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“Courts in New York have dismissed their claims against foreign entities alleged to have helped in the 9/11 attacks. | 0 | 0 | neu |
The defense secretary has characterized Putin as trying to undermine NATO and assaulting Western democracies while violating international norms. | 0 | 0 | neu |
African elephants have been listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act since 1978. | 0 | 0 | neu |
The IRS official who refused to testify at a House hearing Wednesday has become a key focus of the congressional investigations into the IRS practice of singling out conservative groups. | 0 | 0 | neu |
But to people familiar with the Hutchinsons, long one of the most influential families in Arkansas, the news was hardly a bombshell. | 0 | 0 | neu |
Mr. Weingarten said that Mr. Jackson had serious health issues that “directly related” to his conduct. | 0 | 0 | neu |
She also released a list of paid speeches showing that she had earned nearly $10 million in speaking fees in 2013, the year she left the State Department. | 0 | 0 | neu |
He did not rule out the possibility that the photo was of him, but said he did not know who could have sent it. | 0 | 0 | neu |
“These families finally have access to crucial tax benefits and protections previously denied to them under the discriminatory Defense of Marriage Act.” | 0 | 1 | info |
Also on Thursday, the House is to take up its first spending cut measure, a proposed 5 percent trim in the budgets of leadership, rank-and-file member and committee offices. | 0 | 0 | neu |
All nine Republican members of the House Intelligence Committee are calling on Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) to resign as its chairman over his public comments about the Russia investigation, which did not determine that President Donald Trump or anyone on his campaign conspired with Russia to win the 2016 election. | 0 | 0 | neu |
The deal appeared to include no money for a wall or steel barrier, but he said he hoped negotiations would continue to come to an agreement on wall funding. | 0 | 0 | neu |
A law enforcement official identified the suspect as Cesar Sayoc Jr., 56, of Aventura, Fla., just north of Miami. | 0 | 0 | neu |
In his remarks, Mr. Obama said it was still unclear to the authorities whether there was a direct link between the gunman and international terrorist groups. | 0 | 0 | neu |
Last year, Mr. McConnell led his party in refusing to consider President Obama’s choice for the seat, Judge Merrick B. Garland, during a presidential election campaign. | 0 | 1 | info |
Those documents were then examined by department lawyers, who found roughly 900 pages pertaining to the Benghazi attacks. | 0 | 0 | neu |
In addition, a few of the most hardline House Republicans, such as Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) and Rep. Michelle Bachmann (R-Minn.) said Thursday that Labrador was not conservative enough on immigration reform. | 0 | 0 | neu |
At times, the girls gazed glumly at the floor and threw an occasional eye roll at their father as he compared pardoning Cheese to granting amnesty to unauthorized immigrants. | 0 | 1 | info |
Both sides are being selective in how they describe each other’s plans. | 0 | 0 | neu |
“There is kind of a culture war going on and people aren’t really respecting each other and difference of opinion. | 0 | 1 | info |
The Obama administration has said it remains confident there are ways to get the trade provisions through Congress. | 0 | 0 | neu |
Last weekend, a lewd photo of a man's bulging underpants was sent to a 21-year-old female college student in Seattle from Weiner's Twitter account. | 0 | 0 | neu |
“I just feel terrible for her,” Mr. Weiner said, adding that he had never corresponded with her. | 0 | 0 | neu |
“This decision should be deeply troubling to all Americans,” the attorney said. | 0 | 1 | info |
“I asked State to release them. | 0 | 0 | neu |
The two were the earliest congressional supporters of the presidential campaign of Donald J. Trump. | 0 | 0 | neu |
While the e-mails portrayed White House officials as being sensitive to the concerns of the State Department, they suggest that Mr. Obama’s aides mostly mediated a bureaucratic tug of war between the State Department and the C.I.A. over how much to disclose — all under heavy time constraints because of the demands from Capitol Hill. | 1 | 0 | lex |
Trump first announced his debate decision in a written statement Tuesday afternoon. | 0 | 0 | neu |
Mr. Biden was not quite as amused. | 0 | 0 | neu |
"We will not allow law-abiding gun owners to be blamed for the acts of criminals and madmen." | 0 | 0 | neu |
"In light of what's been revealed about Russia’s attack on our democracy, the president shaking Putin's hand would be a moment of historic cowardice. | 0 | 1 | info |
Obama called as well for legislation to bar the possession and importation of armor-piercing bullets and to require criminal background checks for nearly all gun sales. | 0 | 0 | neu |
“We’re a nation of immigrants made better by the diversity of its people, especially in NJ. | 0 | 0 | neu |
But Mrs. Clinton indicated on Tuesday that she wanted to give her testimony in a public setting. | 0 | 0 | neu |
LePage has been mired in controversy since calling state Rep. Drew Gattine (D) a “son-of-a-bitch, socialist cocksucker” in a voicemail last week. | 0 | 0 | neu |
Mr. Corker’s comments came as central figures on network news programs mixed cautious words of optimism over the negotiations between the White House and Congressional Republicans with dire warnings about what a failure to act might bring. | 0 | 0 | neu |
Kathy Griffin admitted Tuesday she "went too far" on her latest photo shoot with controversial photographer Tyler Shields in which she is holding a bloodied mask of President Trump. | 1 | 0 | lex |
During a bipartisan briefing on Capitol Hill later Wednesday, lawmakers discussed the possibility of allowing members of Congress to use campaign funds to bolster security at their private residences. | 0 | 0 | neu |
But senior administration officials stressed on Wednesday that such language in fact was taken out at the request of the CIA. | 0 | 0 | neu |
“I will not resign,” he said after a reconciliation meeting with Gattine, according to the Boston Globe. | 0 | 0 | neu |
They must open their eyes. Please, you Hispanics in the U.S. – open your eyes." | 0 | 0 | neu |
"I understand how it offends people," she said, adding "I've made a lot of mistakes in my career." | 0 | 1 | info |
According to the White House, Obama spoke to both Clinton and Sanders by phone following Tuesday's primaries and caucuses and will meet with Sanders on Thursday, at Sanders' request. | 0 | 0 | neu |
Courts would be permitted to waive a claim of foreign sovereign immunity when an act of terrorism occurs inside U.S. borders, according to the terms of the bill. | 0 | 0 | neu |
We have to follow the facts.” | 0 | 0 | neu |
Read the full rant via Gawker: | 0 | 0 | neu |
The Obama campaign team, in the spin room after the debate, focused on repeating the theme that, as Axelrod said, Biden showed "passion" and that he showed "a great concern for the middle class." | 0 | 0 | neu |
“He looks forward to affirming our shared commitment to a preferential option for the poor, which of course does not mean a preferential option for bigger government." | 0 | 0 | neu |
Rep. Bruce Braley (D-Iowa), who is running to succeed retiring Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa), faced tough local coverage Tuesday after critical comments he made about Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) were made public. | 0 | 0 | neu |
Mr. Gowdy has sought to prevent his inquiry into the attacks in 2012 on an American diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya — and its burgeoning examination of Mrs. Clinton’s email practices — from being dismissed as a strictly partisan effort to embarrass a likely Democratic nominee for president. | 0 | 0 | neu |
In Indiana, gays and lesbians are not a protected class. | 0 | 0 | neu |
“Do you think the Muslims would allow a Jewish temple or Christian church to be built in Mecca?” | 0 | 0 | neu |
Former President George Bush remained hospitalized in Houston, recovering from pneumonia, but a spokesman said he watched the ceremony on television. | 0 | 0 | neu |
The Secret Service maintains a wide database of groups and individuals who have made threats in the past against presidents or other top political leaders and activists via email, letters or on social media. | 0 | 0 | neu |
But the deal would provide only a fraction of Trump’s originally proposed figure of $5.7 billion for border security and construction of a wall or physical barrier along the southern border. | 0 | 0 | neu |
He added: “If the FBI and the Mueller team believe Stone has engaged in witness tampering, then there is a palpable distrust, which would make them err on the side of surprise, rather than a courtesy phone call.” | 0 | 0 | neu |
The attorney general is scheduled to appear at a news conference later today with veterans at the Veterans of Foreign Wars post in West Hartford. | 0 | 0 | neu |
Mr. Obama has shown a certificate of live birth from Hawaii, which is the standard form of birth certificate in the state, and state officials – including the Republican who was governor during the 2008 campaign – have confirmed its authenticity. | 0 | 1 | info |
He has called for "bombing the daylights" out of Islamic State targets in the Middle East, though he says American troops should be deployed to the region only as part of an international coalition that includes nations such as Saudi Arabia and Jordan. | 0 | 0 | neu |
"Iran has always had a secret component to its nuclear program," he said. | 0 | 0 | neu |
Mr. Bloomberg is a supporter of the arts and aligns himself with Manhattan’s sophisticated cultural scene; Mr. Trump relishes in being crude. | 0 | 1 | info |
In addition to Connecticut and Washington, San Francisco and Seattle have also imposed bans on city-funded travel to the state. | 0 | 1 | info |
But inside the Situation Room later on Wednesday, the proposal resurfaced and Mr. Trump appeared open to it, according to one of the officials present, as Mr. Pence and Mr. McCarthy pressed Democrats to meet in the middle. | 0 | 0 | neu |
“If Trump oversteps his authority and abandons negotiations with Congress by declaring a fabricated national emergency, we won’t only call his bluff, we will do what we must to hold him accountable.” | 0 | 1 | info |
His bracing candor, disregard for convention and willingness to offend whole sections of the population to make a point came across as refreshing truth-telling to many Americans disenchanted with Washington elites. | 0 | 1 | info |
The group's first ad called Obama an "elitist hypocrite" for his daughters' security detail. | 1 | 0 | lex |
“While our sincere intent in voting for this bill was to create a shield for all citizens’ religious liberties, the bill has instead been mischaracterized by its opponents as a sword of religious intolerance,” the senators said in a letter to Ms. Brewer, adding that the matter was “causing our state immeasurable harm.” | 0 | 0 | neu |
Mr. Trump did not respond. | 0 | 0 | neu |
But both parties are to blame, he said. | 0 | 0 | neu |
The House committee’s subpoenas “will be designed to maximize our chance of getting the information that we need,” Schiff told reporters at a breakfast hosted by the Christian Science Monitor. | 0 | 0 | neu |
At one Atlanta location, the restaurant was packed, while the line for the drive-thru looped twice around the building and out into the street. | 0 | 0 | neu |
Yeah - he comes off as a jerk, but...when in Rome. | 0 | 0 | neu |
Twitter has said that it does not shadow ban users, although it has struggled to define what its policies against hate speech are. | 0 | 1 | info |
"The use of a personal e-mail address to skirt public records laws, aside from failing to meet the security standards one would expect of the nation's top diplomat, enabled Clinton to shield her official communications from scrutiny by the media and the American public," he said. | 0 | 1 | info |
To the extent that we need to clarify through legislative action, we plan to do just that.” | 0 | 0 | neu |
Boehner also dismissed top Obama campaign strategist David Axelrod's comment on Sunday that House Republicans are under a "reign of terror" brought about by the far right of their party. | 1 | 0 | lex |
Though a colorful, hard-charging advocate of aggressive offensive action, Mr. Mattis viewed a tough American posture overseas as a way to deter war, not to start them, with potential foes like Iran. | 0 | 0 | neu |
Fox added, "It is not to defend our race, it is not to defend our creed, but to defend the same nation that is hosting you. | 0 | 0 | neu |
The ACLU said it supports making organizations report spending for public communications like TV ads that expressly call for the election or defeat of a candidate for office, but it worries the DISCLOSE ACT goes beyond that. | 0 | 0 | neu |
While a few have focused on school security -- South Dakota has already approved legislation allowing for teachers to be armed -- many have concentrated on enacting or expanding assault weapons bans, strengthening background checks and passing other measures to restrict access to firearms. | 0 | 0 | neu |
“We really have no choice but to build a powerful wall or a steel barrier,” he said. | 0 | 0 | neu |
“And as they changed, he tried to stand by his new views.” | 0 | 0 | neu |
He’ll make the announcement today at 11am from his hometown of Livingston, New Jersey. | 0 | 0 | neu |
The group says the proposal simply clarifies existing state law and is needed to protect against increasingly activist federal courts. | 0 | 0 | neu |
CIA officers also removed the reference to al Qaeda in order to avoid prejudging the outcome of a FBI investigation into the incident. | 0 | 0 | neu |
After winning re-election in November, he resigned, citing his health and the federal investigation into his use of campaign money. | 0 | 0 | neu |
Gun-rights groups say the effort to impose more gun control measures is misguided, noting in particular that most killings in America are committed with handguns and not the assault weapons the administration intends to target. | 0 | 0 | neu |
He told The Washington Post that he met with a Russian national who wanted to sell Trump damaging information on Hillary Clinton for a sum of $2 million. | 0 | 0 | neu |
Federal prosecutors have subpoenaed New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's campaign and a state Republican Party committee, escalating their probe into allegations that his aides created traffic jams as political payback. | 1 | 0 | lex |
Braley went to the University of Iowa's law school and worked as a lawyer in private practice before he was elected to the House of Representatives in 2006. | 0 | 0 | neu |
This post has been revised to reflect the following correction: | 0 | 0 | neu |
It takes two-thirds of the Senate to override a veto. | 0 | 0 | neu |
A group of nearly 90 professors and administrators connected to the Jesuit-founded school in Washington, D.C., has sent Ryan, R-Wis., a letter saying he’s misused Catholic doctrine to support his deficit-reducing, GOP House budget. | 0 | 0 | neu |
Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the majority leader, said after the meeting that he had no intention of putting Democratic bills to reopen the government to a vote if Mr. Trump would not sign them. | 0 | 0 | neu |
The White House report disputed any suggestion that there was "impropriety" in Clinton's discussion with Sestak over possible alternatives to his Senate candidacy. | 0 | 0 | neu |
The 100 pages of e-mails showed a disagreement between David H. Petraeus, then the director of the C.I.A., and his deputy, Michael J. Morell, over how much to disclose in the talking points, which were used by Susan E. Rice, the ambassador to the United Nations, in television appearances days after the attack. | 0 | 0 | neu |
In a speech to Tea Party conservatives on Saturday in Columbus, Ohio, Santorum had dismissed Obama’s politics as being based in “some phony theology.” | 0 | 0 | neu |
Sestak ultimately rejected the overture and went on to defeat incumbent Sen. Arlen Specter (D-Penn) in the Democratic primary election earlier this month. | 0 | 0 | neu |
“I thought both Whitehouse and others rightly pointed out that after Roberts’ confirmation we gotta pull away that fake story that you’re just calling balls and strikes,” Teachout said. | 1 | 0 | lex |
“Once again, the party’s leaders in Washington have capitulated, compromised and redrawn a line in the sand even further away from justice,” he said. | 0 | 1 | info |
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