Frank Pignanelli & LaVarr Webb: A few political rumors to chew on
Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, talks to reporters at the KSL Broadcast House in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, April 19, 2017. Our mothers taught us not to spread gossip.
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‘SNL’ Mocks ‘Morning Joe’ Awkward Tension, Kellyanne Conway
Kate McKinnon and Alex Moffat turned up the heat -and awkward tension- as "Morning Joe" stars Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough for this week's cold open of "Saturday Night Live." The real co-hosts of the morning show announced their engagement earlier this week.
Trump tells the truth – the job is hard
President Donald Trump talks with House Speaker Paul Ryan in the Rose Garden of the White House Thursday after the House pushed through a health care bill. House Majority Whip Steve Scalise of Louisiana is at left, and House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Rep. Kevin Brady, R-Texas, is at right.
Even CNN Criticized Democrats’ Jeering of Republicans after ObamaCare Repeal Vote
Earlier in the day, the House of Representatives voted on the American Health Care Act . The bill still has to go through the Senate, where it will surely see changes, and therefore go back to the House, before going back to the Senate and then to the Oval Office where President Donald Trump would sign it.
Remembering Col. Leo Thorsness – Patriot and Politician
Following the news that retired U.S. Air Force Colonel Leo K. Thorsness died last Thursday at age 85, most news stories focused on his heroism in the Vietnam War. As lead pilot of the "Wild Weasels" F-105 fighter bombers whose mission was to destroy North Vietnam's Surface-to-Air , Thorsness was shot down, captured, and imprisoned by the North Vietnamese Communist enemy in 1967.
Trump Weighing 95 Percent Cut to Drug Office, Chief Warns
The Trump administration is weighing a cut of almost 95 percent of the budget for the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy at a time the president has pledged to aggressively combat opioid addiction, according to an internal memo. The office, which coordinates much of U.S. drug strategy, including responses to trafficking, could see several grant programs for drug prevention discontinued under the proposal, which was decried by prevention advocates and members of Congress from both parties when it was reported on Friday.
Letters: Protect Cumberland from development
This letter is in reply to Sam Candler's response to your editorial of April 19. His arguments for seeking to develop Cumberland Island are based upon the fact that his family has lived on the north end at Highpoint for many years. Now that his Highpoint property is reverting to the Park Service, he seeks to build private houses on the south of the island, on land that he purchased under the shield of Lumar, LLC in 1998.
New school superintendent:Dr. Levett a solid choice
Board members had gone to great lengths to hide the identities of the four people who were vying for the position being vacated by 12-year Superintendent Thomas Lockamy, who is retiring next month. State law allows the board to legally withhold identities in such matters until only three names are on the short list.
Democratic life in the Third District, potential challenger for Womack
Saw this on Facebook. Haven't gotten in touch yet. His own Facebook page describes Mahony as a nonprofit executive "focused on affordable education for sustainable income, women and minority empowerment."
A special House race in Georgia is officially the most…
The race to fill Health and Human Services secretary Tom Price's former congressional seat in Georgia's 6th district is officially the most expensive House race in US history, Politico reported on Saturday. A total of over $29.7 million worth of TV ads have been reserved or aired during the campaign, which breaks a 5-year-old record, the report said.
As GOP Health Care Push Moves To Senate, White House Questions Value of CBO Analysis
President Donald Trump celebrates with House Speaker Paul Ryan in the White House Rose Garden Thursday after the House voted to pass the American Health Care Act. After the GOP-controlled House passed a Republican-drafted health care bill Thursday without waiting for an analysis of the bill's costs and impacts by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, the White House is signaling that Washington's official legislative scorekeeper could be its next political foil.
The President Donald Trump Wants Corporate Tax Rate of 15%
The plan also called for almost doubling the personal exemption for individuals but eliminating deductions for state and local taxes . Republican lawmakers will be open-minded, but "they're going to likely start off from a skeptical point of view", said David Winston, a GOP consultant who has advised congressional leaders.
Paul Ryan obliviously poses with protester wearing anti-Trumpcare…
Speaker of the House Rep. Paul Ryan was photographed on Saturday posing next to an anti-Trumpcare protester wearing a T-shirt that said, "Repeal and go f*ck yourself" and signed "GOP." The T-shirts are from the team at liberal podcast "Pod Save America," which features former Obama administration speechwriters Jon Favreau and Jon Lovett, Obama White House communications director Dan Pfeiffer and former National Security Council Spokesman Tommy Vietor.
NY Dem has a brilliant way to troll Republicans who are afraid to…
Appearing with MSNBC host Rachel Maddow on Friday, a New York congressman called out a Republican House member from a neighboring district for ducking his constituents' questions about the newly passed GOP health care plan and said he might hold a town hall there himself. Saying, "If it takes a Democrat," to face constituents to talk about their health care worries, Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney said he's willing to go to GOP districts and host town halls.
Verona In Washington: ACA Repeal, North Korean Sanctions
This week, Verona's congressman Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen voted to approve the American Health Care Act , the measure that replaces the Affordable Care Act passed under President Obama, though Verona's senators signalled that they will put up a stiff fight to approval by the U.S. Senate. In announcing his vote for the AHCA, Frelinghuysen said in a statement that the measure "protects those with pre-existing conditions and restores essential health benefits."
Oklahoma Legislature stumbles in search for new revenues
The Oklahoma Legislature faces political gridlock as lawmakers balk at legislation to raise hundreds of millions of dollars in new revenue and close an $878 million hole in next year's budget to avoid catastrophic cuts to state agencies and services. Republican Gov. Mary Fallin has called for a "major overhaul" of the state's tax system and says she is willing to veto any budget that does not include new revenue for the fiscal year that begins on July 1. So far, lawmakers have supported adjusting the state income tax standard deduction and attaching fees to tickets to professional sporting events to raise relatively small amounts of revenue.
Patagonia Takes Full-Page Swing At Trump Marketing Daily a ” 50 minutes ago
With Utah's Bears Ears National Monument in the Trump administration's crosshairs, Patagonia has come out swinging, taking out full-page newspaper ads in Western states to urge people to defend public lands. And the company's president and CEO also fired off a letter to Ryan Zinke, secretary of the Interior, just as he kicks off a tour of national monuments this weekend in the Beehive State.
Health Care Bill Hits Special Ed; Trump Touts D.C. Vouchers Despite Poor Test Scores
The rest of the country may be talking about health care this week, but you must be a die-hard education fan. NPR Ed has just the weekly news roundup you need.
Kansas City Legacy News Elite Chatter
This morning let's take a look at the world according to the last remaining people paid to tell other people what to think under the guise of "journalism" or whatever .
House Republicans voted to weaken health care, hurt the poor and cut taxes for the wealthy
President Donald Trump speaks in the Rose Garden at the White House after the House pushed through a health-care bill on Thursday. How bad is the health care plan approved Thursday by the U.S. House of Representatives? Doctors , hospitals , the March of Dimes , Gov. Paul LePage and Republican senators are among the long list of groups who criticized the House vote because it will strip millions of Americans of health insurance and make it more expensive, and less comprehensive, for millions more.