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Senate Majority Leader on Tuesday that he will give an immigration bill a vote, but it won't be attached to a spending deal. "It is still my view that I will call up a DACA related immigration bill that ... the president will sign and that it will not be a part of any overall spending agreement," McConnell told reporters, referring to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. Congress has less than two weeks to meet a Jan.

Most everywhere in the United States, rents stayed the same or went up last year. But not as much as in previous years: In 2017, median rents across the country rose an estimated 3.1 percent, continuing the steady trend of slowing increases that has been going on since 2012, according to a study by Trulia. Rents went down in only 11 of the 100 largest metropolitan markets, according to data provided by Trulia.

An Indiana-born federal judge, whose Mexican heritage Donald Trump used to paint him as biased against him in a 2016 court case because of his immigration stance, will hear arguments in a lawsuit that could block construction of a border wall with Mexico. Judge Gonzalo Curiel will hear arguments Friday on a lawsuit from the state of California and advocacy groups that a border wall with Mexico must go through normal environmental reviews, which could cause major delays. The Trump administration wants Curiel to dismiss the challenges, and wall opponents want him to immediately rule in their f

Vice President Mike Pence engaged in a game of parade one-upmanship on Friday as he spoke to reporters in South Korea ahead of the opening ceremonies for the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. Pence was asked about Thursday's military parade in Donald Trump's interest in holding such a parade himself. "I think any opportunity we have to celebrate the men and women of the armed forces of the United States is a great day," Pence said, supporting Trump's re

Former assistant to President Celebrity Big Brother” -- warning her co-star, along with everyone else in America, that the country is in danger. In a clip from an episode of the CBS reality show that aired Thursday, Newman’s co-star and reality TV star Ross Matthews asks her, “Should we be worried?” Newman nods "yes" with tears in her eyes, saying, “It’s not going to be OK. It’s not.” She also claimed on Thursday's episode she would never vote for Trump again, telling Matthews, "God no. Never.

The Senate passed a sweeping budget deal in the early hours of Friday morning - but not before the government technically ran out of money at midnight Thursday, triggering the second shutdown in less than a month. The Senate, which began voting at 1:30 a.m.

California Democratic Assemblywoman Cristina Garcia, the head of the Legislative Women's Caucus and a leading figure in the state's anti-sexual harassment movement, is accused of groping a male staffer from another lawmaker's office. Daniel Fierro told The Associated Press on Thursday that Garcia stroked his back, squeezed his buttocks and attempted to touch his crotch in a dugout after a legislative softball game in 2014. Fierro didn't report it at the time but in January told his former boss, Democratic Assemblyman Ian Calderon

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capital source Holly Robichaud is senior campaign consultant to state Representative Geoff Diehl.  CAPITAL SOURCE Its board of directors made the decision after investigating a complaint of “inappropriate behavior” by its executive director.  capital source On Wednesday, the former city councilor put some of the guesswork to rest.

The state Senate voted unanimously Thursday to keep Senator Harriette L. Chandler as its president for the rest of the year.  As powerful political players pressure marijuana regulators to slow down, activists are striking back.  The shutdown was the second government closure in less than a month.  The state Senate voted unanimously Thursday to keep Senator Harriette L.