Why Are Senators Protecting the Saudis and Denying Justice to 9/11 Victims?

In the aftermath of the worst terror attack in American history, I had to walk into the auditorium of New York City's Police Headquarters to brief the family members of 23 New York City police officers who had gone missing. We would later learn that their courage and heroism cost them their lives.

People and Practices: Dec. 26

DeWitt Mackall Crounse & Moore S.C., an affiliate of DeWitt Ross & Stevens S.C., announced the addition of two attorneys, Catherine Krisik and John Thomas , to its Minneapolis office. Krisik earned her J.D. from Southwestern University School of Law and her B.S. from the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh.

The five biggest obstacles to Trump’s plan to overhaul the tax code

Treasury Secretary nominee Steven Mnuchin waits after a meeting with Senator Orrin Hatch on Capitol Hill December 8, 2016 in Washington, DC. If confirmed, he is expected to lead Trump's tax reform efforts./ AFP PHOTO / Brendan Smialowski President-elect Donald Trump likes to say he will "drain the swamp" of special interests when he takes up residence at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.

Senator Rand Paul’s 2016 Festivus Twitter Storm

Kentucky Senator Rand Paul delivered his first gift of the holiday season with a Twitter storm of Festivus Tweets, including the "airing of grievances," and it's the best thing you'll see from Washington all day. Good morning Seinfeld fans and Happy Festivus everywhere! Today I'll have my annual #AiringofGrievances .

License issued for $1B Montana power storage project

A Montana company has been granted a license to build a $1 billion, 400-megawatt power storage project in the central part of the state that would supplement electricity from wind turbines and other sources, according to documents released Thursday by federal regulators. The 50-year license from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission allows Absaroka Energy, of Bozeman, Montana, to construct and operate the project on a 177-acre site near the tiny town of Martinsdale, home to fewer than 100 people.

Ohio Adopts Preemption Legislation, Blocking Local Minimum Wage Hikes …

On Monday, December 19, 2016, Ohio Governor John Kasich signed Senate Bill 331 , which prohibits municipalities and other political subdivisions from raising the minimum wage beyond Ohio's state minimum wage rate, currently set at $8.10 an hour . The bill appears to be a direct reaction to two separate labor union-backed local initiatives: Cleveland's "Fight for 15" movement, which was a failed effort to aggressively increase Cleveland's minimum wage to $15 an hour; and Youngstown's "Part-Time Bill of Rights" proposal, which was a separate attempt to provide part-time workers with certain employment benefits, including paid time off and advanced notice of work schedules.

Deep divide stops effort to repeal North Carolina LGBT law

A supposedly bipartisan deal to repeal North Carolina's anti-LGBT law collapsed when both sides balked and started blaming each other, likely meaning their state will keep being shunned by corporations, entertainers and high-profile sporting events. After more than nine hours of backroom discussions and sporadic public effort, Republican state legislators quit trying to repeal the law called House Bill 2 and went home Wednesday night.

Canada-U.S. trade not broken so no need for Trump to fix it: Freeland

But Canada's trade minister says the world-leading trade relationship between Canada and the United States need not be on the president-elect's to-do list. "I think the reality is the trading relationship with Canada is the farthest possible thing from being broken.

What Gov. Pence is doing for Christmas Read Story Chelsea Schneider, Indy Star/USA Today Network

Vice President-elect Mike Pence joined other volunteers on the serving line during lunchtime Wednesday at Wheeler Mission Ministries in Downtown Indianapolis. Pence, who has visited the organization that serves the homeless community several times, said he and President-elect Donald Trump will focus on getting people "that have been left behind in this economy back to work."

How Republicans Made Themselves Slaves to Right Wing Media

According to Rachael Bade , even ultra-conservative Republicans are afraid to challenge our president-elect for fear of reprisal. It's true that during the campaign, Trump was known for brow-beating anyone in the GOP who spoke out against him.

Inquiry says Snowden in contact with Russia’s spy services

A declassified report on a congressional investigation into Edward Snowden says the former National Security Agency contractor has remained in contact with Russian intelligence services since he arrived in Moscow three years ago. Snowden in 2013 revealed U.S. government efforts to hack into the data pipelines used by U.S. companies to serve customers overseas.

Left, right prep for battle royal over Sessions

Nearly 150 outside groups on the left mobilizing to stop Sessions have delivered a stern, no-compromise message to incoming Senate Democratic Leader Charles Schumer Left, right prep for battle royal over Sessions DNC hopeful Harrison touts red state experience White House staff pranks Obama with snowmen MORE "We've already been engaged with Schumer's office with a real demand that he should stand up and fight and we will fight anyone who seeks to be an enabler for a racist overseeing our Justice Department," said Rashad Robinson, the executive director of Color of Change, which describes itself as the nation's largest online racial justice organization. "People really have two choices.

Trump threatens electronic rights, EFF warns

The Electronic Frontier Foundation is keenly worried that President-elect Donald Trump and the Republican-controlled Congress will step up surveillance activities and pass laws to curtail electronic rights. As a result, the EFF is advising the tech sector to use end-to-end encryption for every transaction by default, and to scrub logs.