Democrats threaten delay on Gorsuch
Senate Democrats vowed Thursday to impede Judge Neil Gorsuch's path to the Supreme Court, setting up a political showdown with implications for future openings on the high court.
Category Archives: Barack Obama
Bill observing Obama’s birthday fails to pass in Illinois
Illinois lawmakers failed to pass a measure in the legislature that would have made former President Barack Obama's birthday a statewide holiday, according to the Chicago Tribune. The bill would have observed August 4 as a legal holiday in his home state, but the Chicago Tribune said the proposal was six votes short of passing, where it would have next moved to the Illinois Senate.
Trump lays plans to reverse Obama’s climate change legacy
President Donald Trump is poised in the coming days to announce his plans to dismantle the centerpiece of President Barack Obama's climate change legacy, while also gutting several smaller but significant policies aimed at curbing global warming. The moves are intended to send an unmistakable signal to the nation and the world that Trump intends to follow through on his campaign vows to rip apart every element of what the president has called Obama's "stupid" policies to address climate change.
Journal Junction for March 22
I am sick to my stomach. I saw FBI Director James Comey cross examined by Congressman Trey Gowdy.
new High court limits presidenta s power to fill temporary posts
The Supreme Court on Tuesday limited the president's power to temporarily fill vacant government posts while nominations are tied up in partisan political fights. The 6-2 ruling said a former top lawyer at the National Labor Relations Board had served in violation of a federal law governing such appointments.
Comey corrects Trump’s tweets in real time
As FBI Director James Comey was in the hot seat, being grilled on Russia's interference in the 2016 election, the White House was busy trolling him on Twitter. The official White House account was used to tap out a series of tweets Monday trying to shift the focus to problematic leaks instead of what they'd revealed.
Supreme Court reins in U.S president’s appointment powers
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday put new restrictions on presidential powers, limiting a president's authority to staff certain top government posts in a case involving an appointment to the National Labour Relations Board . The court decided 6-2 to uphold a lower court's ruling that former President Barack Obama exceeded his legal authority with his temporary appointment of an NLRB general counsel in 2011.
King-Lee Day may be dead, but don’t strike up ‘We Shall Overcome’ just yet
Gov. Asa Hutchinson joyfully signed the bill today ending a King-Lee holiday in Arkansas. Henceforth, the day will honor only the Rev.
Gov. Cuomo hires former Obama and Clinton staffers
Gov. Cuomo announced 27 new hires on Tuesday, including a dozen people who were out of work thanks to President Trump. The dozen either worked for President Barack Obama, the Hillary Clinton presidential campaign or elsewhere in the federal government, and their hirings come as Cuomo is being talked up as a potential Democratic presidential candidate for 2020.
Fox pulls Napolitano from air after Trump report
Fox News Channel has pulled legal analyst Andrew Napolitano from the air after disavowing his on-air claim that British intelligence officials had helped former President Barack Obama spy on Donald Trump. A person with knowledge of the situation who spoke on condition of anonymity because it was a personnel matter said Napolitano has been benched and won't be appearing on the air in the near future.
Governor: Congressional delegation must fight for health law
Gov. Charlie Baker is urging the state's congressional delegation to fight a Republican-backed health care bill that he said could undermine Massachusetts' efforts to maintain its highest-in-the-nation rate of insured residents. The Republican governor is including his concerns in a letter he's planning to send to the all-Democratic delegation Tuesday.
Press fired up as Comey rejects Trump wiretap claim, offers no evidence on Russia probe
James Comey didn't want to say much yesterday on Capitol Hill, but for President Trump's opponents, he said enough. And all this managed to overshadow the first day of Neil Gorsuch's Supreme Court confirmation hearing, a reflection of the depth of this Washington obsession.
Supreme Court Nomination Hearings
Even while insisting they would evaluate Gorsuch fairly, several spoke angrily about the treatment of Judge Merrick Garland, Obama's Supreme Court nominee, who was denied even a hearing for 10 months a year ago by Senate Republicans. The statement kicked off a day of opening statements - and opening statements only - as a kind of appetizer for the main course on Tuesday, when Gorsuch will endure 30-minute rounds of questions from the 20 committee members.
Neil Gorsuch confirmation hearings for Supreme Court
On Capitol Hill, Supreme Court Nominee Neil Gorsuch, who pledged to be fair, not political in his Senate Confirmation Hearing today. Democrats railed at a "historic dereliction of duty" in not granting a hearing for Mr Obama's choice.
Republicans rebelling against health care risk Trump’s wrath
Hard-line House Republicans considering voting against the House GOP health bill are bracing for payback from a president who claims his favorite biblical passage is "an eye for an eye."
6 big takeaways from the extraordinary hearing on Russia, Trump and wiretapping
FBI Director James Comey and NSA chief Mike Rogers, right, appear in front of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence at the Longworth House Office Building on Monday in Washington. FBI Director James Comey and NSA chief Mike Rogers, right, appear in front of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence at the Longworth House Office Building on Monday in Washington.
Fox News reportedly benches Andrew Napolitano over wiretap claims
Fox News legal analyst Andrew Napolitano, shown here at Trump Tower in December, has reportedly been benched over his claims that former President Barack Obama had used British intelligence officials to spy on President Trump. Fox News has reportedly benched legal analyst Andrew Napolitano because of his claims that former President Barack Obama had used British intelligence officials to spy on President Trump.
Former President Barack Obama in San Jose for private meetings
Former President Barack Obama visited downtown San Jose Monday, marking perhaps his first return to Silicon Valley as a private citizen. A crowd of about 100 watched, snapped photos and shot videos.
Trump chides media for being a rudea after Conway interviews
President Donald Trump tweeted a critique of the media for being "rude to my very hard-working representatives" on Monday, only minutes after counselor Kellyanne Conway completed a series of interviews on television morning shows. Conway's interviews, including one that appeared to signal a thaw in the administration's relationship with CNN, were at times combative, exasperating and fascinating - an illustration of how the administration and reporters are often talking past each other and how she's become something of a cult figure.
Wolf says analysis confirms fears about GOP health care bill
Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf's office says Congress' nonpartisan analysis of the House Republican health care bill confirms that the elderly, disabled and those in addiction treatment will be worse off. Wolf on Monday renewed his call for Pennsylvania's delegation to reject the bill and fix former President Barack Obama's health care law.