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Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price is apologizing for taking expensive charter flights and says he'll reimburse the government for them. Price also said he would not take any more charters.
Twitter has informed Congress that it found and took action on roughly 200 accounts on its service after determining they were linked to Russia and sought to interfere in American politics. "Of the roughly 450 accounts that Facebook recently shared as a part of their review, we concluded that 22 had corresponding accounts on Twitter.
Fighting to keep his job, health secretary Tom Price said Thursday he'd write a personal check to reimburse taxpayers for the cost of his travel on charter flights taken on government business and pledged to fly commercial going forward - "no exceptions." "I regret the concerns this has raised regarding the use of taxpayer dollars," Price said in a statement.
Despite Michelle Obama's high popularity, millions of women voted against the first woman to win the nomination for a major party. And Obama is still not okay with that Wearing her "Adorable Deplorable" tee, Deanne Payn, center, with Sheila Ponce, left, take part in a pro-President Donald Trump rally in Huntington Beach, Calif., on Saturday, March 25, 2017.
Prince William Democratic House candidates, top row, left to right: Jennifer Foy, Danica Roem, Elizabeth Guzman, Lee Carter, Hala Ayala. Their Republican opponents, bottom row, left to right: Michael Makee, Robert Marshall, Scott Lingamfelter, Jackson Miller, Rich Anderson.
The Trump administration has arrested hundreds of undocumented immigrants in cities that are hostile to the federal government's deportation crackdown, the latest salvo in a growing battle over sanctuary jurisdictions. Federal officials said Thursday that "Operation Safe City" specifically targeted some of the fiercest opponents of President Trump's immigration policies , including New York, Los Angeles, Baltimore, and Washington.
Chris Wray was formally installed as the new FBI director on Thursday in a ceremony notable for the absence of the man who appointed him: President Donald Trump. The ceremony in a courtyard at FBI headquarters was largely a formality since Wray has been on the job for about two months.
Prosecutors in the corruption trial of U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez are seeking to show jurors that the New Jersey Democrat took actions on behalf of a wealthy donor after the donor gave him gifts and campaign donations. On Thursday, they showed that a few days after the donor gave $60,000 to funds supporting Menendez, Menendez met with a State Department official regarding the donor's port security business.
TRENTON -- Top Democrats in New Jersey -- including Phil Murphy , the party's nominee for governor -- quickly rejected a report released Thursday saying a law limiting the raises that police and fire unions can win in arbitration should be renewed in an effort to keep property taxes in check. A spokesman for Murphy called the study a "political stunt" by appointees of Republican Gov. Chris Christie and said it would not sway the candidate to take a stance on the cap until a more thorough review is conducted.
Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner ended months of speculation Thursday and signed legislation allowing state health insurance and Medicaid coverage for abortions, as the first-term Republican reversed his stance on the proposal from last spring. The General Assembly controlled by Democrats approved the measure in May but delayed sending it to Rauner until Monday, in part because he has changed his mind about support of the plan.
This file photo from 1933 shows Georgia Gov. Eugene Talmadge in Atlanta. A populist Democrat who stoked fierce loyalty among rural whites in the 1930s and '40s, Gov. Talmadge unflinchingly defended segregation in Georgia.
Twitter has shut down hundreds of accounts that were tied to the same Russian operatives who posted thousands of political ads to Facebook during the 2016 US election. The company said it found 22 accounts which were directly linked to the 450 Facebook accounts, found earlier this month.
A Nebraska lawmaker will fly U.S. Army Corps of Engineers personnel from Florida to Puerto Rico to help provide recovery and relief efforts to the hurricane-devastated island.
House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform member Rep. Mark Walker, R-N.C., left, speaks to a staff member on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, June 15, 2016. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform member Rep. Mark Walker, R-N.C., left, speaks to a staff member on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, June 15, 2016.
U.S. Attorney Jay Town, right, discusses the indictment of two prominent lawyers and a coal executive during a news conference in Birmingham, Ala., on Thursday, Sept.
Protesters rally against an appearance by former Breitbart editor Ben Shapiro at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City. Although more than 4 in 10 millennials identify as independents, according to the Pew Research Center, history has shown that most young adults vote for the Democratic Party.
Education Secretary Betsey DeVos spoke about changing career and education needs on Sept. 18. "Washington should not be dictating when and how students can learn," she said.
The businessman tossed wads of real cash - ten $100 bills paper-clipped together - at each member of the Tallahassee City Commission. Florida man with FBI t-shirt offers cash bribes to politicians during public meeting The businessman tossed wads of real cash - ten $100 bills paper-clipped together - at each member of the Tallahassee City Commission.
HydrantID Selected by the State of California Department of Justice to Enable Identity Federation Service for Prescription Drug Monitoring Program HydrantID Selected by the State of California Department of Justice to Enable Identity Federation Service for Prescription Drug Monitoring Program /PRNewswire/ -- HydrantID today announced it was selected by the State of California Department of Justice to enable a Privacy-Ensured Identity Federation Service for the CAL DOJ Prescription Drug Monitoring Program called CURES . HydrantID will utilize technology it has developed under a National Institute of Standards and Technology pilot grant.
Republican Senator Marco Rubio on Thursday called on the U.S. government to name a single authority to oversee relief efforts in hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico. Rough Cut .