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capital source The unfolding race to succeed outgoing US Representative Niki Tsongas in the Third Congressional District has created a web of odd alliances and pitted former colleagues in arms against one another.   capital source A host of other party leaders are now calling for Roy Moore to be barred from the Senate if he’s elected.  CAPITAL SOURCE On Wednesday, the council’s first meeting since the Nov.

Anthony Scaramucci’s role as an adviser to his alma mater Tufts University was at the center of weekslong uproar on campus.   State Senate President Stanley Rosenberg said his office has fielded only two complaints of sexual harassment in the three years he has led the chamber.   Lucian Wintrich grabbed a woman after she took papers off his lecturn.  In town to promote her new book detailing the 2016 election, Clinton was greeted by a sold-out crowd like a conquering hero.

Anthony Scaramucci’s role as an adviser to his alma mater Tufts University was at the center of weekslong uproar on campus.   State Senate President Stanley Rosenberg said his office has fielded only two complaints of sexual harassment in the three years he has led the chamber.   Lucian Wintrich grabbed a woman after she took papers off his lecturn.  In town to promote her new book detailing the 2016 election, Clinton was greeted by a sold-out crowd like a conquering hero.

Anthony Scaramucci’s role as an adviser to his alma mater Tufts University was at the center of weekslong uproar on campus.   State Senate President Stanley Rosenberg said his office has fielded only two complaints of sexual harassment in the three years he has led the chamber.   Lucian Wintrich grabbed a woman after she took papers off his lecturn.  In town to promote her new book detailing the 2016 election, Clinton was greeted by a sold-out crowd like a conquering hero.

Rep. Luis Gutiérrez (D-Ill.), one of the most vocal immigration reform advocates in the House, reportedly won’t run for reelection. Three Democratic sources told Politico that Gutiérrez plans to announce Tuesday that he’s pulling his nominating petitions for the seat. He was one of several Democrats to endorse articles of impeachment filed against President Trump earlier this month. Gutiérrez's spokesman, Douglas Rivlin, told Politico that he couldn't comment. "I don't know anything.

  Sen. on Monday by apologizing once again over allegations that he inappropriately kissed or touched as many as four different women. Franken looked shaken as he walked up to a makeshift stand of microphones before a crowd of reporters and television cameras crammed into the landing outside his office in Hart Senate Office Building.  “I know that I’ve let a lot of people down: [the] people of Minnesota, my colleagues, my staff, my supporters and everyone who has counted on me to be a champion for women,” he said amid a blizzard of camera clicks.

President Trump on Monday referred to Sen. MORE (D-Mass.) as “Pocahontas” at an event honoring Native American Code Talkers who served in World War II. "You were here long before any of us were here,” Trump said, standing beneath a portrait of former President Andrew Jackson. “Although we have a representative in Congress who they say was here a long time ago. They call her Pocahontas.” Turning to the veterans, Trump said "but do you know what? I like you." The president made the remark in the Oval Office standing beside three Navajos who helped the U.S.

The former director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) said in a Monday night interview that the law is on his side in a legal fight with President Trump over who will lead the agency until a permanent replacement is confirmed by the Senate. MORE, the head of the Office of Management and Budget, was in charge. Cordray said the Dodd-Frank Act, which created the consumer protection agency, is unequivocal on this point. ADVERTISEMENT   The White House and Justice Department, however, say a

Sexual harassment charges against Democratic lawmakers are threatening to drown out the party’s message on tax reform at a crucial juncture in the year-end fight over President Trump’s prized legislation. Democrats had hoped to use this week to drive opposition to the GOP’s tax-code overhaul, which they say showers benefits on corporations and the wealthy at the expense of the middle class. But the message has been muddied by the lingering storm over the harassment charges swirling around Sen. MORE Jr.