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Democrats in 2016 demanded Senate Republicans "do their job" and give a hearing and vote to President Barack Obama's Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland, in spite of it being a presidential election year. Obama, then-vice president Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, then-Senate minority leader Harry Reid (D., Nev.) and Senate Democrats ripped Republicans, who were in control of the Senate, for their decision not to consider Garland. Sen. Patrick Leahy (D., Vt.) said the Senate had approved judges as late as "September" in election years, and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I., Vt.) said the notion that Obama could not nominate a judge...

Cybersecurity experts who held lucrative Pentagon and homeland security contracts and high-level security clearances are under investigation for potentially abusing their government privileges to aid a 2016 Clinton campaign plot to falsely link Donald Trump to Russia and trigger an FBI investigation of him and his campaign, according to several sources familiar with the work of Special Counsel John Durham. Durham is investigating whether they were involved in a scheme to misuse sensitive, nonpublic Internet data, which they had access to through their government contracts, to dredge up derogatory information on Trump on behalf of the Clinton campaign in 2016...

Fox News host Tucker Carlson unknowingly fell into the crosshairs of the Kathy Griffin debacle on Friday when she raised the issue of why she and her mom aren’t speaking. CNN gave Griffin the axe this week after she posed with a bloody, decapitated President Trump. “Fox News ain’t got nothing on me,” Griffin said. “My mother is not speaking to me because she’s in love with Tucker Carlson.” Carlson was dumfounded by Griffin’s mom possibly being enamored of him. “Wow. I have too many mixed feelings,” Carlson told The Mirror when pressed for comment. Maggie Griffin, a steady element...

MANCHESTER, N.H. —New Hampshire Sen. Kelly Ayotte conceded the Senate race to Gov. Maggie Hassan Wednesday evening. he concession announcement comes after Democratic Gov. Maggie Hassan declared victory in the closely-watched U.S. Senate battle against the Republican incumbent. "I just spoke with Gov. Hassan to congratulate her on her election to serve in the U.S. Senate," Ayotte said in a statement. "I wish Gov. Hassan, her husband, Tom, and their children, Ben and Meg, the very best." Hassan is pledging to work with President-elect Donald Trump "when it's in the best interest of New Hampshire and the country," and she...

It is Margaret Thatcher Day in the Falkands, a perfect moment to celebrate the great leadership of the Iron Lady, and to recall her stirring words at Port Stanley on January 10, 1983 upon visiting the Islands for the first time after their liberation: Today again the Union Jack flies over Port Stanley, and may it ever fly there. So we in the Falkland Islands and in Great Britain re-dedicate our lives to the cause of freedom and justice of people here and everywhere. We have given an example to the world, and hope to many of those who do...

Earlier this week the Pew Research Center’s Global Attitudes Project released a major report entitled ‘European Unity on the Rocks’. Its survey, involving more than 9,000 respondents across eight European Union nations as well as the United States, is the stuff of nightmares for EU officials desperately trying to keep the European project together against the backdrop of the biggest economic crisis in Europe since the 1930s. In the words of the report’s authors the European project “is a major casualty of the ongoing sovereign debt crisis,” with deep-seated disillusionment with the European single currency and the broader process of...

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Controversial US politician Sarah Palin could soon be on her way to Britain to boost her hopes of challenging Barack Obama in the 2012 US presidential election. Her representatives approached Margaret Thatcher to ask for a meeting as part of a bid to enhance her claim to be the ‘heir to Ronald Reagan’ and prepare to challenge Mr Obama. And Lady Thatcher has agreed to see Mrs Palin, who stood as the Republican vice-presidential candidate in 2008. A spokesman said: ‘We had an informal approach asking if Lady Thatcher would meet Mrs Palin if she comes to Britain and we...

Baroness Thatcher was welcomed back to 10 Downing Street today for an historic private meeting with the Prime Minister. David Cameron came to the door of Number 10 to welcome Lady Thatcher and helped the visibly frail former premier from her limousine. The 84-year-old 'Iron Lady' waved to waiting photographers but made no comment as she entered the address from which she led the UK between 1979 and 1990.

Lady Thatcher responded that “in her view all those who wrote letters in this sense should be invited to accept one into their homes," the minutes disclose. "She thought it quite wrong that immigrants should be given council housing whereas white citizens were not." Lady Thatcher asked what the implications of such a move could be given that an exodus of the white population from Rhodesia – now Zimbabwe – was expected once majority rule was established. She made clear, however, that she had "less objection to refugees such as Rhodesians, Poles and Hungarians, since they could more easily be...

The Fox network announced Tuesday that it has ordered a 20th season of "The Simpsons," which will tie the cartoon with "Gunsmoke" as the longest-running series in the history of prime-time television. "The Simpsons" is the longest-running prime-time animated series in history and the longest-running comedy series currently on television, with more than 400 episodes in the can. Matt Groening's groundbreaking series has won a Peabody Award and 23 Emmy Awards.

Baroness Thatcher has been released from hospital this afternoon after she was admitted overnight for precautionary tests. The former Prime Minister smiled and waved as she walked out of St Thomas's Hospital in central London, where she was taken after falling ill last night. The 82-year-old had been dining with friends in the Lords when she started feeling "slightly nauseous and faint", her private secretary, Mark Worthington, said. "Her legs gave way a little bit under her," he said, adding that she had not fainted. "We thought it safest to be sure about these things." A close friend said: "She...

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Subject: Bernie's Maggie Williams Date: Mon, 28 Jul 1997 21:10:25 -0400 From: Ron Hardin Organization: AT&T WorldNet Services Newsgroups: alt.fan.don-imus McCord: And uh, California entrepreneur Johnny Cheung charging That aides to first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton solicited a $50,000 Campaign contribution from him. Imus: And he turned the check over there to Maggie Williams, didn't he. McCord: That is uh, that's our understanding, Iman.. Bernie (voice): ..I'll take that.. McCord: ..according to Mr. Cheung. Imus: Pardon me, Maggie? Bernie (voice): I will take that. Imus: Oh, okay. McCord: At the time he was seeking VIP treatment for himself and Six...

A movie about former UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in the run-up to the 1982 Falklands War is being planned. Pathe and BBC Films are developing a script for a drama-documentary about the tense political period before the conflict between the UK and Argentina. It is being produced by Damian Jones, who was behind the recent film version of Alan Bennett's The History Boys. Last month, another high-profile biopic, of Queen Elizabeth II, won Dame Helen Mirren an Oscar for best actress. 'Crucial period' "The proposed film will be a revealing and intimate portrait of Margaret Thatcher as she battles...

A NESSIE hunt using a team of dolphins was planned by the Tory government, according to declassified secret documents. Within days of the 1979 election, officials in Margaret Thatcher's regime proposed importing the mammals from America and fitting them with hi-tech equipment to scour Loch Ness. Despite opposition from animal rights groups, it was argued that finding the monster would benefit local tourism. A letter from Environment Department civil servant David Waymouth to Stewart Walker at the Scottish Home and Health Department, showed the Government wanted a licence to initiate the plan. It stated: "This department is presently considering the...

This month is the 25th anniversary of Margaret Thatcher's becoming Britain's first female prime minister. After recuperating from a series of small strokes and coping with the loss of her devoted husband, Dennis, after more than 50 years of marriage, the Iron Lady, now 78, seems to be stepping out and speaking up once again. A recently painted portrait of her was unveiled at an anniversary banquet at the Savoy Hotel last week, where speakers praised her as the greatest prime minister since Winston Churchill. Ignoring doctor's order not to speak in public, she responded to the many tributes. In...

British Tories are this month celebrating the 25th anniversary of former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's ascent to power. The "Iron Lady" led her country for 11 years, during which she shaped the modern, successful Britain, leaving a powerful legacy that her party is wise to celebrate and from which other leaders would be wise to learn. Inheriting a Britain with high unemployment, militant unions and rampant inflation, Baroness Thatcher abandoned the socialism of past governments -- asserting that "to cure the British disease with socialism was like trying to cure leukemia with leeches." She instead introduced free market reforms --...

Margaret Thatcher has made a dramatic return to the political front line with a searing attack on Tony Blair's "Left-wing" tax-and-spend policies and his failure to carry the nation in the war on Iraq. The former prime minister's broadside came as she defied doctor's orders to make a speech last night marking the 25th anniversary of her rise to power. Having once praised the rise of New Labour as her greatest legacy, Baroness Thatcher turned her fire on Mr Blair - to denounce his adoption of some of her policies as a "conversion of convenience". To loud cheers from an...

Tributes on historic date for ThatcherBy George Jones, Political Editor (Filed: 04/05/2004) Lady Thatcher is preparing for a week of commemorative events to mark the 25th anniversary today of her accession as Britain's first woman prime minister. On Friday, May 4, 1979, Margaret Thatcher, the daughter of a Grantham shopkeeper, entered Downing Street after the Tories were returned to power with a Commons majority of 44. She went on to win two more elections and serve 11 and a half years in No 10 before being ousted by Conservative MPs fearful that she had become an electoral liability. The principal...