Patrick J. Buchanan: No Party for Old White Men
All may be swept away in the coming revolution. That is the message of the crushing defeat of 10-term incumbent Joe Crowley, who had aspired to succeed Pelosi and become speaker of the House.
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Senate Clears Farm Bill, Setting Up Fight With House GOP Over SNAP
It's an old story by now. The GOP-controlled House takes what used to be a bipartisan, consensus legislative goal-the Farm Bill typically passed every five years-and gives it a savage ideological twist.
The First Big SCOTUS Rumor Sends Senator Mike Lee to the Bench
With this president, it's hard to know for sure if this is a real scoop indicating a really speedy decision on an item of enormous importance, or just the first of many rumors, trial balloons, head feints, or empty gestures. But for what it's worth, Bloomberg's Jennifer Jacobs is reporting that Donald Trump is expressing interest in Senator Mike Lee as a possible successor to Supreme Court justice Anthony Kennedy.
5 Dead in Shooting at Annapolis Newspaper
A gunman shot and killed five people, and gravely injured several others, in the newsroom of the Capital-Gazette newspaper in Annapolis, Maryland, on Thursday, according to local police . Phil Davis, one of the paper's crime reporters, tweeted from inside the newsroom, "Gunman shot through the glass door to the office and opened fire on multiple employees.
Unions show signs of revival, despite setbacks
Their membership has been declining for decades. They've been bedeviled by crippling new laws, and by a devastating U.S. Supreme Court decision just this week.
Interior watchdog reviews Zinke’s ties to Halliburton boss
U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke gestures after a woman interrupted his speech by shouting questions in the auditorium at Mount Rushmore National Memorial in Keystone, S.D. during the Western Governors Association annual meeting Tuesday, June 26, 2018. less U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke gestures after a woman interrupted his speech by shouting questions in the auditorium at Mount Rushmore National Memorial in Keystone, S.D. during the Western Governors ... more HELENA, Mont.
Protests Planned Today at Broward’s Privately Run Immigrant-Detention Center
The Broward Transitional Center is basically a jail for people who haven't committed crimes. It's designed to hold "low-level" immigrant detainees slated for deportation after they've been arrested on minor charges - such as driving without a license - or picked up on no criminal charges at all.
Local authorities gear up for new driving law
Barrow County Sheriff Jud Smith can recall several instances where his deputies have worked fatal vehicle accidents caused by use of a cell phone while driving. "Their body might be mashed up in the car, but the phone is still in their hand or right by it and you can pretty much tell what they were doing," Smith said last week.
Judge temporarily blocks abortion reporting rule in Indiana
A federal judge on Thursday temporarily blocked a new Indiana law's requirement that medical providers report detailed patient information to the state if they treat women for complications arising from abortions. U.S. District Court Judge Richard Young granted the preliminary injunction sought by Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky.
Despite Trump’s crackdown, Americans are more sympathetic to immigrants, poll shows
Women and their children arrive at a bus station in McAllen, Texas, last week following release by U.S. Customs and Border Protection. The Trump administration's treatment of families fleeing Central America and claiming asylum in the U.S. is at the center of controversy.
House backs $675 billion spending bill for Pentagon
U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, left, is welcomed by China's Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission Xu Qiliang at the Bayi Building in Beijing Thursday, June 28, 2018. less U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, left, is welcomed by China's Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission Xu Qiliang at the Bayi Building in Beijing Thursday, June 28, 2018.
Multiple people shot at newspaper in Annapolis, Maryland
In this frame from video, people leave the Capital Gazette newspaper after multiple people have been shot on Thursday, June 28, 2018, in Annapolis, Md. In this frame from video, people leave the Capital Gazette newspaper after multiple people have been shot on Thursday, June 28, 2018, in Annapolis, Md.
Trump hails iPhone-maker Foxconn for $10 billion Wisconsin plant – CNET
And the president praises Apple for investing $350 billion in the US -- though it's unlikely to be spent on new factories, as Trump hopes. President Donald Trump speaks as Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and Foxconn CEO Terry Gou look on at the groundbreaking for the Foxconn Technology Group computer screen plant in Mt Pleasant, Wisconsin.
California representatives considering House Democratic leadership bids
Rep. Barbara Lee accepts the Elizabeth Taylor Legislative Leadership Award at the AIDSWatch 2016 Positive Leadership Award Reception at the Rayburn House Office Building on Feb. 29, 2016, in Washington. The surprise primary loss on Tuesday of House Democratic caucus chairman Joe Crowley of New York has triggered a wave of speculation on Capitol Hill about which Democrat will secure his high-ranking leadership position after the 2018 election.
Miami Rep. Diaz-Balart Fought Cigar Regulations Days After Taking Tobacco Cash
Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart sure loves cigars. He enjoys them so much that, at a February 14 federal budget hearing, the GOP congressman railed against the Food and Drug Administration's plans to add new regulations on the cigar industry, claiming the rules were needlessly "burdensome" and unfair.
Youth group issues report card on where members of Congress…
A group that engages young people on gun-violence issues is releasing a report card that assesses whether members of Congress are co-sponsoring gun-control bills. The group, Team Enough, gives pass, fail or incomplete grades to lawmakers based on whether they co-sponsored one of three bills in the House or four in the Senate.
Rosenstein, Republicans battle over Mueller probe in tense hearing
House Republicans expressed their frustration Thursday at Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and the Russia investigation aimed at President Trump during an often tense hearing that was punctuated by the House passing a resolution prodding the Justice Department to turn over sensitive documents related to their investigation of the Trump campaign. Republicans grilled Mr. Rosenstein over what they perceive as a refusal to hand over the confidential documents; the role anti-Trump FBI agent Peter Strzok played in starting the Russia probe; the length of the special counsel Robert Mueller 's Russia probe and if the deputy attorney general approved a surveillance warrant on Trump campaign aide Carter Page .
Trump’s next Supreme Court pick will make Anthony Kennedy look like a flaming liberal
President Trump and Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy walk outside the White House on April 10, 2017. To the editor: As a candidate, Donald Trump touted his list of potential high court picks early on.
The Trump-Putin summit will be a waste of time
Don't get me wrong; I understand why the prospect of a sit-down seems sensible. Scheduled for July 16, in Helsinki, Finland, Trump hopes to win progress from Putin on issues related to Ukraine, Syria, Iran's nuclear program, Russian cyberactivity, and Russian breaches of United Nations sanctions on North Korea.
Facebook has ‘no plans’ to listen in on your conversations (for now), but the creepy stories mount
SAN FRANCISCO California technology analyst Brian Solis was having a conversation with a friend while the two were driving through Texas. His friend was buying a ranch in Texas but was having trouble with the financing because it was considered a "barndominium."