‘Crisis Budgeting’ Likely Ahead Despite White House Claim
Copies of President Donald Trump''s 2019 budget request are unpacked by House Budget Committee staff on Monday. Experts say it won't end Washington's decade of 'crisis budgeting.'
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Some Answers, More Questions for Mysterious Club for Conservatives PAC
Club for Conservatives PAC has given to the Senate campaigns of Pennsylvania Rep. Lou Barletta and Tennessee Rep. Marsha Blackburn. Inflammatory, hyperpartisan fundraising emails are a standard part of the election process, but who's behind them can sometimes be a mystery. Take the case of a political action committee set up last fall that raised over $160,000 by sending out roughly a dozen emails.
The Curious Case of Melanija Knavs
First lady Melania Trump arrives in the House chamber before President Donald Trump's State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Jan. 30. President Donald Trump stood in the well of the House chamber on the penultimate night of January and spoke about undocumented immigrants with his familiar rhetoric . During his first State of the Union address, the "America first" president lambasted the country's immigration laws, saying they have for too long "allowed drugs and gangs to pour into our most vulnerable communities," cost poor Americans jobs, and "caused the loss of many innocent lives."
Conservative Group Targets McCaskill, Donnelly on Tax Vote
Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., is the target of a new ad on the tax overhaul. The conservative group Americans for Prosperity is launching a multi-million dollar ad campaign Monday aimed at two vulnerable Senate Democrats over their vote against a bill overhauling the tax code. Americans for Prosperity, which is backed by billionaires Charles and David Koch, is dedicating $4 million for television and digital ads targeting Sens. Claire McCaskill of Missouri and Joe Donnelly of Indiana.
Biden Pondering a 2020 Run for President
Former Vice President Joe Biden is tiptoeing toward a potential run in 2020, even broaching the possibility during a recent gathering of longtime foreign policy aides. Huddled in his newly opened office steps from the U.S. Capitol, Biden began a planning meeting for his new diplomacy center by addressing the elephant in the room.
Trump’s high-spending budget reverses longtime GOP dogma
President Donald Trump unveiled a $4.4 trillion budget plan Monday that envisions steep cuts to America's social safety net but mounting spending on the military, formally retreating from last year's promises to balance the federal budget. The president's spending outline for the first time acknowledges that the Republican tax overhaul passed last year would add billions to the deficit and not "pay for itself" as Trump and his Republican allies asserted.
Senate leaders predict a tough time getting immigration deal
Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., left, talks with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., before his speech at the McConnell Center's Distinguished Speaker Series Monday, Feb. 12, 2018, in Louisville, Ky. less Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., left, talks with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., before his speech at the McConnell Center's Distinguished Speaker Series Monday, Feb. 12, 2018, in ... more The Capitol Dome of the Capitol Building at sunrise, Friday, Feb. 9, 2018, in Washington.
Agency-by-agency highlights of Trump’s 2019 budget
The Trump administration wants NASA out of the International Space Station by 2025 and to have private businesses running the place instead. Under Trump's 2019 proposed budget, U.S. government funding for the space station would end by 2025.
.com | US Congress to take up fate of 1.8 million young illegal immigrants
The hopes for citizenship of 1.8 million illegal immigrants who came to the United States as children hung in the balance Monday as Congress started up debate on sweeping new immigration legislation. President Donald Trump has offered more than Democrats asked on citizenship for the so-called Dreamers, but only in exchange for tough cutbacks on overall immigration and funding for a massive wall on the Mexican border.
Trump’s high-spending budget reverses longtime GOP dogma Source: AP
President Donald Trump unveiled a $4.4 trillion budget plan Monday that envisions steep cuts to America's social safety net but mounting spending on the military, formally retreating from last year's promises to balance the federal budget. The president's spending outline for the first time acknowledges that the Republican tax overhaul passed last year would add billions to the deficit and not "pay for itself" as Trump and his Republican allies asserted.
Interior to replace Obama-era rule on methane emissions
In this June 12, 2014 file photo, oil pumps and natural gas burn off in Watford City, N.D. The Interior Department says it is replacing an Obama-era regulation aimed at restricting harmful methane emissions from oil and gas production on federal lands. A rule being published in the Federal Register this week will replace the 2016 rule with requirements similar to those that were in force before the Obama administration changed the regulation.
Pick to help run 2020 Census no longer under consideration
The Trump administration's pick for a key position overseeing the 2020 Census is out, the Commerce Department confirmed Monday, as civil rights groups applauded the decision. A Commerce Department spokesman said political scientist Thomas Brunell was no longer under consideration for deputy director of the Census Bureau but provided no further details.
The Latest: Several hundred candidates file on first day Source: AP
The Latest on the first day of candidate filing for this year's North Carolina elections : Most of the activity during the first day of candidate filing in North Carolina happened at county board offices across the state. The state election board reports about 800 candidates had turned in their paperwork statewide as of late Monday afternoon.
Lovings’ story provides inspiration for Valentine’s Day
Mildred Jeter and Richard Loving met in high school and fell in love in Caroline County in the 1950s. They decided to marry when Mildred became pregnant at 18. At the time, they couldn't wed in Virginia: Mildred was of African American and Indian descent, Richard was white and the state prohibited interracial marriages.
Trump aims for moon, pulls back on space station, telescopes
The Trump administration wants NASA out of the International Space Station by 2025, and private businesses running the place instead. Under President Donald Trump's 2019 proposed budget released Monday, U.S. government funding for the space station would end by 2025.
Trump’s budget balloons deficits, cuts social safety net
President Donald Trump unveiled a $4.4 trillion budget plan Monday that envisions steep cuts to America's social safety net but mounting spending on the military, formally retreating from last year's promises to balance the federal budget. The president's spending outline for the first time acknowledges that the Republican tax overhaul passed last year would add billions to the deficit and not "pay for itself" as Trump and his Republican allies asserted.
Report: BuzzFeed Hired Ex-FBI to Verify Parts of Dossier
Anthony Ferrante, a former top FBI and White House cybersecurity official who led the U.S. effort to combat Russian hacking in the 2016 presidential election, has been hired by BuzzFeed to verify certain claims in the Trump dossier, Foreign Policy reports. BuzzFeed, the first media outlet to publish the dossier, is being sued by President Donald Trump's personal lawyer for defamation over the publication.
Proposal to allow community colleges to offer four-year nursing degrees advances
A homegrown proposal that would allow Colorado's community colleges to give students who earn an associate's degree in nursing the chance to obtain an advanced bachelor's degree left the House floor Monday with "an enormous amount of momentum," said Rep. Paul Lundeen, a Republican from Monument who represents portions of El Paso County, where the proposal initiated. On Monday's third reading, House Bill 1086 passed with 55 votes in favor of advancing it to the Senate and eight opposed.
Appeals Court: Arctic ringed seals are threatened species
This June 5, 2009 photo released by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows an adult ringed seal in Kotzebue, Alaska. An ice seal that's the main prey of Alaska's polar bears will receive threatened species protection.
Tarkanian backs Trump, slams Heller, over Yucca Mountain
Trying to further distinguish himself from Nevada Sen. Dean Heller, Republican primary challenger Danny Tarkanian is praising the Trump administration's effort to restart licensing of a nuclear waste dump outside Las Vegas. Long opposed by most Nevadans, Trump included the Yucca Mountain plan again in his second budget request to Congress on Monday.