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Georgia lawmakers agreed to a budget that fully funds the state's K-12 education formula and passed a measure that cracks down on distracted driving before the gavel fell on this year's legislative session early Friday. A number of bills, including a controversial immigration enforcement measure and a proposal to move away from electronic voting machines failed to be taken up as lawmakers rushed to pass dozens of other bills throughout the final hours of the legislative session.
In a letter to congressional leaders released on Thursday, Attorney General Jeff Sessions revealed that the United States attorney for Utah has been investigating whether the Justice Department and the FBI abused its authority in surveilling an adviser to President Donald Trump's campaign. In addition to an investigation into the request for a warrant to surveil Carter Page, U.S. Attorney John Huber has been looking into whether the Justice Department ignored allegations of Hillary Clinton's ties to the sale of U.S. uranium rights to Uranium One , whose parent company is Rosatom, a Russian nuclear energy company.
A White House office charged with vetting new appointees to the Trump administration suffers from staff shortages and inexperienced personnel, according to a Washington Post report. An investigation from the newspaper found that the Presidential Personnel Office is operating with about 30 staff members, about a third of the numbers utilized by previous administrations.
On March 22, Washington Governor Jay Inslee signed SB 6058, the write-in filing bill. He did delete the last section of the bill, but that part of the bill seems unimportant.
President Donald Trump's tax overhaul is a short-term boon for most states, but one is set to miss out entirely: Oregon. Instead of a bonus, Oregon faces a loss of $217 million in the two years after the overhaul goes into effect, the largest of any state that has revealed its predictions.
A used Royal Air Force C-130J could soon be supporting the US Navy's Blue Angels fighter demonstration team as a long-term replacement for the team's famous "Fat Albert". Naval Air Systems Command plans to quickly buy one of the RAF's C-130Js to "avoid a gap in logistical support of the Blue Angels flight demonstration squadron", according to a government acquisition notice posted on 23 March.
The most significant legislation to date protecting the medical cannabis industry from the use of Department of Justice funds for enforcement of the Controlled Substance Act was renewed on Friday, March 23, 2018. On that day, the $1.3 trillion omnibus spending bill was signed into law by President Trump.
The recent deadly bombings across Austin , Texas, were acts of domestic terrorism , the city's police chief said for the first time on Thursday. "This is a distinction that I did want to make today", interim Austin Police Chief Brian Manley said at a panel discussion hosted by NPR station KUT .
Two commercial pilots in Arizona reported seeing an unidentified object fly over them in Arizona, according to radio transmissions released by the FAA. "Was anybody, uh, above us that passed us like 30 seconds ago?" a pilot asked the regional air traffic controller on February 24. A few minutes later, the same air traffic controller asked another pilot to report if anything was passing over him.
Two coalition personnel were killed and five others injured in a roadside bombing Thursday night in Syria, according to the U.S. military. The military has not yet specified if the coalition personal killed were American soldiers or where in Syria it happened.
Six Palestinians have been killed and hundreds have been wounded in clashes with the Israeli military as more than 17,000 gathered on the Gaza border to protest what they see as an Israeli occupation. The Israeli military deployed more than 100 special forces snipers to the Gaza border in anticipation of the Palestinian "Land Day" protests that began Friday and are expected to continue until May 15. The reported deaths came from the Hamas-controlled Gaza Health Ministry, and most of the injuries came from tear gas inhalation, The Jerusalem Post reported .
I have no issues with nudity, especially in a lot of European cinema that I adore, but I find that in American cinema, the idea of nudity has always bothered me. I realized why: For me, I'm uncomfortable with nudity when it feels like it's not the person's decision to be naked, when it's something that has been put upon them.
Environmental Protections Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt is set to announce a sharp reduction in auto-emissions standards set by the Obama administration, The New York Times reports. While cheered by most auto manufactures, the move could land the administration in a court battle with California, one of the largest state-car markets in the U.S. Pruitt is expected to make the official announcement next week, opening a public comment period for the proposed rule change.
It's National Take A Walk In The Park Day, which means you should be getting out there! By "out there," I mean in any one of America's renowned national parks. Typically huge and picturesque, they're a rather exclusive group of 60 protected areas by the National Park Service, which lays out strict standards for any proposed unit of land.
Currently, the second iteration of the 90s sitcom is slated for an eight episode run, but the source claims the huge ratings posted by the premiere - 18 million viewers - has convinced the network brass to strap in for another season. The reboot's first episode focused heavily on pro-Trump rhetoric, and many claim that the show's success stems purely from the fact that it doesn't demonize Trump voters.
At the end of the day, our favorite thing to do is jump on the couch, pull up a blanket, and rest our head on a big, plush pillow. But when that pillow is too flat, lumpy, or just can't support your head well, that can be, well, a day ruiner.
Sen. John Barrasso, EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt and Sen. Mike Enzi talk to the press after a tour of the Black Thunder Coal Mine outside of Wright, Wyo., Thursday, Mar. 29, 2018. less Sen. John Barrasso, EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt and Sen. Mike Enzi talk to the press after a tour of the Black Thunder Coal Mine outside of Wright, Wyo., Thursday, Mar. 29, 2018.
CNN's Alisyn Camerota interviewed Parkland survivor and gun control activist David Hogg Friday, asking why "dumb-ass colleges" wouldn't accept him. "David, I am stunned that four colleges rejected you," Camerota said.
More than half of Americans think President Trump is doomed in his 2020 re-election bid, according to a new CNN poll released Thursday. Per the poll, 54% said said they think Trump will lose in 2020.