Longtime Michigan congressman announces retirement
"It is the honor of a lifetime to serve Michigan in the U.S. Congress," he wrote in the Detroit Free Press. "My constituents enabled me to address some of the most important issues of our time.
Category Archives: US News
Two senior FBI officials on Clinton, Trump probes exchanged texts disparaging Trump
WASHINGTON The former top FBI official assigned to special counsel Robert Mueller's probe of Russian interference in the 2016 election was taken off that job this summer after his bosses discovered he and another member of Mueller's team had exchanged politically charged texts disparaging President Donald Trump and supportive of Hillary Clinton, according to multiple people familiar with the matter. Peter Strzok, as deputy head of counter-intelligence at the FBI, was a key player in the investigation into Clinton's use of a private email server to do government work as Secretary of State, as well as the probe into possible coordination between the Trump campaign and Russia in the 2016 election.
Republicans look to Round 3 of tax reform fight
President Trump's team hopes to finish the third round of the congressional debate over tax reform by year's end, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin emphasized Saturday. "I look forward to working with the House and Senate to send legislation to the president's desk this month," Mnuchin said.
Tax bill clears Senate in big boost for Trump, GOP
Republicans muscled the largest tax overhaul in 30 years through the Senate early Saturday, taking a big step toward giving President Donald Trump his first major legislative triumph after months of false starts and frustration on other fronts.
Both parties vacate high ground
Nancy Pelosi had a chance to take a stand, but she led the Democratic Party off the moral high ground and took up residence on a moral molehill. Few issues have the opportunity to unify people of both parties more than the belief that men shouldn't abuse their power to sexually abuse women and children.
People are furious that the GOP tax bill has a break for…
People are pointing with anger to a provision in the Senate tax bill passed on Saturday that appears to give private jet owners a tax break. The change is actually a technical clarification that prevents operators of private charter flights from being hit with a tax designed for commercial flights.
Gillibrand and top liberal groups are throwing their weight…
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, a New York Democrat and 2020 frontrunner, waded into a congressional fight between two Democrats earlier this month. Gillibrand's endorsement of Marie Newman, who is challenging a "blue dog" incumbent in Illinois, was followed by endorsements from several prominent liberal groups this week .
FBI removed agent from Russia probe for anti-Trump messages
A veteran FBI counterintelligence agent was removed from special counsel Robert Mueller's team investigating Russian election meddling after the discovery of an exchange of anti-Trump text messages, a person familiar with the matter said Saturday. The removal of the agent, who also had worked on the investigation of Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server, occurred this summer.
Analysis: Flynn plea clouds Trump’s tax victory
President Donald Trump walks down the steps of Air Force One at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, Saturday, Dec. 2, 2017. Trump is in New York to attend a series of fundraisers.
Senate votes to block special break for conservative college
Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., a member of the tax-writing Senate Finance Committee, and other Republican senators gather to meet with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., on the GOP effort to overhaul the tax code, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Dec. 1, 2017. less Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., a member of the tax-writing Senate Finance Committee, and other Republican senators gather to meet with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., on the GOP effort to overhaul the ... more WASHINGTON - Senate Democrats on Friday successfully blocked a provision in the Republicans' sweeping tax bill designed to give a special tax break to a conservative college in Michigan.
President’s Trump card may be N. Korea if Flynn is threat to him
The centipede has dropped its heaviest shoe yet. Michael Flynn's plea deal makes explicit that he is cooperating with the special counsel in the Russia investigation.
At least one protester killed amid Honduras election unrest
As the wait for Sunday's election results has dragged o... . Supporters of presidential candidate Salvador Nasralla gather where police stand guard near the institute where election ballots are being recounted, as they protest what they call electoral fraud in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Frida... .
A surprise poll scrambles the Alabama Senate race again
Until today three polls had been conducted in the state since Thanksgiving with strikingly uniform results: Moore +5 , Moore +5, Moore +6 . Which made sense.
The Latest: Trump gets glimpse of New York protesters
Outside his first event, several hundred protesters stood behind barricades along 42nd Street. His motorcade ducked into a side street so he saw some of the action but not most of it.
US Supreme Court Hears Oral Argument on the Constitutionality of IPR Proceedings
On Monday, November 27, 2017, the Supreme Court of the United States heard oral argument in Oil States Energy Services, LLC v. Greene's Energy Group, LLC over whether inter partes review - an adversarial process used by the United States Patent and Trademark Office to analyze the validity of existing patents - violates the US Constitution.1 Although it is difficult to predict which way the Court will rule, the questions posed by each Justice in oral argument may signal the Justices' views on the issue of constitutionality of IPRs.
Turkey to seize assets of gold trader testifying in US
Turkish-Iranian... . In this courtroom sketch, Turkish-Iranian gold trader Reza Zarrab, center, testifies before Judge Richard Berman, right, that he helped Iran evade U.S. economic sanctions with help from Turkish banker Mehmet Hakan Atilla, W... Senate Republicans are stepping quickly to meet competing demands of holdout GOP senators for a tax overhaul package expected to add $1 trillion to the nation's deficit over 10 years.
Sen. Jeff Flake secured commitment on DACA fix for his GOP tax plan voteLos Angeles Times
As Republicans negotiated revisions to the GOP tax plan Friday to win their votes, Sen. Jeff Flake of Arizona took another approach. Flake won a commitment from Republican leaders - and the White House - to work on a permanent fix that would allow young immigrants known as Dreamers to stay in the U.S. as President Trump prepares to end the DACA program next year.
Exclusive: Mideast nuclear plan backers bragged of support of top Trump aide FlynnReuters
Backers of a U.S.-Russian plan to build nuclear reactors across the Middle East bragged after the U.S. election they had backing from Donald Trump's national security adviser Michael Flynn for a project that required lifting sanctions on Russia, documents reviewed by Reuters show. The documents, which have not previously been made public, reveal new aspects of the plan, including the proposed involvement of a Russian company currently under U.S. sanctions to manufacture nuclear equipment.
Police continue to search for missing Lincoln, NE woman
Sydney Loofe's parents brought pins with her picture on them to Lincoln Police Department. Loofe has been missing for approximately two weeks.
Early Saturday morning the Senate narrowly approved the Republican tax bill with a vote of 51-49
Vice President Mike Pence announcing the final vote, which was mostly along party lines, 51 to 49, with only one Republican voting against the bill, Senator Bob Corker of Tennessee. And while Republicans have touted it as a victory for the middle class, several independent analyses found it's skewed toward corporations and the wealthy, according to the Tax Policy Center.