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All of Washington is focused on the political peril President Trump faces from Robert Mueller's investigation. But the Mueller probe could very well turn out to be a disaster, not for Trump, but for the Democrats.
Representative-Elect Mikie Sherrill has named Ethan Saxon, a 12-year veteran of the legislative branch, as her chief of staff, senior campaign staff Kellie Doucette and Jill Hirsch as district directors, and Jackie Burns as communications director. "We're building a team of skilled, passionate, and committed people who are dedicated to serving the people of our community," said Congresswoman-Elect Sherrill.
Elijah Eugene Cummings Leading contenders emerge to replace Zinke as Interior secretary Comey rips Trump, GOP over 'lying' Incoming House Oversight Committee chairman: First hearing will not be 'what a lot of people expect' MORE on Tuesday issued 51 letters to the heads of various government agencies and White House and Trump Organization officials seeking documents on a series of congressional investigations.
The survey found that 41 percent of respondents say they'd blame Trump for a shutdown. Ten percent say they'd blame Republicans in Congress if a shutdown takes place.
Late last night, the Senate passed First Step, the leniency legislation that will free many thousands of felons from federal prison and shorten the sentences of many thousands of future felons. The vote was 87-12.
The Latest on the fight over funding for a U.S.-Mexico border wall and a potential partial government shutdown : Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer says it's good news that President Donald Trump has apparently retreated from his demand that Congress pay for a border wall with Mexico. Schumer said Wednesday that Democrats prefer to find a way to fund all government agencies through Sept.
CNN commentator Van Jones on Wednesday praised the Senate and the Trump administration for their efforts to pass a bipartisan criminal justice reform bill. "You had for the first time in more than a generation, both parties coming together to do something for people at the bottom," he said.
During this year's Texas Senate race, some home-state Democrats grumbled that Beto O'Rourke wasn't softening his liberal positions enough to finish a near-upset of Ted Cruz. Now, as the outgoing congressman mulls a 2020 White House run, a small but vocal segment of activists is suggesting he's not liberal enough, arguing he's more about feel-good flash than commitment to values that will excite his party's ascendant leftist wing.
Some Republicans are bemoaning a lack of geographic diversity in the first four Cabinet picks announced by Gov.-elect Tony Evers. All four of his selections announced Wednesday are from Milwaukee.
Democrats may be winning a short-term victory on keeping the government open, but President Donald Trump is "probably trying to get past the Christmas season," and he will keep fighting for border security, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said Wednesday. "I have always thought having been through shutdowns when I was speaker, I don't think shutting government down on Christmas Eve is particularly big win for anybody," Gingrich told Fox News' "Fox and Friends."
To the surprise of no one, Republican Rep. Martha McSally was appointed to the U.S. Senate Tuesday and will serve two more years of the term of the late Sen. John McCain, R.-Ariz. "I'm going to commit to holding myself to the standard of service that Sen. McCain exemplified -- putting country before self, and always striving to do the right thing for Arizonans," McSally told reporters in Phoenix, shortly after Republican Gov. Doug Ducey announced her appointment.
In other parts of the globe, like the Republic of Yemen, lethal forces are stalking victims whom Americans cannot always picture in complicated political scenarios we may not quickly grasp. So the average American blinks, and in that blink opportunists make deals with undemocratic, unprincipled bullies.
Large numbers of Guatemalan families and unaccompanied children are surrendering to U.S. immigration agents in an extremely remote and dangerous stretch of New Mexico desert, a new smuggling route that has baffled authorities. It is where 7-year-old Jakelin Caal and her father were found Dec. 6 with 161 others near a border crossing in Antelope Wells.
Senator Elizabeth Warren has introduced a bill called the Affordable Drug Manufacturing Act , which allows the US government to manufacture generic versions of drugs "in cases in which no company is manufacturing a drug, when only one or two companies manufacture a drug and its price has spiked, when the drug is in shortage, or when a medicine listed as essential by the World Health Organization faces limited competition and high prices."
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday told reporters he is now consulting with the White House about the type of spending legislation that President Donald Trump would be willing to sign into law, after Democrats rejected his proposed budget bill. Speaking to the press shortly after McConnell, Chuck Schumer, the top Democrat in the Senate, said he had rejected the Republicans' proposal because it contained a $1 billion "slush fund" for Trump's immigration policies.
Earlier that week, Michael Flynn's attorneys seemed to imply that he was tricked into lying to the FBI . In response, the judge in Flynn's case asked for more information about Flynn's interview.
The judges say the complaints must be dismissed because they were filed under a federal law that does not apply to Supreme Court justices. That's the outcome many ethics experts predicted once Kavanaugh took his Supreme Court seat.
Congressmember-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is seeking to defeat U.S. rep. Hakeem Jeffries by recruiting a Democrat to challenge him in a primary in 2020.
In our survey of over 2,000 UK adults Sir David was voted the most wanted Christmas Dinner guest for 2018, beating Stephen Fry, The Queen and Prince Harry to the number one spot. There was overwhelming warmth shown for Sir David with many selecting him for his unique knowledge, fascinating stories and inspirational dedication to the natural world.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday said he's in talks with the Trump administration about ways to avoid a partial government shutdown after Democratic lawmakers rejected his offer aimed at averting the closure. The Kentucky Republican offered $1.6 billion for border security, as outlined in a bipartisan Senate bill, along with $1 billion that President Donald Trump could use on the Mexican border, according to an Associated Press report .