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President Trump's recent comments about immigration are troubling and clearly run counter to the ethos that has been the hallmark of American society almost from its beginnings. According to lawmakers who were in the meeting with Trump, the president used vile, profane language to describe immigrants from Haiti and Africa and then added that the United States should have more immigrants from Norway .
Jerome Powell has won Senate confirmation to head the U.S. central bank, inheriting an economy on a roll, a booming stock market and unemployment at a 17-year low. He will succeed Janet Yellen, the first woman to serve as Fed chairman, when her term ends on Feb. 3. The position is considered the government's most power economic job.
Promises to end 'catch and release' have gone unfulfilled and many immigrants are willing to risk it all to come to the United States. Texas border correspondent Oscar Margain explains.
Heading for a workout: Harrison Ford, 75, was snapped heading to a gym in Pacific Palisades in LA on Tuesday dressed in baggy shorts and a t-shirt under a rain jacket The actor has plenty of time on his hands to keep fit and indulge his passion for flying with no new movies lined up so far for 2018. Over the weekend, Ford joined another aviation-loving star john Travolta at the 15th annual Living Legends of Aviation Awards in Beverly Hills.
Shortly after President Donald Trump fired his FBI director in May, he summoned to the Oval Office the bureau's acting director for a get-to-know-you meeting. The two men exchanged pleasantries, but before long, Trump, according to several current and former U.S. officials, asked Andrew McCabe a pointed question: Whom did he vote for in the 2016 election? McCabe said he didn't vote, according to the officials, who, like others interviewed for this article, spoke on the condition of anonymity to talk candidly about a sensitive matter.
The Senate on Tuesday approved President Donald Trump's selection of Jerome Powell to be the next chairman of the Federal Reserve beginning next month.
Dozens of illegal aliens surrounded Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer's home in New York on Tuesday demanding that Congress pass legislation immediately to give millions of people in the United States illegally amnesty and a pathway to citizenship." We want a Clean Dream Act," the crowd chanted.
Emails, calendars and text messages of the Washington state Legislature are public records subject to disclosure. Following last week's ruling by a Thurston County judge affirming that requirement, lawmakers need to move quickly to ensure disclosure is the practice.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions was questioned for several hours last week as part of the special counsel's investigation, the Justice Department confirmed Tuesday, making him the first member of President Donald Trump's Cabinet to be interviewed in the inquiry. The special counsel, Robert Mueller, is increasingly focused on Trump's conduct in office and on whether he obstructed the investigation itself.
WASHINGTON, January 23, 2018 Perdue Foods LLC, a Monterey, Tenn. establishment, is recalling approximately 530 pounds of chicken products due to misbranding and undeclared allergens, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service announced today.
'I made my own grave': Chilling moment pig farmer serial killer who murdered 49 prostitutes then ground them to MINCE unwittingly admits he got 'sloppy' by falling short of his target of 50 victims 'It's corruption of the highest levels of the FBI': Agency informant 'has told Congress a secret society at the bureau held clandestine off-site meetings after Trump's election victory' Find the Trump-hating FBI lovers' 50,000 missing texts NOW, Jeff Sessions orders his officials as White House says messages are 'possibly illegal' Don't build that wall ! Chuck Schumer says Democrats won't give Trump the extra billions he wants just days after promising it during shutdown negotiations Multiple Americans among the 22 killed by the Taliban in 13-hour siege at Kabul's Intercontinental Hotel after militants stormed the building in suicide vests Did infamous 1962 Alcatraz escapees SURVIVE? FBI now ... (more)
On the ground in communities across America, many voters barely noticed the latest spasm of dysfunction in Washington. Those who did were angry and frustrated with their elected leaders but were also growing numb to the near-constant crises that have dominated the Donald Trump-era politics.
The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction released its review of how DoD and the State Department have handled allegations of child sexual abuse committed by members of Afghan forces. The report specifically examines how the U.S. has implemented the Leahy law, which withholds funds from Afghan units if there is credible information of a gross violation of human rights.
Former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords speaks, as her husband, Mark Kelly looks on, during the memorial dedication for Tucson's January 8th Memorial at El Presidio Park in Tucson on Jan. 8, 2018. The dedication was held on the seven-year anniversary of the Tucson-area mass shooting that left six people dead and 13 others injured, including Giffords.
Tammy Duckworth, a Democrat from Illinois, will become the first United States senator to give birth while in that office when she delivers her second child this spring, she announced on Tuesday. Ms. Duckworth, who gave birth to her daughter Abigail in November 2014 while serving in the House of Representatives, is already one of only 10 women who have given birth while serving in Congress.
Democratic Sen. Chris Van Hollen went on CNN Tuesday morning to attempt to spin the Democrats caving to GOP demands on the government shutdown. Van Hollen's Democratic colleagues in the Senate voted Monday to re-open the government by a large majority.
Bill Cosby is suddenly out and about in his hometown of Philadelphia in what legal experts say appears to be an effort by the comedian to rebuild his good-guy image ahead of his retrial on sexual assault charges in the spring. In the past two weeks, the 80-year-old Cosby emerged from a long period of near-seclusion to have dinner with friends at a restaurant and gave his first comedy performance in more than two years.
White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders says the legislation brought forth by Republican Sens. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and Jeff Flake of Arizona and Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois is "unacceptable" to Trump. Sanders adds that the legislation should be "declared dead on arrival" and does not meet White House requirements on border security.
Wray said Tuesday that Jim Rybicki notified him last month of his decision. A change in the position is not unusual when a new director takes charge, but it comes after President Donald Trump repeatedly criticized the FBI and called for a shakeup.