The Republican Party’s long-awaited plan to undo ObamaCare will finally emerge this week, according to Reuters . Two months into the new session of Congress and their first real opportunity to make good on promises to repeal the Affordable Care Act, the legislative language will get published for debate in the House and Senate.
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In the battle over who controls U.S. airspace, ita s big lobbyists vs. small airports
The city of Wichita spent $80,000 and its allies spent some more, but their combined firepower was nowhere near that of the airlines. The airlines’ lineup included three former U.S. senators, one of them a former Republican leader.
Chance the Rapper to Donate $1M to Chicago Public Schools
Judging by their comments after the meeting between Chance the Rapper and Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner, it’s clear the two had far different sentiments. Mary Ann Ahern reports.
Judicial Watch Sues CIA, DOJ and Treasury for Records Related to…
Judicial Watch announced today that it filed a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against the Central Intelligence Agency , the United States Department of Justice and the Department of the Treasury regarding records related to the investigation of retired United States Army Lieutenant General Michel Flynn’s communications with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak ). Any and all records regarding, concerning, or related to the investigation of retired Gen.
White House aides defend Trumpa s wiretapping claim
White House officials on Monday defended President Donald Trump’s explosive claim that Barack Obama tapped Trump’s telephones during last year’s election, although they won’t say exactly where that information came from and left open the possibility that it isn’t true. The comments came even as FBI Director James Comey privately asked the Justice Department to dispute the claim because he believed the allegations were false.
New Hampshire delegation: Revised travel ban about politics
New Hampshire’s Democratic congressional delegation said Monday that changes to President Donald Trump’s revised travel ban still left them feeling as if it was more about politics than security. U.S. Sen. Maggie Hassan said she supported improving the vetting process but didn’t believe the revised ban would achieve that.
Carson compares slaves to immigrants coming to a a land of dreams and opportunitya
Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson referred to Africans enslaved during the Middle Passage as “immigrants,” calling America “a land of dreams and opportunity.” Ben Carson compared slaves to immigrants seeking a better life in his first official address Monday as Housing and Urban Development Secretary, setting off an uproar on social media.
Forget Trumpa s wiretapping claims. Inquiring minds want to know about Barack Obamaa s tote bag.
Former president Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama leave the National Gallery of Art in Washington on March 5. Google Barack Obama and tote bag, and the resulting mountain of merch starring the former president is nearly insurmountable. But there’s one tote bag in particular that caught our eye recently.
Ben Carson Makes HUD Employees Take the a Niceness Pledgea The new HUD…
The new secretary of Housing and Urban Development is a retired neurosurgeon and self-help guru who boasts iconoclastic views on slavery and ancient Egypt – but has no experience in government or housing policy. “Every human being, regardless of their ethnicities, or their background, they have a brain: the human brain,” Ben Carson informed his fellow HUD employees.
Florida congressman faces raucous crowd at town hall meeting
In a Tuesday, June 18, 2013 file photo, Republican Congressman Tom Rooney, R-Fla., questions individuals regarding NSA surveillance in Washington. Rooney, who’s in his fifth term in Congress, held a town hall meeting Monday, March 6, 2017, in Englewood, Fla., during which the majority of the crowd quickly started booing about everything from the environment to health care.
The Daily Briefing: Activists host a In Memoriama for the Sen. Rob Portman town hall that never was
About 200 people filled the rows of the First Unitarian Universalist Church on Sunday night in honor of Sen. Rob Portman’s town hall that never was. The In Memoriam, hosted by activist organization Indivisible Columbus, was a tongue-in-cheek gathering for local speakers to deliver eulogies on everything from immigration rights to facts, education, and representative democracy.
ZOA Praises FBI for Arresting Islamist, Anti-Israel, Anti-Trump Bomb Threatener
The ZOA praises the FBI for its investigation and arrest of Juan M. Thompson, a fired former reporter for a left-wing online newspaper and hate-filled, pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel, anti-white, anti-Trump, pro-Bernie Sanders, anti-western society, anti-American, Communist, anti-police radical Islamist, for allegedly perpetrating at least eight of the recent bomb threats against Jewish institutions. The ZOA also appreciates federal and local authorities’ continuing investigation of other recent anti-Semitic threats and vandalism.
Top StoryCongressman apologizes for crude joke about Kellyanne Conway
Democrat Cedric Richmond made the joke during a comedy routine at last week’s annual Washington Press Club Foundation congressional dinner. Citing the picture of Conway kneeling on a couch in the Oval Office , Richmond said Conway looked “kind of familiar there in that position.”
Confederate-themed Mississippi flag heading back to court
In this Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2016 file photo, a state flag of Mississippi is unfurled by Sons of Confederate Veterans and other groups on the grounds of the state Capitol in Jackson, Miss. A long-running feud over the Confederate battle emblem on the Mississippi flag is moving onto a new legal battlefield.
‘No question that something happened’ with wiretapping, Spicer says
As President Donald Trump prepares a new executive order on immigration, a family of five from Afghanistan sits in two Southern California detention centers w… — French citizens are preparing to go to the polls next month to vote in the first round of a presidential election that is already proving to be France’s most … The Governors’ Biofuels Coalition today sent a letter to President Trump asking him to support several initiatives to expand the states’ biofuel production and to help the… GOTHENBURG – After four years in the circle for the Gothenburg Swedes Karleigh Kleinknecht will take her skills to the next level and play for Doane College next year.
Senate Marine veteran pushes new war authorization
A Marine veteran newly elected to the Senate is hoping to reignite calls for Congress to pass its first new war authorization of U.S. military operations in Iraq, Syria and elsewhere since 2002. Sen. Todd Young, R-Ind., a former Marine intelligence officer who sits on the Foreign Relations Committee, introduced a bill last week that could reopen the debate over war powers as President Donald Trump reviews a new Pentagon strategy against the Islamic State group and wages new bombing in Yemen.
Bird flu found at Tyson Foods chicken supplier
Tens of thousands of chickens have been destroyed at a Tennessee chicken farm due to a bird flu outbreak and 30 other farms within a six-mile radius have been quarantined. The U.S. Department of Agriculture said 73,500 chickens were destroyed at the facility and will not enter the food system.
UBS Said Seeking to Pay Below $317 Million in French Tax Case
UBS Group AG is pushing to settle a French tax fraud investigation for less than the 300 million euros it paid to resolve a similar issue in Germany, people familiar with the matter said. That’s significantly below the 1.1 billion-euro bond the bank posted to cover potential penalties.
Should prosecutor investigate Trump, Russians? Vote now
A new poll indicates most Americans want a special prosecutor to investigate allegations of contacts between the Trump campaign and Russia. The CNN/ORC poll shows 65 percent thought a special prosecutor should be appointed to investigate contacts between the Trump presidential campaign and Russian officials.
Report Shows Shawn Grate Was Sane At Time Of Crimes
A video conference was held on Monday to check on the current status of the Shawn Grate Case. A report from the Forensic Diagnostic Center indicated that there were no findings that would support a not guilty by reason of insanity plea, stating that Grate was sane at the time of the crimes.
Joe Biden at SXSW Former vice-president to discuss new cancer initiative
The face that launched a thousand policies and a thousand memes: “Uncle Joe” Biden to speak on his new cancer initiative at SXSW.
Supreme Court sides with defendant claiming jury race bias
In this photo taken March 3, 2107, the Supreme Court in Washington. The Supreme Court ruled Monday, March 3, 2017, that racial bias in the jury room can be a reason for breaching the centuries-old legal principle of secrecy in jury deliberations.
Trump Signs New Order Blocking Arrivals From 6 Majority-Muslim Countries
President Trump has signed a new executive order blocking visas from being issued to citizens of six majority-Muslim countries to replace a controversial, now-suspended executive order known as the travel ban. Like the initial order signed Jan. 27, the new executive order blocks arrivals from specific majority-Muslim countries and suspends the entire refugee program for 120 days.
Mexico opens migrant defense centers at U.S. consulates
Epic death match between a giant python and a leopard with her cub as they dodge the snake’s darting bites to inflict mortal wounds on it in the Kruger National Park Trump signs new travel ban executive order that no longer targets Iraq and exempts green card holders – but it won’t take effect for 10 days The warnings signs that could mean YOUR partner is having an affair: People who have been cheated on reveal the tell-tale clues to watch out for ‘We’re not all cheaters’: Men reveal the things women get totally WRONG about them Wrong Direction! Astonishing footage shows snarling 1D star Louis Tomlinson ‘wrestling a photographer to the ground at LAX and manhandling a female fan who was fighting his girlfriend’ moments before police arrest him ‘I’m a b***h for getting hit by a celebrity?’ Woman ‘thrown to the floor’ in Louis Tomlinson airport scuffle claims she could have DIED from a … (more)
Slovenian president: Invitations for Trump to meet Putin in Slovenia still on
U.S. President Donald Trump waves to supporters as he walks the parade route with first lady Melania Trump and son Barron Trump after being sworn in at the 58th Presidential Inauguration January 20, 2017 in Washington, D.C. Slovenia’s president said Monday his invitation to host a summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin still stands despite the talk of the Kremlin’s meddling in the American elections. Borut Pahor told The Associated Press that a “tradition” of first meetings between U.S. and Russian presidents in the small Alpine state shouldn’t be discarded – and Slovenia is also the U.S. first lady’s native land.
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The Trump administration has signed a new executive order that temporarily bans people from six majority-Muslim countries from entering the United States. According to ABC News, the new executive order, effective next week, officially revokes and replaces the controversial order President Trump signed in late January that the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals blocked last month.
Sen. Bill Nelson Leads Gov. Rick Scott in Hypothetical 2018 Senate Race
Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson has a slim lead over Republican Florida Gov. Rick Scott that’s if the two were to go head-to-head in a 2018 U.S. Senate matchup. A new poll from the University of North Florida suggests that Nelson has a six-point lead over Scott in a hypothetical Senate contest, according to Politico .
Daily Caller: Trump Quietly Allows Work Permit Extensions to Illegal Immigrants
Despite President Donald Trump’s assertion that undocumented foreign workers take away jobs from American citizens, the administration is extending work permits for six months for hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants from El Salvador who receive Temporary Protected Status , The Daily Caller reported on Monday. TPS, which is a designation for countries whose situation is considered too dangerous for its residents to return to, lasts for 18 months, but can be renewed by the secretary of Homeland Security.
Family Pushes Trump to Bring Back Ex-FBI Agent From Iran
The family of a man who went missing in Iran 10 years ago is calling on President Donald Trump to provide answers, The New York Times reports. Robert A. Levinson, private investigator, part-time CIA consultant and former FBI agent, went to Iran in March 2007 on a secret, unauthorized attempt to meet a possible informant on an island of the Iranian coast.
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President Donald Trump signed a travel ban affecting people from six majority-Muslim nations Monday, an effort to replace the original executive order that was struck down in court. Secretary of Homeland Security John Kelly, Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson announced the revised travel ban Monday, not opening the floor to any questions, even though reporters asked them questions as they left.
Kremlin to Media: Keep Us Out of Trump Wiretap Claim
The Kremlin on Monday attempted to distance itself from the growing uproar over President Donald Trump’s claim that Trump Tower phones were wiretapped under the direction of President Barack Obama. “The Kremlin does not want Moscow to be associated with Washington’s internal affairs.
Democrats Resurrect McCarthyism on Trump, Russia
From newspaper opinion pieces to social media posts, the ghost of Sen. Joseph McCarthy roams the Washington, D.C. corridors and McCarthyism permeates the Democratic playbook, punctuated with the leadership’s incessant murmurings of “the Russians hacked the election.” As fallout of his investigation in the 1950s into Russian connections in the U.S., McCarthy was accused of conducting a “witch hunt” and was also indelibly linked to the Hollywood blacklist era.
US President Donald Trump signs revised immigration order
President Donald Trump signed a revised travel ban today that will temporarily halt entry to the US for people from six Muslim-majority nations who are seeking new visas, though allowing those with current visas to travel freely. Trump directive aims to address legal issues with the original order, which caused confusion at airports, sparked protests around the country and was ultimately blocked by federal courts.
Supreme Court scraps case on transgender bathroom rights
The Supreme Court on Monday vacated a lower court’s ruling in favor of a Virginia transgender student after the Trump administration withdrew the federal government’s guidance to public schools about the controversial bathroom policy. The justices were scheduled to hear the case later this month.
Sean Spicer hasn’t held an on-camera formal press briefing in over a week
White House Communications Director Sean Spicer holds the daily press briefing at the White House in Washington on February 22, 2017. White House press secretary Sean Spicer is entering his second week largely off camera and out of the White House briefing room.
Cyberattack still idling Pennsylvania Senate Democrats
The computer network for Pennsylvania’s Senate Democrats remains shut down by what they call a “ransomware” cyberattack that’s being investigated by the FBI. Senate Democratic staff aides say Microsoft is working on the situation, although caucus officials haven’t said what, if any, ransom was demanded.
What to Know About President Trump’s Revised Travel Ban
“This is not a Muslim ban in any way shape or form,” a senior Department of Homeland Security official said Monday. “This is a temporary suspension of nationals from six countries that are either failed states at this point or state sponsors of terror.”
Poll: Majority supports special prosecutor for Russia investigation
A majority of Americans in a new poll thinks a special prosecutor should investigate the ties between the Trump campaign and Russia. A CNN/ORC poll finds that 65 percent of Americans think a special prosecutor should handle the investigation and 32 percent think Congress can handle it.
Alexandra Petri:
No one can definitively state that they were in the room with him at any time. Pictures of him show a corpulent replica of Nikita Khrushchev.
Jennifer Burns:
Ayn Rand is dead. It’s been 35 years since hundreds of mourners filed by her coffin , but it has been only four months since she truly died as a force in American politics.