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President Donald Trump on Saturday defended his embattled head of the Environmental Protection Agency, Scott Pruitt, and said the official's travel and security expenses were reasonable. Taxpayers have paid more to protect Pruitt than past EPA chiefs but those expenses are justified since Pruitt has been under threat, Trump wrote.
The subject of partisan redistricting - in which incumbent political parties redraw legislative maps to their own advantage - is once again receiving national attention , as the Supreme Court considers gerrymandering cases in Wisconsin and Maryland. Pennsylvania was also recently forced to redraw its U.S. congressional map , which heavily favored Republicans.
Legislators face a Kansas Supreme Court mandate ... . Kansas Senate Majority Leader Jim Denning, left, R-Overland Park, state Sen. Rick Wilborn, center, R-McPherson, and Sen. Bud Estes, R-Dodge City, confer during a break in the Senate's session, Saturday, April 7, 2018, at the Stat... .
The Saudi-backed fundamentalist militia "Army of Islam" in the Douma district of East Ghouta near Damascus alleged Sunday that the al-Assad regime had dropped a barrel bomb full of chlorine and other chemicals on the rebel enclave on Saturday. Initial reports said that some 41, including non-combatants and including children, were killed, some with tell-tale signs of frothing around the mouth.
State Issue 1 on the May 8 primary ballot offers Ohioans a long-sought chance to reform how the state draws its congressional districts. The Ohio legislature proposed Issue 1 with overwhelming House and Senate support.
Dark web gun trafficker caught selling weapons to Australia by hiding them inside electronics is jailed in the U.S. A member of a U.S. dark web gun trafficking group that hid firearms in electronics products and sent them to customers in Australia and other parts of the world has been sentenced to almost three years jail. The Atlanta-based group advertised guns for sale on the underground website BlackMarketReloaded that operated on The Onion Router, which masks the identity of its users, according to prosecutors.
Prominent art dealer, 67, dies and six firefighters are hurt as huge blaze engulfs his 50th floor Trump Tower apartment which had NO sprinklers, as President tweets it was 'well built' but FAILS to mention the victims 'You better get out ASAP': President's lawyer told Bethenny Frankel's partner to evacuate Trump Tower as fatal fire raged - but other residents are angry they were kept in the dark Body of 'black female' is found near the crash site of lesbian couple who annihilated their entire family of eight by driving off ocean cliffs into the water 'Scott is doing a great job': Trump defends embattled EPA chief Pruitt and claims he has received DEATH THREATS - as it's revealed he spent millions on first class travel because of safety fears Trump blasts Justice Department for not releasing documents on Hillary Clinton and FISA, and demands to know what the FBI and Justice Department are ... (more)
The $1.3 trillion spending bill, which was not even read and understood, is reminiscent of the Obamacare legislation that passed without being read and understood. That law was a years-long disaster from which we are still reeling.
More than anything, the Republican tax bill has been a boon for large corporations, and those corporations are now using their new tax savings to buy back company stock at a historic rate. A recent analysis found that share buybacks will jump to $800 billion this year.
With the F-22 Raptor and the F-35 Lightning II, the U.S. has fielded two of the world's most sophisticated, maneuverable and stealthy fighter jets. They both function as airborne shepherds of America's flock of older combat aircraft, using their state-of-the-art systems to communicate threats and targets on the ground and in the air.
But she's different from many immigrant dreamers: She came to America legally. Still, her immigration status diminishes her hope of achieving those goals.
Zadie Smith published her first story in The New Yorker in December of 1999, when she was twenty-four. Her dA but novel, "White Teeth," had recently been released in the U.K. and would soon come out in the United States.
Capt. Jeremy Nichols of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will provide an update on the Olmsted Dam at the Paducah Area Chamber of Commerce's April Power in Partnership breakfast.
Congressman Jimmy Panetta, who represents California's central coast, was a member of a Democratic congressional delegation that visited Israel on March 26 to congratulate the nation on the 70th anniversary of the establishment of its government. Nancy Pelosi, the leader of the delegation stated ahead of the March 26 visit, "There is no greater political accomplishment in the 20th Century than the establishment of the State of Israel."
A Deadspin composite video shows Sinclair Broadcast Group stations reading a scripted statement warning against "biased and false news." A reader applauds this effort.
Immigration activists stage a civil disobedience protest to shut down Independence Avenue March 5 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Congress failed to come up with a solution for immigrants brought here as children.
PRESIDENT TRUMP'S TWEET terminating David Shulkin as Secretary of Veterans Affairs hadn't even had a chance to cool before the deposed Cabinet member started dishing out some heat of his own. Within hours of his removal, Shulkin had taken to The New York Times with a column portraying himself as a martyr crucified in "a brutal power struggle."
We're a month away from West Virginia's primary election, although, with the exception of a few campaign signs which recently started to appear, one might wonder if area residents are even aware.