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Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley led a hearing Wednesday to talk about the different U.S. Senate proposals to improve school safety in the wake of the Parkland shooting. The hearing was called "See Something, Say Something."
Supporters said the bill, which must pass the House before it could become law, would ease burdens on credit unions and community and mid-sized banks that were not responsible for the economic collapse. The Senate voted Wednesday to unravel some of the bank restrictions imposed after the 2008 financial crisis , with several politically vulnerable Democrats joining with the Republican majority to reject liberal colleagues' warnings about future bailouts.
After the brazen poisoning of a former spy, British Prime Minister Theresa May quickly pinned the blame on Russia. So did U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, in what ultimately became one of his last public statements before being fired.
Gov. Bill Haslam is joining several other Tennessee officials voicing concerns over President Donald Trump's tariffs on steel and aluminum imports. The Republican governor told reporters Tuesday he's concerned about additional costs to manufacturers, particularly the state's car industry.
From left, Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, Labor Secretary Alex Acosta, Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue, and Energy Secretary Rick Perry appear before a Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, & Transportation hearing on infrastructure on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 14, 2018.
On Tuesday New Jersey's new Democratic governor, Phil Murphy, broke sharply with President Trump and Congress on taxes. He used his first budget address to propose a hefty tax hike on millionaires.
Conor Lamb, the Democratic candidate for the March 13 special election in Pennsylvania's 18th Congressional District, center, celebrates with his supporters at his election night party in Canonsburg, Pa., early Wednesday, March 14, 2018.
The Department of Interior is vulnerable to the theft of sensitive data, unprepared to detect and deal with cyber threats and failing to keep users on its computer network from visiting - downloading materials from - illicit websites, according to a new watchdog report. During testing at a U.S. Geological Survey facility as part of a department-wide audit , Interior's inspector general, working with independent accounting firm KPMG, identified a "workstation attempting to communicate with IP addresses of known malware command and control website in Russia."
U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio is filing legislation that would let Florida and the nation keep daylight saving time all year. The first bill would make daylight saving time permanent across the country.
In this June 7, 2017 file photo, FBI acting director Andrew McCabe listens during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing about the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Justice Department is reviewing a recommendation that it fire former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe ahead of his forthcoming retirement.
Cliff Vacek, center, poses for pictures with supporters March 6 at his election watch party at Clancy's Public House in Richmond. Voters in Fort Bend County will need to stay sharp as last week's Primary Election has set the stage for several runoff races on May 22. Democrats in particular will have four races to settle, including selecting candidates for Governor, U.S. House, State Senate and Fort Bend County Precinct 2 Justice of the Peace.
As Texas prepares to implement a law banning "sanctuary city" policies in that state, immigrant advocates say they will be documenting how the law is enforced as they continue their legal fight against it. A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that the law known as SB4 can take effect over the objections of a lower court , which issued an injunction in August 2017 that kept the law on hold.
President Donald Trump's picks for secretary of state and CIA director are running into potential roadblocks among Republicans in the Senate, suggesting a difficult confirmation process at a time when the administration wants to quickly fill the positions. Sen. Rand Paul, a Kentucky Republican, said Wednesday he will oppose Trump's decision to replace Secretary of State Rex Tillerson with CIA Director Mike Pompeo and to nominate Deputy CIA Director Gina Haspel to lead the nation's spy agency.
To protect the energy sector and other critical infrastructure against cyber threats, lawmakers are looking to boost the Department of Energy's cybersecurity role and questioned the future role of its new cybersecurity office. Government needs to "make sure we're doing everything we can to protect our electric grid" and the energy sector as a whole from emerging threats and emergencies as they arise, said Chairman Greg Walden at a March 14 House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing.
"Whether it's the history of it, the food itself, the old barbecue joints with smoke-filled walls and a grisly old pit master - that culture has resonated across the world and we start to see barbecue being popular in other statesa and other countries too."
In an interview with Laura Ingraham that aired on Fox News Channel's "The Ingraham Angle", U.S. Senator Bob Corker discussed the nomination of Mike Pompeo to serve as secretary of state, whether sanctuary cities will be defunded in the upcoming spending bill, his support for tax reform, and other news of the day.
The Senate passed bipartisan legislation Wednesday designed to ease bank rules that were enacted to prevent a relapse of the 2008 financial crisis that caused millions of Americans to lose their jobs and homes.
Trying to turn attention back to tax cuts and away from the staffing turmoil in his administration, President Donald Trump promised Wednesday that more relief was on the way. Speaking at a Boeing factory in St. Louis with two fighter jets as his backdrop, Trump celebrated the impact of the tax cuts he signed into law last year and said he was working with Congress on a second package that would deliver new benefits for companies and the middle class.