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Three Republican congressmen introduced a resolution Friday calling for special counsel Robert Mueller to recuse himself from the probe into Russia's interference in the 2016 presidential election. Republican Reps.
Virginia Republican gubernatorial candidate Ed Gillespie has a lead on Democratic candidate Lt. Gov. Ralph Northam less than one week before the election, according to a new poll.
The former D.C. Public Schools chancellor received a reprimand attached to no actual punishment for corrupt practices during her tenure, according to a Thursday report. The D.C. Board of Ethics and Government Accountability issued a reprimand of Kaya Henderson for favoritism when admitting children of government officials and others to certain schools, reported The Washington Post .
Los Angeles Times columnist David Horsey mocked Sanders' appearance, saying she "looks more like a slightly chunky soccer mom who organizes snacks for the kids' games." "Rather than the fake eyelashes and formal dresses she puts on for news briefings, Sanders seems as if she'd be more comfortable in sweats and running shoes," Horsey wrote on Wednesday.
President Donald Trump says he hopes to sign a bill to overhaul the United States tax code by the end of the year. The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act plan introduced this week by House Republicans cuts the number of tax brackets from seven to four; cuts the corporate tax rate from 35 percent to 20 percent; and phases out the estate tax.
CNN business correspondent Richard Quest gave President Trump credit for the booming U.S. economy, and said anyone who denies Trump's contributions is being "mealy-mouthed." The latest jobs report revealed that the unemployment rate has fallen to 4.1 percent, it's lowest level in 17 years.
A white male Democrat said Star Parker, a black pro-life activist, was being "ignorant" during a hearing on a pro-life bill, suggesting that she lacked the ability to properly deal with Congress members. Parker, the founder of Center for Urban Renewal and Education, testified on the Heartbeat Protection act earlier this week and the ways abortion affects the black community when Tennessee Rep. Steve Cohen got upset about her remarks.
A federal appeals court says Dallas Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott can play in Sunday's home game against Kansas City. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York on Friday temporarily blocked a lower-court ruling that required Elliott to begin serving a six-game suspension.
Rep. Steve Chabot's campaign has paid his son-in-law's company more than $150,000 for website design and other services over the last six years. WASHINGTON - Rep. Steve Chabot's campaign has paid his son-in-law's company more than $150,000 for website design and other Internet services since 2011.
DES PLAINES, Ill. The Emergency Nurses Association applauds the House of Representatives for passing the Protecting Patient Access to Emergency Medications Act yesterday.
I wasn't terribly surprised when we reported a few weeks ago that Mississippi Senate candidate Roy Moore is tied to the 'League of the South', the pro-Southern secession/slavery apologism group that wants to lead the South in a second rebellion against the federal government in order to found a 'white Christian republic.' But I confess I was a bit surprised that Rep. Marsha Blackburn, who is currently the leading Republican candidate to succeed Sen. Bob Corker, does too.
Many Democrats expressed outrage Thursday at allegations from a former party chairwoman that an agreement with the Democratic National Committee gave the presidential campaign of Hillary Clinton some day-to-day control over the party early in the 2016 campaign. Donna Brazile, a former interim chairwoman of the party, says in a forthcoming book that an August 2015 agreement gave the Clinton campaign a measure of direct influence over the party's finances and strategy, along with a say over staff decisions and consultation rights over issues like mailings, budgets and analytics.
President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting on tax policy with business leaders in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Tuesday, October 31, 2017. According to a new ABC News/Washington Post poll released this week, only 33 percent of Americans support President Trump's tax plan, while 50 percent oppose it.
New members of the Afghan Special forces march during their graduation ceremony at the Afghan Corp, on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan. More than three 3.7 million Afghans, about 11 percent of the population, now live in areas under the control or influence of the Taliban and other armed groups, a new report by the top U.S. watchdog in Afghanistan has found.
A second federal contract with a company hired to rebuild Puerto Rico's all but collapsed power grid is coming under scrutiny, drawing the attention of federal investigators and even members of Congress even as most of the hurricane-ravaged island remains without power. The news of a second faulty contract is also raising questions about the contracting process for the island's government-owned power company, the Puerto Rican Electric Power Authority .
Boston's approach is one model for how big cities can accommodate families after disasters, with centralized support via welcome centers that offer everything from registering for school to filing paperwork with FEMA. After arriving from Puerto Rico in late October, Alicia Santiago and Lexian Cordava and Paulette Alvarez sign up for housing and school enrollment at Sociedad Latina on November 2, 2017 in the Roxbury neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts.
Laura Ingraham capped her first week as host of the new Fox News prime time hour The Ingraham Angle with an interview with President Trump on Thursday night. In it, he praised the new Republican tax plan as only he can - "We're getting great reviews" - and Ingraham tried to make a little news by asking him the sort of entertainment-world question the media loves to repeat.