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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, speak to reporters as work gets underway on the Senate's version of the GOP tax reform bill, on Capitol Hill in Washington on Nov. 9, 2017 Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, speak to reporters as work gets underway on the Senate's version of the GOP tax reform bill, on Capitol Hill in Washington on Nov. 9, 2017 The tax-overhaul plan introduced Thursday by U.S. Senate Republicans threatens to hit middle- and upper-middle-income Illinois residents particularly hard.
In this Thursday, Nov. 9, 2017 photo, volunteer Danny Floyd, right, of Weatherford, Okla,, helps Kenny and Brittany Smallwood, left, load new furniture donated by the nation's Churches of Christ, at Outdoor Resorts of Chokoloskee, in Chokoloskee, Fla. Kenny and Brittany Smallwood say FEMA rejected their assistance request after an 8-minute inspection even though Hurricane Irma's torrential rains poured through the hole it tore in their home's roof, destroying much of their furniture and causing extensive damage.
Authorities say a reality TV star killed a U.S. Coast Guard technician in a drunken wrong-way collision on a Virginia highway. News outlets report that 25-year-old Melissa Hancock has been charged with driving while intoxicated and maiming following the death of 29-year-old Petty Officer 2nd Class Daniel Dill.
A Marine Corps jury on Friday is deciding whether a drill instructor should be sentenced to military prison time for choking, punching and otherwise tormenting recruits, especially Muslims, one of whom eventually hurled himself to his death down a stairwell. The eight-man jury at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, also could sentence Gunnery Sgt.
Prosperous, progressive and, yes, white West Raleigh prevailed over less-prosperous, left-out, left-behind and, yes, black East Raleigh in the mayor's race. And that's the challenge for North Carolina Democrats who hope for a replay of Virginia's victories here next year and in 2020.
Military leaders worry that the way Congress is keeping the federal government funded, using continuing resolutions instead of passing an appropriations bill, is having an adverse effect on the military readiness of the United States. In the absence of a new budget, a continuing resolution funds the government for a set period of time at the same level or slightly lower than a previous appropriations bill.
Steve Bannon, set to give a speech in Charleston, South Carolina, Friday night, will be introduced by a South Carolina GOP gubernatorial hopeful running against the Republican incumbent. Catherine Templeton is running to replace incumbent GOP Gov. Henry McMaster, whom Trump has endorsed and who will also be attending Friday's event, where Bannon will be honored with the Nathan Hale Patriot Award from the Citadel Republican Society.
In this Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2017 file photo, people walk past a fallen transformer and downed power lines on Parker Hill Road in Santa Rosa, Calif. The wildfires that damaged much of remote Northern California areas, crippling cell phones, landlines and internet leads some to believe that old-fashioned sirens and ham radios might be more reliable in a disaster.
Surely but slowly, the Supreme Court is entering the 21st century. The court is making new legal filings available online starting Monday, years behind the rest of the federal court system.
A recent congressional hearing on the definition of antisemitism took a heated turn as conflicting opinions on how what 'antisemitic language' is were heard. Swastika and the word "Raus" are sprayed at a asylum seeker accommodation in Waltrop, western Germany, on October 13, 2015..
Maryland and Virginia Republicans who endorsed Roy Moore's candidacy for U.S. Senate were silent Friday morning following accusations that Moore initiated sexual contact with minors while he was in his 30s. The Washington Post reported allegations that Moore initiated a contact with 14-year-old girl when he was a 32-year-old assistant district attorney in Alabama, and pursued three other women between the ages of 16 and 18. In September, Rep. Andy Harris, the only Republican representing Maryland in Congress, endorsed Moore in a bitter GOP runoff election in Alabama that gripped national politics .
The sanctuary of the small-town Texas church where a gunman carried out a massacre will be turned into a temporary memorial for the more than two dozen victims. A Marine Corps drill instructor was convicted by a military jury of physically abusing young recruits, sometimes while drunk, and focusing his fury on three Muslim-American military volunteers.
When allegations of sexual misconduct about Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore surfaced, many Republican lawmakers offered a variation on this line: If the story is true, he should step aside. "If there is any shred of truth to the allegations against Roy Moore, he should step aside immediately," said Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake.
Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore has been accused of sexual misconduct with teenagers just one month before a special election fill the seat left open by Attorney General Jeff Sessions. The allegations published by The Washington Post - that Moore initiated sexual contact with four women between the ages of 14 and 18 when he was in his 30s - are explosive.
A Marine Corps jury on Friday decides whether a drill instructor convicted of abusing young recruits should be sentenced to military prison time. The eight-man jury at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, also could sentence Gunnery Sgt.
Former White House chief strategist and head of Breitbart News Steve Bannon spoke to New Hampshire Republicans last night at an event in Manchester. As people arrived at the Executive Court Banquet Facility in Manchester to hear Bannon speak, many of them were greeted by "boos" from across the street.
Two consecutive Sunday protests are planned at 8th District Congressman Mike Bishop's Brighton office to oppose a proposal to change the U.S. tax code. The two events are scheduled this Sunday, November 12th from 2 to 3:15pm and then again on Sunday, November 19th from 1 to 3pm at Bishops Office on Grand River.