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Liberty University: Ray Rice, Tomi Lahren among convocation speakers

Liberty University announced the lineup of its convocation speakers Monday and the list includes several controversial names, including a former football player accused of assault.

November 27, 2017

Lee Busby, former aide to John Kelly, launching a write-in campaign in Alabama: Report

A retired Marine colonel and former aide to John Kelly is launching a write-in campaign in the Alabama Senate race less than a month from the special election, The Washington Post reported.

November 27, 2017

James Lankford’s government waste report totals over $400 billion

Sen. James Lankford released his annual federal government waste and solutions report on Monday detailing the arguably ridiculous things the government spent money on.

November 27, 2017

James Schultz, ex-White House ethics lawyer, to return to private firm

Former White House ethics lawyer James Schultz said that he plans on returning to a private firm after resigning from his post last week, Politico reported.

November 27, 2017

White House: Donald Trump will not campaign for Roy Moore in Alabama

A White House official said Monday that President Trump will not campaign for embattled Senate candidate Roy Moore, The Associated Press reported.

November 27, 2017

Donald Trump continues feud with CNN, networks: ‘They are all bad’

President Trump on Monday continued his feud with CNN and knocked television networks in a tweet.

November 27, 2017

CBO report claims Senate tax plan leaves lower-income earners worse off

The Senate Republicans' tax plan gives a break to the nation's top earners while those in the lower-income brackets would be worse off, according to the Congressional Budget Office score released Sunday.

November 27, 2017

John McCain on Hillary Clinton’s book: ‘The hardest thing to do is to just shut up’

Sen. John McCain said the hardest part of running a campaign is learning how to lose and "shut up" about it, a dig at former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton's book that was released soon after the election.

November 27, 2017

Martin O’Malley says Democrats gave up competing in state and local races

Former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley said Friday that Democrats allowed Republicans to win in state and local races by not competing the past eight years.

November 24, 2017

New Hampshire individuals, small-business owners see spike in Obamacare premiums

Small-business owners in New Hampshire have seen a spike on the limited options available on the Obamacare exchange, the Union Leader reported.

November 24, 2017

Kathleen Rice calls on John Conyers to resign

Rep. Kathleen Rice on Friday again called on her Democratic colleague Rep. John Conyers to resign. On Wednesday, she tweeted a statement saying as much.

November 24, 2017

Donald Trump says he will be working despite round of golf

President Donald Trump tweeted his schedule Friday, emphasizing that he will be working despite a planned round of golf.

November 24, 2017

Republican retirements give Democrats hope for election wave

House Republicans are seeing an early wave of retirements, including from some of the party's longest-serving members and others who appear fed up with the partisanship on Capitol Hill, leaving strategists looking for signs of a coming electoral shift in next year's elections.

November 23, 2017

Walter Shaub, former ethics director, files complaint against Kellyanne Conway

A former ethics director has filed a complaint against Kellyanne Conway for comments she made about the Alabama Senate race.

November 22, 2017

Kelley Paul slams media for trivializing husband Rand’s injuries from assault

Sen. Rand Paul's wife, Kelley, fired back Wednesday at media reports minimizing the attack that left her husband with several broken ribs.

November 22, 2017

Ron DeSantis drafting legislation to stop taxpayer-funded settlement payments

Rep. Ron DeSantis said Wednesday that he's working on legislation to prevent tax dollars from paying for settlements of congressional members.

November 22, 2017

Ken Paxton says he suspects assault in the killing, injury of Border Patrol agents

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said Wednesday he suspects the Border Patrol agent killed on the border was assaulted.

November 22, 2017

Hillary Clinton calls 2016 the first ‘reality TV campaign’

Former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton said the 2016 campaign was the first "reality TV campaign," bringing its own unique set of challenges.

November 22, 2017

Donald Trump calls LaVar Ball, father of UCLA player, an ‘ungrateful fool’

President Trump accused the father of one of the basketball players accused of shoplifting in China an "ungrateful fool" in a tweet on Wednesday following days of back-and-forth criticism from both men.

November 22, 2017

Nearly half of Republicans do not want Roy Moore expelled if he wins: Poll

A new poll out Tuesday shows nearly half of Republicans do not want to see Roy Moore expelled should he win the Alabama Senate seat.

November 21, 2017