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Yes, one Republican representative has decided to bypass President Donald Trump and crowdfund donations for a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border. Tennessee Congresswoman Diane Black recently introduced the Border Wall Trust Fund Act .
The House was preparing to vote Tuesday on a bill that would free thousands of small and medium-sized banks from strict rules intended to prevent another financial meltdown, one of the biggest steps to unwind the 2010 Dodd-Frank banking regulation law. The Senate approved the legislation earlier this year, so the House vote could result in the bill going to President Donald Trump for his signature.
It's an old Washington tradition that when a new book on politics comes out, you flip to the index and look for your name. If President Donald Trump were to pick up a copy of John McCain's new memoir, "The Restless Wave," he'd see that he doesn't really come up much until the final chapters.
A Senate panel on Tuesday said it would not accept efforts by President Donald Trump to ease sanctions on Chinese smartphone maker ZTE. In a vote of 23 to 2, the Senate Banking Committee overwhelmingly approved an amendment that would block Trump from reducing penalties on ZTE without first providing Congress proof the company is following US laws.
North Korea: President Trump hinted today that the June 12 summit with Kim Jong Un may be delayed . But he said preparations were "moving along" for the talks.
The union said in a media release that both Mr. Cordray and Betty Sutton, who is running for lieutenant governor, have "a strong record of standing up for Ohio's auto industry and its workers." The release went on to credit Mr. Cordray for working to protect workers during General Motors' bankruptcy and restructuring while serving as Ohio attorney general.
Welcome to Queerty's Pride 50, a series of articles celebrating the people and movements we are particularly proud of this season. Next year marks 50 years since the first Pride march in New York City, and this season we're celebrating the amazing people who are continuing the progress of a half-century of Pride.
Adding to her growing list of early endorsements, New York City Public Advocate Letitia James has added the support of the 40,000-member New York State Laborer's Union in her bid to become Attorney General, James' campaign told the Times Union. The endorsement is the latest for James from a labor organization that happens to have a good relationship with Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who went to bat for building trades workers during the debate over renewal of the 421-a tax abatement for real estate developers in 2015.
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday that companies can use arbitration clauses in employment contracts to prohibit workers from banding together to take legal action over workplace issues. CNN reports the decision could affect 25 million employment contracts.
Georgia Democratic gubernatorial candidates and former state representatives Stacey Abrams and Stacey Evans participate in a debate earlier this month. John Amis/AP hide caption Georgia Democratic gubernatorial candidates and former state representatives Stacey Abrams and Stacey Evans participate in a debate earlier this month.
The 26-year Apple Valley resident, father of two and husband to his Granite Hills High School “sweetheart,” grew up during George W. Bush's presidency, a time he associates with war in Iraq and the deafening bubble burst of a housing market bloated on subprime loans. President Obama's 2008 election win, then, ushered in an era of aspiration and ambition for Ariza, 30, who started 3rd Generation Taco as a “pop-up catering” outfit with his brother, Ausencio, in October 2014.
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Basically nothing was sacred to Donald Trump during the 2016 presidential campaign, except Hillary Clinton's email account . This was the one thing he insisted needed to be handled by the book.
President Donald Trump talks on the phone aboard Air Force One during a flight to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, January 26, 2017. While serving as secretary of State, Hillary Clinton disregarded an instruction from the Foreign Affairs Manual directing her to use State Department equipment for day-to-day operations.
In 2018, Democrats are confronted with a challenge that few opposition parties have ever had to overcome: The administration they are running against has too many scandals . To the extent that party messaging matters at all in midterm elections , a single, unifying narrative is more likely to connect with the electorate than a fusillade of discrete ideas.
Javier Manjarres is seeking the Republican nomination to run for Congress in Florida's 22nd District. Five Republicans - including a far-right, polarizing state lawmaker - from conservative parts of the state have a message for South Florida voters: get rid of U.S. Rep. Ted Deutch , the Democrat who represents most of Broward and southeastern Palm Beach counties.
Ratcheting up pressure on the Russia investigation, the White House announced that top FBI and Justice Department officials have agreed to meet with congressional leaders and "review" highly classified information the lawmakers have been seeking on the handling of the probe. The agreement came after President Donald Trump made an extraordinary demand that the Justice Department investigate whether the FBI infiltrated his presidential campaign.
The Justice Department has taken California to court over its status as a "sanctuary state," a term that refers to places where state and local officials refuse to participate in the enforcement of federal immigration laws. In a speech announcing the suit, Attorney General Jeff Sessions accused the Golden State of creating "an open borders system," something he denounced as "a radical, irrational idea that cannot be accepted."
For more than a decade, the federal courts in the Eastern District of Texas were the undisputed Mecca for patent litigation. Businesses and individuals often filed double or triple the number of patent infringement lawsuits in East Texas than any other court districts in the country.
The USS Milius, one of the U.S. Navy's most advanced guided missile destroyers, arrived in Japan on Tuesday to reinforce defenses against any ballistic missile attacks by North Korea, or anyone else in East Asia. The U.S. guided-missile destroyer USS Milius arrives to join Forward Deployed Naval Forces at the U.S. naval base in Yokosuka, Japan May 22, 2018.