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WASHINGTON — Representative Ruben Kihuen, a freshman Democrat from Nevada who has been accused of sexual harassment, said Saturday that he would not seek re-election. He is the fifth member of Congress in the past two weeks whose career has been derailed as part of the national reckoning over sexual misconduct. In a statement issued by his office, Mr. Kihuen, 37, said he wanted to “state clearly” that he denied the allegations against him.

The sexual misconduct allegations against the former Fox News host Bill O’Reilly and the Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein — and the confidential settlements arising from those accusations — have prompted a provision in the final tax bill that aims to stem the use of nondisclosure agreements. Senator Robert Menendez

Sen. Walter Reed Medical Center for normal side effects of his ongoing cancer therapy,” his office said. McCain, 81, who was diagnosed with glioblastoma multiforme over the summer, "looks forward to returning to work as soon as possible,” his office added. Sen.

With ten days left until Christmas, the Trumps and Pences released on Thursday their official Christmas portraits -- their first such photos since taking office. First lady President Donald Trump are standing in the Cross Hall of the White House, surrounded by Christmas trees covered in fake snow. "Merry Christmas from President Donald J. Trump and First Lady Melania Trump," reads Mrs.

Republican House and Senate negotiators released their thousand-page tax bill Friday evening, getting one step closer to passing sweeping legislation that would provide deep tax cuts for corporations and tax breaks for the wealthy, while offering what most economists say are more limited benefits for middle-class Americans. The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 would lower the corporate rate from 35 percent to 21 percent, eliminate the corporate alternative minimum tax which ensures corporations pay at least some tax on

email server because of agency's political bias. Just last week Trump said the FBI's reputation was "in Tatters - worst in History!" Asked a week ago about the president's tweets in front of the House Judiciary Committee, FBI Director election interference. Specifically, lawmakers pressed Wray over anti-Trump texts sent by a senior agent on Jeff Sessions to appo

The TAKE with Rick Klein Titanic political forces are at work, churning through the political landscape. And – with echoes of not-so-distant history – signs are everywhere that the disruptions have barely begun. Alabama hinted at a national political turnaround.

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capital source The endorsement comes at a critical time for candidate Jay Gonzalez.  One of the City Council’s most high-profile acts of the year still sits in the hands of Mayor Martin Walsh.  capital source Wednesday’s meeting was the council’s last of the year, before a new council is sworn in on Jan. 1.

A brief aims to protect young immigrants from the Trump administration’s effort to abolish a federal policy that has shielded roughly 800,000 people from deportation.  A review of executive actions shows how President Trump has systematically attacked his predecessor’s legacy.  analysis Some attempts have failed, but the intensity of the president’s anti-Obama movement has never ebbed.