Israel is the reason I’m not running for US Senate
Jason Huf is a US attorney with offices in New York, Jeddah and Saudi Arabia. He resides in Burlington County, I seriously considered entering the 2018 US Senate race in New Jersey.
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The Latest: Gay man loses bid to challenge Ky. county clerk
In the Democratic primary in Georgia's gubernatorial race, Stacey Abrams has won to become the state's first female nominee for governor from either major party. If Abrams wins the general election in November, she'll become the first black female governor in the U.S. The former state House minority leader, Abrams beat former state Rep. Stacey Evans in Tuesday's race.
The Congressional Library’s Underground Book Tunnel
By 1875, the ever-expanding Congressional Library in the Capitol Building had outgrown its shelf space, which forced librarians to store incoming books, maps, music, photographs, and documents in stacks on the Library floor, as well as in dozens of separate locations throughout the Capitol-including cellar crypts. Eventually Congress approved a plan to move its Library into a new structure that would be built across from the Capitol, and by the end of the summer of 1897, all 800,000 books and other documents had been moved into the newly opened Library of Congress building, which is known today as the Jefferson Building.
FBI repeatedly overstated phone encryption threat
The FBI has repeatedly provided grossly inflated statistics to Congress and the public about the extent of problems posed by encrypted cellphones, claiming investigators were locked out of nearly 7,800 devices connected to crimes last year when the true number was much smaller, probably between 1,000 and 2,000, The Washington Post has learned. Over a period of seven months, FBI Director Christopher Wray cited the inflated figure as the most compelling evidence for the need to address what the FBI calls "Going Dark" - the spread of encrypted software that can block investigators' access to digital data even with a court order.
Laurence Tribe on impeachment: ‘You have to shoot to kill’
Harvard law professor Laurence Tribe has been an online figure in the anti-Trump resistance. He and one of his former students just published a book titled "To End a Presidency: The Power of Impeachment."
Democrats Pin Hopes On US House Seat In Arkansas Election
Democrats in central Arkansas will choose the party's nominee for a Republican-held U.S. House seat the party believes it has a chance to reclaim this fall, while a state Supreme Court justice is seeking re-election in a campaign that's marked by an onslaught of attack ads from an out-of-state group. The Arkansas Secretary of State's office hasn't predicted how many of the state's 1.7 million registered voters will cast a ballot in Tuesday's primary and nonpartisan judicial election.
Snitch: FBIa s use of informants as old as the agency itself
Snitches, moles, spies, whistleblowers. Government informants are an age-old investigative tool that's as much a part of the FBI's 110 years of history as J. Edgar Hoover or its "10 Most Wanted" list.
John Bel Edwards urges Louisiana residents to get behind his tax plan
Gov. John Bel Edwards bypassed speaking to state lawmakers about the state's budget crisis and instead tried to address the public directly in a speech Tuesday , given a couple of hours before the opening of the Louisiana Legislature's second special session on fiscal issues this year. Appearing at the University of Louisiana-Lafayette, Edwards urged citizens to get behind a tax plan he is pushing and to reach out to their own lawmakers to support it.
Snitch: FBI’s use of informants as old as the agency itself
In this July 1, 1971, file photo, FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover, is shown at the graduation ceremonies for the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Washington. Government informants are an age-old investigative tactic that's as much a part of the FBI's 110 years of history as J. Edgar Hoover or its "10 Most Wanted" list.
Senate negotiators reach deal to revamp sexual harassment policies after wave of scandals
The Senate proposal would require lawmakers to use their own money to pay settlements if they're found to have sexually harassed an employee. Senate negotiators reach deal to revamp sexual harassment policies after wave of scandals The Senate proposal would require lawmakers to use their own money to pay settlements if they're found to have sexually harassed an employee.
Immigration laws should be focused on violent criminals
This is the undocumented immigrant our nation should welcome: the Lawrence, Kansas, chemist whom immigration officials attempted to deport this year, much to the dismay of his family, neighbors and even strangers who came to know the story of Syed Jamal. This immigrant's presence should be questioned: a man who was deported multiple times and who kept re-entering the country.
Congress nears dismantling of post-crisis bank rules
Congress was taking a final step Tuesday toward dismantling a chunk of the rules framework for banks installed to prevent a recurrence of the 2008 financial crisis that brought millions of lost jobs and foreclosed homes. The House planned to approve legislation to roll back the Dodd-Frank law, easing rules for banks and notching a legislative win for President Donald Trump, who made gutting the landmark law a campaign promise.
Former Indiana first lady has surgery to remove brain tumor
The family said the malignant glioblastoma was removed Tuesday. That's the same deadly cancer former Democratic Sen. Ted Kennedy battled and GOP Sen. John McCain is currently fighting.
Turns out that Archie Parnell’s history as a Goldman Sachs banker …
As of last week, the candidates that the lucky voters in S.C.'s 5th District were choosing between included a congressman best known for recently wielding a loaded gun during a meeting, a former blue chip banker, an ex-clown. Little did they know that former Goldman Sachs adviser Archie Parnell also has a history of domestic issues, according to a Post and Courier report Monday.
US and China work on ZTE rescue; Mnuchin denies quid pro quo
The United States and China are working toward an agreement that would ease U.S. sanctions that were imposed on ZTE Corp. and let the Chinese telecommunications giant stay in business. President Donald Trump said Tuesday that the deal might require ZTE to revamp its board and to pay a fine of $1 billion or more.
Stocks are mixed; banks rise as Congress moves to ease rules Source: AP
Stocks are slipping Tuesday as industrial companies, retailers and smaller and more U.S.-focused companies take losses. Banks are rising as Congress prepares to loosen some of the rules that have governed the industry since the 2008 financial crisis.
Trump floats management changes instead of sanctions for China’s ZTE
FILE PHOTO - Visitors pass in front of the Chinese telecoms equipment group ZTE Corp booth at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, February 26, 2018. REUTERS/Yves Herman/File Picture Trump's proposal ran into immediate resistance in Congress, where Republicans and Democrats accused the president of bending to pressure from Beijing to ease up on a company that has admitted to violating sanctions on Iran.
Trump has hurled us into a constitutional crisis
To continue reading this premium story, you need to become a member. Click below to take advantage of an exclusive offer for new members: On Sunday, via Twitter, Trump demanded that the Justice Department concoct a transparently political investigation, with the aim of smearing veteran professionals at Justice and the FBI and also throwing mud at the previous administration.
Evan Bayh through the years
Amid banners, headlines and cheers from thousands, Birch E. Bayh Jr., newly elected United States senator from Indiana, was welcomed in his hometown of Terre Haute on Novemeber 9, 1962. With him is his wife, Marvella, and their son, Evan.
The GOP’s fear factor
To continue reading this premium story, you need to become a member. Click below to take advantage of an exclusive offer for new members: When President Franklin D. Roosevelt famously said, "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself," he could not have foreseen today's Republican Party.  A bill authored by Sen. Rand Paul that would require the federal government to balance the budget each year was soundly defeated last week in the Senate.