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The breakfasters at Bob and Edith's Diner are too preoccupied with their tasty bacon and eggs to notice the Democratic gubernatorial candidate. Or perhaps, like all Americans who are more sensitive than oysters, they are in the throes of political exhaustion and are trying to ignore this year's only competitive gubernatorial race.
U.S. Sen. Jeff Flake's decision to bow out of a re-election fight could spur a rush of other Republican candidates who hope to take on his only announced challenger in the Arizona primary next year. The freshman senator's decision came after months of saying he expected a tough primary and general election but believed he could win.
A gang eradication effort years in the making comes to a close next week when the final remaining defendant in the federal Brunswick Bloods street gang case receives his sentence - No. 19 out of 19 gang members indicted.
Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal on Wednesday announced an additional $4 million in funding for Jekyll Island to address urgent restoration needs following the impact of two hurricanes in the past 13 months. Funding will come by way of a transfer from the Governor's Emergency Fund to the Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency to pay for critical and urgent restoration needs on Jekyll Island, according to a release from Deal's office.
Down through our political history, it has been decidedly rare for former presidents to re-enter the fray and comment on the performance of their successors. For example, despite constant blame-game references to his record in the White House by Barack Obama, George W. Bush maintained a dignified silence.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency announced in a news release it will be closing the disaster recovery center in the St. Simons Island police station precinct Saturday. Operated jointly by the Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency and FEMA, the center, 1964 Demere Rd. on St. Simons Island, will close for the foreseeable future at 3 p.m. The center in the Camden County Recreation Center, 1050 Wildcat Blvd., will also close at 3 p.m. Saturday.
President Donald Trump and fellow Republicans latched onto revelations tying Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign to a dossier of allegations about his ties to Russia, saying Wednesday it was a "disgrace" that Democrats had helped pay for research that produced the document. "It's just really - it's a very sad commentary on politics in this country," Trump said in addressing reporters one day after news reports revealed that the Clinton campaign and the Democratic National Committee, for several months last year, helped fund research that ultimately ended up in the dossier.
House Speaker Joe Straus talks in his office at the State Capitol on October 25, 2017 shortly after announcing he would not run for reelection as House speaker or for his San Antonio district. House Speaker Joe Straus talks in his office at the State Capitol on October 25, 2017 shortly after announcing he would not run for reelection as House speaker or for his San Antonio district.
President Donald Trump and fellow Republicans latched onto revelations tying Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign to a dossier of allegations about his ties to Russia, saying Wednesday that it was a "disgrace" that Democrats had helped pay for research that produced the document. "It's just really - it's a very sad commentary on politics in this country," Trump said in addressing reporters one day after news reports revealed that the Clinton campaign and the Democratic National Committee, for several months last year, helped fund research that ultimately ended up in the dossier.
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Wednesday said she worries the Republican Party "is imploding," according to a video posted on Twitter by ABC News. Her comments follow Republican Sen. Jeff Flake's announcement that he would not seek reelection in 2018 because he felt a "traditional conservative has a narrower and narrower path to nomination in the Republican Party."
Hillary Clinton and the Democratic National Committee resorted to Cold War tactics in funding a dossier about then-presidential candidate Donald Trump, former presidential adviser Sebastian Gorka said Wednesday. "Here we have the proof of not only there not being anything, but that if there was any collusion it was between Hillary Clinton and the Russians and the people that generated not opposition research," Gorka said.
Mark your calendars: the 4th annual WTXL Turkey Drive benefiting America's Second Harvest of the Big Bend is set for Nov. 16. Last week, we took you to Tallahassee's HOPE Community, a place to stay for the homeless. Now WTXL is taking you to a Wakulla County food pantry where volunteers are making sure families have a Thanksgiving dinner.
The Federal Communications Commission is planning to vote in November on proposals to roll back ownership rules that were meant to support diverse voices in local media. The newspaper and broadcasting industries have pushed for changes to the rules as they face growing online competition.
The issue comes in defining what is - and what is not - a business, for the purposes of a major new business tax break. I've written before about problems with the provision of the Republican tax framework that President Donald Trump touts as good for small businesses.
The Washington Post reported that a law firm representing the Democratic National Committee and Clinton campaign retained research firm Fusion GPS to investigate Trump. The Democratic National Committee and Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign partially funded the investigation that produced the controversial " Steele Dossier ," according to a 24 October 2017 report by the Washington Post citing "people familiar with the matter."
One-hundred-and-forty-six. That's how many pairs of women's shoes, arranged in the shape of the state of Texas, covered a corner of Fort Worth's Magnolia Green Park on Wednesday.
Ivanka Trump teamed up Wednesday with Republican legislators to try to ensure the tax overhaul package under construction on Capitol Hill includes an expansion of the child tax credit. The White House adviser and presidential daughter, appearing at a Capitol Hill news conference with GOP lawmakers, framed the tax credit as crucial for working families.
In this April 28, 2011 file photo, Jessica Colotl, an illegal immigrant and student at Kennesaw State University, speaks during a media interview at her lawyer's office in Atlanta. Federal immigration authorities have for the second time this year revoked the protection from deportation granted to Colotl.
In this July 18, 2017, file photo, Texas Speaker of the House Joe Straus, R-San Antonio, calls the House of Representatives to order in Austin, Texas. Straus, a powerful moderate voice that kept the country's largest conservative state from moving even father to the right, abruptly announced Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2017, that he won't seek re-election.
The head of a data analytics firm that worked for President Trump's 2016 campaign wanted WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to help locate Hillary Clinton's missing emails, according to a report Wednesday. Cambridge Analytica CEO Alexander Nix reached out to Mr. Assange in an attempt to recover and release about 33,000 emails that were erased from Mrs. Clinton's private email server from when she was secretary of state, the Daily Beast reported.