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LORDSTOWN, Ohio — They stood outside in the dark, illuminated by barrel fires and the headlights of trucks lurching by, and they were angry. The Chevrolet Cruze plant behind them had been idle for six months and shed thousands of jobs. They were the laid-off, reassigned, and retired factory workers who had spent decades inside, fitting headlights and slipping windows into doors as compact sedans took shape on the assembly line. Some of the plant’s former employees had stayed here in Northeast Ohio, perhaps without a job or with a worse-paying one, while many of their neighbors moved away.

Voters in many cities and towns across the state will go to the polls to elect local candidates for office on Tuesday. Policies for municipal elections sometimes differ from state and federal elections, so here’s what you need to know before you go to the polls Tuesday. Is there an election in my town? What time are the polls open? Not every community has an election scheduled on Tuesday.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States has told the United Nations it has begun the process of pulling out of the landmark 2015 Paris climate agreement. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Monday that he submitted a formal notice to the United Nations. That starts a withdrawal process that does not become official for one year. Pompeo’s statement touted America’s carbon pollution cuts and called the Paris deal an ‘‘unfair economic burden’’ to the U.S.

In this small waterfront city where Giani DiTrapani grew up, going to church and voting Republican felt like a package deal he didn’t even have to think about, like the fries and a coke that come with a hamburger. “Most of the people in my hometown are conservative,” Giani, now 21, said.

Discussions on the Sunday political talk shows turned to open hearings and other developments after the House last week voted to approve rules for the impeachment inquiry into MORE. The 2020 presidential race was also a focus, with appearances by Democratic candidates MORE. Read The Hill's complete coverage below. The Hill 1625 K Street, NW Suite 900 Washington DC 20006 | 202-628-8500 tel | 202-628-8503 fax The contents of this site are ©2019 Capitol Hill Publishing Corp., a subsidiary of News Communications, Inc.

The House impeachment inquiry is set to move into a new, more public phase in the coming weeks that will test the viability of MORE’s defense strategy. Trump is in uncharted waters, as he may become the first president to seek reelection after being impeached.  “We are prepared for an impeachment to happen,” White House press secretary MORE said Friday on Fox News, underscoring the air of inevitability surrounding the proceedings. The president for weeks has insisted there was nothing wrong with his July 25 call with Ukraine’s president and u

Voters head to the polls across the country on Tuesday to decide a host of critical elections that will shape social and fiscal policy — and offer an early hint about the state of the electorate a year before the 2020 presidential election. Here are the critical races to watch as the results come in early next week: MISSISSIPPI Voters here will choose a new governor to replace term-limited Gov. Phil Bryant (R). Lt. Gov.

Democratic leadership on Sunday offered reassurances that the public phase of the impeachment inquiry would begin soon, while Republican allies of MORE used their appearances on several Sunday morning shows to hammer what they say is an unfair process. House Majority Leader MORE (D-Md.) said on CBS’s “Face the Nation” that open hearings were forthcoming but added that he could not commit to a specific timeline, as the process depends on what facts the probe uncovered. “When [House Intelligence Committee Chairman] MORE

Republicans on the Senate Intelligence Committee are divided over whether they need to hear from the whistleblower at the center of the House impeachment inquiry. While the House Intelligence Committee has been leading high-profile, near-daily depositions with former and current administration officials, the Senate panel is quietly investigating the whistleblower process and how the complaint was handled. But the GOP senators on the committee are split over whether the whistleblower who filed the complaint, which the intelligence community inspector general deemed an “urgent concern,” needs to

Brown wrote an op-ed for the San Francisco Chronicle charging that Democrats have sidelined their legislative agenda to impeach President Donal Trump, which will come to no avail in the 2020 elections. “If the goal was to damage President Trump by formalizing the impeachment inquiry, it’s Mission Unaccomplished for House Democrats,” Brown wrote. The former speaker of the California Assembly noted that during last week’s vote to formalize the Democrats’ impea