The Business Council of Fairfield County's annual meeting at the Crowne Plaza hotel in Stamford, Conn., on Monday, July 9, 2018.

Russian train driver terrifies couple walking on tracks

We the people: Bill and Hillary Clinton fly commercial TWICE in one weekend as the former president is spotted mingling with the masses while his wife hides away with Secret Service detail Male nurse, 24, dies after falling 500ft at Grand Canyon when he climbed over a railing to get a better view PICTURE EXCLUSIVE: Just married! Anna Wintour's daughter Bee Shaffer and new husband Francesco are the picture of wedded bliss as they flash their rings during day out in New York, after tying the knot at her mother's Long Island home Train drivers collapse in hysterics after scaring the living daylights out of couple strolling down the tracks by blasting their horn when just yards behind At best, you will save yourself from a grisly end.

New York Gov. Cuomo signs reproductive rights executive order ahead of Trump’s Supreme Court pick

Ahead of the planned announcement of President Trump's Supreme Court nomination, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed an executive order to protect abortion and contraceptive coverage in the state. Since Justice Anthony Kennedy announced his retirement, giving Trump the ability to select his second Supreme Court justice in his first term as president, Democrats have publicly expressed concern that the nation's highest court, with the addition of a conservative judge, could overturn Roe v.

San Mateo County supervisors approve legal aid fund for undocumented immigrants

With a unanimous vote just days before the beginning of a new fiscal year, the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors on June 26 approved revisions to the county's two-year In response to comments by members of the public expressing outrage in recent weeks over President Trump's policy of separating undocumented immigrant families who cross the U.S. border, supervisors also voted unanimously to dedicate $764,000 toward the creation of a deportation defense fund to help undocumented immigrants in the county get legal aid. San Mateo County Supervisor Don Horsley said he plans to talk to the community to better grasp the extent that undocumented people are immigrating to San Mateo County and what those immigrants' needs are.

Bishop criticizes priests who attended Trump rally as VIPs

A Roman Catholic bishop says four Montana priests who attended President Donald Trump's rally in Great Falls as VIPs last week should not have been wearing their clerical garb. The four priests could be seen in the audience Thursday applauding as the president joked about the #MeToo movement against sexual assault, called Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts "Pocahontas" and questioned former President George H.W. Bush's use of the phrase "Thousand Points of Light" to promote volunteerism.

Ethics review sought as ex-coaches at Ohio St. defend Jordan

This Oct. 22, 2015 file photo shows U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, on Capitol Hill. Two men who were wrestlers at Ohio State University in the 1990s say Jordan isn't being truthful when he says he wasn't aware of allegations team doctor Richard Strauss was groping male wrestlers, NBC reported Tuesday, July 3, 2018.

Indiana attorney general says groping allegations are false

Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill is rejecting calls to resign, saying his name "has been dragged through the gutter" amid allegations that he inappropriately touched a lawmaker and several other women. INDIANAPOLIS - Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill defiantly rejected calls to resign on Monday, saying his name has been "dragged through the gutter," following allegations that he inappropriately touched a lawmaker and several female legislative staffers during a party.

The Latest: Democrat faults conservative role in nomination Source: AP

President Donald Trump has yet to announce his pick for Supreme Court, but Democratic Sen. Bob Casey of Pennsylvania - up for re-election - says he'll be opposed. Casey says the list of judges Trump has used to find a Supreme Court nominee is the "fruit of a corrupt process straight from the D.C. swamp."

Crowded Wisconsin Democratic primary spurs national discussion about party of ‘identity politics and victimology’

Wisconsin Democratic gubernatorial candidate Matt Flynn's recent characterization of the Democratic Party's "identity politics and victimology" appears to be a reality expressed by a growing national movement. Flynn is one of 10 candidates in a crowded Democratic primary field seeking the nomination to run against Republican Gov. Scott Walker in November.

Missouri Republican seizes on SCOTUS vacancy in new ad

A Missouri Republican is warning voters that "our way of life is at risk" in a new television ad that seizes on the Supreme Court vacancy to mobilize voters against Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill. The ad campaign, among the first of its kind in the fight for control of Congress this fall, underscores the immediate political impact of the Supreme Court nomination debate.

Indiana attorney general says groping allegations are false Source: AP

Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill defiantly rejected calls to resign on Monday, saying his name has been "dragged through the gutter," following allegations that he inappropriately touched a lawmaker and several female legislative staffers during a party. The Republican said during a news conference where he did not take questions that he has been unfairly treated by lawmakers and the media, and stands "falsely and publicly accused of abhorrent behavior."

The Latest: Democrat faults conservative role in nomination

President Donald Trump points before boarding Air Force One at Morristown Municipal Airport, in Morristown, N.J., Sunday, July 8, 2018, en route to Washington from Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J. President Donald Trump points before boarding Air Force One at Morristown Municipal Airport, in Morristown, N.J., Sunday, July 8, 2018, en route to Washington from Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J. FILE - In this June 26, 2017, file photo, The Supreme Court is seen in Washington. Recent presidents have delighted in dramatically revealing the people they have chosen to sit on the Supreme Court.

Sen. Kennedy: There Will be ‘War, Regardless’ Over Trump’s SCOTUS Pick

Sen. John Kennedy has said he'd like to see President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee to be a cross between "Socrates and Dirty Harry" and on Monday, he said he doesn't know yet if the four top candidates meet that test, and there will be a "war, regardless" during confirmation proceedings. "I don't know yet, that's why we're having a confirmation process," the Louisiana Republican told CNN's Kate Bolduan .

GOP Rep Introducing Bill to Limit Trump’s Trade Powers

Rep. Mike Gallagher, R-Wis., is set to introduce a bill curtailing President Donald Trump's authority to impose specific tariffs, The Hill is reporting. The legislation, expected to be introduced on Monday, would require Trump to gain congressional approval before he could impose tariffs "in the interest of national security," according to the website.