Category: Republican

Trump’s Withdrawal From Asia Trade Deal Viewed as Boon for China

Shoppers walk past lanterns displayed at an ornament market in the Yuyuan district ahead of the Lunar New Year in Shanghai, China, on Jan. 22, 2017. President Donald Trump’s formal withdrawal from a long-planned trade deal with Pacific Rim nations creates a political and economic vacuum that China is eager to fill, offering a boost for beleaguered U.S. manufacturing regions while damaging American prestige in Asia.

Trump signs executive order withdrawing US from TPP

US President Donald Trump has signed executive orders withdrawing America from the Trans-Pacific Partnership and instituting a government hiring freeze. In an Oval Office ceremony, Mr Trump delivered on his campaign promise to formally withdraw from the TPP, which was negotiated by Barack Obama between 12 countries including Australia.

With Rubio’s support, Tillerson’sa

Former Exxon CEO Rex Tillerson is almost certain to become the next Secretary of State, thanks to a lukewarm endorsement from the most pivotal senator in the confirmation process. U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, a Florida Republican, announced on Monday that he would back the native Texan for the post as the chief American diplomat.

Trump taps ex-Rep. Heather Wilson for Air Force secretary

President Donald Trump said Monday he has selected former Republican congresswoman Heather Wilson of New Mexico to be secretary of the Air Force. Wilson , an Air Force Academy graduate, served as an Air Force officer in Europe during the 1980s and was on the National Security Council staff under President George H.W. Bush during the fall of the Berlin Wall.

Woody Harrelson Confirms Role in “Young Han Solo” Movie

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Rubio faces moment of truth on secretary of state vote

All eyes are on Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida as a Senate committee is poised to vote on President Donald Trump’s nominee to be secretary of state. The nomination of Rex Tillerson got a boost on Sunday after two influential Republican senators – John McCain of Arizona and Lindsey Graham of South Carolina – offered tepid endorsements of the former Exxon Mobil chief.

Weekend toll from twisters in South at 16

Emergency responders rushed to answer new reports of deaths and injuries Sunday evening in southern Georgia from violent storms already blamed for killing 16 people in the Southeast. A woman holds a child while walking through a farm that was damaged by a tornado Sunday in Adel, Ga An apparent tornado blew through a mobile home park early Sunday in southern Georgia’s rural Cook County, shearing off siding, upending homes and killing eight people, County Commissioner Jeff Lane said.

Republicans in Trump era

Now that Donald Trump has been sworn in as the 45th U.S. President, you and all your congressional colleagues have a solemn obligation to support your co-equal branch of government.

KanCare problems never end

In Gov. Sam Brownback’s State of the State address on Jan. 10, he lauded KanCare as an innovative Medicaid program that’s gaining national traction: “Fortunately for our budget, Kansas had the foresight to reform Medicaid – a policy others are following.

US lawmakers call for action on Venezuela food corruption

Venezuelan officials may face U.S. sanctions for profiting from food shortages that have exacerbated hunger in the South American country. The calls by members of Congress on both sides of the aisle come in response to an Associated Press investigation that found trafficking in hard-to-find food has become big business in Venezuela, with the military at the heart of the graft.

18 dead amid reported tornadoes, other storms in the South

A severe storm system that spun off apparent tornadoes and left scattered destruction around the Southeast has claimed at least 18 lives on a two-day sweep across the region, authorities said. The enormous system put millions of people in the South on edge during a weekend of violent weather that left crumpled trailer homes, downed trees and other damage in the hardest-hit communities from Mississippi to Georgia.

More deaths reported after 16 die amid Southeast tornadoes

Emergency responders rushed to answer new reports of deaths and injuries Sunday evening in southern Georgia as violent storms already blamed for killing 16 people in the Southeast continued to inflict destruction. An apparent tornado blew through a mobile home park early Sunday in southern Georgia’s rural Cook County – sheering off siding, upending homes and killing seven people, local authorities said.

Little is known on status of US student held in North Korea

There’s been little public word about what has happened to an American college student detained in North Korea, as a new administration takes over one year later amid deep U.S. concerns about the hostile country’s nuclear and missile development. North Korea announced last Jan. 22 it had detained Otto Warmbier, a 21-year-old University of Virginia student from suburban Cincinnati, earlier that month for alleged anti-state crime.

Trump nominee wins key Senate support

Two senior Republican lawmakers have said they would vote to approve Rex Tillerson, President Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of state. Senators John McCain of Arizona, and Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, said they would support the former ExxonMobil chief’s nomination, despite their concerns over his relationship with Russia’s president.

Nation-Now 28 mins ago 1:02 p.m.At least 11 killed as storms roar through Georgia

Eleven people were killed and more than 20 injured as violent storms rolled through parts of Georgia over the weekend, hours after deadly storms swept through southern Mississippi, authorities said Sunday. Catherine Howden, spokeswoman for the Georgia Emergency Management Agency, told USA TODAY that seven people were killed in Cook County and two each in Brooks and Berrien counties.

Trump’s pick for Secretary of State gets key backing

Former President Bill Clinton and his wife Hillary Clinton, talk to Secretary of State-designate Rex Tillerson on Capitol Hill in Washington during the inaugural luncheon. Photo / AP Former ExxonMobil chief executive Rex Tillerson’s bid to be the next secretary of state received a major boost when a pair of Republican senators who had expressed consternation about him announced they will vote to confirm him, a move that effectively clears the way for him to win confirmation.

Ponnuru: Decoding Donald Trump

Twice in recent days, Donald Trump has made seemingly off-the-cuff remarks about policy that took his Republican allies in Congress by surprise. Last weekend, he told The Washington Post that he was in the final stages of drawing up a health plan that would provide “insurance for everybody” but with “much lower deductibles” than the Affordable Care Act.

Trump Adviser Kellyanne Conway Says Obamacare – Penalty’ Will End

Kellyanne Conway, a key adviser to President Donald Trump, said the new administration plans to end the Affordable Care Act’s requirement that most people have health insurance, a step that could destabilize the law’s markets. Conway, in an interview airing Sunday on NBC News’ “Sunday Today With Willie Geist,” appeared to indicate that the law’s requirement that most employers offer coverage to their full-time workers would also end.

Trump assures CIA of support

President Donald Trump visits the CIA headquarters in Langley, Va., where he told members of the intelligence community, “I am so behind you.” President Donald Trump visited the CIA’s headquarters in northern Virginia on Saturday afternoon, his first full day in office, making a gesture of goodwill after he criticized the intelligence community in the run-up to his inauguration.

Repeal of Obamacare without a replacement would increase US debt

Here is the problem Republicans face with their opposition to the 2010 health-care law signed by President Barack Obama: Getting rid of it without approving a substitute would increase the federal debt, provide wealthy people with a tax cut and cause as many as 20 million Americans to lose their health care. Although Vice President Mike Pence told CNN last week that “step one is to repeal the taxes and the mandates” in the law known as Obamacare and “at the same time pass a replacement bill,” neither he nor congressional Republicans have provided specifics of a plan.

Dennis Hastert seeks repayment of $1.7 million from sex abuse accuser

Imprisoned former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert has asked a judge not only to reject a sexual abuse victim’s breach-of-contract lawsuit, but to make the man repay $1.7 million in secret hush-money payments. In response to the lawsuit and in his counterclaim, made public Thursday and signed by Hastert, he denied the oral pact is akin to a valid and enforceable contract and, if so, it would be the plaintiff who breached it when he broke his silence and spoke to federal authorities.

Editorial: A message from Kansans: Stop embarrassing us

If you asked a few politically minded Americans how they would characterize our state, how do you think they would answer? Would they admire the prudent, bipartisan governance that has guided us through the past few years? Or would they say something about Gov. Sam Brownback’s 26 percent approval rating, Secretary of State Kris Kobach’s obsession with voter fraud, the reckless campus carry law that will take effect this year and a fiscal situation that can only be described as a disaster? This is the image of Kansas that has crystallized across the country.

Obama CIA director slams Trump’s ‘self-aggrandizement’

Former CIA Director John Brennan criticized President Trump ‘s decision Saturday to address agency officials while standing in front of a wall memorializing fallen agents, arguing Trump “should be ashamed of himself” for choosing that location for a speech that included jokes about the media and about agents’ support for his campaign. “Former CIA Director Brennan is deeply saddened and angered at Donald Trump ‘s despicable display of self-aggrandizement in front of CIA’s Memorial Wall of Agency heroes,” the former Obama official said in a statement circulated to reporters.

Tom Cotton defends Trump’s CIA speech

Sen. Tom Cotton on Saturday defended President Trump against criticism that the campaign-style speech he delivered at CIA headquarters was inappropriate. The Arkansas Republican, who serves on the Senate Intelligence Committee, dismissed critics who questioned whether the CIA, and an audience of agency professionals, was a proper setting for Trump to boast about his campaign victory, crowd sizes and the sales of magazines with his image on the cover, are missing the bond the president has developed with national security professionals.

Indiana residents hope Pence keeps their interests in mind

When Fort Wayne needed expensive airport improvements, its mayor contacted an influential Indiana native – then-Vice President Dan Quayle – to help secure federal funding. Now that former Indiana Gov. Mike Pence is the new vice president, residents are hopeful his home state could again reap some benefits.