"Time to walk the walk," Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tweeted. "Very few members of Congress actually pay their interns. We will be one of them." With new appropriations, other members may soon join her.
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The Justice Department says former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn has been very cooperative with the ongoing Russia probe and with an unspecified criminal investigation.
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Despite protests from voters, Republican lawmakers in Wisconsin have voted to curb the authority of Gov.-elect Tony Evers, a Democrat who will take office in January. The list of changes is long.
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Former President George H.W. Bush's son George W. will deliver a eulogy and three of his granddaughters will give biblical readings. They're just four members of the sprawling Bush family.
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The U.S. Capitol is host to a hushed stream of mourners Tuesday, paying their respects to former President George H.W. Bush, whose flag-draped casket, attended by a military honor guard, lies in the center of the building’s rotunda.
The country’s 41st president was eulogized Monday night by Republican Congressional leaders and Vice President Pence, who said Bush “never lost his love of adventure and he never failed to answer the call to serve his country.”
President Trump and first lady Melania Trump stopped by later Monday evening to pay their tributes. Trump tweeted Tuesday that he will meet with “the wonderful Bush family” at Blair House, where they are staying, across Pennsylvania Avenue from the White House. He also said that former first lady Laura Bush will be given a tour of the White House Christmas decorations by Melania Trump.
Trump has had a frosty relationship with the Bush family. He called his 2016 GOP primary opponent Jeb Bush “low energy,” criticized the leadership of President George W. Bush, and recently mocked the elder Bush’s “thousand points of light” volunteer program.
Bush will lie in state until Wednesday morning, when his casket will be transported to the Washington National Cathedral for a state funeral.
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This week Republican lawmakers in Michigan and Wisconsin have called special sessions to curb authority of newly elected statewide Democrats who pose a threat to Republicans' accomplishments.
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People who worked with Bush valued his character, manners and experience. That, they said, led him to be successful in managing the end of the Cold War — and current leaders could learn from that.
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The current and former U.S. presidents have been offering their condolences and paying tribute to the 41st president, George Herbert Walker Bush, who died Fridaynight at his Houston home. He was 94.
President Trump, who is in Argentina for the Group of 20 summit, offered praise for Bush, saying in a statement, “Through his essential authenticity, disarming wit, and unwavering commitment to faith, family, and country, President Bush inspired generations of his fellow Americans to public service to be, in his words, ‘a thousand points of light’ illuminating the greatness, hope, and opportunity of America to the world.”
He added, “President Bush always found a way to set the bar higher.”
Trump told reporters Saturday he called the late president’s sons George and Jeb Bush to express his sympathies. He and first lady Melania Trump plan to attend Bush’s funeral at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. A state funeral is also being arranged.
The president will designate Dec. 5 as a national day of mourning, White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said in a statement.
Former President Barack Obama said, “America has lost a patriot and humble servant” and described the “tremendous good” Bush accomplished in his life — from helping new immigrants to reducing nuclear weapons and “ending the Cold War without firing a shot.”
Former President George W. Bush called him “the best dad a son or daughter could ask for.” He said the family was grateful for his father’s life and love and for the compassion and condolences of people who cared and prayed for him.
In a statement, former President Bill Clinton described Bush’s long record of service in the military, Congress, the CIA and as president, where he served from 1989 to 1993. “He never stopped serving,” Clinton said. “I am profoundly grateful for every minute I spent with President Bush and will always hold our friendship as one of my life’s greatest gifts.”
Clinton also penned an op-ed in The Washington Post on Saturday, writing that many people were surprised at their relationship “considering we were once political adversaries.” Clinton defeated Bush in the 1992 election. He said Bush “could be tough in a political fight, he was in it for the right reasons: People always came before politics, patriotism before partisanship.”
Former President Jimmy Carter said the Republican’s administration “was marked by grace, civility and social conscience.” The Democrat added that through the Points of Light initiative that Bush founded, which promotes volunteerism, he embraced “a uniquely American volunteer spirit” and bipartisan support.
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President Trump's son told the Senate that negotiations over a Trump Tower in Moscow concluded before his father's campaign took off. The president's former attorney said otherwise in court Thursday.
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A busy week has brought a flurry of twists and turns in the often difficult-to-understand story lines of the special counsel's investigation. Here's a breakdown of what happened and what it means.
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