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WASHINGTON — House Speaker Paul Ryan’s wobbly standing with staunch conservatives took a fresh hit Thursday, and while critical colleagues stopped short of demanding his ouster, they made it clear they were not content with his performance. Conservatives, optimistic and enthusiastic earlier this year over the prospect of a Republican president and GOP control of […]

WASHINGTON — Longtime staffer Nadeam Elshami will step down as House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi’s chief of staff later this month, raising fresh questions about how long Pelosi intends to remain in office. Pelosi, D-Calif., has said that she planned to retire if Hillary Clinton had won the presidency last November, but she has appeared

A federal appeals court on Thursday denied the Trump administration’s request to block more foreigners from Muslim nations from entering the U.S. under its travel ban and removed restrictions on all refugee resettlement, which could open the door for thousands of blocked refugees to resume travel to the U.S. The decision by the 9th U.S.

Hurricane Irma is one of the most powerful Atlantic hurricanes ever, and Wednesday night the storm skirted Puerto Rico. The Category 5 storm has had sustained winds of 185 miles per hour. The storm moved northwest towards the Dominican Republic and Haiti Thursday morning, and will possibly make landfall in the U.S. this weekend. The

Donald Trump’s dalliance with Democrats continued Thursday, as the Republican president sent out a tweet at the request of House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi. During a phone conversation initiated by Trump, Pelosi asked the president to send a tweet making clear that Dreamers would not be subject to deportation during a six-month window Congress has

DALLAS — Dallas officials can move forward with removal of the Robert E. Lee statue from an Oak Lawn park, a federal judge ruled Thursday. U.S. District Judge Sidney Fitzwater dissolved the temporary restraining order that he had issued Wednesday, halting the removal that was already underway. The motion for the restraining order was filed

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — If Hurricane Irma moves up the east coast, it’s entirely likely North Carolina’s newly formed Shelly Island will be wiped out, but that isn’t stopping a quick-thinking Virginia businessman from claiming he owns it. Yes, someone has filed a Quit Claim Deed to the 10-month-old island, despite expert opinions that it’s owned

The head of the Democratic National Committee on Thursday blasted Fresno Republicans for inviting controversial former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Arizona to headline a party fundraiser. “It is shameful that the Fresno County Republican Party is fundraising off one of the nation’s most notorious agents of racism and bigotry,” said DNC chairman Tom