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Conservative watchdog groups in several states have filed suit to seek more aggressive action to remove ineligible voters from election rolls, while liberal advocacy and voting rights groups have filed lawsuits of their own. A case in Ohio is going to the Supreme Court.
As he approaches the first anniversary of his election victory over Hillary Clinton, President Donald Trump's approval ratings have hit historic lows. According to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll, 59 per cent disapprove of Trump's handling of the presidency the worst of any president at nine months in office since modern polling began.
One of the biggest backlashes to emerge from the Texas church shooting on Sunday revolves around the commonly used platitude of "thoughts and prayers" in response to the attack. It's not the first time that there has been deep criticism about the issue.
That's the word from Thomas Barthold, the chief of staff for the Joint Committee on Taxation. He gave the data in response to a question from a Democratic member of the House Ways and Means Committee at Monday's session.
Attorney General Mike Hunter received $3,500 in donations from political action committees associated with drugmakers in July and August. He returned those donations last month.
A Chicago man pardoned after spending nearly a decade in prison for a robbery he didn't commit is suing a northern Indiana city, its police chief and three officers, alleging they fabricated evidence against him. The federal lawsuit filed Monday in South Bend by 50-year-old Keith Cooper accuses Elkhart and the other defendants of violating his constitutional rights, including his right to a fair trial.
Five Argentinian... . Mauricio Macri, President of Argentina, left, and his wife Juliana Awada prepare to place flowers on a rock wall during a tribute Monday, Nov. 6, 2017, on the same bike where five citizens from Argentina where struck and killed... .
Lt. Governor of New Jersey Kim Guadagno leaves a diner after making a campaign stop the day before the election in Randolph, N.J., Monday, Nov. 6, 2017. Guadagno is the Republican candidate for the governor of New Jersey in tomorrow's election.
George Barber, one of four Republicans vying to succeed State Senator Kyle McCarter in Illinois' 54th Legislative District, believes his 17 years of working with area families and his community service outside of politics and campaigns may give him a leg up in the GOP 2018 primary next March. "The fact that I am a fresh, clean name is a plus," Greenville University's head b-ball coach told Illinois Review over the weekend.
The chairman of the House Ways and Means committee warned of a "monumental challenge" ahead Monday as his panel began work on far-reaching GOP tax legislation that would slash corporate rates and add $1.5 trillion to the nation's ballooning debt. The bill represents the top legislative goal for President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans eyeing tough midterm elections next year.
Sen. Jeff Flake criticized President Donald Trump for encouraging the Department of Justice and the FBI to investigate his political opponents, telling CNN's "New Day" on Monday it isn't "normal" presidential behavior. "A lot of people are concerned about where we're going ... the vitriol that we now see daily, the kind of behavior that the President has exhibited, saying over the weekend, or on Friday, saying the FBI should go after the President's political adversaries," said the Arizona Republican, who has emerged as a fervent Trump critic.
Former President Barack Obama campaigns in support of Virginia Lieutenant Governor Ralph Northam, Democratic candidate for governor, at a rally in Richmond, Virginia, October 19, 2017. The Democratic Party, Democratic voters, and grass roots progressive activists should be in a state of high agitation, focused on one thing - containing Trump, his fake populism and his Republican allies.
Shepard Fairey's iconic "Hope" poster remains one of the most enduring symbols of Barack Obama's historic first presidential campaign. Contrast the piece with the "Make America Great Again" hats and mean-spirited Pepe the Frog memes from the 2016 election, however, and it serves as a stark reminder of just how unhinged so much of our political discourse has become.
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico Running water is still a scarce commodity for many Puerto Ricans in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria. But, in the past weeks residents in Isabella and Quebradillas have been able to wash, bathe, cook and drink from the tap again.
WASHINGTON The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced today that it will waive day use fees for veterans, active and reserve component service members, and their families at the more than 2,800 USACE-operated recreation areas nationwide on Veterans Day, November 11. The waiver covers fees for boat launch ramps and swimming beaches. The waiver does not apply to camping and camping-related services, or fees for specialized facilities and events.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to step back into the years-long feud over patents between the world's top smartphone makers, declining to hear Samsung's appeal of a lower court ruling that reinstated a $120 million jury award in favor of Apple. The justices left in place a 2016 ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit that upheld a verdict that found South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co Ltd had infringed Apple Inc's patents on several popular features of the California-based company's iPhone.
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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., flanked by Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., the ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, left, and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., holds a news conference on Capitol Hill. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., flanked by Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., the ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, left, and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., holds a news conference on Capitol Hill.
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