With the swing of her gavel, Senate President Susan Wagle, R-Wichita, launched the Kansas Senate into the 2015 legislative session on Monday.
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Apple, Airbnb, Box to sign amicus brief in transgender student’s case
Apple, Airbnb, Box to sign amicus brief in transgender student’s case The case of a teen’s right to use the bathroom of his chosen gender is headed to the Supreme Court Check out this story on USATODAY.com: http://usat.ly/2mgEHxW Apple is among several tech companies expected to sign a brief supporting transgender rights in a case scheduled to be heard by the U.S. Supreme Court next month. In this Monday, Aug. 22, 2016 photo, transgender high school student Gavin Grimm poses in Gloucester, Va.
Democrats edgy amid an outcry over town halls
Senator Charles Schumer answers questions from members of the media at Hudson Valley Community College on Thursday, Feb. 23, 2017, in Troy, N.Y. Senator Charles Schumer answers questions from members of the media at Hudson Valley Community College on Thursday, Feb. 23, 2017, in Troy, N.Y. FILE – In this Jan. 19, 2017 file photo, Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo. speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington.
National security adviser breaks with Trump on Islam
President Donald Trump ‘s newly appointed national security adviser has told his staff that Muslims who commit terrorist acts are perverting their religion, rejecting a key ideological view of other senior Trump advisers and signaling a potentially more moderate approach to the Islamic world. The adviser, Lt.
Asylum-seeker returned to detention centre from hospital where she was diagnosed with brain tumour
A Salvadoran woman seeking asylum in the United States was returned to a Texas detention centre after spending almost two weeks in a hospital, U.S. immigration officials said Thursday. Attorneys for Sara Beltran Hernandez, 26, said Thursday that they were seeking a humanitarian parole of the woman that would allow her family more control over her medical care.
Trump denounces FBI over leaks
President Donald Trump on Friday assailed the FBI as a dangerously porous agency, charging that leaks of classified information from within its ranks were putting the country at risk – and calling for an immediate hunt for the leakers. Trump’s complaints were his latest attacks on his own government’s law enforcement and intelligence agencies, which he has characterized as misguided, irresponsible and politically motivated.
Dems brace for backlash as they vote on new party chairman
After a string of televised debates, four party-sponsored “future forums” and three months of person-to-person lobbying, the race to lead the Democratic National Committee is coming to an end – with a vote on Saturday that might leave Democrats with new divisions. According to multiple campaigns, former labor secretary Thomas Perez has the largest share of the DNC’s 447 voting members ready to support him.
Report: New national security adviser breaks with Trump on ‘radical Islamic terrorism’
President Trump’s new national security adviser doesn’t find the term “radical Islamic terrorism” helpful, the New York Times reported on Friday, while the president has insisted on using such language. Individuals who attended Lt.
Law profs file frivolous bar complaint against Kellyanne Conway
Years ago, a public figure in the Reagan administration was accused of lying to Congress. Reportedly, he ridiculed the charge by asking “what’s next, lying to Evans and Novak?” Evans and Novak were prominent journalists of the time.
GPS device-maker Garmin reeling after workers gunned down
In this undated photo provided by Kranti Shalia, Srinivas Kuchibhotla, right, poses for photo with his wife Sunayana Dumala. In the middle of a crowded bar, a 51-year-old former air traffic controller yelled at two Indian men – Kuchibhotla and Alok Madasani – to “get out of my country,” witnesses said, then opened fire in an attack that killed one of the men and wounded the other, as well as a third man who tried to help, Thursday, Feb 23, 2017, in Olathe, Kan.
Black marchers, white re-enactors find common foe in Selma
In this March 6, 2016, file photo, thousands of marchers cross the bridge on the the 51st anniversary of the voting rights demonstration that came to be known as “Bloody Sunday,” during the re-enactment of the march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Ala. Organizers the annual civil rights celebration and organizers of a Civil War battle re-enactment are upset the city is asking them to pay tens of thousands of dollars to cover the costs of police and fire protection and cleanup.
RH Line calls published Feb. 25, 2017
“Fort Collins’ objections to building the Glade Reservoir sound like the microcosm of what’s happened in California the last few decades.
Helicopter crashes near New Jersey apartment complex
A helicopter with two people on board has crashed near an apartment complex in New Jersey after its tail hit a garage. The Federal Aviation Administration says the helicopter went down near the Chatham Village Apartments, about three miles south of the Morristown Airport.
Federal appeals court reverses Tennessee death penalty case
A federal appeals court on Friday reversed a death penalty case prosecuted by Shelby County District Attorney Amy Weirich because the FBI paid a key witness $750 but the witness lied about it under oath. The U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the prosecutor had a duty to disclose the payment instead of allowing the witness to commit perjury.
Maher slams Trump’s CPAC speech: ‘This guy sees more…
In Friday night’s “Real Time,” host Bill Maher brought up the fact that President Donald Trump seconded President Barack Obama’s executive order allowing children to use whatever bathrooms match their gender identity. “Trump believes that men shouldn’t be able to pee in the same room as women peeing unless you’re paying for it,” Maher joked, recalling the Russian dossier with scandalous rumors .
No President attacked press more than Obama: Morgan defends Trump
New Delhi , Feb. 25 : British journalist Piers Morgan, who has never shied away from showing support for U.S. President Donald Trump, has once again batted for the latter. Morgan on Friday tweeted in agreement with the White House barring a few media organisations from attending a meeting, held by White House press secretary Sean Spicer.
One principle that unites the Trump-era Republican party: hating its foes
Donald Trump has just finished a speech at the country’s biggest annual gathering of conservatives, and outside in the hallway a group of young men are debating where they agree and disagree with the president. There’s disagreement about his use of executive orders; his trade policies; his handling of the travel ban; his habit of using the presidential bully pulpit to pressure private businesses; his views on foreign military adventurism; and aspects of his style.
McIlroy defends decision to play with US President Trump
Rory McIlroy defends decision to play with United States President Donald Trump: ‘It wasn’t an endorsement or a political statement of any kind’ Rory McIlroy has defended his decision to play golf with United States President Donald Trump after the Northern Irishman faced criticism and abuse. The 45th president of the United States is a keen golf fan and owns several courses around the world, and McIlroy accepted an offer to join him on the fairways at Trump International in Florida last weekend.
Senator Grassley holds tense Parkersburg town hall
It’s been an emotional week across Iowa for concerned voters as the came face-to-face with Senator Charles Grassley during his town hall meetings. Like the last three town hall meetings, Senator Grassley asked people what they wanted addressed and wrote down their questions, but not everybody expressed frustration.
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Analysts at the Homeland Security Department’s intelligence arm found insufficient evidence that citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries included in President Donald Trump’s travel ban pose a terror threat to the United States. A draft document obtained by The Associated Press concludes that citizenship is an “unlikely indicator” of terrorism threats to the United States and that few people from the countries Trump listed in his travel ban have carried out attacks or been involved in terrorism-related activities in the U.S. since Syria’s civil war started in 2011.
White House defends contacts with FBI over Russia reports
The White House on Friday defended chief of staff Reince Priebus against accusations he breached a government firewall when he asked FBI Director James Comey to publicly dispute media reports that Trump campaign advisers had been frequently in touch with Russian intelligence agents. President Donald Trump’s spokesman, Sean Spicer, argued Priebus had little choice but to seek Comey’s assistance in rebutting what Spicer said were inaccurate reports about contacts during last year’s presidential campaign.
Trump Has a Grating Style but Significant Substanceby Michael…
His administration has accomplished quite a lot so far, and evidence is scant that he’s crafting an authoritarian government. ubstance and style – it’s easy to get them confused, or mistake one for the other.
Kansas man accused in bomb plot feared social collapse
This Oct. 14, 2016 file booking photo provided by the Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Office in Wichita, Kan., shows Patrick Stein, the alleged leader of a militia group accused of plotting to bomb a apartment complex in western Kansas where Somali refugees lived. At a detention hearing Friday, Feb. 24, 2017, Klein’s attorney said his client believed then President Barack Obama would declare martial law and not recognize the validity of the election if Donald Trump won – forcing militias to step in.
Garinger students walk out in protest of recent immigration enforcement
Around 100 Garinger High School students took part in a walk-out Friday morning in protest of President Trump’s recent immigration enforcement executive order, as well as recent ICE roundups. The protest began on the school’s campus, where around 500 students gathered.
Trump tells CPAC he’s the conservative they’ve been waiting for
Editor’s note: Ed Morrissey is senior editor at HotAir.com, a columnist for The Week and The Fiscal Times, and author of “Going Red: The Two Million Voters Who Will Elect the Next President — and How Conservatives Can Win Them.” The views expressed are his own.
Trump Pentagon names the enemy: It’s ISIS, not ISIL
The Pentagon has issued a directive that officials now use the more common term ISIS to refer to the terror group. ISIL, which stands for Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, was the preferred acronym of the Obama administration.
Former Kentucky governor to give response to Trump’s congressional address
Former Kentucky Gov. Steven Beshear will make the case for Obamacare during the Democratic response to President Donald Trump’s first joint address to Congress on Tuesday. Beshear is expected to address the need for Trump to create more jobs and improve education, but much of his speech will challenge the Republican push to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act.
The myth of the passive president: Rich Lowry
President Donald Trump gives the impression of having done everything in his first month in the White House — except think about Congress. A couple of months ago, there were congressional Republicans reluctantly on the Trump train who would have welcomed such neglect.
U.S. Rep. Jordan shows congressional colleagues how it’s doneJordan…
The nation has seen a lot of Republican congressmen on the run this week as protesters across the nation have shown up at town hall meetings to loudly question representatives on things like health care and environmental policy. The town hall events, eerily reminiscent of the meetings faced by Democratic representatives in 2009 which spawned the Tea Party movement, have provoked criticism of the protesters, even from the White House, with claims that the events are being overrun by paid protesters.
Marco Rubio says people “get rude and stupid” at town…
In this Jan. 11, 2017, file photo, Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., questions Secretary of State-designate Rex Tillerson during Tillerson’s confirmation hearing before the committee on Capitol Hill in Washington. Rubio’s moment of truth is at hand as a Senate committee prepares to vote on Tillerson.
In New Message Encouraging Town Hall Antagonizers, Hillary Says Democrats Are ‘At Their Best’
Protesters have been heckling Republican congressmen at town hall events in cities all over the country. There’s nothing wrong with a hearty debate, but some of these disruptions have been downright nasty, such as the appalling actions at a Louisiana town hall this week, when agitators rudely interrupted a pastor’s opening prayer.
Mast gets earful as hundreds pack town hall meeting in Fort Pierce
U.S. Rep. Brian Mast was jeered and, at times, cheered during a packed, raucous, four-hour town hall meeting at the Havert L. Fenn Center in Fort Pierce Friday. The Palm City Republican was the most recent member of Congress to face constituents infuriated by policies supported by the Republican Party and by President Donald Trump.
Huggers And Massagers Beware: Ninth Circuit Sends Office Hugger Case To Trial
We all know this creepy guy. In some offices, he bear hugs female co-workers. In others, he serves as the office masseuse, casually massaging the shoulders of any seated woman he passes in a conference room.
Legal pot businesses brace for federal crackdown
After White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer’s remarks about a possible crackdown on recreational marijuana sales in states where it is legal, businesses are gearing up for a fight if it comes. Spicer’s remarks that “greater enforcement” could come from the Department of Justice came in response to an Arkansas reporter’s question during Thursday’s briefing.
GOP rep: Protests could derail Republicans’ plan to repeal Obamacare
“I don’t know if we’re going to be able to repeal Obamacare now because these folks who support Obamacare are very active,” Brooks said during an interview on ” The Morning Show with Toni and Gary ” radio program, highlighted by CNN . “They’re putting pressure on congressmen and there’s not a counter-effort to steel the spine of some of these congressmen in tossup districts around the country,” he continued.
Third Circuit Upholds Termination of Employee Based on DUI During FMLA Leave
Employers sometimes receive information about employees on medical leave that makes them question the legitimacy of the leave request. For example, an employee who is approved for Family and Medical Leave to care for a sick parent posts pictures on her Facebook page of her recent Caribbean cruise.
It’s official: Pentagon now calling terror group ‘ISIS’
The Pentagon has officially declared the name of the terror group the United States and its allies have been fighting for years is, in fact, ISIS. “We have officially switched to ISIS,” Capt.
Leaked ObamaCare bill would defund Planned Parenthood
A leaked draft of the ObamaCare repeal bill from House Republicans would defund Planned Parenthood, fulfilling their long-held goal cutting off federal money to the organization. Specifically, the language in the draft would block Planned Parenthood, and other health organizations that provide abortions, from receiving Medicaid reimbursements for a year.
Leaked ObamaCare bill outlines GOP plan
A draft House Republican ObamaCare bill would dismantle the core aspects of the healthcare law and replace them with a system centered on a new tax credit. The measure is dated Feb. 10, so it is not the most recent version of Republicans’ plan.
In some a democracies,a reporters face danger
On Friday, February 17, President Donald Trump called the media “the enemy of the American people.” Are such words just typical for a frustrated chief executive having a bad week, or do these critiques have consequences? Defense Secretary James Mattis, the most popular person in the Trump Administration, disagreed with the statement that the press is the enemy of the American people.