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Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson smiles at a news conference…

A federal appeals court has handed a resounding victory to Washington state and Minnesota in their challenge of President Donald Trump’s travel ban, finding unanimously that a lower court ruling suspending the ban’s enforcement should stay in place while the case continues. The 3-0 decision from the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals sided with the states on nearly every issue presented.

Inward-looking House Democrats seek best way to make gains

House Democrats are united against President Donald Trump , but as they wrap up a somewhat painful, inward-looking retreat, they are still trying to figure out how to turn that opposition into a winning strategy. They agree that they need a stronger message about helping working-class Americans who propelled Trump to a surprising win and a better way to communicate that message, especially amid the daily cacophony that has so far characterized Trump’s presidency.

Ron Kind, Tim Walz seats being targeted by GOP

La Crosse Congressman Ron Kind is less than two months into his latest term, but his opponents already are trying to make sure it’s his last. House Republicans have targeted 36 Democratic seats it want to win next year – 21 months from now – including the seats of Kind and southern Minnesota’s Tim Walz, according to Politico .

Democrats seek investigation into national security adviser

Congressional Democrats on Friday called for an investigation into whether White House National Security Adviser Michael Flynn discussed U.S. sanctions in phone calls with Russia’s ambassador while President Barack Obama was still in office, conversations that may have broken U.S. law aimed at barring private citizens from conducting diplomacy. The White House said President Donald Trump had “full confidence” in Flynn, a show of support coming as the administration scrambled to manage the fallout from reports that Flynn addressed U.S. sanctions against Russia in a phone call late last year.

EDITORIAL: The rant that failed

The Democrats in the U.S. Senate threw everything they could find at Jeff Sessions, including an occasional kitchen sink, but it was not enough. Rant as they might, the mild-mannered senator from Alabama, was nevertheless confirmed by a vote of 52 to 47. One Democrat, Joe Manchin of West Virginia, broke from the mob to vote to confirm him.

Fudge: Misdirected Anger At Obama Led To Trump’s Win

Democratic Ohio Rep. Marcia Fudge alleged that fear-mongering, not President Donald Trump’s economic message won him the election. Fudge said Democrats have been losing blue-collar voters over time and Trump managed to tap into their anxieties, which she feels gave him an edge with that demographic.

White House playing cleanup

With one tweet early Thursday morning, Trump complicated any attempt Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch might have been making to build support among Senate Democrats who will be crucial to his confirmation. In a series of meetings on Wednesday, senators said Gorsuch told them he found Trump’s recent tweets critical of the judiciary “disheartening” and “demoralizing.”

A Bit More on Up-or-Down Votes

As I noted earlier today , Democrats’ threats to filibuster Judge Gorsuch’s nomination to the Supreme Court conflict with their statements last year that the Constitution requires an up-or-down vote on any Supreme Court nomination. Senator Bill Nelson said last year , for example, that senators have a “very serious constitutional responsibility that I take seriously, to record a vote on a presidential nominee for a vacancy on the U.S. Supreme Court.”

House Ethics Democrat calls on Chaffetz to probe Trump

Rep. Linda Sanchez, D-Calif., called on House Oversight Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, to investigate President Trump ‘s potential business conflicts of interest. “I think it would be something that is relevant and I think it is something that is long overdue,” the former top Democrat on the House Ethics Committee told MSNBC Thursday.

House Oversight Committee calls for ethics review of Kellyanne Conway …

The House Oversight Committee has asked the Office of Government Ethics to investigate White House Counselor Kellyanne Conway’s endorsement of Ivanka Trump’s clothing line on national television, writing in a letter Thursday: “Conway’s statements appear to violate federal ethics regulations.” “Conway’s comments clearly violate the ethical principles for federal employees and are unacceptable,” Rep. Jason Chaffetz, the Republican chairman of the Oversight Committee, and Rep. Elijah Cummings, the committee’s top Democrat, wrote in their letter to the Office of Government Ethics.

Inside the GOP campaign to save Andrew Puzder’s nomination

Republicans in the Senate are plotting an aggressive effort to save Andrew Puzder’s embattled nomination to become labor secretary, leaning on well-funded business groups, the White House and the powerful Senate majority leader to ensure his confirmation over stiff opposition from the left. Puzder’s nomination has emerged of particular interest to Mitch McConnell, the Senate majority leader, who has a long-standing relationship with the nominee.

Trump hosts senators to woo Gorsuch support

President Donald Trump hosted a bipartisan group of senators for lunch Thursday at the White House to discuss their potential support for Neil Gorsuch, the President’s Supreme Court pick. The meeting was an attempt by Trump to smooth the way for Gorsuch’s confirmation, but his attempt may have been colored by his continued criticism of Democratic Sen. Richard Blumenthal.

Trump slams the courts, and his court nominee hits back

President Donald Trump’s extended criticism of the judiciary prompted a rebuke from his nominee for the Supreme Court, who told a senator the president’s comments were “demoralizing and disheartening.” Judge Neil Gorsuch, who was nominated by Trump to the nation’s high court last week, made the comments Wednesday after Trump accused an appellate court considering his immigration and refugee executive order of being “so political.”

Trump blasts senator after meeting with Supreme Court pick

President Trump attacked Sen. Richard Blumenthal in a tweet early Thursday, following the Connecticut Democrat’s remarks about his meeting with Judge Neil Gorsuch, Mr. Trump’s pick to be a Supreme Court justice. The president accused Blumenthal of “misrepresenting” Gorsuch’s comments, after the senator reported that the conservative judge had expressed disappointment over Mr. Trump’s latest comments about the court system .

Trump’s Supreme Court nominee criticises president’s attack on judiciary

US President Donald Trump’s extended criticism of the judiciary has prompted a rebuke from his nominee for the Supreme Court, who told a senator the president’s comments were “demoralising and disheartening”. Donald Trump applauds as he stands with Judge Neil Gorsuch after announcing him as his nominee for the Supreme Court US President Donald Trump’s extended criticism of the judiciary has prompted a rebuke from his nominee for the Supreme Court, who told a senator the president’s comments were “demoralising and disheartening”.

Trump slams the courts, and his court nominee hits back

President Donald Trump’s extended criticism of the judiciary has prompted a rebuke from his nominee for the Supreme Court, who told a senator the president’s comments were “demoralizing and disheartening.” Judge Neil Gorsuch, who was nominated by Trump to the nation’s high court last week, made the comments Wednesday after Trump accused an appellate court considering his immigration and refugee executive order of being “so political.”

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First lady Melania Trump announced Wednesday she hired Anna Christina Niceta Lloyd as White House social secretary. Niceta Lloyd, who is known as Rickie, will help Trump with the planning and execution of social events at the White House.

Ap Fact Check: Trump disputes whether Gorsuch knocked him

Supreme Court nominees don’t often bite the hand that picks them and President Donald Trump is having trouble accepting the fact that his hand was bitten. Trump on Thursday disputed what at least three senators and a Republican operative have said – that Judge Neil Gorsuch voiced complaints about the president’s recent attacks on the judiciary during the nominee’s round of meetings on Capitol Hill.

Donald Trump criticized by own Supreme Court nominee for ‘demoralizing’ attack on judiciary

President Donald Trump’s escalating attacks on the federal judiciary drew denunciation Wednesday from his Supreme Court nominee, Neil Gorsuch, who told a senator that the criticism was “disheartening” and “demoralizing” to independent federal courts. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., said Gorsuch made the comments during their private meeting Wednesday, and the account was confirmed by Ron Bonjean, a member of the group guiding the judge through his confirmation process.

Today in History

On Feb. 9, 1942, the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff held its first formal meeting to coordinate military strategy during World War II. Daylight-saving “War Time” went into effect in the United States, with clocks moved one hour forward.

Rancorous Senate ‘silencing’ gives Warren a national boost

The turbulent national debate over race, gender and free speech consumed the normally staid Senate on Wednesday after the GOP majority voted to silence Sen. Elizabeth Warren, abruptly elevating her celebrity status at a moment when liberals are hungry for a leader to take on President Donald Trump. The highly unusual rebuke of the Massachusetts Democrat came as the Senate weighed Trump’s choice for attorney general, GOP Sen. Jeff Sessions of Alabama, who secured confirmation on a nearly party-line vote Wednesday evening.

Supreme Court nominee ‘disheartened’ by Trump’s delegitimizing…

Neil Gorsuch, the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals judge nominated by President Donald Trump to the vacant Supreme Court seat last week, said Wednesday he was “disheartened” by the president attempting to delegitimize a federal judge. Gorsuch made the comment during a meeting with Sen. Richard Blumenthal, a Connecticut Democrat, as he seeks Senate confirmation.

Jeff Sessions confirmed to be the next attorney general

The Senate voted Wednesday to confirm Sen. Jeff Sessions of Alabama as the next attorney general, surviving a vocal push by Democrats to derail his nomination. The 52-47 vote was mostly along party lines, though one Democrat, Sen. Joe Manchin, joined the Republicans to back their Alabama colleague.

Sessions confirmed over Democratic criticism

Republican Sen. Jeff Sessions of Alabama was confirmed on Wednesday as President Trump’s attorney general, capping a bitter and racially charged nomination battle that crested with the procedural silencing of a leading Democrat, Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, who had criticized the Alabama senator from the Senate floor. Sessions survived a near-party-line vote, 52-47, the latest sign of the extreme partisanship at play as Trump strains to install his cabinet.

Trump slams the courts, his court nominee hits back

US President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch says he found the President’s attacks on the judiciary “disheartening” and “demoralizing,” according to a Democratic senator. Connecticut Senator Richard Blumenthal disclosed the comments from Mr Gorsuch after meeting with the nominee, as the candidate for the high court vacancy paid a series of courtesy visits to senators.

Silencing of Warren throws Senate into turmoil

Democratic senators fighting to derail Jeff Sessions’ nomination as attorney general repeatedly challenged Republicans Wednesday by reading aloud from a critical letter from Martin Luther King Jr.’s widow, a day after the Republicans silenced Sen. Elizabeth Warren for doing the same. Warren was ordered to sit down Tuesday night, throwing the Senate into turmoil as it headed for Wednesday night’s vote on the Alabama senator.

Merge is the word

The time-honored ritual unfolds annually in early February – the governor of Pennsylvania gives details of his budget proposals to both houses of the General Assembly. Throughout the speech, legislative members of the governor’s party applaud frequently, while members of the opposition party stare and sit stoically, applauding occasionally, but in the past, they also have booed.

Who really cares if a married woman keeps her maiden name?

New research shows what a woman prefers to be called probably doesn’t really matter, except to men who are less educated. Who really cares if a married woman keeps her maiden name? New research shows what a woman prefers to be called probably doesn’t really matter, except to men who are less educated.

Read Coretta Scott King’s Letter That Got Sen. Elizabeth Warren Silenced

One day after Senate Republicans invoked a conduct rule to end Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s speech against the nomination of Sen. Jeff Sessions as attorney general, a 1986 letter from Coretta Scott King urging the Senate to reject Sessions’ nomination as a federal judge is gaining new prominence. Warren was reading aloud from the letter by King, the widow of Dr. Martin Luther King, when she was interrupted by the presiding chair of the Senate, who warned her of breaking Rule 19 , which forbids members from imputing to a colleague “any conduct or motive unworthy or unbecoming a Senator.”

Senate GOP silences Warren over criticism of Sessions

Senate Republicans silenced Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren for criticizing colleague and Attorney General-nominee Jeff Sessions with the words of Coretta Scott King from three decades ago challenging his record on race. Warren, whose name has been prominent in speculation about the 2020 presidential race, was given a rare Senate rebuke Tuesday night for impugning a fellow senator and she was barred from saying anything more on the Senate floor about Sessions, R-Ala.