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Lawmakers voiced criticism and support after President Trump asked his embattled Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price to resign on Friday. Price faced sharp rebukes this week for repeatedly chartering private jets on trips that mixed government work with personal business.
Salt Lake County Mayor Ben McAdams is mulling a run for congressional office in Utah's 4th District seat in 2018. "I've heard from many Utahns encouraging me to run for Congress," McAdams told KSL on Saturday.
A tree trimming company has been handed the largest penalty imposed in a United States immigration case, totaling $95 million, after pleading guilty to employing illegal immigrants, the U.S. Attorney's Office said. Asplundh Tree Experts, Co., which trims trees and clears brush for power and gas lines across the country, hired employees who provided fake identification documents from 2010 to 2014, the U.S. Attorney's Office in Philadelphia said.
Kansas legislators are debating how much the decision to house more inmates two-to-a-cell has fueled unrest at state prisons in recent months, and some worry about Department of Corrections plans to open a new prison with a majority of its cells double-bunked. Corrections Secretary Joe Norwood told a legislative committee this week that the cells at the planned new prison in Lansing in the Kansas City area would be large enough to hold two inmates, including maximum-security prisoners.
As the commanders of the largest U.S. warship in Asia seek to maintain operational readiness amid protracted tensions over North Korea , they find themselves keeping one eye on China , too. On Saturday, as F-18 Super Hornet jet fighters roared from the decks of the USS Ronald Reagan aircraft carrier during routine drills deep in the South China Sea , two Chinese frigates maintained a constant line-of-sight vigil.
The president of Emily's List rose to the podium at a recent New York fundraiser to make a proud announcement: More than 18,000 women had contacted the group since Election Day, looking to explore running for office - "an explosion," she called it. Of course, they're all Democrats.
As the commanders of the largest U.S. warship in Asia seek to maintain operational readiness amid protracted tensions over North Korea, they find themselves keeping one eye on China, too. On Saturday, as F-18 Super Hornet jet fighters roared from the decks of the USS Ronald Reagan aircraft carrier during routine drills deep in the South China Sea, two Chinese frigates maintained a constant line-of-sight vigil.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., accused President Trump of "playing politics" with the lives of residents of Puerto Rico who are facing limited access to food, water and medicine in the wake of Hurricane Maria. "PR is in CRISIS.
Donald Trump's attacks on the NFL players who protest racism and police brutality has backfired tremendously. Now even Michael Hayden, a four-star general who served in the military for 39 years and went on to serve as national security adviser and head the CIA, has taken a side -- and it's not with Trump.
During the 2016 election, "Love Trumps Hate" became a popular, catchy rallying cry, a slogan seen on signs held by Hillary Clinton supporters, as the of performances for the candidate held by Katy Perry, Jon Bon Jovi and Jennifer Lopez, and spoken during Clinton's . While it may seem quaint in the wake of Donald Trump's election and his administration's destructive policies that seem determined to tear apart immigrant families and wreak havoc on our health care system, for romance novelists and readers, it's more than an empty slogan - it's a truth they're seeing as readers flock to the genre.
Xavier Totti moved to the mainland United States from his native Puerto Rico 43 years ago. He is still asked routinely if he is "legal," and when he mails packages to relatives back home, he has to fill out an international form.
Apple CEO Tim Cook told Iowa officials "we admire what you guys have accomplished" in creating an environment to attract job-creating companies like Apple and Amazon to the state. The head of Apple Inc. stood on the steps of the Iowa State Capitol this summer and delivered the kind of speech that makes some Minnesotans wince.
Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price speaks during a National Foundation for Infectious Diseases news conference recommending everyone age six months an older be vaccinated against influenza, Thursday, Sept. 28, 2017 in Washington.
The Federal Aviation Administration says the pilot of a Robinson R22 chopper reports that a passenger jumped from the aircraft about a mile south of the Malibu pier shortly after 1 p.m. Saturday. The Los Angeles County Fire Department says the man's heart wasn't beating when lifeguards rescued him.
As DOJ rolls back monitoring of police conduct, more prosecutors should be like Baltimore's Mosby Attorneys can and must do more to curb questionable behavior from bad cops Check out this story on USATODAY.com: https://usat.ly/2kcLloJ On Tuesday, Baltimore State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby announced her office's decision to dismiss a large number of drug cases in response to troubling police body-camera footage - bringing the total to 213 cases that have been or will be dropped since this issue first emerged over the summer. Mosby's decision should be neither surprising nor controversial.
POTUS will appear on Hannity on Wednesday, Oct. 4 at 9/8c, live from the Morgantown Theatre in Morgantown, W.Va., our sister site Deadline reports. The interview, to be filmed in front of an audience of Republicans, Democrats and Independents, is expected to focus on tax reform and the economy.
Just like they did in Cuba, the Castro regime's puppet dictatorship is establishing a "Truth Commission" in Venezuela so the government can become the sole arbiter of what is truth. Who do you trust to figure out the truth? In Venezuela, a new commission has been formed for that purpose.
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