100 days of failure for Trump?
President Donald Trump doesn't care what the experts have to say. "No matter how much I accomplish during the ridiculous standard of the first 100 days, & it has been a lot , media will kill!," he tweeted.
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Steve Rose Seyz Johnson County, Kansas Congressman Yoder Stays Winning
We tend to agree with the only dead tree media pundit who matters but only because of a dearth of leadership and decent candidates from the Kansas Democratic Party. Take a peek: If U.S. Rep. Kevin Yoder seeks re-election, does the measly seven-point spread in the 4th District contest between Republican Ron Estes and Democrat James Thompson serve as a warning shot to the 3rd District congressman? The comparisons are absolutely ridiculous.
Senators seek data on Americans caught up in surveillance
In this April 7, 2017, file photo, Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington. Paul and Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., are asking the nation's top intelligence official to release more information about the communications of American citizens swept up in surveillance operations.
‘Drain the swamp’ more a Trump slogan than a practice so far
The leader of a bipartisan good-government group, Zach Wamp, headed to the White House last week to ask whether President Donald Trump's "drain the swamp" slogan would ever be more than a throwaway campaign slogan. One of the president's closest aides, Steve Bannon, assured him it's a priority.
Future of revamped health care bill remains dubious in House
President Donald Trump on Friday downplayed the significance of pushing Republican health care legislation through the House next week, a retreat from more bullish White House pronouncements a day earlier, which had gotten a skeptical reception at the Capitol. In brief comments to reporters Friday, Trump said the attempt to rekindle the GOP drive to repeal President Barack Obama's health care law is "coming along well."
U.S. Treasury rejects Exxon Mobil request to drill in Russia
The Trump administration has rejected a request from Exxon Mobil to waive U.S. sanctions against Russia to allow the company to resume oil drilling around the Black Sea. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Friday in a brief statement that the administration "will not be issuing waivers to U.S. companies, including Exxon, authorizing drilling prohibited by current Russian sanctions."
STRS Pension Board Votes to Eliminate Cost-of-Living Increases for Ohio Teachers
Retired teachers in Ohio will not see a cost of living raise for the next five years. The State Teachers Retirement System board has voted to stop the payment increases after they re-assessed their assets and liabilities.
Utah poll: Evan McMullin leads Orrin Hatch in potential Senate matchup
A new poll revealed that former independent presidential candidate Evan McMullin would defeat incumbent Utah Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch in a potential matchup in a US Senate race, Salt Lake City's KSL-TV reported . The poll by JMC Analytics and commissioned by The Centrist Project, an organization that is recruiting candidates for public office in 2018, found that 33 percent of Utah residents would vote for McMullin and 29 percent would vote for Hatch, while 11 percent would vote for a Democrat if the election were held today.
The Commission on Presidential Debate’s 15 Percent Polling Criterion…
A hearing in Johnson's case was held today in the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, insisting that the Debate Commission in collusion with the major parties are violating antitrust law when it comes to "political markets." Electoral politics is like a market, argues Bruce Fein, the lawyer for Gary Johnson and other plaintiffs in an ongoing lawsuit against the Commission on Presidential Debates , the Republican and Democratic Parties, and 2012 major party candidates Barack Obama and Mitt Romney.
California cities ready to fight Trumpa s call to punish so-called a sanctuary citiesa
California cities are mobilizing to fight the Trump administration's effort to strip federal funding from so-called sanctuary cities, which do not enforce federal immigration policy. Even as the Justice Department on Friday advised eight local governments and the state of California that they were at risk of losing federal dollars if they don't cooperate, several cities had already directed their lobbyists to oppose such efforts.
Indiana lawmakers face big list of bills at session’s end
House Majority Leader Matt Lehman, R-Berne, looks at a bill during a session at the Statehouse Friday, April 21, 2017, in Indianapolis. House Majority Leader Matt Lehman, R-Berne, looks at a bill during a session at the Statehouse Friday, April 21, 2017, in Indianapolis.
Democrats partner with political newcomers aiming to create anti-Trump wave in 2018 midterms
Democratic candidate Jon Ossoff was the top vote-getter last Tuesday in Georgia's 6th Congressional District in a special election to replace Tom Price, who is now the secretary of health and human services. A wave of first-time candidates eager to fight President Trump and his young administration plan to challenge House Republican incumbents, giving Democratic Party leaders hope that they can capiA talA ize on the anger and intensity at grass-roots protests and town hall meetings across the country this year.
Jeff Sessions again degrades Hawaii and the U.S. justice system to defend Trump’s Muslim ban 2.0
At his Senate confirmation hearing, Attorney General Jeff Sessions lied under oath that he had never had contact with the... Despite promising to release his tax returns in a televised debate with Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump continues to show that... Jeff Sessions is really all in on calling one of the 50 United States an "island in the Pacific" as a way to attack the legitimacy of a duly appointed and confirmed federal judge who sits in Hawaii. In an interview with MSNBC's Ali Velshi, Sessions did not back down from defending that indefensible position.
Trump secrecy moves threaten his ‘drain the swamp’ pledge
The leader of a bipartisan good-government group, Zach Wamp, headed to the White House last week to ask whether President Donald Trump's "drain the swamp" slogan would ever be more than a throwaway campaign slogan. One of the president's closest aides, Steve Bannon, assured him it's a priority.
Democrat in Georgia Runoff: I’d Have Voted for Obamacare, and No Comment on Supporting Pelosi
Jon Ossoff, the young liberal running to replace Tom Price in Georgia's traditionally-Republican but Trump-skeptical Sixth Congressional District, has been the beneficiary of millions of dollars in contributions from out-of-state donors . Many of them are liberals who want to deal President Trump a clear electoral blow, which will help shape the media narrative in advance of the 2018 midterm elections.
Letter:
Rep. Chris Stewart, your past and present statements on Syria are hard to reconcile without concluding that a disdain for the former president overcame your compassion for the over 1,400 Syrians gassed by Bashar al-Assad in 2013. On Sept.
Tom Cotton First Met Jews At Harvard
For Senator Tom Cotton, a leading voice in the conservative wing of the Republican Party, it took until college to meet his first Jewish friend. He grew up in rural Arkansas and only at Harvard did he encounter fellow Jewish students.
Rep. Tulsi Gabbard: ‘I am studying more about the impeachment process’
Democratic Rep. Tulsi Gabbard said at a town hall this week that she is studying more about the impeachment process amid the investigations into whether any aides to President Donald Trump's campaign were involved in Russian meddling in the 2016 election. Gabbard cautioned though that getting rid of Trump would mean a President Mike Pence, who she argued would be more effective in pushing a conservative agenda through Congress.
Lawmakers revisiting requiring those on Medicaid to work
FILE - In this March 21, 2107 file photo, President Donald Trump, with Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington to rally support for the Republican health care overhaul. W... WASHINGTON - A simple question - should adults who are able to work be required to do so to get taxpayer-provided health insurance? - could lead to major changes in the social safety net.
W. Memphis plant inauguration today
A new $15 million manufacturing plant and testing laboratory in West Memphis with close ties to the Clean Line Energy project, which is roundly opposed by Arkansas' delegation in Congress, officially opens today. Production at the plant began earlier this month with about 30 workers.