Jeb Bush takes on Trump: 'You're not going to be able to insult your way to the presidency'
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush took several shots at Donald Trump during the Republican presidential debate Tuesday evening.Read More ...
Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio both voted against funding the troops
The
troops are funded through the annual appropriations process, and since
both men have arrived in Washington, that has been done through larger
spending packages that fund the entire government. Both Rubio and Cruz
have consistently voted against those bills.Read More ...
Lindsey Graham really wishes George W. Bush were still president
The Republican presidential candidate holds a host of unpopular opinions he’s never afraid to share.Read More ...
Gun and bomb attack threat closes Los Angeles schools in likely hoax
By
Alex Dobuzinskis and Dan Whitcomb LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Los Angeles
shut more than 1,000 public schools on Tuesday over a threatened attack
with bombs and assault rifles, sending hundreds of thousands of students
home as city leaders were criticized for overreacting to what
authorities later said was apparently a hoax. The emailed threat, which
authorities said was routed through Germany but likely originated
locally, was made nearly two weeks after a married couple inspired by
Islamic State killed 14 people and wounded 22 others at a county office
building 60 miles (100 km) away in San Bernardino. "Based on past
circumstance, I could not take the chance," Los Angeles School
Superintendent Ramon Cortines told a news conference early in the day.Read More ...
Baltimore jury deadlocked in police officer's trial
By
Ian Simpson BALTIMORE (Reuters) - A jury is deadlocked in the trial of
police officer William Porter, charged in the death of black detainee
Freddie Gray, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Barry Williams said on
Tuesday. Williams said he had received a note from the jury of seven
women and five men after it had weighed the fate of Officer William
Porter, 26, for almost 10 hours. Williams ordered the jury to keep
trying to reach a verdict.Read More ...
Congress negotiators get tax, spending deal: lawmakers
By
Richard Cowan and Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Congressional
negotiators on Tuesday wrapped up a sprawling deal to keep the U.S.
government operating through next September, while setting new policies
ranging from repealing a 40-year-old ban on oil exports to making many
business tax breaks permanent, according to Republican lawmakers. House
of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan told his rank-and-file Republicans
that weeks of negotiations with Democrats had culminated in a deal that
would eliminate any possibility of government shutdowns until at least
next October, according to lawmakers present. "That's my understanding,
that there is agreement on both tax extenders and the omnibus" spending
bill," Representative John Kline told reporters upon leaving a
closed-door meeting of House Republicans.Read More ...
Freddie Gray jurors deadlocked, judge says keep deliberating
Jurors
said they were deadlocked Tuesday as they weighed manslaughter and
other charges against a police officer in the death of Freddie Gray. The
judge told them to keep deliberating and they went home ...Read More ...
Lindsay Graham to King of Jordan: 'I am sorry.' Trump doesn’t represent America.
Republican
presidential candidate Lindsey Graham delivered a strong rebuke to
front-runner Donald Trump over his call for a ban on Muslim immigrants
and visitors.Read More ...
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