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The Georgia Legislature passed a bill March 29 that creates a regional transit authority and provides for a new funding option for metro Atlanta's 13 counties. On the final version of the bill, Rep. Micah Gravley, R-Douglasville, who represents House District 67, was the only member of Douglas County's eight-member state delegation who voted against it.
Mexico City, April 6 : Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto has said that he was willing to negotiate on his American counterpart Donald Trump's decision to deploy the National Guard on the US-Mexico border. Nieto's remark on Thursday was in response to a proclamation signed on Wednesday by Trump that authorises the deployment of the National Guard to the 3,200-km-long border in order to stop the flow of drugs and criminals as well as control illegal immigration, reports Xinhua news agency.
How much is a life worth? Do we believe every life is equally precious? Who decides if our life or the life a loved one has value? These are deeply moral and spiritual questions, and they lie at the heart of the debate around access to health care . Virtually all faith traditions teach that every life is sacred.
Could the answer to Trump's abrupt announcement that, "We'll be coming out of Syria, like, very soon," -- which left even White House aides scrambling to figure out what the President had in mind -- lead us back to Russian President Vladimir Putin? Pushback from security experts has apparently irritated the President but persuaded him for now to delay the withdrawal for the time being . At least that's the most recent decision, subject to change by the mercurial President.
U.S. Senate candidate Beto O'Rourke is coming back to the South Plains for another round of town halls. The current Democratic Congressman from El Paso will be hosting town halls in Snyder, Dickens, Floydada, Silverton and Lubbock this weekend.
The four Marines killed during a helicopter crash were in their 20s and 30s and from the South and the Midwest. Four Marines killed when their helicopter crashed on a training mission in the Southern California desert were identified Thursday as men in their 20s and 30s from the South and Midwest, including one who served in Iraq and another who recently became a father.
Wave of women running for US House seats sets record with dozens more expected to qualify for state ballots in coming weeks. Wave of women running for US House seats sets record with dozens more expected to qualify for state ballots in coming weeks.
President Donald Trump said Thursday that he wants to send 2,000 to 4,000 National Guard members to the U.S.-Mexico border to help federal officials fight illegal immigration and drug trafficking, but it wasn't clear who would be called up or if they would even be allowed to carry guns. Trump's comments to reporters on Air Force One were his first estimate on guard levels he believes are needed for border protection.
A crowd in Janesville, Wis., hometown of House Speaker Paul Ryan, shows support for students calling attention to gun violence on March 28. There are reasonable gun control measures that are constitutional. A crowd in Janesville, Wis., hometown of House Speaker Paul Ryan, shows support for students calling attention to gun violence on March 28. There are reasonable gun control measures that are constitutional.
Maj. Gen. Arthur "Joe" Logan, head of the Hawaii state Department of Defense, left, and Chris Leonard, president of the Hawaii Association of Broadcasters, right, appear before a U.S. Senate committee hearing in Honolulu on Thursday, April 5, 2018.
Oklahoma Republican Gov. Mary Fallin drew national outrage when she accused striking teachers of being like "teenagers" who "want a better car." Now the governor is doubling down on the statement.
Outside of the endorsement race for U.S. House, there isn't expected to be much drama at this weekend's convention. But, there will be plenty of suspense in November and a lot of money spent in hopes of winning the race.
Montana Gov. Steve Bullock says he'll never deploy National Guard troops "based simply on the whim of the President's morning Twitter habit." Bullock, a Democrat, said in a statement Thursday that the responsibility of sending Guard soldiers anywhere is one of the most difficult things he faces.
When White House Budget Director Mick Mulvaney was installed as the acting head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau by President Trump as a hit job on the Obama-era financial regulatory agency, Mulvaney railed against the management of the agency, declared it "wasteful spending," and submitted a quarterly budget request of exactly zero dollars to run the bureau, as he looked to bleed the regulator into non-existence.
A CH-53E crew chief with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 465 scans the area below during flight and parachute operations with 1st Marine Reconnaissance Battalion at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton on Feb. 6. "Warhorse" lost four crewmen during a Tuesday crash. Helicopter crew members who died together in a Tuesday crash in Imperial County mirrored both the Marine Corps and the country that they served.
For elected officials, revolving doors spin very easily one way - from the public trust to the private sector. Spinning the other way, there's a little more friction.
Asserting the situation had reached "a point of crisis," President Donald Trump signed a proclamation directing the deployment of the National Guard to the U.S.-Mexico border to fight illegal immigration and drug smuggling. "The lawlessness that continues at our southern border is fundamentally incompatible with the safety, security, and sovereignty of the American people," Trump wrote Wednesday in a memo authorizing the move, adding that his administration had "no choice but to act."
In less than three weeks, the 2018 election will head to Arizona. Republican Rep. Trent Franks resigned late last year amid a scandal involving money, staffers and surrogacy , triggering a special election in Arizona's 8th District.
The latest on teachers rallying for higher pay and more education funding in several Republican-led states across the U.S. : An Oklahoma state Senate leader says Friday "will be an important day" in the faceoff between lawmakers and teachers who are demonstrating for more school funding. Oklahoma lawmakers typically don't meet on Fridays during legislative sessions.