As Abbott launches ambitious special session, ill will flows between Straus, Patrick
Seven weeks after legislative deadlock prompted Speaker of the House Joe Straus and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick to hold not one but two sets of dueling press conferences, each accusing the other of forcing the governor to call a special session, Texas lawmakers are back in Austin for just that. The next month will reveal the extent of the friction between the two chambers’ leaders — and if those tensions have left the state’s policymakers paralyzed. It will also test Republican Gov. Greg Abbott’s lead..>> view originalThe Latest: California Legislature passes cap-and-trade deal
FILE - In this July 13, 2017 file photo, Calif., Gov. Jerry Brown, left, testifies in support of a pair of climate change bills as Senate President Pro Yem Kevin de Leon, D-Los Angeles, looks on during a hearing of the Senate Environmental Quality Committee, in Sacramento, Calif. California lawmakers are nearing a high-stakes decision that will decide the fate of a climate initiative that Brown holds up as a model to be replicated around the world to confront rising global temperatures. A vo..>> view originalJeff Sessions wants police to take more cash from American citizens
Attorney General Jeff Sessions introduces Vice President Pence at the Justice Department's National Summit on Crime Reduction and Public Safety, in Bethesda, Md., on June 21. (AP/Jacquelyn Martin) Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Monday said he'd be issuing a new directive this week aimed at increasing police seizures of cash and property. “We hope to issue this week a new directive on asset forfeiture — especially for drug traffickers,” Sessions said in his prepared remarks for a speech t..>> view originalTrump administration unveils goals in renegotiating NAFTA
A Focus is assembled at Ford's plant in Wayne, Mich., in 2013. (Mira Oberman/AFP/Getty Images) The Trump administration on Monday unveiled its goals for renegotiating the North American Free Trade Agreement, issuing a broad plan for how it hopes to rewrite the terms of trade and transform the U.S. economy for decades to come. The document contained a broad list of objectives, including some goals that have been specifically championed by President Trump, as well as numerous provisions that e..>> view originalTwo more Senate Republicans oppose health-care bill, leaving it without enough votes to pass
Two more Senate Republicans have declared their opposition to the latest plan to overhaul the nation’s health-care system, potentially ending a months-long effort to make good on a GOP promise that has defined the party for nearly a decade and been a top priority for President Trump. Sens. Mike Lee (Utah) and Jerry Moran (Kan.) issued statements declaring that they would not vote for the revamped measure. The sudden breaks by Lee, a staunch conservative, and Moran, an ally of Senate Majority Le..>> view originalAt least 9 die in Arizona flash flooding
Heavy rain was falling eight miles upstream from where they played, but it was apparently clear where they were. Even if they had heard or seen the flash-flood warning issued by the National Weather Service an hour and a half earlier on their smart phones, it's hard to imagine they could have anticipated the devastation about to hit them from nowhere Saturday afternoon.Summer fires had cleared ridges and slopes of vegetation, so there was nothing to slow the tremendous volume of water that swept..>> view originalTrump officials open border to 15000 more foreign workers
Migrant workers on H-2B visas Adan Pozos Lopez, left, and Rafael Ramirez Cortes work on the assembly line at Harris's Seafood Co's oyster shucking plant in Grasonville, Md., in 2015. (Astrid Riecken/For The Washington Post) The Department of Homeland Security on Monday announced a one-time increase of 15,000 additional visas for low-wage seasonal workers for the remainder of this fiscal year, a seeming about-face from President Trump's "Hire American" rhetoric, following heavy lobbying from..>> view originalWoman Who Claimed She Lost Baby During Gender-Reveal Party Mass Shooting Was Not Pregnant: Police
The expectant mother who told local media she had lost her baby when her gender reveal party turned into a deadly mass shooting was never pregnant, police announced. Cheyanne Willis, 21, was one of the nine people shot at her party on July 8 when two people opened fire on the group as they watched a movie. One attendee, Autumn Garrett, 21, died, while Willis was shot in the leg. When she was released from the hospital, Willis told local media she had lost her baby. Now, Colerain Township polic..>> view originalWhite House briefing is off-camera again - WKOW 27: Madison, WI Breaking News, Weather and Sports
By DAVID BAUDERAP Television Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Cameras remained off Monday at the White House press briefing on orders of the Trump administration, sidelining one of daytime television's most popular features on the same day that ABC announced new digital programming tied to it. The last on-camera White House briefing was on June 29. Following rules set by the White House, news networks only began airing press secretary Sean Spicer's question-and-answer session until after ..>> view originalTurner marches on in the Sanders revolution
When Sen. Bernie SandersBernie SandersSanders ‘delighted’ by failure of GOP health plan Dems tout failure of GOP healthcare bill New GOP health bill lacks the votes to pass MORE (I-Vt.) attended a rally last week to endorse Maryland gubernatorial hopeful Ben Jealous, it was another attendee who brought down the house.Nina Turner, president of the Sanders-aligned nonprofit Our Revolution, was clearly a favorite with the crowd.“We need leaders who believe in the tradition of Mother Jones, that we ..>> view original
Monday, October 2, 2017
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