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It took a few days and a series of FOIA requests , but Attorney General Jeff Sessions' remarks at a closed-press meeting with Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys on Tuesday have finally been made public. The Federalist published the remarks in full , while BuzzFeed News reporter Dominic Holden obtained confirmation from ADF that this was indeed the speech Sessions delivered at ADF's mysterious "Summit on Religious Liberty" in Southern California.
These are dark times in Washington. It's no secret that President Trump and his team are working overtime to turn back the clock on our rights and divest from our communities.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell introduced a new health coverage overhaul bill today, but the Washington Post reports that doubts remain whether he has sufficient Republican votes to pass it. The situation is complicated by a competing bill from two Republican senators.
Donald Trump Jr., left, in an interview Tuesday with Fox News host Sean Hannity, has come under increasing scrutiny for his role and activities during the 2016 presidential campaign for his father, President Trump. Donald Trump Jr., left, in an interview Tuesday with Fox News host Sean Hannity, has come under increasing scrutiny for his role and activities during the 2016 presidential campaign for his father, President Trump.
Senate Banking Committee Chairman Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, left, and the committee's ranking member Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, listen on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 13, 2017, as Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen testified before the committee. less Senate Banking Committee Chairman Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, left, and the committee's ranking member Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, listen on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 13, 2017, as Federal ... more Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 13, 2017, before the Senate Banking Committee.
WASHINGTON U.S. Senator Dick Durbin , Ranking Member of the Senate Immigration Subcommittee, slammed the Trump Administration's simplistic approach to immigration, arguing that a border wall would do little to stop people overstaying visas, who make up the majority of recent unauthorized immigrants. Senator Durbin recalled that the comprehensive immigration reform bill passed by the Senate in 2013 - which he helped author as a member of the "Gang of 8" - would have increased border security, created a system to track overstays, and provided a path to citizenship for law-abiding immigrants with deep roots in the United States.
WASHINGTON U.S. Senators Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth today called on U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao to do more to prevent railroad tank car accidents like the one in Plainfield, Illinois on June 30, 2017, in which multiple rail cars on a Canadian National train carrying crude oil derailed, causing an estimated 45,000 gallons of oil to leak out of the tank cars. "We are extremely grateful for the hard work of Plainfield's first responders, who were able to contain the spill and prevent any injuries or deaths as a result of the incident," the Senators wrote in a letter to Secretary Chao.
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The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management on Wednesday granted conditional approval for Italian oil company Eni to explore for oil in Alaska's North Slope region. Eni's proposal, which is still subject to local and additional federal approvals, is to drill three oil wells roughly three miles off the Alaskan coast.
Even as the progressive list of everything wrong in our society that the 99 percent suffers at the hands of the one percent was enumerated at least three times, the mood at the Civic Center was upbeat today in Silver Spring, Maryland. Sen. Bernie Sanders was coming to speak, to introduce and endorse Maryland progressive gubernatorial candidate Ben Jealous, the popular former national president of the NAACP.
WASHINGTON U.S. Senators Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth today announced that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development awarded a total of $2,058,130 in grant funding to Illinois agencies through two programs the Housing Counseling Grant Program and the Service Coordinator Program to help families, seniors, and people with disabilities who live in insured and assisted apartment housing across the state live more independent lives. "This funding will give local housing agencies across Illinois the ability to expand and improve existing supportive services for families, seniors, and people with disabilities, helping them to continue to live as independently as possible in the communities they love and know," Durbin said.
Fox News host Eric Bolling said late Wednesday that wall-to-wall media coverage following revelations of a June 2016 meeting between Donald Trump Free Kevin Hassett! Trump pick a victim of Dems' obstruction Fox News's Bolling: Trump Jr. Russia story 'fizzled like a wet bottle rocket' CNN's Cooper mocks Gorka after interview: 'The Hungarian Don Rickles' MORE "Since the election the media have accused Trump of colluding with the Russians," Bolling, a staunch supporter of President Trump, said on "The Fox News Specialists." "They are totally invested in that narrative, completely invested in it.
Joe Donnelly Dem senator's family profits from outsourcing he decries: report Indiana Republican raises M for potential Senate bid Senate confirms Trump's 'regulatory czar' MORE , who has fiercely criticized the outsourcing of U.S. jobs, has profited from a company that uses a Mexican factory to produce dye for ink pads, The Associated Press reported Thursday. Stewart Superior Corp., an arts and crafts business owned by Donnelly's family, has for more than a year shipped raw material to a company-owned factory in Mexico where it produces ink pads and other products.
Elizabeth Warren continued on her fund-raising tear for the second quarter, building up her 2018 war chest to more than $11 million, according to numbers Warren's campaign provided to the Globe. The Massachusetts Democrat raked in $3.5 million in the three-month period ending June 30. As with her previous haul, much of that money came from small-dollar donors: Donors writing checks for $50 or less made up 93 percent of the individual contributions; those writing checks for $25 or less comprised 76 percent of the contributions.
Counselor to the president Kellyanne Conway has a new assignment. She has to explain away a smoking gun that Donald Trump Jr. has aimed at the 2016 election.
Sen. Richard Blumenthal said Thursday that Donald Trump Jr.'s emails could prove intent if charges result from one of the investigations into the Trump campaign's ties to Russia. "No question that we're very far from criminal charges here and from proof beyond a reasonable doubt, but if you're asking what's the significance of these emails, it's criminal intent, which is often the most difficult part of any case," Mr. Blumenthal, Connecticut Democrat, told CNN.
Republicans in Washington have been clamoring for years to address the long-term financial problems of Social Security and Medicare. On Thursday, the trustees who oversee the programs are scheduled to issue their annual warning about the finances of the federal government's two largest benefit programs.
Political memories are short, but they shouldn't be this short. Amid all the outrage about Donald Trump Jr.'s willingness a year ago to find out what dirt the Russian government may have had on Hillary Clinton, it's worth remembering his father's press conference on July 27, 2016.