Here are the top stories for Friday, Oct. 25th: Rep. Elijah Cummings eulogized at Baltimore funeral; Trump’s Washington hotel could soon be for sale; Pentagon chief says U.S. troops will protect Syrian oil fields; Halloween treats at San Francisco zoo.
Rep. Elijah Cummings was eulogized as a leader with the fiery moral conviction of an Old Testament prophet Friday at a funeral that brought former presidents and ordinary people alike to the Baltimore church where he worshipped for decades. (Oct. 25)
Congressman and civil rights leader Elijah Cummings was remembered Friday as a “fierce champion of truth, justice and kindness” at his funeral service at the Baltimore church where he worshipped for nearly four decades. (Oct. 25)
Members of the public are paying their respects to the late Maryland Rep. Elijah Cummings, as his body lies in state outside the House chamber where he served for 23 years. (Oct. 24)
Here’s the latest for Thursday October 24th: Sen. Lindsey Graham announces resolution condemning impeachment inquiry; The Body of Elijah Cummings arrives at the U.S. Capitol; Bodies found in a truck are Chinese citizens; Slime museum to open in NYC.
The late Rep. Elijah Cummings was hailed as the “North Star” for fellow House Democrats as congressional leaders and colleagues paid tribute to him at a Capitol ceremony Thursday. (Oct. 24)
The casket of senior Democratic congressman Elijah Cummings arrives at the US Capitol to lie in state in National Statuary Hall. The veteran Baltimore representative, who passed away at 68 at a hospital in his home city, was at the center of the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump and had clashed with him repeatedly in recent months. A funeral will be held at Cummings’ home church in Baltimore on Friday. IMAGES
Constituents, friends and other mourners gathered at a historically black college in Baltimore to honor the life of U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings in the first of a series of planned services. (Oct.23)
Here’s the latest for Wednesday, Oct. 17th: Vice President Pence announces Turkey cease-fire in Syria; Chicago teachers go on strike; Lawmakers mourn the death of Congressman Elijah Cummings; A solar-powered car race in Australia.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says she is “devastated” by the death of her “brother in Baltimore,” Rep. Elijah Cummings, who died Thursday at age 68. She said Cummings lived the American dream and “wanted it for everyone else.” (Oct. 17)
Democratic and Republican leaders in Washington expressed their condolences following the death of Rep. Elijah Cummings of Maryland. He died early Thursday at age 68. (Oct. 17)
Here are the top stories for Thursday, Oct. 17th: Congressman Elijah Cummings dies at 68; Pence and Pompeo in Turkey to push for a cease-fire in Syria; Sondland to testify in impeachment inquiry; CMT Artists of the Year awards show held.
Maryland Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, a sharecropper’s son who rose to become the powerful chairman of one of the U.S. House commitees leading an impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump has died. He was 68. (Oct. 17)
Maryland Rep. Elijah Cummings says government officials must stop making “hateful, incendiary comments” that only to serve to divide and distract the nation from its real problems, including mass shootings and white supremacy. (Aug. 7)
Maryland Rep. Elijah Cummings is inviting President Donald Trump and other Americans to Baltimore, taking the high road after a barrage of presidential tweets disparaging the black-majority city and its long-serving Democratic congressman. (August 3)
President Donald Trump says he’s “the least racist person there is,” as he doubles down on his criticism of Rep. Elijah Cummings and the Baltimore community he serves. (July 30)
President Donald Trump and Rev. Al Sharpton traded barbs over the president’s tweets referring to Rep. Elijah Cummings’ majority-black Baltimore district as a “disgusting, rat and rodent infested mess” where “no human being would want to live.” (July 29)
US President Donald Trump has filed a lawsuit to block a subpoena issued by the chairman of the US House Oversight Committee, which is seeking information about his personal and business finances.
In a court filing on Monday, Trump Organization lawyers said that the subpoena issued by Democratic Rep. Elijah Cummings is ‘invalid and unenforceable’ because it has ‘no legitimate legislative purpose’.
The complaint, filed in Washington DC federal court, said that the Democratic Party had ‘declared all-out political war’ on Trump and that subpoenas ‘are their weapon of choice’.
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