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The Latest on a Virginia legislative election in which the winner's name is drawn out of a bowl : A Republican has won a Virginia state House of Delegates race so close that its outcome was determined by pulling the candidate's name out of a bowl. Del. David Yancey was named the winner of the 94th District on Thursday by the Virginia State Board of Elections.
Last night, the county's Assembly of Delegates voted in support of Sheriff James Cummings's recent move to partner with Immigration and Customs Enforcement, known as ICE. It will allow local law enforcement to assist with detaining county inmates suspected of illegal immigration.
Virginia House of Delegate candidates Republican David Yancey and Democrat Shelly Simonds attend an event at Heritage High School in Newport News, Va., on Nov. 28, 2017. Yancey won the tie-breaking drawing on Thursday.
War broke out between President Donald Trump and his former chief strategist, Steve Bannon after disparaging comments Bannon made about his former boss came to light. But three days were all that was needed for the outbreak of the first major US political war of the new year.
FILE - In this Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2017, file photo, Republican incumbent state Del. David Yancey walks with campaign manager Gretchen Heal outside the Newport News Courthouse in Newport News, Va.
Two Republican congressmen are calling for Attorney General Jeff Sessions to step down, saying he is unable to control leaks coming out of the FBI. Sessions' resignation would clear the way for Trump to appoint a new attorney general who is not recused from the Russia probe - and could fire Robert Mueller.
None of this is normal. Try to picture Barack Obama declaring that David Axelrod had "lost his mind," George W. Bush saying that Karl Rove "is learning that winning isn't as easy as I make it look," or Bill Clinton's lawyers sending James Carville a cease-and-desist letter threatening "imminent" legal action.
Thousands of flights around the country have been canceled due to a major winter storm, including a complete suspension of flights to or from New York's JFK airport. Because the disruptions are caused by weather, airlines aren't responsible for reimbursing your expenses like food, clothing, toiletries, or hotels if you're delayed or stranded.
An Oregon congressman who is one of a chief backer of legalized marijuana is urging a fight against U.S. Attorney General Jeff Session's plan to open the gates to federal enforcement of laws against marijuana. Rep. Earl Blumenauer, a Democrat who co-sponsored an amendment that prevents the Justice Department from interfering with states' medical marijuana programs, called the move outrageous.
The Department of Justice looks set to crack down on states allowing recreational use and sale of marijuana, breaking with past policy. A top Senate Republican threatened to withhold President Donald Trump's nominees to the Justice Department on Thursday after news broke that Attorney General Jeff Sessions would rescind Obama-era rules that allow recreational marijuana use and sale in certain states.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions has rescinded an Obama-era policy that paved the way for legalized marijuana to flourish in states across the country, creating new confusion about enforcement and use just three days after a new legalization law went into effect in California. President Donald Trump's top law enforcement official announced the change Thursday.
Comedy Central's THE DAILY SHOW WITH TREVOR NOAH and THE OPPOSITION W/ JORDAN KLEPPE will be providing instant analysis and commentary about the President's first STATE OF THE UNION address and telecast LIVE with back-to-back episodes from 11:00-11:30 p.m. ET and 11:30-midnight ET respectively on Tuesday, January 30. This marks the seventh time THE DAILY SHOW WITH TREVOR NOAH has aired LIVE, having previously done so throughout the 2016 Presidential Election on election night, after the presidential and vice presidential debates, and on the final nights of both the Republican and Democratic National Conventions. The Opposition w/ Jordan Klepper made its series debut last fall and will be airing a LIVE episode for the first time.
Cathey Park of Cambridge, Massachusetts wears a cast for her broken wrist with "I Love Obamacare" written upon it prior to U.S. President Barack Obama's arrival to speak about health insurance at Faneuil Hall in Boston October 30, 2013. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque The Trump administration proposed a rule on Thursday to allow Americans who are self-employed or work for small businesses to buy health insurance that does not comply with all Obamacare requirements in an effort to unwind the 2010 healthcare law.
BREAKING NEWS: Trump's lawyer tries to BAN publication of explosive book with cease and desist letter to author and publisher 'Dumb as s***, a dope, and a f***ing idiot': Trump's top officials and billionaire confidants including Rupert Murdoch let loose on what they really think about the president I've got DOZENS of tapes of hours of interviews Michael Wolff tells friends as he says White House sources simply walked over to his hotel to spill 'You can't make this s*** up': How Trump's aides '100% came to believe he was incapable of functioning in his job' The 'bomb cyclone' has detonated! Whiteout storm hits the Northeast with heavy snow and gale-force winds - closing schools and causing traffic chaos as plows run around-the-clock to clear roads and more than 3,300 flights are cancelled The simple tweaks that will make healthy meals even BETTER for you 'I slept with five of his ... (more)
The pilot of a small plane that failed to land at its Central Texas destination and was later tracked by fighter jets flying over the Gulf of Mexico appeared unresponsive and may have been suffering from a lack of oxygen, authorities said Thursday. The pilot of the Cirrus SR-22 took off from Wiley Post Airport in Oklahoma City Wednesday afternoon after filing a flight plan to land in Georgetown, Texas, about 25 miles north of Austin.
As marijuana grows into a multimillion dollar industry, Attorney General Jeff Sessions aims to impose harsher federal regulations. AP News reports that Sessions plans to rescind an Obama-era policy that allows states to gradually legalize marijuana for recreational use, giving federal prosecutors free reign in targeting buyers and sellers.
There's no winner yet in Virginia's hotly contested race for a House seat despite a general election, a recount and a legal battle. Now election officials are turning to a ceramic bowl.
Dr Bandy Lee spoke to more than a dozen members of Congress on 5 and 6 December, all of whom were Democrats with the exception of one Republican Senator, according to Politico . "We feel that the rush of tweeting is an indication of his falling apart under stress.
The American Republican party is about to pass a massive tax bill that almost no one - including their own voters - really wants. While many people like the idea of paying lower taxes, remarkably few favor the kind of tax bill proposed.
FILE - In this Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2017, file photo, Republican incumbent state Del. David Yancey walks with campaign manager Gretchen Heal outside the Newport News Courthouse in Newport News, Va.