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• Federal judge rips North Carolina GOP for fighting effort to undo racist redistr

  Federal judge rips North Carolina GOP for fighting effort to undo racist redistricting Tribune News Service 27 JUL 2017 AT 20:19 ET   GREENSBORO, N.C. — Federal judges had pointed questions and comments Thursday for the lawyer representing North Carolina lawmakers who have not yet complied w…

• The White House's new communications director just vowed to “kill all” governmen

  The White House’s new communications director just vowed to “kill all” government leakers   Recently appointed White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci just gave an obscenity-filled interview to the New Yorker’s Ryan Lizza in which he threatened to murder fellow gove…

• Senators work on bill banning firing of special counsels without judicial review

  CBS/AP July 27, 2017, 12:17 PM Senators work on bill banning firing of special counsels without judicial review   Members of the Senate Judiciary Committee are working on legislation that could attempt to insulate Special Counsel Robert Mueller from being fired.  

• White House caught further exaggerating Scaramucci’s boast about Trump’s PGA-lik

  White House caught further exaggerating Scaramucci’s boast about Trump’s PGA-like putting skills Brad Reed 27 JUL 2017 AT 12:05 ET   Last week, incoming White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci held a press briefing in which he boasted of President Donald Trump’s athletic p…

• Top US general promises no changes in military transgender policy for now

  Gen. Joseph Dunford, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has issued guidance to military commanders stressing that there will be no change in military policy toward transgender service members until Defense Secretary Jim Mattis receives further direction from the White House. President Trump…

• Woman vows to 'kill all Muslims' during supermarket car park dispute

  Woman vows to ‘kill all Muslims’ during supermarket car park dispute ‘Do you think the police care?’ said Amber Hensley as Sarah Hassan threatened to report abuse Gabriel Samuels @gabs_samuels 5 hours ago     A woman told three Somali-American women she wanted to …

• Congress Is Still Fighting Over Energy-Efficient Light Bulbs

  Congress Is Still Fighting Over Energy-Efficient Light Bulbs By Ari Natter July 27, 2017, 10:18 AM CDT   Congressional Republicans renewed their effort to save the traditional light bulb, passing a measure to block federal energy standards that have come to symbolize government overreach for m…

• THE LATEST: SESSIONS TRAVELS TO EL SALVADOR

  Jul 27, 10:31 AM EDT THE LATEST: SESSIONS TRAVELS TO EL SALVADOR WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ trip to El Salvador (all times local): 10:30 a.m. Attorney General Jeff Sessions is on a mission to El Salvador that aims to strengthen international cooperat…

• Omaha, Lincoln police investigate vandalism at Fischer, Sasse offices

  By Jay Withrow Authorities on Wednesday were investigating vandalism at Sen. Deb Fischer’s Omaha office and Sen. Ben Sasse’s Lincoln office. Someone tossed a substance appearing to be blood at the door of Fischer’s office near 120th Street and Miracle Hills Drive, Omaha police said. The incid…

• Justice Department Argues Landmark Civil Rights Law Doesn’t Protect Gay People

  The Department of Justice argued in a legal brief on Wednesday that the landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964 offers no protection from discrimination based on sexual orientation, a position advocacy groups condemned as “shameful” and “politically driven.” DOJ lawyers, arguing under Attorney Ge…

• June Foray, Voice of ‘Bullwinkle Show’s’ Natasha and Rocky, Dies at 99

  June Foray, the voice of “The Rocky and  Bullwinkle Show’s” Rocky the Flying Squirrel and his nemesis Natasha Fatale of Boris and Natasha fame in the early 1960s and a key figure in the animation industry, died Thursday. She was 99. Her close friend Dave Nimitz, confirmed her death on Facebo…

• Sides spar in last public meeting on Keystone XL pipeline's route across Nebrask

  By Paul Hammel Alexis Bonogofsky flew in overnight from Billings, Montana, to tell Nebraskans on Wednesday that oil pipelines do rupture and can harm farm and ranch operations. Bonogofsky, a rancher and employee of the National Wildlife Federation, fought back tears as she described the rupture of …

• EPA Chief Met With Canada’s Scientist-Muzzling Ex-Prime Minister Before Scientis

  07/26/2017 05:56 pm ET | Updated 50 minutes ago EPA Chief Met With Canadas Scientist-Muzzling Ex-Prime Minister Before Scientist Purge The agency denied seeking policy advice from former Prime Minister Stephen Harper at a meeting arranged by a top Comcast lobbyist over text messages. By Alexander C…

• Bipartisan Group Of Governors Warns Senate Not To Pass ‘Skinny’ Obamacare Repeal

  07/26/2017 09:20 pm ET Bipartisan Group Of Governors Warns Senate Not To Pass ‘Skinny’ Obamacare Repeal Bill One key Republican senator may be paying close attention. A bipartisan group of 10 governors wrote a letter Wednesday urging the Senate to reject a proposed “skinny” health care bi…

• Sen. Ben Sasse rebukes Republican colleagues who voted against health care rep..

  By Joseph Morton WASHINGTON — Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Neb., vented his frustration Wednesday as a handful of his Republican colleagues lined up against the same kind of health care repeal language that they supported less than two years ago. “How can you possibly explain that to people with any intel…