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March 08, 2019 - 4:44 pm

CNN Backs Off Plan To Hire GOP Operative For Political Desk

NEW YORK (AP) — CNN is backing off from its plan to hire a former spokeswoman for Attorney General Jeff Sessions as a politics editor, and will use Sarah Isgur as an analyst on the air instead. The network received criticism for hiring a political operative for a journalism job with potential...
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FILE - In this May 23, 2018, file photo, Paul Manafort, President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman, leaves the Federal District Court after a hearing, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)
March 07, 2019 - 7:20 pm

Manafort Sentenced To 47 Months In Prison

Federal sentencing guidelines had called for a term of roughly 20 years
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March 04, 2019 - 2:33 pm

Study: Americans, Germans Share Similar International Views

The Pew and Koerber Foundation survey — conducted Sept. 11-16 in the U.S. of 1,006 American adults and Sept. 13-26 of 1,002 German adults — has a margin of error of 3.8 percentage points.
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FILE - In this July 29, 2015 file photo, former Rep. John Dingell, D-Mich., speaks at an event marking the 50th Anniversary of Medicare and Medicaid on Capitol Hill in Washington. Former Michigan Rep. John Dingell, the longest-serving member of Congress in American history, has died. He was 92. Congresswoman Debbie Dingell says her husband died at his Dearborn home on Thursday, Feb. 7, 2019. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
February 07, 2019 - 9:29 pm

John Dingell, Longest Serving Member Of Congress, Dies At 92

Dingell served in Congress for nearly six decades.
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January 10, 2019 - 4:15 pm

'Open The Government Now!' Demanding End To Shutdown, Federal Workers Rally In Detroit

Around 800,000 federal workers across the national have been affected.
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In this Thursday, Jan. 3, 2019 photo, then Rep.-elect Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, is shown on the house floor before being sworn into the 116th Congress at the U.S. Capitol in Washington. . (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
January 04, 2019 - 5:18 pm

Trump Says Michigan Rep. Tlaib 'Dishonored Herself' With Profanity

"This is a person that I don't know; I assume she's new," the POTUS told reporters in the Rose Garden.
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Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi of Calif., and House Democrats, now in the majority, unveil a comprehensive elections and ethics reform package that targets what they call a "culture of corruption in Washington" and aims to reduce the role of money in politics, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Jan. 4, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
January 04, 2019 - 1:45 pm

House Dems Urge Sweeping Reforms To Boost Voting, Ethics

Democrats used the full force of their new majority as they announced the plan Friday at a packed news conference that included dozens of new and returning lawmakers
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California holds the gavel after at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 3, 2019. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
January 03, 2019 - 7:18 pm

Speaker Again, Pelosi Sees 'New Dawn' For 116th Congress

WASHINGTON (AP) — Cheering Democrats returned Nancy Pelosi to the House speaker's post Thursday as the 116th Congress ushered in a historically diverse freshman class eager to confront President Donald Trump in a new era of divided government. Pelosi, elected speaker 220-192, took the gavel saying...
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December 28, 2018 - 4:32 pm

Gov.-Elect Whitmer Appoints More Cabinet Members

Whitmer's cabinet continues to take shape.
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FILE - In this Monday, Nov. 5, 2018 file photo, Gil Cisneros, a Democratic candidate who is running for a U.S. House seat in California's 39th District, speaks during a campaign stop in Buena Park, Calif. Cisneros captured a Republican-held U.S. House seat in Southern California on Saturday, Nov. 17, 2018, capping a Democratic rout in which the party picked up six congressional seats in the state. Cisneros had been in a tight battle with Republican Young Kim for the seat held by retiring Republican Rep. Ed Royce. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson, File)
November 19, 2018 - 11:44 am

Record 43 Latinos To Serve In Congress

WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress will have a record 43 Latino members next year. The number increased over the weekend after California Democrat Gil Cisneros defeated Republican Young Kim, who was trying to become the first Korean-American woman elected to the House. The Hispanic delegation will be made...
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