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The Interior Department's internal watchdog is examining phone calls to Alaska's Republican senators from Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke seeking support for the GOP health care bill. Deputy Inspector General Mary Kendall said her office was launching a "preliminary investigation" of Zinke's July 26 calls to Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan.
State Rep. Jim Newberger believes he is the Republican who can succeed where others have failed. Newberger announced Saturday he would run to take down Democratic U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar.
President Donald Trump's pick to fill a long-standing federal appellate court vacancy never cleared a state vetting commission, U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin's office said Friday. Trump's administration announced Friday morning that he had chosen Milwaukee attorney Michael Brennan to fill the opening on the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago.
U.S. Senator Dean Heller introduces the Emergency Fuel Reduction Act, S.1752 along with the support of Senators Jeff Flake , Orrin Hatch , and James Risch . The Emergency Fuel Reduction Act hopes to help prevent wildfires by speeding up the review process for fire prevention projects on public lands.
The head of the Environmental Protection Agency says he will consider paying for economic damages from a 2015 mine waste spill triggered by agency crews. Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel says the city will sue the federal government in defense of its status as a so-called sanctuary city.
Barack Obama and his family may have left the White House, but their new digs aren't too shabby. The Obamas relocated into a multi-million dollar home in Washington, D.C., which is currently being renovated.
Before leaving town, the U.S. Senate handed President Donald Trump and the oil industry two long-sought regulatory appointments that could expedite construction of natural gas pipelines nationwide.
Today, Trussville residents were able to come meet Rep. Mo Brooks from the fifth district of Alabama at Jim 'N Nick's BBQ where the congressman had lunch while on his "Drain the Swamp" tour across the state. "I feel good about Mo meeting the people," said Cameron Mixon, a member of College Republicans, "Unlike the others, he's going out to meet the voters, try to earn their vote and not try to buy their vote."
He said West Virginia House Democrats failed to support a tax overhaul he says would have increased the budget and helped veterans, poorer earners, seniors, teachers, miners and people struggling with addiction. Justice announced his switch from Democrat to the GOP alongside Republican President Donald Trump at a rally Thursday evening in Huntington.
Sens. Joe Donnelly, D-Ind., left, and Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., arrive for news conference on the east lawn of the Capitol to unveil a new economic agenda titled "A Better Deal on Trade and Jobs" on August 2, 2017. Sens. Joe Donnelly, D-Ind., left, and Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., arrive for news conference on the east lawn of the Capitol to unveil a new economic agenda titled "A Better Deal on Trade and Jobs" on August 2, 2017.
Republican and Democratic senators concerned that President Donald Trump may try to fire Special Counsel Robert Mueller have introduced legislation aimed at protecting the former FBI director's role leading the investigation into Russia's interference in the 2016 election and possible ties to Trump associates. Under current rules governing how a special counsel can be removed, Trump can't fire him directly.
The Senate confirmed two new commissioners on August 4, 2017, to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. CREDIT: AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana The Senate voted Thursday evening to confirm two Republican nominees to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, one of whom accused natural gas pipeline opponents of waging a "jihad" against the agency.
In this Oct. 17, 2016, photo, supporters applaud Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., who spoke at a rally in support of Colorado Amendment 69, a ballot measure to set up the nation's first universal health care system, on the campus of the University of Colorado, in Boulder. Progressives are riled up with renewed seize-the-day determination to turn Congress' failure to gut Obamacare and Medicaid into a push for nationwide universal health care.
West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice announced Thursday he's switching parties to join Republicans as President Donald Trump visited the increasingly conservative state. Justice told about 9,000 Trump supporters at a rally in Huntington that he will be changing his registration Friday.
New revelations about Donald Trump Jr.'s meeting in June 2016 with a Russian lawyer have rocketed the president's eldest son to the center of allegations of collusion with Russia. Here's a look back at the steady drip of disclosures and shifting statements from Trump Jr. and others involved -- which has triggered a mounting list of questions.
Citing concerns with the direction of the party, Governor Jim Justice of West Virginia announced that he would switch his party affiliation from Democratic to Republican at a rally yesterday evening. The Republican Party now controls 34 governorships, which is the largest number held by the party since 1922.
If cities want assistance as part of the Justice Department's new initiative to curb violent crime, they will have to help federal authorities tamp down on illegal immigration, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced Thursday. In a statement, the Justice Department said that cities can be selected for the Public Safety Partnership - which sends federal experts to work on crime-fighting efforts with their local counterparts - only if the cities "show a commitment to reducing crime stemming from illegal immigration."
State Rep. Dan Huberty, R-Houston, announces that the Senate has agreed to a conference committee on House Bill 21, the school finance bill, on Good morning and happy Friday, folks. Thanks for reading The Brief, our daily newsletter informing you on politics, public policy and everything in between.
A bipartisan team of senators introduced a bill Thursday to protect the special counsel from meddling by President Trump, as an emboldened Congress takes more swipes at the White House. Sens. Thom Tillis, North Carolina Republican, and Chris Coons, Delaware Democrat, wrote the bill to create a judicial review should a president try to remove a special counsel.
Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn of Texas, joined by, from left, Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Chairman Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., and Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., speaks to re... WASHINGTON - Lawmakers scattered for their summer recess Thursday, leaving behind a slim record of achievements and a steaming President Donald Trump. The president is angry about what the Republican-led Congress couldn't do - repeal Obamacare - as well as one of the few things it did: approve a Russia sanctions bill he detests.