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A pilot with the U.S. Air Force's elite Thunderbirds flight-demonstration team died Wednesday when the pilot's F-16 crashed near Nellis Air Force Base outside Las Vegas. The Thunderbirds pilot died during a routine training flight at the Nevada Test and Training Range around 10:30 a.m., the Air Force confirmed in a statement.
California won't be adopting single-payer health care with its $400 billion price tag anytime soon. Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon made sure of that by opposing it.
Former U.S. senator Harry Reid of Nevada said he is appalled that Republicans do not call their leader to account. "Why would they be afraid of him?" Democrat Reid told New York Times reporter Carol Hulse in an interview last week during a visit to D.C. "It should be just the opposite.
Nevada, which incessantly markets itself as the Saudi Arabia of solar power and benefits from federal research funding, received a boost in the new federal budget, over the objections of the Trump administration. Indeed, Donald Trump's recommendations were overridden by the Republican Congress in so many areas that it is dubious to call it the Trump budget any more.
NAT'L COTTON COUNCIL: TARIFFS WOULD UNDERMINE U.S. TRADE WITH CHINA Apr. 5, 2018 Source: Nat'l Cotton Council news release The National Cotton Council is concerned that China's announcement of significantly higher proposed tariffs on U.S. raw cotton shipped to that country would significantly harm the economic health of the U.S. cotton industry. For the current 2017 crop year, China stands as the second largest export market with purchases of approximately 2.5 million bales of U.S. cotton.
In this June 20, 2008, file photo, members of the 200th Red Horse Air National Guard Civil Engineering Squadron from Camp Perry in Ohio, including Tech Sgt. David Hughes, right, and Tech Sgt.
Corn and soybean fields look similar from space - at least they used to. But now, scientists have proven a new technique for distinguishing the two crops using satellite data and the processing power of supercomputers.
USDA: PARTICIPATION AND EXPENDITURES FOR SNAP CONTINUE TO FALL Apr. 5, 2018 Source: USDA news release Fiscal 2017 marked the fourth consecutive year that participation in USDA's largest food and nutrition assistance program, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program , decreased. On average, 42.2 million people-or about 13 percent of the Nation's population-participated in the program each month in fiscal 2017.
Some Oklahoma school districts say they will close for a fourth day in anticipation of a continued walkout by teachers demanding more funding for classrooms. OKLAHOMA CITY - When Oklahoma Republicans finally passed a massive tax hike for hundreds of millions of new dollars for public schools and teacher pay raises, they thought they would get a thank you.
For more than a year, Wall Street has largely ignored the unpredictability and chaos that has plagued Donald Trump's administration, confident that the businessman-turned-president's policies would juice the economy and that a team of mainstream advisers would keep more controversial proposals at bay. A triple whammy of tariffs, Twitter threats against one of the nation's largest companies and high-level staff shake-ups have rattled Wall Street in recent weeks.
Imagine for a moment that California now had a top-four primary election system instead of the top-two it now uses. In that alternate - for now - world, the four leading vote-getters in this June's primary election would advance to the November runoff election rather than just the top two.
Although the country's next presidential election is still 2 1/2 years away, that has not stopped plenty of folks from talking about it. President Trump has already announced that he'll seek re-election.
In a twist on red state teacher demonstrations that have been sweeping the country, thousands of teachers across Arizona gathered outside their respective schools in an effort to rally in support of community residents in their ongoing attempt to win better wages. Before classes started today, teachers, many wearing T-shirts reading "#RedForEd," greeted parents and students with signs reading, "Don't Shortchange Education" and "Help me Help Them."
JEFFERSON CITY a After warning President Trump to back off his decision to impose tariffs on steel and aluminum over a month ago, U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., said his concerns were coming true Wednesday. Speaking with reporters during a stop at the Missouri Capitol, Blunt said his fears of retaliation had been borne out over the prior 48 hours after China announced it was imposing taxes on a variety of U.S. products in response to Trump's decision to ratchet up talk of more tariffs.
President Donald Trump, unable to get the U.S. Congress or Mexico to fully fund his border wall, will post National Guard troops along the Mexican frontier, officials said on Wednesday, in a move that was likely to escalate tensions with a key U.S. ally. The Trump administration was working with the governors of the four southwestern U.S. states along the border to deploy the Guard, said Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, adding that the troops would not be involved in law enforcement.
Missouri State Rep. Jay Barnes speaks alongside House Speaker Todd Richardson at a press conference where it was announced that a committee has been formed to investigate the indictment of Gov. Eric Greitens on Monday, Feb. 26, 2018. Photo by Robert Cohen, rcohen@post-dispatch.com Eric Grietens with his family on Tuesday, August 2, 2016, at Eric Greitens watch party at the Doubletree Hotel in Chesterfield, after he was declared the winner in the Republican Governor primaries.
Two top Republican legislators in Kansas on Wednesday dropped a demand that lawmakers move to curb judges' power before increasing spending on public schools, allowing work to move forward on satisfying a court mandate on education funding. Senate President Susan Wagle and Majority Leader Jim Denning had said Tuesday that their chamber would not debate school funding until the GOP-controlled Legislature approved a proposed amendment to the Kansas Constitution to limit the courts' power to decide education spending issues.
Tours are open to the public on Friday from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. at Nauticus Pier near Waterside. The Coast Guard Cutter Barque Eagle, "America's Tall Ship," is the only active square-rigger in the U.S. government service and the largest tall-ship flying the stars and stripes, at 295-feet long.
To continue reading this premium story, you need to become a member. Click below to take advantage of an exclusive offer for new members: In this June 13, 2006, file photo, Utah National Guard soldiers work on extending a border fence in San Luis, Ariz., President Donald Trump said April 3, 2018, he wants to use the military to secure the U.S.-Mexico border until his promised border wall is built.
Attorney Edward Dowd Jr., one of six lawyers representing Gov. Eric Greitens' defense team, talks to reporters outside the Carnahan Courthouse on March 26, 2018. Circuit Judge Rex Burlison on Monday said he would reject Greitens' request for a bench trial in the governor's felony invasion of privacy case.