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A Republican congressman from Pennsylvania who settled a former aide's sexual harassment complaint with taxpayer money says he developed a deep affection for her but never harassed her or pursued a romantic relationship. Rep. Pat Meehan told The Philadelphia Inquirer on Tuesday that he intends to run for re-election in his suburban Philadelphia district.
In the hours after U.S. senators struck a deal to end the government shutdown Monday, scores of immigrant advocates gathered near the U.S. Capitol to protest what they saw as the Democrats' decision to abandon the “dreamers,” young undocumented immigrants brought to the United States as children. One by one, they called out the names of Democrats who voted with Republicans to end the shutdown, shouting, “Shame!” On Tuesday, the protesters will be back, rallying in Upper Senate Park and then visiting lawmakers' offices to demand the vote on immigration legislation that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., has vaguely promised.
Township officials are hoping to come up with an ordinance that, if approved by the council, would ban the sale of recreational marijuana in Old Bridge, should it be legalized in the state. CIA Director Mike Pompeo says the intelligence agency is bolstering efforts to help interdict shipments to the North Korea regime, which he said is moving "ever closer" to putting Americans at risk with its nuclear weapons.
The U.S. Senate on Tuesday agreed to hold an evening vote on the nomination of Federal Reserve Governor Jerome Powell to succeed Janet Yellen at the helm of the central bank, a move that would likely ensure continuity in U.S. monetary policy. The Republican-controlled Senate voted 84-12 to move toward a final vote, which it agreed to hold at 5 p.m. .
At least two people were killed Tuesday in Benton, Ky., after a shooter opened fire on students and faculty at a local high school. Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin said at least 17 others were also injured in the attack on Marshall County High School, 12 of whom sustained gunshot wounds.
President Trump will not consider a bipartisan immigration proposal struck by Republican Sens. Jeff Flake and Lindsey Graham and Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin because it falls far short of the requirements Trump has laid out for any deal that helps Dreamers, White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said Tuesday. "I'd like to leave no doubt about where the White House stands on the Flake, Graham and Durbin agreement on immigration reform.
On Friday, hours before the Great Government Shutdown of 2018 began, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer told Donald Trump in a one-on-one meeting that that he was ready to capitulate on the president's most famous campaign promise: a border wall with Mexico. Politico reports that a day after Democrats agreed to end the impasse by agreeing to reopen the government, Schumer informed the White House through an aide that his proposition was no longer valid.
Two lawmakers are calling for Facebook and Twitter to immediately investigate allegations that Russian accounts engaged in a social media campaign aimed at undermining Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation of the Trump campaign. "If these reports are accurate, we are witnessing an ongoing attack by the Russian government through Kremlin-linked social media actors," Senator Dianne Feinstein and Rep. Adam Schiff say in a letter to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey.
One of the multiple wounded victims has died in a shooting at Marshall County High School in Western Kentucky Tuesday, according to Kentucky State Police. "Much yet unknowna Please do not speculate or spread hearsaya Let's let the first responders do their job and be grateful that they are there to do it for us."
Mayon Volcano is seen emitting smoke in Albay province, Bicol region, south of Manila September 17, 2014. The Philippines has evacuated more than 12,000 people from around the foot of its most active volcano as the crater glows red and authorities warn of a possible eruption.
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The FBI's top agent on the Trump-Russia investigation sent a text message last year that one top Republican senator says suggests he saw no evidence of Trump campaign collusion. The text message, which was sent by Peter Strzok, is "jaw-dropping," Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson, the chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, said in a radio interview on Tuesday.
An illegal immigrant from Mexico is facing 10 felony charges related to his alleged rape and robbery of at least four California women, the district attorney's office announced Monday. Authorities arrested 39-year-old Alfonso Alarcon-Nunez, who also worked as an Uber driver, earlier in January for the crimes, reports KSBY .
U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions was questioned last week by the special counsel's office investigating potential collusion between Russia and President Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign, the U.S. Justice Department said on Tuesday. The interview marked the first time that Special Counsel Robert Mueller's office is known to have interviewed a member of Trump's Cabinet.
Genie Bouchard and John Goehrke look to be going very strong after they announced they're headed to the Super Bowl together. Goehrke famously bet a date with Bouchard during the Super Bowl last year if the Patriots came back to win.
First District DFL candidate Dan Feehan raised $154,000 in the last three months of 2017, according to a campaign press release. The release states that is the most money ever raised by a non-incumbent in the First District in the first two quarters.
News giant Matt Drudge slammed author Michael Wolff on Tuesday for his depiction of President Trump in his book, Fire and Fury . Wolff described Trump as mentally unwell and not wanting to be president, but Drudge cited a dinner he had with Trump while trashing Wolff's book on Twitter as "fabricated bullshit."
D.C. Public Schools placed another administrator on leave during its investigation of low attendance yet high graduation rates at Ballou High School, according to The Washington Post. Shamele Straughter, assistant principal at Ballou High School, is on administrative leave with her potential of resuming the position unknown, reported The Washington Post .
A Russian spy ship Viktor Leonov SSV-175, is seen docked at a Havana port February 27, 2014. A Russian spy ship quietly slipped into Havana Bay earlier this week and was docked at a cruise ship terminal on Thursday, its crew casually taking in the view of the old colonial section of the Cuban capital as passers-by gawked.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions was interviewed last week by special counsel Robert Mueller as part of the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election. Sessions is the first member of President Trump's cabinet known to have been questioned by the special counsel's office in its investigation into possible coordination between the Trump campaign and Moscow.