What Ukraine and Russia want from the Trump-Putin meeting in Alaska
President Trump visits Alaska Friday for a meeting with Russia's President Vladimir Putin — a discussion the White House has called a "listening exercise."
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President Trump visits Alaska Friday for a meeting with Russia's President Vladimir Putin — a discussion the White House has called a "listening exercise."
Texas House Democratic Caucus Chairman Gene Wu tells Jack Fink the two terms they set for their return to the state Capitol are the goals they've had from the beginning when deciding to break quorum. Wu says the first was to kill a "corrupt" special session and force the House to reset or restart it. The second was to try to convince other states to "step up and take action to stop this."
Texas Republican Rep. Nate Schatzline of Fort Worth responds to Texas House Democrats' demands for their return to the state to meet quorum. He tells Jack Fink that they need to return to Texas and show up in Austin. He says Republicans should approve up to ten new GOP majority Congressional districts in Texas, and he wants to see Governor Abbott place redistricting of the Texas House and Senate on the agenda for the second special session, which will start Friday if there's no quorum in the TX House.
If those conditions are met, the Texas House Democratic Caucus said Democratic lawmakers will return to the Texas House.
As Texas hurtles toward a flashpoint on a GOP effort to redraw congressional districts, California Democrats are answering with a plan of their own.
Holder gave House Democrats an overview on the latest in the GOP Texas redistricting effort.
President Trump said the White House will seek "long-term extensions" from Congress to maintain federal control of the D.C. police as part of a push to crack down on crime.
President Trump announced this year's "truly exceptional class" of Kennedy Center Honorees and said he will host the annual ceremony himself.
Democrats have refused to give Governor Greg Abbott the seats he wants to give to President Donald Trump.
Republican leaders announced that if they can't reach a quorum again at 10 a.m. Friday, Aug. 15, both the House and Senate will wrap up the special session.
President Trump is calling up the D.C. National Guard and federal law enforcement to address crime in the capital.
E.J. Antoni, an economist nominated by President Trump to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics, said the jobs report is flawed.
When the House reconvened Tuesday morning, it failed to make a quorum again with 95 lawmakers present.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott tells CBS News Texas there have been discussions about trying to add as many as three GOP congressional seats in addition to the five already being sought.
Huntington Park, California, is 95.6% Latino, and as many as 45% of the residents are undocumented, according to the city.
