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COTTONWOOD HEIGHTS, Utah-A crowd of about a thousand people, dominated by opponents of President Donald Trump's agenda, packed a raucous town-hall event here in the latest example of increased activism targeting Republican members of Congress. Five-term Rep. Jason Chaffetz won his most recent race by nearly 50 points, but returned to his home district to find himself confronted by a sign-waving, heckling and booing chorus.
The Senate confirmed Rep. Tom Price to serve as secretary of Health and Human Services during a 2 a.m. vote Friday. No Democratic senator supported Price in the 52-47 vote.
Around 6:30 each evening, Secret Service agents gather in the dim hallways of the West Wing to escort Donald Trump home. For some presidents, the short walk between the Oval Office and the White House residence upstairs is a lifeline to family and a semblance of normal life.
"The American people are ... still waiting for that one tweet which says: I will keep my promise. I will not cut Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid and if Republicans give me legislation to do that, I will veto that legislation," Sanders said from the Senate floor on Thursday night.
Elizabeth Warren Senate confirms Trump's Health chief Warren blasts Price in first Senate speech since being silenced Senate poised for more late-night votes on Trump nominees MORE slammed Rep. Tom Price ahead a final vote on his nomination to lead the Health and Human Services Department, her first remarks on the Senate floor since she was temporarily barred from speaking. "He wants to destroy fundamental protections that millions of Americans depend on for their health and economic security," she said from the Senate floor.
Judge Neil Gorsuch, President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee, speaks with reporters on his way to meet Sen. Susan Collins on Capitol Hill in Washington, Feb. 9, 2017. ORG XMIT: XNYT171 less Judge Neil Gorsuch, President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee, speaks with reporters on his way to meet Sen. Susan Collins on Capitol Hill in Washington, Feb. 9, 2017.
President Trump's comments about the federal judge who blocked his immigration executive order have raised concerns among members of Congress and could complicate the pending confirmation of Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court. In a tweet over the weekend, Trump referred to Judge James L. Robart of the Western District of Washington as a "so-called judge" after Robart issued a nationwide temporary restraining order on Friday stopping the implementation of the executive order, which barred immigrant and nonimmigrant visa holders from seven countries from entering the U.S., indefinitely suspended the Syrian refugee program and temporarily stopped all refugee admissions to the United States.
The White House has "counseled" a top aide to President Donald Trump after she promoted Ivanka Trump's fashion line during a national cable television appearance from the White House. But House Oversight Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz says that's not enough, calling what Kellyanne Conway did "wrong, wrong, wrong, clearly over the line, unacceptable."
The Senate is expected to confirm Rep. Tom Price to be the next secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services during a middle of the night vote. Democrats opposed Price, a Republican from Georgia, because he is a key architect of undoing the Affordable Care Act and has advocated making major changes to Medicare.
Daily Caller reporter Kaitlan Collins recycled tired right-wing media complaints about employee salaries at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau as an excuse to float the prospect of gutting the agency during today's White House press briefing, neglecting to mention that the financial industry watchdog is not funded by taxpayers. The CFPB has long been a target of right-wing media misinformation campaigns aimed at undermining support for objective oversight of Republican-aligned special interests on Wall Street.
White House counselor Kellyanne Conway told Fox News viewers Thursday morning to "Go buy Ivanka's stuff," drawing criticism. White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer responded.
Gov. Robert Bentley named Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange to fill the U.S. Senate ... . Newly appointed Alabama Sen. Luther Strange looks at Gov. Robert Bentley before Bently signed the document officially appointing Strange to the U.S. Senate during a press conference, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2017, in Montgomery, Ala... .
Around 6:30 each evening, Secret Service agents gather in the dim hallways of the West Wing to escort Donald Trump home. For some presidents, the short walk between the Oval Office and the White House residence upstairs is a lifeline to family and a semblance of normal life.
White House press secretary Sean Spicer acknowledged Thursday that President Donald Trump has leveled attacks on the US judiciary and that Judge Neil Gorsuch said attacks on the US judiciary were "demoralizing" and "disheartening." But Spicer repeatedly insisted that Gorsuch's comments had nothing to do with Trump's comments, leading to heated back-and-forth exchanges with White House reporters about the issue.
Top Republicans on the House science committee claim a former National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration scientist "confirmed" that his NOAA colleagues "manipulated" climate data for a 2015 study. But that scientist denies that he accused NOAA of manipulating data.
This week Betsy DeVos was confirmed as our new Education Secretary and Jeff Sessions as the next Attorney General. There is no sugar coating this: both are disastrous for women, sexual assault survivors, people of color, immigrants, people with disabilities, and the LGBT community.
A top airline industry lobbyist says President Donald Trump was “extraordinarily positive” when airline executives urged him to support privatizing America's air traffic control system. Nick Calio is president and CEO of Airlines for America, a trade association.
The New York Democrat told reporters on Thursday that Puzder's record as CEO of fast food empire CKE Restaurants, Inc. disqualifies him from advocating for workers as the head of the Labor Department. Senate Democrats on Thursday unveiled another former employee of Puzder's company who says she was mistreated.
The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan on Thursday said that several thousand more troops are needed to train and advise Afghan forces and break the "stalemate" in their fight against the Taliban. Army Gen.