Rod Rosenstein and FBI Director Wray to testify on watchdog’s report
Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and FBI Director Christopher Wray are testifying Thursday before the House Judiciary Committee. The Republican majority is likely to grill the two men about a...
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California’s sweeping data-privacy bill signed into law
California Gov. Jerry Brown speaks during a news conference in Sacramento, Calif., March 7, 2018. (Associated Press) California lawmakers gave consumers unprecedented protections for their data and...
View ArticleDonor Alan Patricof goes on offensive against President Donald Trump
For instance, records show that the Democratic fundraising juggernaut is going to support Gina Ortiz, a former Air Force intelligence officer looking to unseat Texas Republican Will Hurd. In the last...
View ArticleTrump slaps down Democrats’‘abolish ICE’ push: ‘It will never happen’
Democrats’ new rallying cry: ‘Abolish ICE’ New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand becomes the first sitting U.S. senator to publicly call for the elimination of Immigration and Customs Enforcement;...
View ArticleTrump has expanded Supreme Court shortlist amid pressure from pro-choice...
The White House has expanded its shortlist of potential Supreme Court nominees beyond the 25 candidates that have been publicly disclosed, Maine Republican Sen. Susan Collins said Sunday. President...
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Congress unlikely to pass immigration reform border separation bill
Michael Brochstein | LightRocket | Getty Images United States Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) at a press conference about the proposed Central American Reform And Enforcement Act in the US Capitol. After...
View ArticleJudge rules DHS must consider detained asylum-seekers’ parole on case-by-case...
A federal judge in Washington, D.C. ruled Monday that the federal government must consider on a case-by-case basis whether asylum-seekers who have been detained represent a flight risk or credible...
View ArticleNATO at ‘critical inflection point’ ahead of July summit in Brussels
For Trump to ignore such lopsided numbers and fail to forcefully press the point during this month’s summit in Brussels is simply a dereliction of duty and feckless presidential leadership. As...
View ArticleSupreme Court’s Janus ruling will end cash cow for liberal activists: experts
The battle over unions collecting money from non-members moved from the Supreme Court to the court of public employee’s opinion. On the same day the court announced its ruling in the Janus case...
View ArticlePaul Ryan on report Jordan ignored sexual abuse: ‘Serious allegations’
A spokesman for House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., weighed in Tuesday on an NBC News report that House Freedom Caucus founder Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, allegedly turned his back on wrestlers who said...
View ArticleDemocrats calling for ICE to be abolished include Kirsten Gillibrand,...
A growing number of Democrats are joining the call to abolish the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency — especially under President Trump’s administration. ICE was created through the...
View ArticleAndrew Wheeler will replace Scott Pruitt as acting EPA administrator
Wheeler, in contrast, has been the subject of no such scandals since his confirmation in April, where he secured three Democratic votes in his favor for a final count of 53-45. But while an EPA press...
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Trump’s Mar-a-Lago seeks to hire 61 foreign workers
Despite his rhetoric that immigration hurts American workers, President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Club is seeking to hire 61 foreign workers for the 2018 winter season, according to the Labor Department....
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Trump SCOTUS pick could imperil gay, lesbian work rights
Kathryn Maloney | Moment | Getty Images Gay-rights activists gathered outside of the Supreme Court on the morning when the Court handed down its decision to overturn the Defense of Marriage Act....
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Trump lawyers assailed Comey as ‘Machiavellian’ in 2017 memo to Mueller
Lawyers for President Trump unleashed a blistering attack on ex-FBI Director James Comey in a confidential memo last year to the special counsel in the Russian election meddling probe, casting him as...
View ArticleHow much NATO allies spent on defense in 2017
“We’re paying anywhere from 70 to 90 percent to protect Europe, and that’s fine. Of course, they kill us on trade” Trump said. “We have $151 billion in trade deficits with the EU and on top of that,...
View ArticleChinese media decries US’‘psychological games’ as Navy ships sail Taiwan...
The Chinese Communist Party-affiliated newspaper on Monday condemned the passage of a pair of U.S. Navy ships through the Taiwan Strait as a “psychological game” amid the showdown over trade and...
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Kamala Harris’ office rejected SCOTUS courtesy call from White House: ‘We...
Sen. Kamala Harris’ office rejected a courtesy call from the White House in the lead up to President Trump’s Supreme Court nomination. (AP) Sen. Kamala Harris’ office bluntly rejected a courtesy call...
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Trump pushes NATO allies to increase spending as US share of funding slows
The pledge called for all allies to stop cutting defense budgets, gradually increase spending and aim to spend 2 percent of their GDP on defense by 2024. Currently, the United States, Greece, Estonia,...
View ArticleFormer Bill Clinton adviser pleads with Hillary not to run in 2020 for ‘her...
One of former President Bill Clinton’s past advisers is pleading with Hillary Clinton not to run for president in 2020, amid speculation that she is mulling throwing her hat once again in the ring....
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