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Hundreds of people turned out on a cold night to pay last respects to selectman and lifelong Sandwich resident Peter Beauchemin, a man who served the town he loved and lit the sky above it. Men and women in uniform, town officials, and people wearing their Sunday clothes beneath winter coats filed past the closed, flag-draped coffin of Mr. Beauchemin.
In this May 3, 2017, file photo, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra answers a question during a news conference, in Sacramento, Calif. Becerra is suing the Trump administration in federal court for allowing more employers to opt out of providing no-cost birth control to women by claiming moral or religious objections.
One week after the fifth anniversary of the Sandy Hook massacre, a clear majority of American voters say Congress is not doing enough to reduce gun violence, according to a new poll. A Quinnipiac University poll of 1,230 voters conducted from Dec. 13-18 also found that more women than men support stricter gun laws, and that a majority of Americans favor a ban on gun modifications that render semi-automatic firearms capable of shooting like automatic weapons.
The Republican-led Congress narrowly passed a temporary spending bill to avert a government shutdown Thursday, doing the bare minimum in a sprint toward the holidays and punting disputes on immigration, health care and the budget to next year. The measure passed the House on a 231-188 vote over Democratic opposition and then cleared the Senate, 66-32, with Democrats from Republican-leaning states providing just enough votes.
Congress has voted to prevent a government shutdown as the House and Senate in rapid succession approved a stopgap spending bill to keep agencies running through Jan. 19. The Senate's 66-32 vote sent the temporary funding bill to President Donald Trump with time to spare before a Friday midnight deadline. He has said he will sign it and encouraged lawmakers on Twitter to "keep our Government OPEN!" The Senate vote followed a deceptively difficult 231-188 tally in the House that followed days of wrangling.
In a panel discussion on Thursday, MSNBC commentators and host Chris Matthews derided a Wednesday White House press conference that featured Republicans fawning over the president in celebration of their newly-passed tax plan. "It was like a scene out of Julius Cesar yesterday on the south lawn of the White House," Matthews said.
On Dec. 18, 2017, DOJ and DHS released the FY 2017 4th Quarter , complying with this order. The report found that more than one-in-five of all persons in Bureau of Prisons custody were foreign born, and that 94 percent of confirmed aliens in custody were unlawfully present.
Today, following President Donald J. Trump's executive order to break America's dependence on foreign minerals, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke signed a secretarial order directing the initial steps to producing the first nationwide geological and topographical survey of the United States in modern history. The order also directs Interior bureaus to begin work on identifying immediate domestic sources for critical minerals.
Today, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced that, pursuant to Executive Order 13777 and his November memorandum prohibiting guidance documents, he is rescinding 25 such documents that were unnecessary, inconsistent with existing law, or otherwise improper. Last month, I ended the longstanding abuse of issuing rules by simply publishing a letter or posting a web page.
Hamblen County commissioners voted down a controversial resolution that says marriage is just between a man and a woman Thursday night. Commissioner John Smyth told WATE 6 On Your Side four voted for the measure, five voted against it and four others abstained from voting.
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A lawmaker from India's ruling party called the Taj Mahal a blot on Indian culture, saying in October that the famous tourist site had been built by Muslim traitors. In November, another party member offered a bounty for the heads of two people involved in a movie featuring a Muslim sultan.
Investment guru Steve Forbes predicted to Newsmax TV that the GOP tax-reform legislation will spark investment that ultimately lead to "a higher standard of living" for all Americans. "We've had, as you know, subpar investment for a decade," the chairman and editor-in-chief of Forbes Media told Sunday's "The Income Generation Show."
Investment guru Steve Forbes predicts to Newsmax TV that President Donald Trump just might be able to actually persuade Congress to eventually enact a flat tax throughout the land. "The only way you're going to get a flat tax - and 40 countries and jurisdictions around the would in recent years have put it in and it's worked very well everywhere it's been tried - is if it's pushed by the president," the chairman and editor-in-chief of Forbes Media told Sunday's "The Income Generation Show."
The Republican establishment - plus one populist president - are betting the nation's economic fortunes and their party's chances of holding on to power can be greatly enhanced by some good old-fashioned supply-side economics. Cutting taxes and deregulation worked for President Reagan - an economic boom that accomplished 3.9 percent growth and lasted more than 8 years.
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Today, a coalition of doctors, scientists, and professional groups are filing a lawsuit challenging EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt's attempt to remove highly qualified, independent scientists from advisory committees that ensure the integrity of science at the agency. EPA advisory committees provide crucial scientific and technical information to inform EPA decisions and review the scientific accuracy of EPA findings across a wide range of agency programs.
A bystander covers their face as police launch pepper spray at demonstrators on Inauguration Day 2017. CREDIT: AP Photo/John Minchillo Handed a sweeping defeat by jurors on Thursday, federal prosecutors offered no sign of surrender in the felony prosecutions of nearly 200 more people arrested in connection with an Inauguration Day protest where some marchers smashed windows and brawled with cops.