Angry voters flood town halls of GOP lawmakers – Sun, 12 Feb 2017 PST

People react to Rep. Jason Chaffetz as he speaks during a town hall meeting at Brighton High School on Thursday, Feb. 9, 2017, in Cottonwood Heights, Utah. Hundreds of people lined up early for the town hall with Chaffetz on Thursday evening, many holding signs criticizing the congressman's push to repeal the newly-named Bears Ears National Monument in southern Utah.

New Indiana governor not yet moved into official home

Gov. Eric Holcomb says he and his wife, Janet, have been using the Governor's Residence along North Meridian Street in Indianapolis a few times a week since he took office in early January. He says they haven't moved in permanently yet from their current home on the northwest side of Indianapolis.

Pitts: White terrorism not as bad as Muslim terrorism?

That, believe it or not, was the crux of an argument Sean Duffy, a Re-publican representative from Wisconsin, made last week on CNN. What follows has been condensed for space, but it unfolded like this: Asked by anchor Alisyn Camerota about the Trump regime's failure to condemn a recent massacre in which six Muslims were killed by a white extremist in Quebec, Duffy allowed that, "Murder on both sides is wrong," but insisted, "There is a difference."

In Emotional Speech, Streep Renews Harsh Criticism of Trump

Meryl Streep attends the Human Rights Campaign Greater New York Gala at Waldorf Astoria Hotel on Saturday, Feb. 11, 2017, in New York. In an emotional speech by turns tearful, defiant and humorous, Meryl Streep doubled down on her harsh criticism of President Donald Trump , and spoke of having become a target since she first took him on in her Golden Globes speech in January.

Community banks hopeful as lawmakers target financial rules

Community banks and small businesses are optimistic about changes the Trump administration and Congress have promised to laws that tightened supervision of the banking industry after the 2008 financial crisis. The number of small, local banks has declined since the Great Recession, a change that advocates feel was intensified by the paperwork the increased oversight entails.

Politics | “The Sunday Political Brunch” – February 12, 2017

Domination by one party is a rare event in American politics and no fun for the party out of power. And despite all of the anti-GOP protests after the 2016 elections, things may actually get worse for Democrats.

My view: Utah delegation should represent us or let someone else do the job

I was incredibly proud of my friends and neighbors in Utah during the recent presidential election. We made national headlines for opposing Donald Trump's antics and ethics even when so many other Republican states embraced him with open arms.

California storms: Gov. Jerry Brown turns to President Trump for federal aid

On Friday, the governor turned to his potential nemesis for help - specifically, asking the Federal Emergency Management Agency to declare a major disaster after the state was hammered by storms , floods and mudslides. The request could be an early test of relations between the Democrats who run the nation's largest state and the new Republican administration.

Law Could Force Trump’s Tax Returns to Be Made Public

In theory , that is. As long as the GOP remains in control of the House, it will remain a theory: A New Jersey congressman says a rarely invoked 1924 law could be used to examine President Donald Trump's tax returns for possible conflicts of interest and Constitutional violations.

GOP Reps Face Town Hall Protests Over Obamacare Repeal Efforts

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Taking a page from the tea party, the Indivisible movement grows

In the days after the election of President Donald Trump, some former Democratic congressional staffers generated a Google document that quickly become a guide for politically active progressives nationwide. The 26-page document - now known as the Indivisible Guide - cited strategies used by the so-called tea party to block former President Barack Obama's agenda and set forth how those same tactics could be used by progressives under the new administration.

Can President Trump learn from losing?

The appellate court repudiation of President Donald Trump's travel ban marked the first high-level loss for a new administration that, for all the chaos it has inflicted on Washington and itself, had thus far largely succeeded in accomplishing its immediate goals. Before the judicial panel refused Thursday to reinstate Trump's order - which aimed to prevent entry into the U.S. by refugees and by all travelers from seven mostly Muslim countries - drama in Washington played out as if the nation had only two pillars of power.

Trump says he’ll bring down cost of Mexican wall

Washington, Feb 12 - US President Donald Trump tweeted on Saturday that the media was wrong to say the cost of his promised wall along the United States' border with Mexico would be steeper than initially projected, promising that his negotiating skills will bring the price down sharply. I am reading that the great border WALL will cost more than the government originally thought, but I have not gotten involved in the design or negotiations yet.

‘Death panel’ disputes erupt at Florida GOP congressman’s town hall

A Republican congressman's town hall erupted into fights over "death panels" as pro-Obamacare attendees shouted down claims of their existence, the latest site for contentious meetings between lawmakers and their constituents this week. Rep. Gus Bilirakis was the next lawmaker to face constituents outraged by the GOP's efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act.

Colleagues say judge in Dakota pipeline case is even-handed

The federal judge who will decide whether oil flows through the disputed Dakota Access pipeline has shown sympathy for the historical plight of American Indians, but has also made clear that he doesn't think that should play a role in judicial decisions. U.S. District Judge James "Jeb" Boasberg is overseeing a lawsuit filed by the Standing Rock and Cheyenne River Sioux that could be their last hope of stopping the $3.8 billion pipeline to carry North Dakota oil to Illinois.