Preet Bharara, the US attorney for the Southern District of New York – commonly known as the “sheriff of Wall Street” – was fired by President Donald Trump on Saturday after refusing to tender his resignation. I did not resign.
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American Jews and the Trump Administration Aviel Sheyin-Stevens
After the election of perhaps the most pro-Israel U.S. administration in history, American Jews seem to have lost the plot. When Donald Trump was elected president of the U.S., many Jews sat shiva to mourn Hillary Clinton’s defeat as if it was a death in the family, making religion out of politics.
Schumer Repeats Planned Parenthood Lie to Try and Save Funding
Planned Parenthood does not provide mammograms. At best, they refer them. Multiple representatives have been called out for voicing the falsehood.
Strict standards needed for contaminants in drinking water
Two U.S. senators from New York have introduced legislation that would require federal environmental regulators to clamp down on potentially harmful chemicals in drinking water. The bill, cosponsored by democrats Kristin Gillibrand and Chuck Schumer, would require the Environmental Protection Agency to set “strong and enforceable safety standards” for chemicals like PFOA in public water systems.
Former US intelligence chief rejects Trump wiretap accusation
US President Barack Obama greets President-elect Donald Trump at inauguration ceremonies swearing in Trump as president on the West front of the US Capitol in Washington, US, January 20, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Carlos Barria/Files The former top US intelligence official rejected President Donald Trump’s accusation that his predecessor, Barack Obama, wiretapped him even as the White House on Sunday urged Congress to investigate Trump’s allegation.
Trump hasn’t bashed the media in 7 days
President Trump’s Twitter feed last week was filled with attacks on a number of familiar names, from Senator Chuck Schumer and Arnold Schwarzenegger to Barack Obama. Trump last tweeted negatively about the media Feb. 26, when he slammed a new ad campaign from the “failing” New York Times.
Tea party parallel? Liberals taking aim at their own party
In this Jan. 31, 2017 file photo, demonstrators call out Senate Minority leader Chuck Schumer of N.Y. during a protest in his Brooklyn neighborhood in New York. Emboldened by a wave of outrage against President Donald Trump, groups of liberal activists are targeting Democratic incumbents they consider too accommodating to the new administration.
Based on photo with Putin, Trump calls Schumer ‘hypocrite’
President Donald Trump, his administration under siege for contacts with Russian officials, is calling for “an immediate investigation” into Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s own ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin. Trump’s evidence? A 14-year-old photo of Schumer and Putin holding coffee and doughnuts in a New York City gas station.
Schumer Responds to Trump’s Attack: ‘Contact Took Place Under Oath’
Happily talk re: my contact w Mr. Putin & his associates, took place in ’03 in full view of press & public under oath. Would you &your team? https://t.co/yXgw3U8tmQ The photo called into question by the president is one of Putin and Schumer enjoying doughnuts while in New York for the opening of a Russian gas company’s station.
Sessions steps aside from Russia probe under pressure
Under intensifying pressure, Attorney General Jeff Sessions abruptly agreed Thursday to recuse himself from any investigation into Russian meddling in America’s 2016 presidential election. He acted after revelations he twice spoke with the Russian ambassador during the campaign and failed to say so when pressed by Congress.
Sessions story takes different shape on different outlets
Attorney General Jeff Sessions speaks during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington, Thursday, March 2, 2017. Sessions said he will recuse himself from a federal investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 White House election.
Democrats elect former Labor Secretary Perez as national chairman
Democrats elected former Labor Secretary Tom Perez as their new national chairman Saturday over a liberal Minnesota congressman, capping a divisive campaign that reflected the depths of the party’s electoral failures as well as the energy from resistance to President Donald Trump. Perez, the first Latino to hold the post, edged Rep. Keith Ellison in the second round of voting by Democratic National Committee members gathered in Atlanta.
What you need to know about new DNC chair Tom Perez
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Top Democrats poised to choose next party chair
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A.M. Roundup: Medical marijuana program set to grow
Good morning! Yesterday’s temps broke records , and proved me useless as a daffodil whisperer: My bulbs sent up shoots despite my words of warning. In another sign of spring, the Yankees play their first spring training game today , and so do the Mets .
In Trump’s future looms a familiar shutdown threat
Beneath the capital’s radar looms a vexing problem – a catchall spending package that’s likely to top $1 trillion and could get embroiled in the politics of building Trump’s wall at the U.S.-Mexico border and a budget-busting Pentagon request. While a shutdown deadline has a few weeks to go, the huge measure looms as an unpleasant reality check for Trump and Republicans controlling Congress.
A familiar shutdown threat is looming in Trump’s future
Beneath the capital’s radar looms a vexing problem – a catchall spending package that’s likely to top $1 trillion and could get embroiled in the politics of building Trump’s wall at the U.S.-Mexico border and a budget-busting Pentagon request. While a shutdown deadline has a few weeks to go, the huge measure looms as an unpleasant reality check for Trump and Republicans controlling Congress.
AP source: Senators want materials saved for Russia probe
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of N.Y., right, walks with Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., vice chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Feb. 17, 2017, following a closed-door intelligence briefing by FBI Director James Comey. less Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of N.Y., right, walks with Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., vice chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Feb. 17, 2017, following … more Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., left, and Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., walk to a closed intelligence briefing with FBI Director James Comey, Friday, Feb. 17, 2017, on Capitol Hill in Washington.
Mark Serrano: Senate Democrats: Be afraid when Trump comes to town. …
MARK SERRANO: Senate Democrats: Be afraid when Trump comes to town. “Among the 23 Democratic senators up for re-election in 2018, there are 10 from states that President Trump won in 2016.
Pro-Republican PAC gears up to oppose Cuomo 2020
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo delivers one of his State of the State addresses in New York’s One World Trade Center building, Monday, Jan. 9, 2017. New York state must stand as an alternative to the policies and pronouncements of President-elect Donald Trump and show the nation progressive achievements, racial and religious tolerance and that big investments in education and infrastructure can create a dynamic economy that works for all, Cuomo said Monday.
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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.
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.
Schumer says he has ‘serious concerns’ about Gorsuch
Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said Tuesday he has “serious, serious concerns” about President Donald Trump ‘s Supreme Court nominee after their meeting, complaining that the federal judge “avoided answers like the plague.” The New York Democrat said after the meeting that he asked Gorsuch about “whether a Muslim ban could in concept be constitutional,” alluding to Trump’s executive order banning entries to the U.S. from seven majority-Muslim countries; about Trump’s unsubstantiated comments that there may have been millions of illegal votes in the 2016 election; and about the reach of executive power.
Globe editorial: How to trump Trump
U.S. President Donald Trump looks up after signing an executive order rolling back regulations from the 2010 Dodd-Frank law on Wall Street reform at the White House in Washington February 3, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque U.S. President Donald Trump looks up after signing an executive order rolling back regulations from the 2010 Dodd-Frank law on Wall Street reform at the White House in Washington February 3, 2017.
Ap Explains: What is the Senate’s ‘nuclear option’?
Supreme Court Justice nominee Neil Gorsuch, center arrives for a meeting with Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2017 in Washington. Former Sen. Kelly Ayotte from New Hampshire walks with Gorsuch at left.
1st inmate to get sex reassignment moves to female prison
Inmates inside a Delaware prison where two staff members were being held hostage Wednesday evening reached out to a newspaper in two phone calls to explain their concerns A jury has convicted a Minnesota man who shot and wounded five black men demonstrating against the fatal shooting of a black man by Minneapolis police officers Officials say the first U.S. inmate to receive state-funded sex-reassignment surgery has been moved to a women’s prison Immigration courts are making a technical switch to focus more on deportation hearings for immigrants jailed by the federal government A Republican lawmaker in deep-blue Hawaii is considering switching parties to become a Democrat after she was pressured to give up her leadership role for criticizing President Donald Trump A parole panel has recommended the release of a former follower of cult leader Charles Manson after California governors … (more)
GOP changes the rules to back Price, Mnuchin
A Senate committee has approved President Donald Trump’s picks for Health and Treasury secretaries after majority Republicans suspended the panel’s rules. The rule they suspended requires at least one Democrat to be present for votes.
Tensions erupt in Senate over Trump nominees
Tensions erupted in the Senate Tuesday as Democrats stalled several of President Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks, frustrating Republicans who accused Democrats of playing politics to try to hurt Trump and make Senate Republicans look ineffective. Party leaders squared off after a fast-paced and chaotic morning when Democrats on one committee abruptly boycotted a hearing where two top administration officials were expected to clear votes to advance to the floor.
Five Ways The Media has Broken the Public Trust in Four Days
The first two weeks of the Trump administration have been chaotic at best, the last four days have been a whirlwind of reports, retractions and corrections. But why is that? So much confusion in the news, the fog of an “ideological” war? I found a few things that have happened just since Donald Trump signed the highly publicized immigration executive order that make it easy to see why the public has zero confidence in the press.
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If confirmed, the 49-year-old Neil Gorsuch would be the youngest justice on the court and could be shaping decisions for decades. Senate Republicans stood united behind President Donald Trump’s nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court, bracing for a bitter, weeks-long fight with Democrats over a conservative judge similar in philosophy to the late Justice Antonin Scalia Shulkin is in line to be the lone ex-Obama administration official serving in Trump’s Cabinet amid a conservative push to privatize several government services and fierce partisan battles over Trump’s other Cabinet nominees.
Schumer Rails Against Trump’s Cabinet Picks
U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer speaks with reporters after the weekly Senate Democratic caucus luncheon at the U.S. Capitol on Washington, U.S. January 4, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer has no intentions to make the confirmation process of President Donald Trump’s cabinet nominees easier for Republicans.
Trump Blames ‘Big’ Airport Problems on Delta and Protesters
We’re sure that Delta officials can’t be pleased that the issue of the airline’s latest tech outage – bad enough in itself – has seeped into political discourse. The outage indeed contributed to flight delays yesterday, as did the protests.
Trump denies immigration restriction caused airport chaos
President Donald Trump on Monday denied his immigration order was to blame for the chaos at the nation’s airports over the weekend, instead pointing to computer glitches, protesters and even the “tears of Senator Schumer”. There is nothing nice about searching for terrorists before they can enter the country … This was a big part of my campaign “There is nothing nice about searching for terrorists before they can enter the country,” Trump wrote in a series of early morning tweets.
Schumer Weeps: ‘This Executive Order Was Mean-Spirited and Un-American’
Flanked by newly arrived refugees — whom he called “newly arrived Americans” — Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer told a news conference on Sunday that President Donald Trump’s executive order temporarily banning immigration from Muslim-majority countries is “bad for America, bad for our national security” and goes against “what America has always been about.” Schumer wept halfway through the news conference, after explaining that “this fight’s in my bones.”
Top Democrat says Trump immigration ban turning “much of the world against us”
FEBRUARY 11: Sen. Chuck Schumer speaks at a press conference at the U.S Capitol on February 11, 2016 in Washington, DC. Schumer and a group of other Democrats are calling on senate Republicans to support the passage of emergency funding to tackle the prescription opioid and heroin crisis.
Federal judge bars deporting travelers with valid visas
A federal court in Brooklyn tonight granted an emergency stay on President Trump’s executive order that bans immigration from seven predominantly Muslim countries for two Iraqi men who had valid visas to enter the United States but were detained today when they arrived in New York. Trump’s order calls for an immediate suspension of immigration from countries with ties to terror, including Syria, Yemen, Sudan, Somalia, Iraq, Iran and Libya, for a time period of 90 days.
Republican Senators Appeal to Trump, Democrats in Obamacare Bill
Seeking to bridge the Obamacare divide between Democrats and President Donald Trump, four Republican senators led by Bill Cassidy of Louisiana and Susan Collins of Maine offered a plan Monday to replace the health-care law. The quartet’s proposal could be crucial in the Senate, which Republicans control 52-48.
Trump begins to set up his administration
President Donald Trump quickly assumed the mantle of the White House and began setting up his new administration on Friday, signing a bill that allows retired Gen. James Mattis to serve as his defense secretary, as well as the nomination papers for his other Cabinet choices.
Trump signs first bill and actions as president
Toby Keith performs at a pre-Inaugural “Make America Great Again! Welcome Celebration” at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017. Toby Keith performs at a pre-Inaugural “Make America Great Again! Welcome Celebration” at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017.