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The winner of a tied Virginia legislative race that could change the balance of power in the statehouse is set to be decided on Thursday when state election officials draw a name from a bowl. The lottery-style drawing is the next step after a recount that at one point showed Democrat Shelly Simonds beating Republican incumbent David Yancey by one vote for a seat in Virginia's House of Delegates.
Being able to match voters with their records in ID databases using just a few basic details might help dispel some myths about whom laws do and don't hurt. Being able to match voters with their records in ID databases using just a few basic details might help dispel some myths about whom laws do and don't hurt.
The Trump administration is behind a wave of efforts to undermine longstanding policies and sensible regulations on drilling for oil and gas off U.S. coasts.
House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis., walks up a flight of stairs as he arrives at his office on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2018. WASHINGTON – Top federal law enforcement officials huddled Wednesday afternoon with House Speaker Paul Ryan to discuss a request from congressional investigators for documents related to a dossier alleging connections between President Donald Trump and Russia, according to people familiar with the meeting.
With a new deadline fast approaching, Democrats in Congress are struggling to adopt a unified strategy to protect hundreds of thousands of young immigrants from deportation. Their inaction has enraged liberal activists across the country, who have shifted their anger in recent days from Republicans who control Congress to Democrats seeking to balance their commitment to a progressive priority with their desire to avoid an explosive government shutdown heading into the 2018 midterm elections.
In coordination with Egypt's State Information Service , the report will be discussed before sending it to the U.S. Congress and foreign media, he told Egypt Today on Thursday. A resolution was introduced to the U.S. Congress on Dec. 21 expressing concerns over attacks on Coptic citizens in Egypt.
Trump, who had continued to speak privately with Bannon after firing him in August, essentially cut ties with his former aide at least for now in a blistering statement issued after Bannon's comments came to light. "Steve Bannon has nothing to do with me or my presidency.
A source familiar with the meeting confirmed that Wray and Rosenstein, who oversees the special counsel's Russia probe, were scheduled to meet with Ryan to discuss House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes' recent requests for additional Justice Department documents regarding handling of the so-called Steele dossier. On Dec. 28, Nunes sent a letter to the Justice Department requesting interviews with officials and documents regarding the handling of the dossier alleging collusion between Trump and Russia, among other concerns.
North American Aerospace Defense Command had earlier launched fighter aircraft based in Texas and Louisiana to make visual contact with the single-engine plane that had failed to land in Texas after having taken off from Oklahoma City earlier in the day. "A Cirrus S22T left Wiley Post Airport in Oklahoma City this afternoon and the pilot filed a flight plan to Georgetown, Texas" the Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement.
President Donald Trump is ramping up calls on the U.S. Congress to stop legal immigrants from sponsoring extended family members who want to move to the United States, saying so-called "chain migration" poses a threat to national security. FILE PHOTO: Protesters hold signs against U.S. President Donald Trump's limited travel ban, approved by the U.S. Supreme Court, in New York City, U.S., June 29, 2017.
U.S. President Donald Trump and the Republican-led Congress have set their sights on an infrastructure initiative and welfare reform as two of their top legislative priorities for 2018. Lawmakers also have must-pass budget bills and other unfinished business they need to tackle after the holiday break.
A freighter is helped down the Maumee River and through the ice by a pair of tug boats in 2013. Three Toledo-bound lake freighters were among several vessels assisted in recent days by Coast Guard icebreakers operating in western Lake Erie.
Even though Doug Jones won a famous statewide victory in last month's Alabama Senate race, he actually lost - less famously - to Roy Moore in six of the state's seven congressional districts. That's right: He carried only the heavily black Seventh Congressional District, into which the Alabama Legislature has jammed almost a third of the state's African-American population while making sure that the rest of the districts remain safely white and Republican.
Chris Thompson holds up a sign during a news conference at the Apothecary Shoppe marijuana dispensary on West Flamingo Road Thursday, Jan. 04, 2018. A memo today that said federal authorities would be rescinding a Department of Justice document that protected states' rights to establish legal marijuana operations was met with dismay and concern by leaders of Nevada's pot industry, who feared the removal of the 2013 Cole Memorandum would wipe out millions of dollars in local investments and state tax revenue.
A brutal winter storm smacked the coastal Southeast with a rare blast of snow and ice Wednesday, hitting parts of Florida, Georgia and South Carolina with their heaviest snowfall in nearly three decades. Forecasters warned that the same system could soon strengthen into a "bomb cyclone" as it rolls up the East Coast, bringing hurricane-force winds, coastal flooding and up to a foot of snow.
A new tell-all book that lifts the lid on the rancorous West Wing reveals a spectacle of clashing egos, betrayal and revenge, laced with Russia intrigue, sending President Donald Trump into a rage. The stunning repudiation of Trump by his one-time populist nationalist guru Steve Bannon in the book "Fire and Fury" by journalist Michael Wolff, and Trump's response came after Tuesday's all-day tweetstorm from the President, which included attacks on enemies foreign and domestic.
Donald Trump Didn't Want to Be President - One year ago: the plan to lose, and the administration's shocked first days. - Election Night: It "looked as if he had seen a ghost."
Donald Trump Didn't Want to Be President - One year ago: the plan to lose, and the administration's shocked first days. - Election Night: It "looked as if he had seen a ghost."
Until this week, Oregon and New Jersey were the only two states to ban self-serve gas stations. Oregon just ended its ban as to rural counties, despite warnings from defenders of the old law that ordinary motorists might not be up to the task of handling pumps without causing fiery infernos or spills.
It's not even the first Friday of the new year - the Trump presidency itself isn't even one year old yet - and already American politics is off the rails. Donald Trump's political BFF, Steve Bannon is quoted calling a meeting between Donald Trump Jr. and a Russian lawyer "treasonous" and "unpatriotic."