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A U.S. judge has blocked the third version of a travel ban issued by President Donald Trump this year. It's still unclear whether the congressional committees looking into the interference will come to firm conclusions about whether President Donald Trump's campaign was involved, or if they have found any direct evidence of any collaboration with Russia.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., joined at right by Secretary for the Majority Laura Dove, walks from his office to the chamber for the start of the legislative day, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2017. less Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., joined at right by Secretary for the Majority Laura Dove, walks from his office to the chamber for the start of the legislative day, at the Capitol in Washington, ... more WASHINGTON - The Senate is moving ahead on a Republican budget plan, a critical step in President Donald Trump and the party's politically imperative drive to cut taxes and simplify the IRS code.
Marino's role helping the opioid industry, highlighted in recent exposA , led him to withdraw as president's nominee as drug czar. Trump's drug czar nominee withdraws after his role backing opioid industry exposed Marino's role helping the opioid industry, highlighted in recent exposA , led him to withdraw as president's nominee as drug czar.
Washington D.C. [U.S.A.] Oct 17 : US Senate will vote on a 20-week abortion ban, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Monday. Addressing a press conference in the Rose Garden with President Trump, McConnell said, "It's supported by virtually all of my members, and we expect to have a vote on it at some point."
President Donald Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., speak to members of the media in the Rose Garden of the White House, Monday, Oct. 16, 2017. President Donald Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., speak to members of the media in the Rose Garden of the White House, Monday, Oct. 16, 2017.
Steve Bannon, President Donald Trump's former chief strategist, has a blunt message for the Republican establishment: Get ready for battle. In a fiery speech Saturday at the Values Voter Summit, an annual conference for social conservatives, Bannon lambasted Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and declared a "season of war" on party elders.
President Donald Trump's supporters have reveled in his and his administration's assault on the media. Trumpkins were thrilled when then-chief strategist Stephen Bannon declared the media to be the "opposition party."
The Senate's top Republican, facing increasing pressure from conservative groups, is seeking to upend a longstanding Senate tradition in order to speed the confirmation pace on a backlog of President Donald Trump's judicial nominees. Conservative activists such as the Judicial Crisis Network have been increasingly frustrated with the slow pace on judicial nominees.
Right now, leaders of Tea Party holdover groups are calling on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to step down from his position. The conservative groups are all saying that Sen. McConnell, from Kentucky as well as the rest of his enablers should all go take a hike.
Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell has signaled he will end the long-held practice of giving senators a chance to block judicial nominees who would have jurisdiction over their states - a move that comes as McConnell is facing increasing pressure from conservative groups to make the Senate more responsive to President Trump's wishes. In an interview with the Weekly Standard, McConnell, a Kentucky Republican, stressed that the use of so-called ''blue slips'' - named after the piece of paper senators from a potential federal judge's state must sign to indicate their approval - is a custom, not a rule, and that the use of them will no longer be enforced.
President Donald Trump is working on legislation that would create new incentives for companies to keep jobs in the U.S. and punish those that move overseas, he said on Tuesday. Precise details of the legislation could not be learned, and it's unclear whether it is close to being introduced or still in the drafting stages.
HAZARD, Ky.- The head of the Environmental Protection Agency said Monday that he will sign a new rule overriding the Clean Power Plan, an Obama-era effort to limit carbon emissions from coal-fired power plants.
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt told coal miners in Kentucky Monday he will move to repeal a rule limiting greenhouse gas emissions from existing power plants, assuring them, "The war against coal is over." Speaking at an event in Hazard, Kentucky, with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., Pruitt said his agency will publish the new proposed rule on Tuesday.
When it comes to social media, Kentucky coach John Calipari has more than one eye getting the lowdown on what he thinks. That's before his thoughts land on Twitter, Facebook or any other social media platform.
In this Thursday, March 2, 2017, file photo, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, of N.Y., speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington about news reports of Attorney General Jeff Sessions' contact with Russia's ambassador to the U.S. during the presidential campaign.
Russian operatives set up an array of misleading Web sites and social media pages to identify American voters susceptible to propaganda, then used a powerful Facebook tool to repeatedly send them messages designed to influence their political behavior, say people familiar with the investigation into foreign meddling in the U.S. election. The tactic resembles what American businesses and political campaigns have been doing in recent years to deliver messages to potentially interested people online.
Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden has authored two bipartisan plans to revamp the tax code, including one with a member of President Donald Trump's cabinet. "You'll have to ask them why," Wyden said in a telephone interview Thursday.
If anyone's ready to turn the page on September, it's Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell . The last few weeks haven't exactly been kind to the Kentucky senator, who watched his own party set fire to the latest GOP health care repeal, blew millions of dollars on a losing effort in Alabama's Senate runoff, and got blamed for all of it by Donald Trump.
Senate Republicans unveiled a budget plan Friday that lays the groundwork for overhauling the nation's tax system, the top legislative priority for President Donald Trump and the GOP. House and Senate passage of the budget blueprint is required in order to allow Republicans to pass follow-on tax legislation later this year.