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Her views on torture and failing to admit and answer questions clearly about her stance on the use of torture has caused controversy. Senator John McCain, who is recovering from brain cancer, spoke out against Haspel and warned his colleagues not to vote for her.
This April 9, 2015, file photo shows the south portal of the proposed Yucca Mountain nuclear waste dump near Mercury, Nev. The House is moving to approve an election-year bill to revive the mothballed nuclear waste dump at Nevada's Yucca Mountain despite opposition from home-state lawmakers.
Republican Senate candidate Mike Braun thanks supporters after winning the republican primary in Whitestown, Ind., Tuesday, May 8, 2018. Braun faced Todd Rokita and Luke Messer in the Republican primary race.
The infamous White House intern who had an affair with President Bill Clinton, leading to his impeachment in 1998, was invited to a luncheon and then summarily disinvited, reports The Huffington Post . The annual event , The Town & Country Philanthropy Summit, was held Wednesday morning in New York.
Reactions to US President Donald Trump's Iran announcement continue to arrive, with broad support being expressed by leaders in Congress and the Administration. "As we exit the Iran deal, we will be working with our allies to find a real, comprehensive, and lasting solution to the Iranian threat.
WASHINGTON May 8, 2018; Emily Druckman writing for the RFA reported that this morning, President Trump convened a meeting at the White House with Sens. Chuck Grassley , Joni Ernst , Ted Cruz , and Pat Toomey , for yet another discussion on the Renewable Fuel Standard . As a result of the meeting, it appears consensus was reached regarding allowing the year-round use of E15, a positive step forward for the ethanol industry.
Two Democratic senators have sent a letter to telecom company AT&T demanding information on payments the company made to a consulting firm owned by Michael Cohen, Donald John Trump McConnell trolls Blankenship on Twitter: 'Thanks for playing, Don' Pittenger loses GOP primary fight Blankenship concedes GOP Senate primary in W. Va. MORE FCC chair meets Sprint, T-Mobile execs This week: Senate tees off net neutrality showdown Dem senators urge FDA to remove powerful opioids from the market MORE and Richard Blumenthal wrote to AT&T on Wednesday requesting information on the deal, which Blumenthal says could have been used to influence President Trump on his administration's policies favoring the abandonment of net neutrality.
The federal agency that oversees the nation's nuclear weapons stockpile is expected this week to release a report on the best site option for the United States as it looks to ramp up production of the plutonium cores that trigger nuclear warheads. At stake are hundreds of jobs and billions of dollars in federal funding that would be needed to either revamp existing buildings or construct new factories to support the work.
Democratic Party voters turned out in larger numbers than past primaries this year - but does that signal a blue wave crashing in November? Hello, all! Did you vote yesterday? You probably want to know how that all turned out, eh? Or heck, maybe you were like me and stayed glued to the Hamilton County Board of Elections' site all night. Either way, let's take a look at how the whole thing went.
In the counties shown in red, Republican Mike DeWine received more votes than Democrat Richard Cordray in their separate Ohio gubernatorial primaries on Tuesday. Yet the counties where Cordray had more votes, shown in blue, are most of Ohio's large counties.
Senate Republicans pressed ahead with one of President Trump's appeals court picks Wednesday despite opposition from both home-state senators, in what Democrats said marks a new low in the GOP's push to fill the courts with conservative judges. Both Sen. Ron Wyden and Sen. Jeff Merkley, Oregon's two Democratic senators, are opposing Ryan W. Bounds , a lawyer Mr. Trump has tapped to sit on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
President Trump warned Iran Wednesday not to restart its nuclear program, a day after he pulled the U.S. out of its agreement that sought to limit Tehran's weapons-production capabilities. "I would advise Iran not to do that," Mr. Trump told reporters at the start of a Cabinet meeting.
Gina Haspel's response comes in response to a question from Democratic Sen. Kamala Harris, who noted that President Donald Trump has said he believes torture works.
During her confirmation hearing before the Senate Intelligence Committee, CIA Director Nominee Gina Haspel said Wednesday that she would not restart any interrogation program at the CIA. "I would not restart under any circumstances an interrogation program at CIA - under any circumstances," Haspel told the committee under questioning from Sen. Martin Heinrich .
In this May 12, 2017, file photo, Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg, who delivered the 2017 Virginia Tech commencement address, listens during the ceremony on the school's campus in Blacksburg, Va. Sandberg is scheduled to deliver the commencement address at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on Friday, June 8, 2018.
President Donald Trump will allow year-round sales of renewable fuel with blends of 15 percent ethanol as part of an emerging deal to make changes to the federal ethanol mandate. Republican senators and the White House announced the deal Tuesday after a closed-door meeting, the latest in a series of White House sessions on ethanol.
Dozens of information technology employees face layoffs at the Kansas Department of Revenue in conjunction with a $50 million, 10-year contract to outsource development and operation of a new tax management computer system. The technical services deal with CGI, which has not previously been reported, would require a portion of agency employees targeted for layoffs to work side-by-side with CGI consultants prior to dismissal in August.
The Nation is reader supported: Chip in $10 or more to help us continue to write about the issues that matter. that Zephyr Teachout is even considering running for the post is seriously good news.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo delivers remarks with Mexican Foreign Secretary Luis Videgaray at the State Department, Monday, May 7, 2018 in Washington. . FILE - In this Aug. 29, 2017 file photo, people walk by a TV news program reporting North Korea's missile launch, in Tokyo, Japan.
Fox News on Wednesday linked Senate Democrats who oppose President Donald Trump's nominee for CIA director to alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed. An article published on the Fox News website claims that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is "like the Senate intelligence panel's Democrats" because both oppose the confirmation of Gina Haspel to head the CIA.