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The Latest on U.S. Rep. Elizabeth Esty's handling of a sexual harassment case in her office : Connecticut U.S. Rep. Elizabeth Esty says in announcing her decision not to seek re-election amid questions about her handling of a sexual harassment case in her office that she "should have done better." There had been growing calls for the Democrat to resign because of her handling of a case involving her former chief of staff.
Gov. Ralph Northam has signed legislation to provide nearly $3.5 million in compensation to the "Norfolk Four," the U.S. Navy sailors who were wrongfully convicted and imprisoned for a 1997 rape and murder. Northam last week signed identical House and Senate bills to compensate Danial Williams, Joseph Dick, Derek Tice and Eric Wilson, who were wrongly convicted in 1999 of raping and killing 18-year-old Michelle Bosko.
U.S. Rep. Elizabeth Esty and Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, right, in a 2014 file photo in the State Capitol. U.S. Rep. Elizabeth Esty and Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, right, in a 2014 file photo in the State Capitol.
The White House is eyeing a long-shot plan to slash spending from the $1.3 trillion budget bill signed reluctantly by President Donald Trump late last month. A spokesman for House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., confirmed Monday that McCarthy's office is working with the Trump administration on the approach, which would evidently rely on an obscure 1974 law that allows presidents to try to cancel spending authority already approved by Congress.
The Trump administration is suing Cal... . FILE - In this March 7, 2018, file photo, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions addresses the California Peace Officers' Association at the 26th annual Law Enforcement Legislative Day in Sacramento, Calif.
Ted Cruz is visited Central Texas Monday as part of a three-day tour through 12 Texas cities to kick off the Republican Senator's 2018 reelection campaign. Sen. Cruz began the day in Beaumont, which is still recovering from Hurricane Harvey.
Classes were canceled Monday for hundreds of thousands of students across two states as striking teachers rallied at Capitols in Oklahoma and Kentucky to demand improved funding for education. The walkouts come less than a month after teachers in West Virginia ended a nine-day strike that shuttered schools there.
Puerto Rico's governor on Monday fiercely defended his administration's right to help steer the insolvent, storm-ravaged island out of bankruptcy after a U.S. congressman said the process should be led by the island's creditors and federally appointed oversight board. Puerto Rico Governor Ricardo Rossello speaks during a Facebook live broadcast in the library of the governor's mansion, in San Juan, Puerto Rico January 24, 2018.
Democratic Rep. Elizabeth Esty will not run for reelection in 2018 after a report detailed her failure to act after her chief of staff threatened and harassed another female staffer.
That, coupled with the thousands of protesting teachers who swarmed the capitol Monday calling for a repeal of Senate Bill 151, has all eyes on Frankfort. Republicans introduced a tax reform bill and a budget Monday morning, passing both in the Senate before 2 p.m. First up in the House, lawmakers debated the tax reform proposal.
Environmental regulators announced on Monday they will ease emissions standards for cars and trucks, saying that a timeline put in place by President Obama was not appropriate and set standards "too high." The Environmental Protection Agency said it completed a review that will affect vehicles for model years 2022-2025.
At a London bar in May 2016, after numerous drinks, Trump campaign adviser George Papadopoulos bragged to an Australian diplomat the Russians had obtained damaging information on Hillary Clinton. The diplomat reported the conversation to American officials, which prompted the FBI to launch their investigation of the Trump campaign and its connections to Russia.
Secretary to visit hog slaughter facility piloting controversial privatized inspection model; documents obtained by Food & Water Watch raise serious questions about facility. , new documents obtained by Food & Water Watch raise serious questions about safety at a new "state of the art" hog slaughter plant in Michigan that is seeking to partially privatize its inspections process.
In this Oct. 10, 2017 photo, the Supreme Court in Washington is seen at sunset. The Supreme Court is being asked to take a case about whether eye drops are too big.
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor on Monday resorted to the words of a French author to express her displeasure with the high court's repeated refusal to take up death penalty cases from Florida. "Toutes choses sont dites dA jA ; mais comme personne n'A coute, il faut toujours recommencer," she wrote in a footnote in her dissent from the in Cozzie v.
This June 2014 photo shows Devonte Hart with his family at the annual celebration of "The Goonies" movie in Astoria, Ore. Authorities in Northern California say they believe all six children from a family were in a vehicle that plunged off a coastal cliff.
Teachers from across Kentucky hold up signs as they fill the state Capitol to rally for increased funding and to protest last minute changes to their state funded pension system, Monday, April 2, 2018, in Frankfort, Ky.
U.S. President Donald Trump renewed calls for Congress to pass immigration legislation on Monday, one day after saying he would not consider a deal to protect young immigrants. "Congress must immediately pass Border Legislation, use Nuclear Option if necessary, to stop the massive inflow of Drugs and People Act now Congress, our country is being stolen!" Trump said on Twitter.
The state Capitol in Kentucky filled with teachers protesting pension changes Monday, and thousands of Oklahoma educators walked out of classrooms in the latest evidence of teacher rebellion in some Republican-led states over education cuts. Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin signed legislation last week granting teachers' pay raises of about $6,100, or 15 to 18 percent.
Classes were canceled Monday for hundreds of thousands of students across two states as striking teachers rallied at Capitols in Oklahoma and Kentucky to demand improved funding for education. The walkouts come less than a month after teachers in West Virginia ended a nine-day strike that shuttered schools there.