Week ahead: Senators to hear from controversial deputy Interior pick
A Senate panel will hear from President Trump's pick for the No. 2 spot in the Interior Department next week.
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So who might run for Cornyn’s Senate seat?
The short answer is "pretty much anyone", but there are several names that are on top of everyone's list of imagined candidates. At least three members of the U.S. House are mulling a run for a possible U.S. Senate vacancy, should President Donald Trump appoint U.S. Sen. John Cornyn as the new FBI director .
Lawmakers urge Trump to avoid picking a partisan for FBI job
As President Donald Trump considers a replacement for fired FBI Director James Comey, lawmakers are urging the president to steer clear of appointing any politicians. The advice came Sunday amid more criticism over Trump's dismissal of Comey during an FBI probe of Russia's meddling with last year's election and any ties to the Trump campaign.
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More news out of Virginia: Valerie Jarrett, who served as a senior adviser to former President Barack Obama for the duration of his presidency, endorsed former Rep. Tom Perriello in Virginia's hotly contested Democratic gubernatorial primary... Received this e-mail today from former Rep. Tom Perriello's gubernatorial campaign: Friend, I want to talk to you about something serious.
JFK home renovation castoffs are transformed into art
Floorboards, window panes, shingles, electrical fixtures, faded wallpaper, rusted nails and even a metal hook that once held a porch swing are among the ordinary items salvaged during an overhaul of JFK's Cape Cod home and transformed by local artists into mixed media artwork inspired by the assassinated former president who was born 100 years ago this month. When not in Washington, JFK, Jacqueline Kennedy and their two young children resided in the nine bedroom clapboard home with stunning ocean views from 1958 until his death in 1963.
GOP lawmakers mark success by flipping rules from Obama era
In this Jan. 18, 2017 file photo, Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chairman Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., right, confers with Sen. James Inhofe, R-Okla. on Capitol Hill in Washington, during the committee's confirmation hearing for Environmental Protection Agency Administrator-designate, Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt.
The Latest: Clapper says Trump eroding checks and balances
The former U.S. intelligence chief is warning that President Donald Trump is eroding the nation's system of checks and balances. The remarks Sunday by former director of national intelligence James Clapper come partly in response to Trump's firing of FBI Director James Comey.
Bret Stephens: The Comey canninga s easy tells
When the president says, “I'm, like, a smart person,” you know he nurses deep insecurities about his intelligence. When he says, “I'm 'really' rich,” you know that he knows that you know that, really, he probably isn't.
Venezuela is in crisis, the U.S. should help
Venezuela is in crisis, the U.S. should help Readers react to Venezuela's crisis: Your Say Check out this story on USATODAY.com: https://usat.ly/2qh83gv With the ongoing violence in Venezuela, it's extremely important to see the value in the U.S. providing aid. U.S. Sens. Marco Rubio and Bill Nelson of Florida introduced a bill to provide Venezuela with $10 million for food and medicine.
Madbury neighborhood loses power after accident
An estimated 1,200 residents on Manchester's West Side will be without power for a few hours tonight while Eversource crews work to repair a telephone pole damaged when a car crashed into it... Susan Douglas is looking for a job.
Top Senate Dem may try to stall FBI confirmation
The Senate's top Democrat is raising the possibility his party may try to stall President Donald Trump's FBI nominee until his administration agrees to have a special prosecutor investigate Russia's meddling in the 2016 election and possible ties to the Trump campaign. The threat from New York Sen. Chuck Schumer is more fallout from Trump's firing last week of FBI Director James Comey -- and the evolving reasons for the dismissal.
.com | GOP wins in reversing Obama-era rules on guns
Congressional Republicans anxious to show voters they can get something done, are hailing their reversal of more than a dozen Obama-era regulations on guns, the internet and the environment. Over a few months, lawmakers used an obscure legislative rule to ram through changes that will have far-reaching implications for the coal industry, broadband customers, hunters and women seeking health care at Planned Parenthood and other abortion providers.
Gold star father Khizr Khan to speak at annual ACLU dinner
In this July 28, 2016, file photo, Khizr Khan, father of fallen US Army Capt. Humayun S. M. Khan, accompanied by his wife Ghazala at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia.
Tillerson responds to McCain: ‘I make a distinction between values and policy’
John McCain Tillerson responds to McCain: 'I make a distinction between values and policy' Trump set for tense meeting with Turkey after ISIS decision Top House Dem: 'This is John McCain's finest hour' MORE Sunday, after the Arizona Republican pushed against Tillerson in an op-ed last week and warned it is "dangerous" to look at foreign policy as "simply transactional." McCain New York Times piece referenced earlier remarks from Tillerson, who said conditioning the United States' foreign policy too much on values forms barriers to advancing the country's national interests.
Top Senate Intel Committee Dem: “Absolutely,” I would subpoena…
Mark Warner's the ranking member on the Committee, not the chairman, so it's not his decision to make. That belongs to Republican Richard Burr .
Charles Schumer, New York senator, accuses attorney general of ‘violating recusal’ on Russia probe
Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer is calling for an investigation of Attorney General Jeff Sessions to uncover "any interference to thwart the investigation" into Russia's meddling in the presidential race. The New York Democrat said Mr. Sessions "seems to be violating" his recusal from the Russia investigation by participating in the decision to fire former FBI director James Comey.
Clapper: US institutions ‘under assault’
Former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper issued a stern warning Sunday about the state of the US government after President Donald Trump's decision to fire FBI Director James Comey last week, saying he thinks US institutions are "under assault." "I think in many ways our institutions are under assault both externally - and that's the big news here is the Russian interference in our election system - and I think as well our institutions are under assault internally," Clapper said on CNN's "State of the Union."
Sen. Graham: Trump Needs to ‘Back Off’ FBI, Its Investigation
It will require a Republican in Congress not President Donald Trump to help "clear the air" with regard to FBI Director's James Comey's firing, the dinner meeting between Comey and the president in January, and the ongoing investigation into potential Trump campaign collusion, because the president is too involved and needs to "back off," Sen. Lindsey Graham said Sunday. "I think it requires somebody like me, a Republican, to call Comey before the Judiciary Committee to let him explain that conversation," Sen. Graham told host Chuck Todd on NBC's "Meet the Press."
GOP wins in reversing Obama-era rules on guns, environment
In this Jan. 18, 2017 file photo, Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chairman Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., right, confers with Sen. James Inhofe, R-Okla. on Capitol Hill in Washington, during the committee's confirmation hearing for Environmental Protection Agency Administrator-designate, Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt.
Senate Republicans Arguing About How Badly to Screw the Poor
Medicaid doesn't get a lot of attention in the debate over Trumpcare, but it's likely that more people would be affected by Medicaid changes than by any other single part of the bill. However, the Wall Street Journal reports that Senate conservatives still aren't satisfied: Some conservative Senate Republicans, such as [Mike] Lee, want to immediately start phasing back federal money for expansion enrollees, a process that would take 10 years....Conservatives also hope to use a different formula to calculate federal Medicaid funding that would mean less money for states.