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ASSN OF EQUIPMENT MFGRS CALLS ON SENATE AG COMMITTEE TO ADVANCE THE 2018 FARM BILL Jun. 13, 2018 Association of Equipment Manufacturers reports: Association of Equipment Manufacturers President Dennis Slater issued the following statement today calling on the United States Senate Agriculture Committee to mark up the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018, which contains a robust safety net for U.S. farmers and ranchers: "Sound agricultural policy that promotes a strong farm economy will not only assist farmers and ranchers but also help protect many of the 1.3 million equipment manufacturing jobs across the country.
Puerto Rico released partial records of the death toll following Hurricane Maria late Tuesday after the government held off from publicizing them. The records show there were 1,427 more deaths in the last four months of 2017 than there were in the average death toll over the previous four years.
New York's Attorney General Barbara Underwood has joined a coalition that is calling for what they are calling "common sense gun laws." Underwood, along with 12 other attorney generals, filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.
President Donald Trump believes China shares America's goal of a denuclearized Korean peninsula in a preview of an interview set to air on Fox News Wednesday. Fox News anchor Bret Baier pushed Trump on whether he believes he is playing into China's desire by stabilizing the Korean peninsula and disengaging from the region by canceling U.S. military exercises after his summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
President Donald Trump backs compromise immigration legislation that House Republican leaders are trying to craft in hopes of ending the party's standoff over the issue, Speaker Paul Ryan told GOP lawmakers Wednesday. Details of the measure remained in negotiation between conservatives and moderates, and whatever emerges faces an uphill climb.
New York gubernatorial candidate Cynthia Nixon unveiled Wednesday an ambitious and expensive education plan packed with spending on programs long desired by progressives, including free college tuition for illegal immigrants. The platform , which bears the pithy hashtag slogan #SchoolsNotJails, calls for spending $7.37 billion on a wide range of K-12 and higher education initiatives.
Two days after the 2016 presidential election, and already dreading partisan food fights over Thanksgiving, 28-year-old Katie Fahey took to Facebook, determined to help fix democracy and keep mashed potatoes from flying. "I'd like to take on gerrymandering in Michigan," she posted on Facebook.
A teacher has landed in hot water after showing graphic depictions of abortion during a middle school class on sexual education. After students from Sutter Middle School came home and told their parents what they'd seen, the Sacramento City Unified School District launched an investigation to identify exactly what the teacher has espoused in the classroom to determine if the material was in fact inappropriate for middle schoolers.
An initiative that would divide California into three separate states qualified Tuesday to appear on the ballot in November's general election. Californians will vote whether to separate into three states: California, Northern California and Southern California - subject to approval by US Congress.
Last week, the Department of Justice announced it will no longer defend, in court, a key provision of the Affordable Care Act - namely, the guarantee of coverage for those with preexisting conditions. From a legal perspective , this is an unprecedented move.
In a turn of events, Republicans - despite multiple attempts over the last decade to repeal and replace President Barack Obama's signature health care legislation - are now coming to the beleaguered law's defense. Add Donald Trump as an interest to stay up to date on the latest Donald Trump news, video, and analysis from ABC News.
NAT'L CATTLEMEN'S BEEF ASSN ISSUES STATEMENT ON MODERNIZING AG TRANSPORTATION ACT Jun. 13, 2018 National Cattlemen's Beef Association reports: National Cattlemen's Beef Association President Kevin Kester today issued the following statement in response to the introduction of the Modernizing Agricultural Transportation Act in the U.S. Senate: "The National Cattlemen's Beef Association and the producers we represent are glad to see another bipartisan effort designed to provide much-needed relief for livestock haulers.
Regardless of others' remembrances, I remember Rudy Giuliani as the mayor who cleaned up New York City and reduced crime. I remember a Rudy Giuliani who as mayor saw the city and, in many ways, America through 9/11.
A Republican congressman has asked President Donald Trump to attend the annual congressional baseball game Thursday night at Nationals Park. Texas Rep. Roger Williams, who is coaching the Republican team, tells The Associated Press that, "I asked him to come, I guess it was last week, I was over at the Oval Office."
After Tuesday night's Democratic primary election in Virginia's 10th Congressional District, candidate Dan Helmer, who sought to be the main challenger to Rep. Barbara Comstock, R-Va., fell flat on his face. Helmer finished fourth in his primary, only bringing in just more than 6,700 votes or 12 percent of the vote.
Businessman Shawn Moody has won the GOP nomination for Maine's gubernatorial election, while Democrats might have to wait up to a week to find out who won their primary. No Democrat came close to getting an outright majority to claim victory, so more tabulations are required next week under Maine's ranked-choice voting system.
Conservative activists are some of Scott Pruitt's staunchest defenders. Many of them are happy to see the Environmental Protection Agency chief rolling back the previous administration's regulations despite a series of contentious spending and managing decisions that have prompted at least a dozen federal probes.
"Securing the Hemp Farming Act as part of the 2018 Farm Bill has been a top priority of mine. I look forward to continuing to work with my Senate colleagues on this and many other issues important to Kentucky agriculture as we move towards consideration of the Farm Bill," McConnell said in a statement. The Senate's farm bill still needs to be approved by the Senate Agriculture Committee and the full chamber.
The Senate Judiciary Committee will hear testimony related to judicial misconduct on Wednesday, including from a Washington lawyer who says she collected numerous accounts of sexual harassment by judges, in the first public airing of U.S. judges' #MeToo moment. Jaime Santos says that after women went public last December with complaints against California-based U.S. Appeals Court Judge Alex Kozinski, she and colleagues began trying to address the larger harassment issue by talking to women who had worked closely with federal judges in prestigious law clerk positions.
Apparently undocumented immigrants sit on the ground Tuesday night, June 12, 2018 after being found in the back of an 18-wheel truck near loop 410 and Broadway. Apparently undocumented immigrants sit on the ground Tuesday night, June 12, 2018 after being found in the back of an 18-wheel truck near loop 410 and Broadway.