Federal court upholds prayer in Congress
A federal court ruled Wednesday that Congress can continue to open its sessions each day with a prayer, and upheld the House’s ability to pick and choose who’s allowed to lead the prayer.
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President Trump says TV networks should have their licenses challenged over ‘fake news,’ calls press freedom ‘disgusting’
President Trump made the First Amendment his No. 1 enemy on Wednesday, calling freedom of the press ‘disgusting’ and suggesting the TV networks he doesn’t like should lose their broadcasting licenses.
Trump asks Congress for $4.9-billion loan to Puerto Rico
U.S. President Donald Trump asked Congress on Tuesday for a loan of $4.9 billion to help the cash-strapped Puerto Rican government pay urgent bills as the U.S. territory struggles to recover from Hurricane Maria, an administration official said.
Supreme Court Tosses One of Two Travel Ban Challenges
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday threw out an appeals court ruling that struck down President Donald Trump’s previous temporary travel ban targeting several Muslim-majority nations countries that has now expired.
10 dead, 1,500 structures lost in California firestorm, among worst in state’s history
At least 10 people have died and at least 1,500 homes, businesses and other structures have been destroyed as more than 14 fires ravaged eight counties throughout Northern California on Monday, authorities said.
White House plans order to expand health care options
The White House is finalizing an executive order that would expand health plans offered by associations to allow individuals to pool together and buy insurance outside their states, a unilateral move that follows failed efforts by Congress to overhaul the health care system.
Sessions outlines broad exemptions for religious freedom
Attorney General Jeff Sessions issued government-wide legal guidance Friday that urges sweeping protection for religious freedom and could impact a series of pending policy decisions involving health care, LGBT rights and even disaster relief.
The FBI’s New U.S. Terrorist Threat: ‘Black Identity Extremists’
As white supremacists prepared to descend on Charlottesville, Virginia, in August, the FBI warned about a new movement that was violent, growing, and racially motivated. Only it wasn’t white supremacists; it was ‘black identity extremists.’
For First Time Since 2005, Four Hurricanes Make U.S. Landfalls in One Season
Nate made landfall around 7 p.m. CDT Oct. 7 near the mouth of the Mississippi River as a Category 1 hurricane, then made its final landfall near Biloxi, Mississippi, just after midnight Oct. 8.
Trump unveils new strict 70-point immigration enforcement plan
Determined to finally solve illegal immigration, the White House submitted a 70-point enforcement plan to Congress Sunday proposing the stiffest reforms ever offered by an administration — including a massive rewrite of the law in order to eliminate loopholes illegal immigrants have exploited to gain a foothold in the U.S.
House Passes Budget That Achieves Balance, Increases GDP Growth, and Reforms Tax Code
The House of Representatives passed the Building A Better America 2018 budget in a 219 to 206 vote.
Russian Hackers Used Kaspersky Software to Steal NSA Data on U.S. Cyber Defense
Russian hackers stole data belonging to the National Security Agency about America’s cyber defense from the home computer of a U.S. government contractor, according to people familiar with the matter.
Tropical depression may strike US coast as hurricane
A newly formed tropical depression in the Caribbean Sea could strengthen into a hurricane and move north into the Gulf of Mexico by the weekend, the National Hurricane Center has said.
Russia-Financed Facebook Ads Had Diverse Targets
Russia-financed Facebook ads turned over to congressional panels show that Democratic strongholds like California, New York and Maryland were targeted along with the battleground states of Wisconsin and Michigan, according to a Republican official on the House Intelligence Committee.
House passes 20-week abortion ban
The House on Tuesday passed a bill to ban abortion after 20 weeks.
FBI says no terror ties in Las Vegas shooting despite ISIS claim; at least 59 dead, 527 wounded
A gunman using rapid-fire weapons from the 32nd floor of a Las Vegas hotel rained down bullets on an outdoor country music festival, killing at least 59 people and injuring more than 500 before taking his own life in the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history, officials said Monday.
Las Vegas police, feds race to uncover what drove ‘aggressively unfriendly’ gunman with weapons arsenal to kill
Law enforcement officials were working Monday to determine what may have motivated a gunman described as ‘aggressively unfriendly’ — with an arsenal of weapons — to kill at least 59 people and wound more than 520 enjoying a country music festival on the Las Vegas Strip.
Unhappy Federal Judge: Law ‘Requires’ Cross Be Removed from County Seal
Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, has to remove the symbol of the cross from its seal, a federal judge ruled.
In Puerto Rico, acute shortages plunge the masses into survival struggle
By Saturday, 11 days after Hurricane Maria crippled this impoverished U.S. territory, residents scrambled for all the staples of modern society – food, water, fuel, medicine, currency – in a grinding survival struggle that has gripped Puerto Ricans across social classes.
Russians used Facebook, Twitter to manage ‘Blacktivist’ accounts
The Russian government used Facebook and Twitter accounts to instigate racial tensions during the 2016 election.