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President Donald Trump signed a $1.3 trillion spending measure Friday, averting a midnight government shutdown just hours after declaring he was considering a veto. in the package, in part because it did not fully fund his plans for a border wall with Mexico and did not address some 700,000 The bill signing came a few hours after Trump created last-minute drama by saying in a tweet that he was With Congress already on recess, and a government shutdown looming, he said that young immigrants now protected in the U.S. under Barack Obama's Delayed Action for Childhood Arrivals "have been totally abandoned by the Democrats and the BORDER WALL, which is desperately needed for our National Defense, is not fully funded."
Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School student Emma Gonzalez addresses the "March for Our Lives" rally in support of gun control in Washington, Saturday, March 24, 2018, on Pennsylvania Avenue near the U.S. Capitol. Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators gathered in the nation's capital and cities across the United States on Saturday to demand action against gun violence, the latest and most visible show of force by a student-led political movement born in the wake of a deadly school shooting in Parkland, Fla.
Congresswoman Dina Titus (D-Nev) arrives to speak during a March For Our Lives event in downtown Las Vegas Saturday, March 24, 2018. About 4,000 people participated in the march and rally in front of Las Vegas City Hall.
At the gun-control rally, two teen sisters who helped organize the protest said they felt hope for the first time after the Parkland, Florida shooting survivors advocated for change. "Finally, somebody was doing something about it, except it wasn't who you'd expect - it was us," Mariah Thomas, 17, said to cheers.
Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo, center, and Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner, far right, join demonstrators during a "March for Our Lives" protest for gun legislation and school safety Saturday, March 24, 2018, in Houston. Turner has told several thousand people demonstrating for stricter gun control that adults have a responsibility to stand up and protect all children.
A demonstrator is seen on the National Mall near the student-led March for Our Lives rally on Pennsylvania Avenue to call for action to prevent gun violence. Thousands took to the streets of Washington on Saturday to protest inaction by Congress on gun violence.
A longtime congressional stronghold for Republicans, Pennsylvania is emerging in dramatic fashion as a source of hope for Democrats in their quest to take control of the U.S. House in November's mid-term elections. This week cemented Democratic victories in two key battles: Republicans dropped talk of legal challenges to Democrat Conor Lamb's improbable victory in a special election in southwestern Pennsylvania and federal courts rejected two GOP lawsuits seeking to block a state court-drawn map of more competitive districts.
Federal prosecutors said in a news release Friday that 69-year-old Wallace Grove Godwin made a threatening statement to staff at U.S. Rep. Scott Taylor's Virginia Beach office Thursday. Godwin allegedly mentioned the Republican congressman's upcoming event Saturday and said he was "going to get my shotgun and do something about this."
WASHINGTON/PARKLAND - Tens of thousands of Americans gathered across the country on Saturday at March For Our Lives rallies to demand tighter gun laws, led by survivors of last month's Florida school massacre which reignited public anger over mass shootings. Students from the Parkland, Florida, high school where 17 people were killed on Feb. 14 were set to speak at the biggest event, in Washington, where organizers said as many as 500,000 people were expected to demonstrate near the Capitol and call on Congress to fight gun violence.
OPINION: Such a treat to sit down with my old friend Barack Obama again this week. As ever, I baked cheese scones, and as ever, watching carbs, we left them on the plate.
A federal heating aid program for low-income residents has survived another attempt by President Donald Trump to kill it. The $1.3 trillion spending bill signed by Trump on Friday includes $3.64 billion for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program.
Hillary Clinton speaks to her communications director Jennifer Palmieri aboard the campaign plane in Philadelphia on Nov. 6, 2016. : Washington Post photo by Melina Mara Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign was "foolish" not to mount a louder and longer defense of her government email troubles in its last weeks, when the FBI had suddenly reopened the issue and Donald Trump was using it to thrash Clinton daily, a top Clinton aide concludes in a new memoir.
I want to note the death yesterday of former Georgia Governor and United States Senator Zell Miller. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution looks back on his life in Zell Miller dies at 86." I didn't know much about Miller before his appointment as Senator in 2004 following the untimely death of Paul Coverdell that year, but I came to admire him greatly.
Maine's U.S. senators say the federal government is providing more than $200,000 to three Maine counties to help with economic development in mostly rural parts of the state. Republican Sen. Susan Collins and independent Sen. Angus King say the grants from the U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration will also help support small businesses and job growth.
A man who is fighting deportation from Kansas to his native Bangladesh acknowledges he made mistakes years ago while trying to stay in the U.S. and hopes immigration officials will let him remain in the country he calls home. Syed Ahmed Jamal entered the U.S. legally in 1987 on a student visa.
In a new memoir, former Hillary Clinton campaign communications director Jennifer Palmieri says the Clinton email scandal was a like "a box we could never get out of," The Washington Post reports. "I think it was the unease people felt about Hillary's motivation as a woman seeking power that made it impossible for us to very fully put this matter to bed," Palmieri writes, according to the Post.
As rallies geared up in all 50 states for the March of Our Lives, the White House said keeping children safe is a top priority for President Donald Trump. Keeping our children safe is a top priority of the President's, which is why he urged Congress to pass the Fix NICS and STOP School Violence Acts, and signed them into law.
A huge, swirling pile of trash in the Pacific Ocean is growing faster than expected and is now three times the size of France. According to a three-year study published in Scientific Reports Friday, the mass known as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is about 1.6 million square kilometers in size -- up to 16 times bigger than previous estimates.
Born in 1818 in Greensburg, Kentucky, Herndon's parents moved to the frontier of Illinois in 1820. His father was an early businessman in Springfield, building the city's first tavern, which was definitely not its last.
Not in my worst nightmares did I dream my FBI career would end this way - Andrew McCabe served in the FBI from 1996 until March 16. He was the bureau's deputy director from 2016 to January, including time as acting director from May to August 2017. - On March 16, I spent Bolton Expected to 'Clean House' - The incoming national security advisor aims to ax dozens of White House officials as he dismantles McMaster's NSC.