The Shabbat Lindsey Graham lied to me

Tami Luchow is a Diversity and Inclusion Speaker and Consultant and Founder of "Care for Life and Limb," which is Senator Lindsey Graham spoke at a Bar Mitzvah I attended on a recent Shabbos. After his welcoming remarks to the congregation, the rabbi asked the senator a few prepared questions about his position on Israel, Iran's nuclear capabilities, white supremacy, China, North Korea, and more.

Without DACA, area college student at risk of deportation

Salas was a freshman at Rauner College Prep in Chicago when she was granted temporary status in America under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program created by the Obama administration in 2012. "It was such a relief when I got it just because I knew I was safe for awhile," she said, seated outside a coffee shop at Monmouth College in Monmouth, Illinois where she now is a junior.

Trump trying to turn around GOP holdouts on health bill

Unwilling to concede defeat on a bedrock GOP promise, President Donald Trump on Saturday tried to sway two Republican holdouts on the party's last-ditch health care hope while clawing at his nemesis who again has brought the "Obamacare" repeal-and-replace effort to the brink of failure. Trump appealed to Sen. Lisa Murkowski, a possible "no" vote, to swing around for the sake of Alaskans up in arms over high insurance costs, and suggested that Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul might reverse his stated opposition "for the good of the Party!" Arizona Sen. John McCain, whose announcement Friday that he would not vote for the proposal seemingly scuttled efforts to revive the repeal, came under renewed criticism from the White House.

Does the Cassidy-Graham health-care bill have constitutional problems?

Sen. Bill Cassidy , center, joined by fellow senators, including Sen. Lindsey O. Graham , far left, and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell , far right, speaks to reporters at the Capitol in Washington on Sept. 19. The Affordable Care Act faced immediate constitutional challenges once it was enacted.

Trump did not invent the name ‘Big Luther’ Strange

On the occasions when President Donald Trump's rambling 90-minute speech in Huntsville, Alabama, on Friday wandered back to its advertised subject, the reelection campaign of Republican Sen. Luther Strange, the president tended to marvel less at the candidate's politics than his height. "I said, 'That is the tallest human being I've ever seen!' " Trump said, recalling when he first met Strange before this year's health-care reform battles.

Despite setbacks, Republicans ‘still working’ on health care push

Despite Arizona Sen. John McCain's decision to oppose the latest Republican health care plan to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, the effort is still ongoing, GOP aides say -- at least for the moment. Multiple aides involved in the process say the focus on winning Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski's vote has continued into the weekend, with changes seen to benefit her state related to the state's funding formula in the bill and the timeline for implementation.

Jeremy Corbyn’s Rise From Hapless Loser to Potential Leader

It is always satisfying to prove your doubters wrong and, in the case of Jeremy Corbyn , the left-wing leader of Britain's opposition Labour Party, there were an awful lot of them. Written off as a hapless loser 12 months ago at his last party conference, Mr. Corbyn can expect a triumphant reception at this year's event , which was to begin on Sunday.

Illinois Left panics over Graham-Cassidy; ignores state’s shrinking insurer numbers

Tossing control of federal health care dollars back to the states is something the Left stands firmly against - and exactly what the Republican U.S. Senate majority's latest attempt at reforming ObamaCare would do. Illinois' Left had nothing to fear from the state's two elected U.S. Senators.

Op-Ed Columnist: Will Mark Zuckerberg ‘Like’ This Column?

But now it's really scary, given what we've discovered about the power of his little invention to warp democracy. All these years, the 33-year-old founder of Facebook has been dismissive of the idea that social media and A.I. could be used for global domination - or even that they should be regulated.

Tree hides portrait of former New Hampshire governor

Visitors to the New Hampshire Statehouse hoping to see former Gov. Jeanne Shaheen's portrait currently have to use their imaginations - the painting's blocked by a potted tree in the reception area outside the governor's office. Judy Reardon, former legal counsel to the three-term Democrat, says on Facebook she spoke to Republican Gov. Chris Sununu's chief of staff about the portrait earlier this month and was told the tree had to be in that specific location, as did Shaheen's portrait.

Donald Trump: John McCain ‘Let Arizona Down’ With Health Bill Decision

Sen. John McCain , listened as former FBI Director James Comey testified in front of the Senate Intelligence Committee, on his past relationship with President Donald Trump, and his role in the Russian interference investigation, in the Senate Hart building on Capitol Hill, on Thursday, June 8, 2017. "John McCain never had any intention of voting for this Bill, which his Governor loves.

Last-ditch Obamacare repeal would be poison

Last-ditch Obamacare repeal would be poison Graham-Cassidy is another cynical effort that would deny health insurance to millions Check out this story on dailyworld.com: U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., likens President Donald Trump's management style to the former owner of the New York Yankees after a meeting with veterans at the LITE Center in Lafayette on Thursday, August 24, 2017. Given up as a lost cause this summer, the Republican effort to repeal and replace Obamacare is back, this time in the form of a last-ditch effort led by GOP Sens. Lindsey Graham, Bill Cassidy, Dean Heller and Ron Johnson.