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Politics - The Boston Globe

posted onFebruary 5, 2018
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“This is a huge victory for ratepayers who deserve the benefit of this major tax break for utilities,” Maura Healey said.  A poll found that Democrats are as likely as Republicans to say they plan to vote in this year’s congressional elections.  The Senate was plunged into high political drama Sunday, with ambitious members shoring up support to become the chamber’s next president.  The former vice president will be on campus Wednesday.  Consoling Melania were Jackie Kennedy, Hillary Clinton, Martha Washington, and Michelle Obama.  Some wonder what will happen if the political lives of

Politics - The Boston Globe

posted onFebruary 5, 2018
by admin
“This is a huge victory for ratepayers who deserve the benefit of this major tax break for utilities,” Maura Healey said.  A poll found that Democrats are as likely as Republicans to say they plan to vote in this year’s congressional elections.  The Senate was plunged into high political drama Sunday, with ambitious members shoring up support to become the chamber’s next president.  The former vice president will be on campus Wednesday.  Consoling Melania were Jackie Kennedy, Hillary Clinton, Martha Washington, and Michelle Obama.  Some wonder what will happen if the political lives of

Politics - The Boston Globe

posted onFebruary 5, 2018
by admin
“This is a huge victory for ratepayers who deserve the benefit of this major tax break for utilities,” Maura Healey said.  A poll found that Democrats are as likely as Republicans to say they plan to vote in this year’s congressional elections.  The Senate was plunged into high political drama Sunday, with ambitious members shoring up support to become the chamber’s next president.  The former vice president will be on campus Wednesday.  Consoling Melania were Jackie Kennedy, Hillary Clinton, Martha Washington, and Michelle Obama.  Some wonder what will happen if the political lives of

Five takeaways from the Nunes surveillance memo | TheHill

posted onFebruary 4, 2018
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Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee released a controversial memo on Friday alleging that senior officials at the FBI and Department of Justice (DOJ) abused their powers to spy on members of MORE (D-Calif.), the ranking Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, said the application for a warrant to spy on Page was the product of scores of independent investigators and that the Nunes memo “fails to provide vital context and information about that process.”

Republicans open to releasing Democrats' countermemo | TheHill

posted onFebruary 4, 2018
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Facing mounting political pressure, Republicans are signaling increasing openness to releasing a Democratic rebuttal to a controversial GOP memo made public Friday by the House Intelligence Committee. Republican lawmakers said Friday evening and Saturday morning that they would be willing to consider releasing a memo by Intelligence Committee Democrats, which is still classified after the Republicans on the committee made public a four-page document alleging surveillance abuses by the FBI and Justice Department.  Some Republicans on the committee and Speaker MORE (R-W

Hacking threats loom over 2018 Olympics | TheHill

posted onFebruary 4, 2018
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Nation-state and criminal hackers are targeting the Winter Olympics at a rapidly increasing rate, raising fears of phishing scams, hacks and other disruptive attacks. Organizations are cracking down on security and experts are warning those attending the games set to begin in Pyeongchang, South Korea, on Feb.

McConnell: No DACA fix in spending bill | TheHill

posted onFebruary 4, 2018
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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.

What do we know about the GOP memo? - ABC News

posted onFebruary 4, 2018
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The contents of the controversial Republican memo alleging abuses of government surveillance powers at the FBI and Justice Department have been hotly debated, and now the American public is now be able to read them in detail. The document, authored by the Republican staff of the House Intelligence Committee, was released Friday after President Donald Trump declassified it and approved its release without redactions by that committee.

State of the Union fact check: What Donald Trump is claiming - ABC News

posted onFebruary 4, 2018
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After a tumultuous and busy first year in office, President State of the Union address to Congress and the country. Our team of journalists from ABC News investigated some of those statements, looking for additional context, detail and information. Here is ABC News' fact check of the address: TRUMP CLAIM: "We enacted the biggest tax cuts and reforms in American history." OUR TAKE: False WHY: The recently enacted tax bill is the 12th largest as a percentage of the