Senate leader appears to kill special counsel protection bill’s chances

WASHINGTON - The Senate's top Republican appeared Tuesday to quash new momentum behind a bill giving special counsels such as Robert Mueller III legal recourse if they are fired, telling Fox News that he would refuse to put it to a floor vote. "I'm the one who decides what we take to the floor.

Senators McCAIN & Coons to Introduce Bipartisan Immigration Compromise

U.S. Senators John McCain and Chris Coons will introduce legislation today to address two pressing issues , providing a path to resolve these important immigration issues and allowing Congress to devote full attention to finalizing a budget deal that fully funds the military. The legislation is a Senate companion bill to the Uniting and Securing America Act , bipartisan legislation introduced by Representatives Will Hurd and Pete Aguilar to protect Dreamers from deportation and provide a pathway to citizenship while implementing new border security measures.

Del. lawmaker helps in passing of the Stop Taxing Death and Disability Act

Changes have been made to the existing list of tax-exempt student loan cancellations, after a local lawmaker says a new law will not tax student loans canceled as a result of death or permanent disability as income. The Office of United States Senator Chris Coons says on Tuesday, the Stop Taxing Death and Disabilities Act will eliminate the tax penalty on student loans that are forgiven due to death or permanent disability.

Boko Haram: Saraki lauds US over sale of fighter jets to Nigeria

President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has commended the United States government for its support on Nigeria's bid to defeat the Boko Haram insurgents in the North-east zone through the approval of the sale of A29 Super Tucano fighter jets to the Nigerian Air Force. Saraki was responding to Wednesday announcement by the Nigeria Air Force that the US Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. Stuart Symington had presented Letters of Offer and Acceptance which represents the official American government's offer to sell defence articles and services to Nigeria during a visit to Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshall Sidique Abubakar.

Democrats troubled as GOP senators show little urgency to…

Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., Vice Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, looks over his papers as he walks to the Senate Chamber to deliver a speech about the future of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation. Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., Vice Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, looks over his papers as he walks to the Senate Chamber to deliver a speech about the future of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation.

Coulter’s Berkeley speech canceled, police prep for violence

Berkeley College Republicans invited Coulter to speak on campus Thursday, but university officials canceled the event because of safety concerns, suggesting she come in September instead. Coulter told the New York Times in an email Wednesday that she was unlikely to give the speech because local law enforcement and the university could not guarantee her safety amid fears of violent protests.

Trump claims Obama wire tapped his N.Y. offices

President Donald Trump on Saturday angrily accused former president Barack Obama of orchestrating a "Nixon/Watergate" plot to tap the phones at his Trump Tower headquarters in the run-up to last fall's election, providing no evidence to support his explosive claim and drawing a flat denial from Obama's office. Leveling the extraordinary allegation about his predecessor in a series of four early morning tweets, Trump said Obama had been "wire tapping" his New York offices and suggested he had meddled with the "very sacred election process."