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The Bay State’s top agricultural food crop could now face a 25 percent tariff on exports to Europe.   President Trump was warned in briefing materials to refrain from congratulating Russian President Vladimir Putin on his re-election, but he did so anyway.  Trump can already pursue the death penalty for drug dealers.

The Bay State’s top agricultural food crop could now face a 25 percent tariff on exports to Europe.   President Trump was warned in briefing materials to refrain from congratulating Russian President Vladimir Putin on his re-election, but he did so anyway.  Trump can already pursue the death penalty for drug dealers.

Administration officials said they expect Congress to pass a stopgap bill to avert a third government shutdown this year as lawmakers scramble to finalize a must-pass omnibus spending bill. White House Legislative Affairs Director Marc Short told CNN Tuesday that negotiators are getting closer to reaching an agreement, but there "too many obstacles to tackle" for the omnibus bill to make it out of the lower chamber by Thursday. He told CNN that makes it likely Congress will have to pass a stopgap bill in order to keep the government running into the weekend, when lawm

White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders vented frustration with the special counsel probe MORE’s weekend tweets, in which he lashed out at the special counsel probe as a “witch hunt” and accused Mueller of stocking his team with Democrats.

Congress struggled Tuesday to finalize a 2018 spending package, leaving negotiators scrambling for an eleventh-hour breakthrough and top leaders weighing the need for a short-term spending patch to prevent yet another government shutdown on Saturday. House GOP leaders had hoped to pass a massive $1.3 trillion omnibus spending bill on Wednesday, which would have given the Senate several days to move the package through the upper chamber, where a single lawmaker can delay the consideration of bills. But entrenched partisan differences over a number of policy riders — accompanied by a freak March

Senate Majority Leader MORE’s criticism of his investigation. McConnell said he had full confidence in Mueller and praised his selection as “an excellent appointment.” “I think he will go wherever the facts lead him, and I think he will have great credibility with the American people when he reaches the conclusion of this investigation, so I have a lot of confidence,” McConnell told reporters.

MORE is coming under intense criticism for declining to press Russian President Vladimir Putin about the fairness of Russia’s presidential election and the poisoning of a former Russian double agent living in England, an incident the United Kingdom blamed on Moscow. Trump phoned Putin on Tuesday to congratulate him for winning a fourth term and to discuss a possible summit meeting. But Washington seized on the topics that were not discussed, which include Russia’s interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. Sen.

Congress is ratcheting up political pressure on Facebook after reports that a political data analytics firm employed by President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign received personal data and information from up to 50 million profiles on the popular social networking site. Lawmakers involved in congressional investigations into Russian election interference have renewed interest in the platform, calling for top company leaders to testify on Capitol Hill and more scrutiny of safeguards meant to protect user data. “I think it’s ti

In a high stakes and multi-million dollar gambit, a son of Robert F.

In the 2018 primaries, Democrats are looking to define the direction of their party, as the progressive grassroots movement gains strength. That fight is playing out in Illinois’ 3rd Congressional District in a race between conservative incumbent Rep.