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President Donald Trump today attacked his own Justice Department for not doing more to investigate Hillary Clinton and the Democratic Party in the wake of revelations that her presidential campaign had a measure of control over the Democratic National Committee in 2015, well before she had clinched the party's nomination. "I'm really not involved with the Justice Department.
Anthony Weiner speaks at a press conference at the Sheraton Hotel in this June 6, 2011 file photo in New York. Former Democratic congressman Anthony Weiner , who was sentenced to 21 to 27 months in prison for sending obscene material to a 15-year-old North Carolina high school student, must report to federal prison by Monday, WABC reported Friday.
Both stories reinforced the idea that, despite the ongoing tumult in the Republican party, it is actually the Democratic party that has been most disrupted by the realignment of American politics along class lines. Not that the Democrats, or Washingtonians in general, seem aware of this fact.
Republicans touting the new tax-cut plan released by the House of Representatives on Nov. 2 insist it will do wonders for the middle class. A lot of people don't believe it.
House Republicans say the tax bill they introduced Thursday will grow the economy, create jobs and simplify tax returns, in part by eliminating tax deductions. "Over 90 percent of Americans will be able to fill out their taxes on a postcard.
We continuously hear that it is time for change; Prospect can do better. However, for the past 40 years, the citizens of Prospect have voted Mayor Bob Chatfield into office and for 40 years the citizens of Prospect have strongly supported the Republicans for other critical town positions including Town Council and Board of Education which has helped shape this outstanding town into what it is today.
Though it simplifies the tax code, the House GOP's proposed tax reform plan includes the repeal of several deductions, a change some lawmakers are reluctant to support. The House Ways and Means Committee on Thursday unveiled the $1.5 trillion tax reform plan, which would eliminate three out of seven tax brackets and a slew of tax deductions and rewrite the corporate tax code.
Many have pointed out that White House Chief of Staff John Kelly's veneration this week of Robert E. Lee as an honorable man and his contention that the Civil War came about as a result of an inability by politicians to “compromise” reflected a glaring blind spot about the actual issue at hand. It is, of course, mind bogglingly insensitive to imply that the existence of legal slavery is something about which we might conceivably have found a suitable compromise.
The Trumps pay their respects to the fallen: President and First Lady offer solemn floral tribute at Pearl Harbor shrine before departing on Asia tour overshadowed by North Korea crisis Netflix AXES Kevin Spacey: Network cancels Gore Vidal movie and announces it won't air House of Cards if scandal-hit star appears, as three more men accuse him of sexual misconduct More than 20 cities across the nation fear protest marches on Saturday to demand Trump's removal from office could be hijacked by violent anarchists Was soldier at center of Trump condolence call row KIDNAPPED by ISIS militants? Niger village leader says La David Johnson was seized and bound before his body was dumped half-a-mile away FBI report in new JFK release claims Martin Luther King Jr had 'all-night sex orgy' at workshop for church ministers CIA memo released with hundreds of new JFK assassination files says rumors of ... (more)
Its been nearly a year since Donald Trump won the presidential election and a German newspaper is on the hunt in Saginaw to see if his supporters are still confident about casting their vote for him. Reporter Herbert Bauernebel, 52, and photographer Tobias Everke, 55, are freelance journalists with Bild, a German tabloid newspaper, based in Berlin.
San Francisco police commissioners voted 4-3 late Friday night in support of a plan to arm all city police officers with Tasers following a raucous six and a half-hour hearing that was at one point shut down and relocated to another room in response to audience protests. The vote means the department will move to develop a policy for the conducted energy devices, commonly known by the brand name Taser.
President Donald Trump is being pulled in different directions as he heads to Asia, with his base eager to hear him take a hard line on the Chinese trade and economic practices he railed against as a candidate and others in his administration pushing him to sweep those concerns aside and urge China to tighten the screws on North Korea. At the same time, much of the president's attention has been occupied by urgent matters at home, including indictments against two top campaign aides, the deepening Russia investigation and a high-stakes fight over his tax plan.
In this Oct. 29, 2016, file photo, then-Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., speaks to volunteers at a home serving as a canvassing site to train and organize supporters of Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton in Cincinnati. WASHINGTON -- One current and three former female members of Congress said they have been sexually harassed or subjected to hostile sexual comments by their male colleagues while serving in the House.
It wasn't just a few Democrats that the Russian hackers went after; it was an all-out blitz across the Democratic Party. They tried to compromise Hillary Clinton's inner circle and more than 130 party employees, supporters and contractors.
Legislation providing five more years of financing for an expired children's health program won House approval Friday, though a partisan battle over paying for the extension continued to play out in the Senate. Each side is using the fight to accuse the other of jeopardizing the Children's Health Insurance Program, which serves more than 8 million children from low-income families.
Nineteen thousand lines of raw data associated with the theft of emails from Hillary Clinton campaign staff members show how the hackers managed the election-shaking operation. Minute-by-minute logs gathered by the cybersecurity company Secureworks and recently shared with The Associated Press suggest it took the hackers just over a week of work to zero in on and penetrate the personal Gmail account of campaign chairman John Podesta.
President Donald Trump said he is "disappointed" with the Justice Department and won't rule out firing Attorney General Jeff Sessions if Sessions won't investigate Democrats. "Honestly, they should be looking at the Democrats," Trump told reporters before leaving the White House on a 12-day trip to Asia.
Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who in 2009 walked off a U.S. military outpost in eastern Afghanistan and spent the next five years in enemy captivity, was sentenced Friday to a dishonorable discharge from the Army but will avoid prison time. Bergdahl, 31, pleaded guilty in October to charges of desertion and misbehavior before the enemy and had faced a maximum life sentence.
The House's leading tax writer on Friday opened the possibility that Congress' push to cut taxes could mesh with its so-far failed effort to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, saying the tax bill could include a measure to do away with the health law's mandate that most Americans have health coverage. Rep. Kevin Brady, R-Texas, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, said no decision had been made about whether to include repeal of the so-called individual mandate.
CHARLESTON, W.Va. - U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., addressed the Democratic Party's future during a speech Friday night at the Charleston Civic Center.