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Republican National Committee (RNC) Chairwoman Ronna Romney McDaniel on Wednesday became emotional while discussing balancing her professional life and her family. “I don’t know if you can have it all,” she said at an event about CNN’s “Badass Women of Washington” series. “I don’t want to cry,” Romney McDaniel added while brushing off tears. “It’s hard to have it all.” “But we have to do it because it’s women like us who have young kids who don’t step up.

Hawaii's governor on Tuesday signed two bills committing the state to fulfilling key provisions of the Paris climate agreement less than a week after President Trump announced that the U.S. would withdraw from the agreement. "Hawaii and other Pacific Islands are already experiencing the impact of rising sea levels and natural disasters," Gov. SB 559, is aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the state by reducing overall energy use and implementing new sources of renewable energy.

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CNN has corrected a Tuesday report after the release of former FBI Director James Comey's opening statement for his Thursday testimony in front of the Senate Intelligence Committee contradicted the reports' sources. The CNN report said Comey was expected to dispute President Trump's claims that Comey said he was not under investigation on multiple occasions. The report, titled “Comey expected to refute Trump," was based on unnamed sources and said Comey's conversations with the president "were much more nuanced," and that Trump drew the wrong conclusion.  The story was complied by four CNN jo

Fired FBI Director James Comey is set to deliver his highly anticipated testimony before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Thursday, and President Trump is sure to be watching closely. Already, Comey's written testimony to the panel, which was made public on Wednesday, has stirred controversy in Washington and confirmed weeks of news reports detailing a fraught relationship between the former top cop and the president. Comey is expected to tell lawmakers on Thursday that, in private interactions, Trump demanded his loyalty, asked him to end his agency's investigation into former nati

“All the carpets are coming up, so they won’t be a trip hazard,” said Ernie MacNeill, walking through the split-level house in Fair Lawn, N.J., that he is remodeling for a client who struggles to walk. Mr. MacNeill also plans to widen a bathroom door to provide better access for a wheelchair or walker. “We’ll knock this closet back,” he added. The home’s owner, Elliot Goldberg, 71, currently has to transfer from one stair lift to another to reach his third-level bedroom and bath.