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Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images US Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Democrat of New York, and US Senator Ed Markey (R), Democrat of Massachusetts, speak during a press conference to announce Green New Deal legislation to promote clean energy programs outside the US Capitol in Washington, DC, February 7, 2019. …
Read More »John Dingell, longest-serving member of US Congress, dies at 92
Jeff Kowalsky | Bloomberg | Getty Images U.S. Representative John Dingell, a Democrat from Michigan. John Dingell, a gruff Michigan Democrat who entered the U.S. House of Representatives in 1955 to finish his late father’s term and became a legislative heavyweight and longest-serving member of Congress, died on Thursday. He …
Read More »Grassley says Senate will not revise state and local tax deductions
Bill Clark | CQ-Roll Call Group | Getty Images Chairman Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, takes his seat for the Senate Finance Committee organizational meeting and hearing on pending nomiations on Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2019. Americans hoping to get full state and local tax deductibility back will have to wait. Senate …
Read More »Shelby says immigration border deal may come soon after Trump meeting
Bill Clark | CQ-Roll Call Group | Getty Images Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala., speaks with reporters in the Senate subway on Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2018. Capitol Hill sounds hopeful about an agreement to prevent another government shutdown. Where the White House stands is less certain. Alabama Sen. Richard Shelby, the …
Read More »Washington Gov. Jay Inslee nears decision on 2020 presidential run
David Ryder | Reuters Washington Governor Jay Inslee speaks during a rally at the beginning of the March For Science in Seattle, Washington, U.S. April 22, 2017. LOS ANGELES — While other 2020 Democratic contenders are focusing on wealth inequality in America and taxing the rich, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee …
Read More »DOJ probes handling of sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s case
Rick Friedman | Corbis News | Getty Images Billionaire Jeffrey Epstein in Cambridge, MA on 9/8/04. Epstein is connected with several prominent people including politicians, actors and academics. Epstein was convicted of having sex with an underaged woman. The Justice Department has opened an investigation into possible “professional misconduct” in …
Read More »Natural disasters cost $91 billion in 2018: Federal report
Gene Blevins | Reuters Firefighters battle to save one of many homes burning in an early-morning Creek Fire that broke out in the Kagel Canyon area in the San Fernando Valley north of Los Angeles, in Sylmar, California, U.S., December 5, 2017. Natural disasters cost the country $91 billion in …
Read More »How the world reacted to Trump’s speech
Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images The ‘Pelosi Clap’: U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a Democrat from California, right, and U.S. Vice President Mike Pence, left, applaud U.S. President Donald Trump during a State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, …
Read More »Bigger Pentagon budget, reassessing alliances will bolster military
Department of Defense photo U.S. Navy Aviation Electronics Technician signals to the crew of an EA-18G Growler on the flight deck of aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson. WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said in his State of the Union address on Tuesday that he plans to rebuild the U.S. military …
Read More »Trump calls for end to House investigations at State of the Union
Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images US President Donald Trump delivers the State of the Union address at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on February 5, 2019. President Donald Trump fired a warning shot to congressional Democrats on Tuesday night. As the president faces a slew of investigations …
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