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In 2015, the Federal Communications Commission adopted historic Internet rules , when the Democratic-led commission approved 3-to-2, split along party lines, to assert extra government authority over the Internet and permitted enforcement of net neutrality rules that would prevent Internet providers-including cellular carriers-from blocking or throttling traffic or giving priority to Web services in exchange for payment . That came to an end on Monday, June 11, 2018 , following another FCC vote, split on party lines again , but breaking for the GOP.
Lost in all of the coverage of the Singapore Summit, Russian collusion, and Stormy Daniels, is a report due out tomorrow that has a lot of people in Washington nervous. Especially the conduct of Comey, when he wrote a letter exonerating Hillary Clinton before she'd even been interviewed by the FBI.
Vangie Williams scored a victory Tuesday by defeating two military veterans to win the Democratic nomination to run for Congress. Williams would the first African-American to represent the state's first congressional district if she wins her November battle against Republican incumbent Rep. Rob Wittman .
Less than two months ago, Quinnipiac got a 52/32 split on whether Mueller was conducting a fair investigation. But even then, there were signs of trouble.
Apple is closing a loophole that allowed law enforcement to crack open an iPhone, making it harder for anyone but the owner to access the smartphone's contents. The fix, however, may reignite a firestorm of words that occurred in 2016 between Apple and the Federal Bureau of Investigation over accessing the iPhone of San Bernardino mass-shooter Syed Rizwan Farook.
Historic City News was informed that ranking member Bill Nelson called on the US Senate to act on the devastating impacts of sea level rise at a Senate hearing Tuesday morning, pointing to nuisance flooding and rising rides in St. Augustine as indicative of the effects of climate change threatening lives and property on Florida's coasts. Pointing to the struggles St. Augustine's Public Works Department has faced with the prevalence of high tides overwhelming the local storm water system, Nelson emphasized the flooding as a phenomenon not limited to inclement weather, but sunny days as well - and called on the Senate to act swiftly.
It's been a fun and sometimes wild ride in the New York gubernatorial Democratic primary this spring. Upstart Sex and the City actress Cynthia Nixon got a lot of people excited with her challenge to the state's scandal-prone governor, Andrew Cuomo.
We already know that voters have grown tired of the special-counsel melodrama, but voters don't have much impact on investigations. According to Politico , however, Robert Mueller may be losing some of his political cover with Republicans on Capitol Hill.
Conservative commentator Candace Owens gained a national following after getting a Twitter endorsement from Kanye West. Now, she's using the platform to criticize #MeToo.
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK: Just over half of all Americans say they approve of how President Donald Trump has handled North Korea, but only a quarter think that his summit this week with Kim Jong Un will lead to the denuclearization of the Korean peninsula, according to a Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll released on Wednesday. In a joint declaration following their meeting in Singapore on Tuesday, the North Korean leader pledged to move toward complete denuclearization of the peninsula and Trump vowed to guarantee the security of the United States' old foe.
This photo taken May 23, 2018, shows Caleb Frostman, a Democratic candidate for Wisconsin's 1st state Senate District , posing for a photo in Green Bay, Wis. Frostman's special election win over Republican Andre Jacque on Tuesday, June, 12, 2018, leaves Democrats two seats short of the majority heading into the November election.
Republican leaders began the problematic task of finding support for an immigration compromise Wednesday, telling lawmakers that President Donald Trump was backing the still-evolving bill. But cracks within the party were on full display and it seemed that pushing the measure through the House next week would be a challenge.
President Trump addresses the summit, China, Russia and the midterm elections. President Trump, in an interview with Fox News' Bret Baier, indicated he is willing to set aside concerns over Kim Jong Un's human rights abuses in pursuit of a denuclearization deal but said he will only consider recent U.S. efforts a success if North Korea actually gives up its nuclear weapons.
James Wolfe, left, the former security director for the Senate Intelligence Committee, and New York Times reporter Ali Watkins, right. Federal investigators had seized years' worth of Watkins' email and phone records as part of a leak probe into Wolfe.
A raccoon scurries up the side of the UBS Tower in St. Paul, Minn., on Tuesday, June 12, 2018. On the roster: Raccoon Congress - I'll Tell You What: We'll see what happens - NRSC won't back Stewart - Ryan cuts a deal on DREAMers to avoid revolt - In NOLA, the potholes are so bad that they fight back RACCOON CONGRESS Watching American politics in the past decade has sometimes felt a little bit like watching that skinny little raccoon scale the side of the UBS Plaza in Minneapolis.
Winning several standing ovations, Vice President Mike Pence gave an often laudatory campaign-style speech Wednesday to the closing session of the annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention, calling it "one of the greatest forces for good anywhere in America." Pence, an evangelical Christian, repeatedly made clear that the largest Protestant denomination in the U.S. is viewed by him and President Trump as a vital part of their conservative base heading into the midterm elections.
Larry Kudlow, the National Economic Council director, was released from the hospital Wednesday after suffering a heart attack earlier this week, the White House announced. White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders said Kudlow was discharged from Walter Reed National Military Medical Center and that his recovery was going well.
Liberal college students are more likely than their conservative counterparts to support presumption of innocence for fellow students accused of underage drinking, but less likely during cases of sexual misconduct, according to a recent survey from FIRE . Less than 70 percent of students identifying as "very liberal" believe university administrators should view a student accused of sexual misconduct as innocent until proven guilty, compared to about 90 percent of self-identified "conservative" students who believe the university should presume innocence.