BRANCHBURG — U.S. Rep. Leonard Lance faced hundreds of passionate constituents Saturday for the second time this week, addressing topics ranging from immigration to Russia as audience members alternately heckled and applauded him. The crowd, which filled most of a 900-seat auditorium at Raritan Valley Community College, peppered Lance with forceful questions about his voting record in Congress and his stance on recent moves by President Donald Trump’s administration.
Day: February 25, 2017
Late Maine judge’s clerks urge Congress to respect the judiciary, rule of law
More than half of the men and women who worked as clerks for the late appellate judge Frank M. Coffin , a Lewiston native, have signed a letter addressed to members of Congress on the importance of judicial independence and the rule of law. Coffin died in December 2009 at the age of 90 in Portland.
Giffords’s husband to GOP rep: Don’t ‘hide…
Louie Gohmert Giffords’s husband to GOP rep: Don’t ‘hide behind’ my wife’s shooting to avoid town halls Giffords to lawmakers avoiding town halls: ‘Have some courage’ GOP rep invokes Giffords shooting as reason not to hold town hall MORE should not “hide behind” his wife’s shooting to avoid town halls. “If he doesn’t want to do town halls, he should just say he doesn’t want to face his constituents,” Mark Kelly said Friday, according to CNN .
DC residents back Utah rep’s primary challenger
Chaffetz and the Oversight Committee earlier this month attempted to strike down Washington’s legislation legalizing assisted suicide – the latest effort by the committee to use its jurisdiction to overreach in controlling local D.C. laws, critics say. In response, the angry residents are planning to send money to Damian Kidd, Chaffetz’s GOP opponent.
Picture of lighthouse wins drone photography competition
Food blogger is busted for cheating in half marathon by eagle-eyed viewer who spotted distance on her GPS watch was out – as she confesses to taking short-cut AND using a BIKE Homeland Security blocks Syrian cinematographer, 21, from entering America and attending Oscars where his film is nominated for Best Documentary Short Pope goes soft on paedophile priests – including one let off with just a lifetime of prayer for abusing five young boys First planned contact between North Korea and the U.S. in Trump administration is CANCELLED after top envoy is denied US visa ‘He’s the embodiment of awfulness in millennial conservatism’: The 16-year-old Canadian girl reveals how she took down Milo Yiannopoulos by exposing how he tried to rationalize pedophilia Beloved magician Daryl Easton is found dead inside closet of Hollywood’s famed Magic Castle ‘wearing only his underwear’ after he failed to … (more)
Manning Manifests: Campus censorship, deficits and the US election on the agenda
Kady O’Malley was on the panel circuit at the Manning Centre conference this morning. Here’s what she saw and heard.
We asked a top Democratic senator: Do Democrats need a Drudge?
Far-right outlet Breitbart News and conservative aggregator Matt Drudge played instrumental roles in helping President Donald Trump make his way through a bruising primary and ultimately defeat Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton. The outlets both played up narratives that were key to the messages Trump tried to drive home to voters, flooding the internet with content aimed at elevating Trump and tearing down his opponents, including Clinton.
As party rebuilds, Democratic leadership still uncertain
In this Sept. 29, 2014 file photo, then-Labor Secretary Tom Perez speaks in the South Court Auditorium in the White House compound in Washington.
Kansas Legislature’s lurch to center cuts governor’s clout
In this Feb. 22, 2017 file photo, Gov. Sam Brownback takes questions from the media after signing the veto of the tax bill sent to him from the legislature in Topeka, Kan. Debates in the Kansas Legislature over taxes, expanding the state’s Medicaid program and restoring guaranteed tenure for public school teachers illustrate how much clout Brownback and his allies have lost.
Vets group targets Warren over support for illegal immigrants
Sen. Elizabeth Warren is facing heat from a veterans’ advocacy group back home in Massachusetts for her support of illegal immigrants and not prioritizing veterans issues. The Boston Herald reported on Saturday that Veterans Assisting Veterans wrote in an open letter that Warren and other Bay State Democrats need to take care of their own troops before assisting people in the country illegally.
Kansas shooting kills 1, injures 1
An Indian man was killed and another wounded in a shooting being investigated by US authorities in the Midwestern state of Kansas as a possible hate crime. The two men, one of whom reportedly had lived in the US for more than a decade, were shot were at a bar outside Kansas City late Wednesday, according to The Kansas City Star newspaper.
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Tosher, like countless other Americans, likes the subsidized healt… . In this Thursday, Feb. 23, 2017, photograph, Vicki Tosher, a breast cancer patient, is shown outside her home in the south Denver suburb of Englewood, Colo.
Trump’s call for US nuclear supremacy raises questions
President Donald Trump would like the US to be “at the top of the pack” when it comes to having nuclear weapons. The President said the US has “fallen behind on nuclear weapons capacity” and that, while he would like to see the lethal weapons abolished, as long as they exist “we’re never going to fall behind on nuclear power.”
Crowds pack Amash and Huizenga town hall meetings Saturday
Michigan Congressman Justin Amash was met by a packed house in Hastings as he and Congressman Bill Huizenga played host to separate town hall meetings in two area communities Saturday. Amash hosted a town hall meeting at the County Commission on Aging in Hastings.
In Trumpa s first speech to Congress, will decorum hold?
This Dec. 8, 2008, file photo shows the House Chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington. A presidential speech to Congress is one of those all-American moments that ooze ritual and decorum.
The Latest: Perez says Dems in ‘a crisis of confidence’
29, 2014 file photo, then-Labor Secretary Tom Perez speaks in the South Court Auditorium in the White House compound in Washington. National Democrats will elect a new chair whose task is to st… .
NY congresswoman urges open White House press briefings
A New York congresswoman has voiced outrage over the White House decision to block The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, CNN, Politico and others from a press briefing. Rep. Carolyn Maloney said Saturday outside The New York Times offices in Manhattan that she wants the Trump administration to commit to a policy of press access for all.
Rep. Lance town hall event draws packed house, protesters
Rep. Leonard Lance held a second town hall Saturday, just days after his first one erupted in protests, and once again he presided Rep. Leonard Lance held a second town hall Saturday, just days after his first one erupted in protests, and once again he presided over a packed house. BRANCHBURG TOWNSHIP – Rep. Leonard Lance held a second town hall Saturday, just days after his first one erupted in protests, and once again he presided over a packed house.
Sheriff Gives SHOCKING Report On Illegal Alien PREDATOR Arrests! [VIDEO]
Liberals have willfully blinded themselves and have attempted to do the same to others when it comes to the detrimental effects of illegal immigration. All in the name of being more “politically correct” than their conservative counterparts.
Issa calls for special prosecutor
Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Vista, said on Friday that a special prosecutor needs to lead an investigation into the alleged ties between President Donald Trump’s campaign and Russian leader Vladimir Putin’s regime.
Issa Calls for Special Prosecutor on Russia Ties
Rep. Darrell Issa called for a special prosecutor to oversee the investigation into Trump associates’ contacts with Russia, the San Diego Union Tribune reports. Said Issa: “You cannot have somebody, a friend of mine Jeff Sessions, who was on the campaign and who is an appointee.
ManTech International Corporation (MANT) Rating Lowered to Sell at Zacks Investment Research
According to Zacks, “ManTech International Corporation delivers a broad array of information technology and technical services solutions to U.S. federal government customers, focusing primarily on critical national defense programs for the intelligence community and Department of Defense. They design, develop, procure, implement, operate, test and maintain mission-critical, enterprise information technology and communication systems and infrastructures for federal government customers in the United States and worldwide.
Malaysia warns North Korea to cooperate with investigation
According to police Friday, forensics stated that the banned chemical weapon VX nerve agent was used to kill Kim Jong Nam. . A journalist checks his phone outside North Korean Embassy in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Saturday, Feb. 25, 2017.
Prescreening program at Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Airport speeds things up travelers
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Obama returns to Broadway to see Arthur Miller’s ‘The Price’
Former President Barack Obama and his daughter Malia Obama have caught a new revival of Arthur Miller’s “The Price.” They attended the play starring Danny DeVito, Mark Ruffalo, Tony Shalhoub and Jessica Hecht at the American Airlines Theatre on Friday.
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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. By Alicia A. Caldwell and Vivian Salama.
Newt Gingrich warns of new threat underlying ‘fake news’
Newt Gingrich is calling for a new national debate on “fake education,” which he says is “underlying” the “fake news” that President Trump has fought against. ” President Trump is on to a very big historic dialogue about fake news,” Gingrich, an adviser to Trump during and after the campaign, tweeted Saturday morning, “Underlying fake news is fake education.
Private prison deprived inmates of heat and hot water for months, lawmaker finds
During a surprise inspection at Gadsden Correctional Facility in North Florida this month, Rep. David Richardson found that water seeping from showers was resulting in standing water in the sink area. It was one of nearly 500 outstanding work orders for repairs that have been languishing for months at the women’s prison, he said.
Jessica Marais looks effortlessly chic in flared denim
Mr Manhattan! Barack and Malia catch a star-studded play on Broadway as the former President is cheered by crowds at every turn during trip to New York Two ‘assassins’ reveal all: Women arrested over nerve gas killing of Kim Jong-nam tell police they were ‘good time girls hired in Malaysian massage parlors for $90 and told to carry out baby oil prank’ The secret of happiness? Live life in the slow lane, says Buddhist monk. Savor supermarket lines, take three days to make decisions and listen more than you talk ‘I have locked her at home, chased her around, grabbed her off the streets.
Niagara County Man Back Behind Bars For Threatening To Kill The President
At the time of the call, Brown was on supervised release after serving prison time for threatening to kill Pres. Barack Obama.
Fifty Shades Darker’s Bella Heathcote all smiles in Sydney
Mr Manhattan! Barack and Malia catch a star-studded play on Broadway as the former President is cheered by crowds at every turn during trip to New York Two ‘assassins’ reveal all: Women arrested over nerve gas killing of Kim Jong-nam tell police they were ‘good time girls hired in Malaysian massage parlors for $90 and told to carry out baby oil prank’ The secret of happiness? Live life in the slow lane, says Buddhist monk. Savor supermarket lines, take three days to make decisions and listen more than you talk ‘I have locked her at home, chased her around, grabbed her off the streets.
Comey in middle of political fray over Trump and Russians
As a high-ranking Justice Department official in the George W. Bush administration, he clashed with the White House over a secret surveillance program. Years later as head of the FBI, he incurred the ire of Hillary Clinton supporters for public statements on an investigation into her emails.
Trump Takes His Vision To Congress, The Country And An Audience For The Ages
On Tuesday night, President Trump will address a joint session of the Congress for the first time, laying out his case for making the agenda of his campaign the law of the land. He will talk about controlling immigration, cutting taxes, abolishing regulations, repealing the Affordable Care Act, pulling out of multinational trade agreements and spending more on defense and homeland security.
Trump And CPAC: A Complicated Relationship No More
Yong Saccone, originally from South Korea, watches speakers from a seat in the main ballroom on the first day of CPAC. President Trump’s status with the Conservative Political Action Conference has gone from “it’s complicated” to a full-on committed relationship.
Watch: GOP Rep. Darrell Issa tells Bill Maher a special prosecutor…
Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., said Friday night that a special prosecutor should be tapped to investigate Russian interference in the 2016 election, a stance that mirrors the calls of congressional Democrats to sideline the U.S attorney general from such inquiries.
In new era, Jewish Republican group is loyal to Trump
“He has to call hundreds of people,” said billionaire Sheldon Adelson, seated alongside fellow casino magnate and the Republican National Committee new chief fundraiser, Steve Wynn. “I just have to discuss it with my wife.”
Oh Good: NY Times Publishes Screed By Illegal Alien Who Vows To Not Leave
Have you heard the case of Jeanette Vizguerra, a person who is unlawfully present in the United States and has taken refuge in a church, which puts the church in violation of 8 US Code 1324 ? She stretches the truthok, breaks itin this opinion piece This year is my 20th in Denver, but I may have to spend it in the basement of the First Unitarian Church instead of my own home. When I wake up in the room set up for me here, my first thought every day is who will pick up my children from school.
David Brooks Wants to Make America Great Again
Apart from being a police officer, firefighter, or soldier engaged in one of this nation’s endless wars, writing a column for a major American newspaper has got to be one of the toughest and most unforgiving jobs there is. The pay may be decent , but the pressures to perform on cue are undoubtedly relentless.
Trump tower opens in Vancouver but the welcome isn’t warm
This Jan. 20, 2017 photo shows the still-under-construction Trump International Hotel and Tower in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The 69-story tower has drawn praise for its sleek, twisting design.
Pence: Administration backs Israel abroad, business at home
Vice President Mike Pence is assuring the Republican Jewish Coalition that he and President Donald Trump will work tirelessly on foreign and domestic issues important to the group, such as enacting business-friendly policies at home and supporting Israel abroad. “If the world knows nothing else, the world will know this: America stands with Israel,” Pence told the group Friday night.