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Congressman withdraws bid to be Trump’s drug czar after controversy
Rep. Tom Marino, R-Pa., withdrew his nomination to lead the Office of National Drug Control Policy after a news report found that a bill he authored weakened the Drug Enforcement Administration’s ability to go after drug companies distributing large amounts of opioids. “Rep. Tom Marino has informed me that he […]
Congress’ already long to-do list keeps growing
President Donald Trump’s big announcements last week on health care and Iran have big implications, but ones Congress will largely have to sort out, adding major items to their already massive to-do list. With only 38 working days left for this year, here’s what Capitol Hill is trying to accomplish: […]
Trump says he’s ‘close’ to naming new HHS nominee
President Donald Trump says he’s “more than close” to naming a new health and human services secretary. But Trump tells Fox News Radio’s Brian Kilmeade in an interview Tuesday that he’s not ready to reveal a name because the individual’s background needs to be looked into a little bit more. […]
‘A Murder on Orchard Street’: The witnesses
Riding along with the police is exactly what I love about my job. I go where most people can’t or won’t or shouldn’t go, to observe the real people behind the scenes and experience the day-to-day lives that only insiders know about. After eight months of spending nearly seven-days-a-week with […]
Trump: Drug czar nominee, Rep. Marino, withdrawing his name
President Donald Trump says the Pennsylvania congressman he chose to be the nation’s drug czar is withdrawing from consideration for the job. Trump’s announcement Tuesday on Twitter follows reports that Republican Rep. Tom Marino played a key role in passing a bill that weakened the federal government’s authority to stop […]
Unwanted sexual advances not just a Hollywood story, poll finds
More than half of U.S. women have experienced unwanted and inappropriate sexual advances from men, three in 10 have put up with unwanted advances from male co-workers and a quarter have endured them from men who had influence over their work situation. Those results in a new ABC News-Washington Post […]
The Note: Fake news or real, the Trump-McConnell bromance was on display
The TAKE with Rick Klein When President Trump declared that he’s “closer than he’s ever been” to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell the two men were practically touching each other. Real or fake, temporary or lasting, the fact that Trump chose to highlight this particular alliance just days after Steve […]
Rape allegation makes Muslim teen’s death a capital case
An already disturbing case about a 17-year-old Muslim girl killed as she walked to her mosque took another unsettling turn after an indictment alleged the victim was raped as well. The indictment Monday includes capital murder and rape charges and will allow prosecutors to pursue a death-penalty case against Darwin […]
North Korea says ‘a nuclear war may break out any moment’
North Korea’s deputy U.N. ambassador warned Monday that the situation on the Korean peninsula “has reached the touch-and-go point and a nuclear war may break out any moment.” Kim In Ryong told the U.N. General Assembly’s disarmament committee that North Korea is the only country in the world that has […]