Luis Gutierrez blasts John Kelly on DACA, says white supremacists at the White House
Rep. Luis Gutierrez lashed out at White House Chief of Staff Gen. John Kelly for his role in ending protections for children brought to the U.S. illegally.
Category Archives: US Politics
Senators seek bipartisan deal to shore up insurance markets
Senators are launching hearings to help Republicans and Democrats decide if they can forge a modest agreement to shore up the nation's individual insurance markets. The effort will show whether divided Republicans are ready to pivot from trying to obliterate the Obama health care law to helping it survive, and if both parties can overcome lingering raw feelings over that battle.
Mixed reaction to DACA spells trouble for Republican action on immigration
Congressional Republicans flashed a glimpse Tuesday of the coming battle they will face over what to do with those protected by the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, an Obama-era directive for young illegal immigrants who have grown up in the U.S. and could lose their legal status when the Trump administration completes its phase-out of the program next spring. Trump's decision to gradually end DACA, a program once described as a "temporary stopgap measure" when created by former President Obama, sparked a mixed reaction among GOP lawmakers who have clashed for years over how to appropriately address unauthorized immigration without incentivizing it.
Sessions announces demise of immigrant program he opposed
Attorney General Jeff Sessions makes a statement at the Justice Department in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2017, on President Barack Obama's Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA program.
Personality, not policy, set to define Hawaii governor race
In this Aug. 2, 2017, file photo, Hawaii Gov. David Ige talks at a groundbreaking ceremony for Hawaii's first public hydrogen fueling station in Honolulu. U.S. Rep. Colleen Hanabusa of Hawaii plans to challenge Gov. David Ige in the gubernatorial race.
DACA decision leaves immigrants, activists wondering what’s next?
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Catalan parliament paves the way for independence vote
People in Oregon covered their faces with scarves to keep choking ash from wildfires from filling their lungs and wiped the soot from windshields, similar to what long-time residents said they had to do in 1980... People in Oregon covered their faces with scarves to keep choking ash from wildfires from filling their lungs and wiped the soot from windshields, similar to what long-time residents said they had to do in 1980 during the eruption of Mount St. Helens. The most powerful Atlantic Ocean hurricane in recorded history has made its first landfall in the islands of the northeast Caribbean.
Traffic on Interstate 95 northbound Thursday morning, Sept. 7.
Georgia Governor Nathan Deal has declared a state of emergency for 30 counties ahead of any potential impacts of Major Hurricane Irma. The 30 counties under a state of emergency are: Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Brantley, Bryan, Bulloch, Burke, Camden, Candler, Charlton, Chatham, Clinch, Coffee, Echols, Effingham, Emanuel, Evans, Glynn, Jenkins, Jeff Davis, Liberty, Long, McIntosh, Pierce, Screven, Tattnall, Toombs, Treutlen, Wayne and Ware Counties.
Public Health: Dream of Obamacare Replacement Fades to Bipartisan Patch Job
This week, the Senate will do something it hasn't done in seven years: hold bipartisan hearings on the future of the Affordable Care Act. Serious and creative ideas will be presented.
The Latest: Hawaii Democrats’ gov showdown a repeat of ’14?
The Latest on U.S. Rep Colleen Hanabusa's plans to challenge Gov. David Ige in the Hawaii gubernatorial race : Former Hawaii Gov. Neil Abercrombie says a Democrat attempting to unseat a Democrat governor isn't unique in the state's history. But being successful at it is.
Gifts from a friend or bribes? Sen. Menendez trial to begin
In this Thursday, Aug. 17, 2017, file photo, Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., speaks during a news conference, in Union Beach, N.J. Opening statements are scheduled for Wednesday, Sept. 6, in the trial of Menendez and Florida ophthalmologist, Dr. Salomon Melgen.
Agriculture secretary highlights ‘rural prosperity’ in visit to New Hampshire
An 11-4 season-ending win against Portland on Monday, giving the Fisher Cats nine wins over the final 14 games, wasn't enough to prevent the team from posting its worst win total and winning... "The Magical Number Seven, Plus or Minus Two" was the title of an article by George Miller whose premise was that most people can keep a seven-digit number ... (more)
Trump orders end to DACA
President Donald Trump on Tuesday began dismantling Barack Obama's program protecting hundreds of thousands of young immigrants who were brought into the country illegally as children, declaring he loves the Trump didn't specify what he wanted done, essentially sending a six-month time bomb to his fellow Republicans in Congress who have no consensus on how to defuse it.
Knoxville a dreamera afraid after DACA announcement
An immigration advocacy group, AKIN, said there are more than 8,000 people covered by Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, in Tennessee. They are commonly known as dreamers.
Tax Cuts Coming?
With Congress back in session, its GOP leadership and the Trump Administration clearly want to move the focus to tax reform after a tumultuous summer that yielded no action on health care. And, while Congress and the White House mull their strategies on how to cut the corporate and individual rates, Americans must pay attention to how the GOP might proffer to pay for these cuts.
Trump woos Democrat with trip on Air Force One
President Donald Trump is giving his efforts to wrangle red state Democrat support for his tax reform push the Air Force One treatment. Sen. Heidi Heitkamp, D-North Dakota, will become the first Democratic lawmaker to join Trump on the presidential jet when she accompanies Trump on his trip to North Dakota on Wednesday, where Trump will continue his push to drive up public support for tax reform.
Sessions as face of DACA decision reveals WH struggle
When the time came for the Trump administration to announce it was ending DACA on Tuesday, there was a familiar face at the podium. But it wasn't the President, it was Attorney General Jeff Sessions.
Va. Lawmakers Split On Choice To Nix DACA Program
Virginia's federal legislators split along party lines in their response to the Trump administration's decision Tuesday to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. The program allowed undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children to remain in the country.
Trump hurts his presidency by going it alone
President Donald Trump speaks as Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and House Speaker Paul Ryan listen during a meeting with House and Senate leadership in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, June 6, 2017. Faced with a stalled agenda and weak poll numbers, President Donald Trump has resorted to a familiar presidential tactic: running against Congress.
Former U.S. president Barack Obama to speak in Toronto:Sept. 29…
Former U.S. president Barack Obama will speak on global citizenship in Toronto on Sept. 29 at a time when all eyes are on his Oval Office successor, Donald Trump.