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Republican plans to quickly confirm Donald Trump's Cabinet nominees were upended Tuesday amid Democratic pressure to slow down the examination of picks. The Senate Intelligence Committee announced early Tuesday that it would delay by a day a hearing for Rep. Mike Pompeo, R-Kan., to serve as CIA director.
The National Science Foundation and UC San Diego spent $1.5 million to put a mudskipper fish on a treadmill. The federal government spent huge taxpayer dollars to study the popularity of Barbie dolls and how long a fish could exercise on a treadmill, according to a new report by a U.S. senator.
I am puzzled by your not standing with all other Democratic senators to prevent the GOP's first step toward repealing Obamacare. On Jan. 4, the Senate voted 51-48 to proceed with legislative action to defund the ACA.
Confirmation hearings begin this week for many of President-elect Donald Trump's most important Cabinet picks - and the Republicans who lead that chamber have a tremendous responsibility to ensure that each Cabinet nominee is thoroughly challenged, even if most of them are sure to be confirmed. So far, they appear to be shirking that responsibility.
Jeff Sessions, the senator from Alabama and the nominee for U.S. attorney general, is on the hot seat as he faces several questions about his past and personal views during a confirmation hearing.
Poor Roy Blunt. After crushing his opponent in November, thwarting Democratic dreams of flipping a red seat blue and maybe taking the whole Senate too , the veteran politician ought to be flying high.
Immigration and domestic security, key themes in Donald Trump's successful campaign, will likely dominate two U.S. Senate hearings on Tuesday as lawmakers begin several days of questioning the president-elect's Cabinet nominees. First to appear before lawmakers will be Trump's pick for attorney general, Republican Senator Jeff Sessions of Alabama.
In particular, he will vow to tell incoming president Donald Trump "no" when necessary. He will defend police and law enforcement officers across the country who have been "unfairly maligned" in recent years, and he will insist he understands the struggle for justice by "African-American brothers and sisters" and from the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community, according to prepared remarks to be made before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Police are investigating a bizarre incident where a man claims to have filmed a bank robbery on Facebook Live before making a bomb threat and allegedly handing... -- Russia's government responded for the first time Monday to a U.S. intelligence report last week on alleged Russian hacking, calling the claims "absolutely unfounde... The Nebraska Farm Bureau Federation was recognized at the American Farm Bureau Federation's 2017 Annual Convention for its performance in membership achievement and i... Lincoln - University of Nebraska men's basketball coach Tim Miles announced the addition of Isaac Copeland to the Husker basketball roster on Monday, commencing with the s... - Here are the latest scores and winners: NCAA COLLEGE FOOTBALL NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP Clemson 35, Alabama 31NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATIONNew Orleans ... - Later Tuesday morning, Sen. Jeff Sessions will lay out his case ... (more)
Police are investigating a bizarre incident where a man claims to have filmed a bank robbery on Facebook Live before making a bomb threat and allegedly handing... -- Russia's government responded for the first time Monday to a U.S. intelligence report last week on alleged Russian hacking, calling the claims "absolutely unfounde... The Nebraska Farm Bureau Federation was recognized at the American Farm Bureau Federation's 2017 Annual Convention for its performance in membership achievement and i... Lincoln - University of Nebraska men's basketball coach Tim Miles announced the addition of Isaac Copeland to the Husker basketball roster on Monday, commencing with the s... - Here are the latest scores and winners: NCAA COLLEGE FOOTBALL NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP Clemson 35, Alabama 31NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATIONNew Orleans ... - Later Tuesday morning, Sen. Jeff Sessions will lay out his case ... (more)
Police are investigating a bizarre incident where a man claims to have filmed a bank robbery on Facebook Live before making a bomb threat and allegedly handing... -- Russia's government responded for the first time Monday to a U.S. intelligence report last week on alleged Russian hacking, calling the claims "absolutely unfounde... The Nebraska Farm Bureau Federation was recognized at the American Farm Bureau Federation's 2017 Annual Convention for its performance in membership achievement and i... Lincoln - University of Nebraska men's basketball coach Tim Miles announced the addition of Isaac Copeland to the Husker basketball roster on Monday, commencing with the s... - Here are the latest scores and winners: NCAA COLLEGE FOOTBALL NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP Clemson 35, Alabama 31NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATIONNew Orleans ... - Later Tuesday morning, Sen. Jeff Sessions will lay out his case ... (more)
U.S. Senator Jeff Sessions will warn on Tuesday of a "dangerous trend" in violent crime and vow to better defend police while tackling accusations that he'll gut civil rights, as he seeks to become President-elect Donald Trump's attorney general.
This is the painting by a high school student creating controversy at the Capitol in Washington, D.C. The painting is the work of high school student David Pulpus, who won an art competition sponsored Democratic Rep. William Lacy Clay. It was judged by an independent panel of art professionals, CNN reported.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions has agreed to recuse himself from any investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. The move comes after revelations that Sessions twice spoke with the Russian ambassador during the campaign, a fact that seemingly contradicts sworn statements he made to Congress during his confirmation hearings.
The one-two punch of being briefed by the nation's three top intelligence officials on Russian efforts to meddle in the Presidential election and the public release of a detailed declassified version has apparently moved Donald Trump from outright denial that there was sufficient evidence to say the Russians were involved to grudging acceptance. This still falls far short of even a minimally acceptable presidential response.
Democratic rhetoric over the past few days would have us believe that the "Republican plan to replace Obamacare" is "nonexistent," as a New York Times op-ed by Nicholas Kristof declares . The Republicans have no shortage of plans , but their real dilemma is that Obamacare added some 20 million previously uninsured Americans to the insurance rolls, and the Republicans have no choice but to allocate the funds to maintain coverage for those newly insured.
Members of the NAACP staged new protests outside the Alabama offices of Sen. Jeff Sessions on the eve of his confirmation hearing to become U.S. attorney general. The group held protests and prayer vigils Monday, a week after the group's national president and five others were arrested during a sit-in at Sessions' Mobile office.
The Great Bend USD 428 Board of Education doesn't need to hurry as it seeks to replace Superintendent Brad Reed, who resigned last month, board president Joyce Carter said Monday.