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US President Donald Trump and his top Administration officials repeatedly warned that unaccompanied migrant children arriving at the southern border are potentially exposing America to eventual gang crime. Immigrant advocates have long said that the children, primarily from Central America, are fleeing violence in their home countries and seeking safe harbour in the United States.
The Bee Informed Partnership today released results of its annual survey of honeybee colony losses. Beekeepers reported 40.1 percent bee colony losses between April 2017 and April 2018.
A cheap and effective tool that could save lives by helping health authorities target mosquitos infected with Zika virus has been developed by researchers from the University of Queensland and colleagues in Brazil. Dr Maggy Sikulu-Lord and Dr Jill Fernandes, at the Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation , found Near Infrared Spectroscopy was 18-times faster and 110-times cheaper than the current detection method.
The lawsuit was brought by seven Twitter users - including a Texas police officer, a New York comedy writer and a Nashville surgeon - who claimed that Mr. Trump's Twitter feed was an official government account and that preventing users from following it was unconstitutional. In her ruling, Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald wrote that the plaintiffs who sought to view and engage with Mr. Trump's tweets alongside those who were not restricted were "protected by the First Amendment."
Before he resigned as director of the Office of Government Ethics last July, Walter Shaub was fond of tweeting about his dismay with the Trump White House's handling of issues such as financial disclosure and ethics waivers. But Emory Rounds III, President Trump's nominee to run the governmentwide ethics office, told senators on Wednesday that, if confirmed, he would "make it clear when he's making an official statement as the director."
Democratic legislative candidates plan to make school safety a fall campaign issue if Republicans won't consider legislation that includes gun-control provisions backed by the Democratic governor. Rep. Graig Meyer of Orange County, a candidate recruiter for House Democrats , sounded that warning at a news conference Wednesday in which several House and Senate Democrats promoted legislation nearly mirroring Gov. Roy Cooper's proposals.
Stacey Abrams, who won the Democratic primary for governor, was born and raised in Mississippi. But in many ways she is a product of Georgia's capital city, which she once represented in the state House of Representatives.
Three women allege Democratic gubernatorial candidate Nate Boulton , a major contender in a crowded race with an upcoming primary, touched them inappropriately during separate incidents several years ago, an Iowa newspaper reported Wednesday. One woman told The Des Moines Register that Boulton , a state senator, repeatedly grabbed her buttocks at a bar in 2015.
Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn said the defense authorization is expected to address ZTE. The Trump administration is trying to reassure Senate Republicans that it won't go light on sanctions enforcement against Chinese communications equipment firm ZTE.
Rep. Jeff Denham, R-Calif., says that negotiations between GOP leaders and conservatives on immigration issues are headed in a positive direction. Rep. Jeff Denham said Wednesday he plans to hold back the final signatures needed to activate a discharge petition that would force a vote on four immigration measures affecting so-called "Dreamers" - saying that negotiations between GOP leaders and conservatives are headed in a positive direction.
President Trump on Wednesday called on Capitol Hill Democrats to help him in the battle against the vicious MS-13 gang by dropping their lockstep opposition to tightening immigration laws. "Democrats have to abandon their resistance to border security," he said at a roundtable in a Long Island, New York, town that has been under siege from MS-13.
She's a Yale-educated attorney and a romance novelist who served a decade in the Georgia Legislature. Now Stacey Abrams has gained a shot at becoming the first black woman elected governor in U.S. history.
Boom! Supersonic flights just got one step closer to becoming a reality again, thanks to news that U.S. regulations about them are coming up for review with an intent to loosen them. The Federal Aviation Administration is crafting a regulation "to accommodate noise certification of new supersonic aircraft," the agency said in a post on a White House website .
'Melania's escape tunnel has caved in!' Twitter erupts with jokes and memes after sinkhole opens up on White House lawn Memes and jokes ran wild on the social media site as users joked that it was Melania Trump's escape route or 'hell opening up to welcome back it's children'. The White House covered up the sinkhole on the North Lawn on Tuesday with a large green board - but that didn't stop the quips from flying.
The Senate Armed Services Committee has approved Greg Slavonic to be the assistant secretary of the Navy for manpower and reserve affairs. The retired rear admiral has served as Sen. James Lankford's chief of staff. Slavonic previously spent 34 years in the Navy.
Democrats can win elections and stand up to Washington Republicans by sticking to their core principals when it comes to education, health care, equality and the environment, Hillary Clinton told a friendly crowd at the New York state Democratic convention on Wednesday.
None of the news media reporting on the expansion of Havana's cruise ship berths make mention of a very significant issue: the fact that the property in question was stolen from its rightful owners by the Castro regime.
Chairman Rep. Ed Royce, R-Calif., center, talks with Ranking Member Rep.Eliot Engel, D-NY., right, as they listen to testimony by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, left, at the House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday. WASHINGTON >> Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Wednesday the Trump administration will not tolerate Russian interference in the 2018 congressional midterm elections.
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Asked about Wednesday reports that he would not be running for re-election, Virginia Rep. Tom Garrett would only say he has no plans to leave Congress before the end of the session. Politico first reported Wednesday afternoon that Garrett, a member of the House Freedom Caucus, had "abruptly parted ways" with chief of staff Jimmy Keady and was considering retiring. Garrett, a former state senator, was elected to Virginia's 5th District in 2016 by a 17-point margin.