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5 things Trump is doing that liberals probably actually like

But there are a handful of policies the new administration is championing that liberals can get behind, including large-scale infrastructure investment and paid family leave. – was derided by many liberals, including Sens. Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, who argued it would enrich American and foreign corporations at the expense of American workers, whose jobs would disappear and wages decline.

Attorney general seeks resignations of 46 US attorneys

Attorney General Jeff Sessions is seeking the resignations of 46 United States attorneys who were appointed during prior presidential administrations, the Justice Department said Friday. Many of the federal prosecutors who were nominated by former President Barack Obama already have left their positions, but the nearly four dozen who stayed on in the first weeks of the Trump administration have been asked to leave “in order to ensure a uniform transition,” Justice Department spokeswoman Sarah Isgur Flores said.

Trump cleans house, dismisses 46 Obama-era federal prosecutors

The administration of US President Donald Trump has moved to clean house at the Justice Department, demanding the resignations of 46 federal prosecutors appointed during the two terms of his predecessor Barack Obama. Presidents often order political appointees in several agencies to resign when they take office, but the abrupt nature of the move caught some by surprise – especially given that so many were asked to leave at once.

Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent editorials

President Trump’s Twitter rants are rather like magical pixie dust – they obscure real controversies, like possible links between Trump campaign officials and the Russian government, and change the conversation. President Trump’s Twitter rants are rather like magical pixie dust – they obscure real controversies, like possible links between Trump campaign officials and the Russian government, and change the conversation.

Sean Spicer, Mike Pence

Vice President Mike Pence is set to rally support in Kentucky for a White House-backed health care overhaul, traveling to a state that has often been front-and-center in the battle over former President Barack Obama’s sweeping health care law. In Louisville, Pence is scheduled to tour an energy services company with Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin, part of an effort to reassure conservative Republicans who have raised objections to the House GOP health care proposal that would scrap the “Obamacare” health care law.

Russia probe credibility in question

As congressional investigations into Russia’s interference in the 2016 election are ramping up, so is the political division, raising questions about whether lawmakers’ work will be viewed as credible. The House this week scheduled its first public hearing, which some swiftly dismissed as political theater.

No more love for WikiLeaks from Trump after CIA hacked

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Republicans Love Individual Mandates – As Long As They’re From Corporations

House Republicans are proposing legislation aimed at making it easier for companies to gather genetic data from workers and their families, including their children, when they collect it as part of a voluntary wellness program. The bill, the Preserving Employee Wellness Programs Act, introduced by Representative Virginia Foxx, a Republican from North Carolina and the chairwoman of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, would also significantly increase the financial costs faced by someone who does not join a company wellness program.

4 takeaways from demonstration

The anti-Trump protest on Feb. 23 in front of Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger’s office in Ottawa brought about 100 protesters, most of them progressives but a few tea party and pro-life folks as well. – There’s no evidence of outside money.

Top Trump confidante admits to speaking privately with…

OCTOBER 08: Political consultant Roger Stone speaks onstage during The New Yorker Festival 2016 – ‘President Trump: Life As We May Know It,’ featuring Max Boot, Amy Davidson, Roger Stone, and Sean Wilentz in conversation with Evan Osnos at MasterCard Stage at SVA Theatre on October 8, 2016 in New York City.

Trump stumping for AHCA? Democrats arena t worried.

The three-phase Republican plan to replace the Affordable Care Act is intended to end with massive political pressure on Senate Democrats, who’ll face a choice: Vote with them on individual replacement bills, or be blamed for the American Health Care Act’s implementation going awry. The crux of the theory is that 10 Democrats face reelection next year in states won by Trump.

Marines set hearing on charges related to Muslim recruit’s death

The family of a Muslim Marine recruit from Michigan who died in a fall at boot camp said Friday they don’t believe the charges announced so far in their son’s death are severe enough for the hazing and abuse he endured. “The charges appear to be insufficient and do not address the magnitude of the torture, assault, abuse, hazing, neglect and maltreatment” to which Raheel Siddiqui, a 20-year-old former high school valedictorian from Taylor, was subjected, his family said through their lawyer, Shiraz Khan, Friday evening.

House intel leaders ask Justice Department for alleged wiretapping evidence

The leaders of the House Intelligence Committee have formally asked the Justice Department to turn over any documentary evidence – applications, orders or warrants – related to alleged wiretaps of President Donald Trump and his associates during the campaign, two congressional aides confirm to ABC News. They have asked DOJ officials to provide information – if it exists – by March 13, one aide said.

Esty opposes effort to loosen gun rules

U.S. Rep Elizabeth Esty used her new power as the ranking Democrat on the House Veterans Affairs Committee to take on the committee chairman this week in a losing fight over a bill about veterans, mental health and guns. The bill in question would end the practice of classifying a veteran as mentally incompetent if the FBI’s gun background check system showed that he had been assigned a trustee to help manage his personal affairs.

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.

US attorneys appointed pre-Trump ‘asked to leave’ by Jeff Sessions

US Attorney-General Jeff Sessions is seeking the resignations of 46 United States attorneys who were appointed during previous administrations, the Justice Department says. Many of the federal prosecutors who were nominated by former US president Barack Obama have already left their positions, but the nearly 48 who stayed on in the first weeks of the Trump administration have been asked to leave “in order to ensure a uniform transition”, Justice Department spokeswoman Sarah Isgur Flores said.

Muhammad Ali’s son says he was detained again at airport

Muhammad Ali Jr., son of the late boxing legend Muhammad Ali, and his mother, Khalilah Camacho-Ali, who was Ali’s second wife, attend a forum on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 9, 2017, sponsored by House Judiciary Committee members Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., and Rep. Luis Gutierrez, D-Ill., a leading advocate in the House for comprehensive immigration reform.

ACLU files complaint against Jeff Sessions over false testimony

Donald Trump has won the presidency after narrowly carrying a few states to put him above 270 electoral votes. But… At his Senate confirmation hearing, Attorney General Jeff Sessions lied under oath that he had never had contact with the… Despite promising to release his tax returns in a televised debate with Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump continues to show that… You might recall that when Attorney General Jeff Sessions ” corrected the record ” about his lie under oath that he hadn’t communicated with Russian officials during Trump’s campaign, he admitted no wrongdoing.

Suspected rebel-planted mine hits Yemeni ship, kills 2

A federal judge on Friday blocked President Donald Trump’s administration from enforcing his new travel ban against a Syrian family trying to reach Wisconsin. A federal judge on Friday blocked President Donald Trump’s administration from enforcing his new travel ban against a Syrian family trying to reach Wisconsin.

Continue reading CNN host blasted for eating human brain while filming show on global religions

A Harvard-educated religion scholar and author is under fire for eating human brain while filming a new CNN show about spiritual sects around the globe. Reza Aslan, who came to the U.S. in 1979 while fleeing Iran’s 1979 revolution, was working on a TV segment about a fringe element of Hinduism when he participated in some of the Aghori peoples’ rituals, including tasting cooked brain tissue, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reported .

Ny Us attorney among those told to submit resignation letter

In this Dec. 21, 2016, file photo, United States District Attorney Preet Bharara announces charges in New York against Navnoor Kang, Deborah Kelley and Gregg Schonhorn. Bharara was not commenting Friday, March 10, 2017, after he was included on a list of prosecutors asked to submit resignation letters as Attorney General Jeff Sessions clears space for prosecutors that can be appointed by President Donald Trump.

After plug from Trump adviser Conway, Ivanka’s fashion sales take off

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U.S. extends leniency program for companies that disclose bribery

The U.S. Justice Department will extend a program that offers companies leniency if they voluntarily tell authorities when employees may have paid bribes, a senior official said on Friday. The program was set to expire on April 5, after a one-year pilot period but will now be continued indefinitely while officials evaluate its effectiveness, Acting Assistant Attorney General Kenneth Blanco said at the American Bar Association’s conference on white collar crime in Miami.

Opening Arctic for Drilling Is Trump Priority, Key Senator Says an hour ago

Senator Lisa Murkowski said President Donald Trump is interested in opening up new coastal waters for oil and gas drilling and reversing Obama-era policies that restrict energy development in Alaska. Both Trump and Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke are weighing ways to expand opportunities to drill in Arctic waters though the changes could take years to accomplish administratively, Murkowski said in an interview on the sidelines of the CERAWeek conference in Houston.  “It’s fair to say we are looking at how we might be able to — how the administration might be able to — allow for opportunities within this important area, offshore Alaska,” Murkowski said.

Say a where’s the Democratic plan to fix ObamaCare, anyway?

Remember “mend it, don’t end it”? Democrats have floated that slogan for three years while trying to convince voters that their unhappiness with ObamaCare doesn’t mean throwing it out entirely. A year ago, Chelsea Clinton argued that the “crushing costs” of the ACA needed immediate attention, but not repeal.

a Congress to Trump: Your tweet deletes might be breaking the law – CNET

Remember that trouble President Donald Trump had earlier this month when he was trying to spell “hear by” … I mean “hearby” … I mean hereby in a tweet about Rep. Nancy Pelosi’s alleged close ties to Russia? Well, turns out his three attempts , and more significantly, two deletions, may have been breaking violating federal law. That’s according to Utah Republican Rep. Jason Chaffetz and Maryland Democrat Rep. Elijah Cummings, chairman and ranking member of the House Oversight Committee, respectively.

Schiff: I haven’t seen any evidence Obama admin wiretapped Trump

The top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee told CNN Friday he has not “seen any evidence whatsoever to substantiate” President Donald Trump’s claims that he was wiretapped by the Obama administration during the campaign. “I think when Sean Spicer isn’t even willing to talk about it, you know there’s a real problem,” Rep. Adam Schiff said.

Hill Republican leaders reject suggestion to move up Medicaid expansion sunset

Republican congressional leaders are rejecting Friday any hint from the White House that they should disrupt their carefully crafted bill to repeal and replace Obamacare. After CNN reported Thursday night that President Donald Trump was open to moving up the sunset of the Medicaid expansion up from 2020 to the end of this year, GOP leaders supporting the bill aren’t biting.

The Latest: Man gets extension to seek deportation stay

Catalino Guerrero, center left, stands with U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez, left, and Newark Archbishop Cardinal Joseph Tobin, center right, during a rally outside of the Peter Rodino Federal Building before attending an immigration hearing, Friday, March 10, 2017, in Newark, N.J. Guerrero, who arrived in the U.S. illegally in 1991, is facing deportation. Organizers claim he is an upstanding citizen and should not be deported.

Trump’s first jobs report crushes expectations

The US economy added 235,000 nonfarm payrolls in February, many more than expected, and the unemployment rate dipped to 4.7%, a report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics showed on Friday. Economists had forecast 200,000 nonfarm payrolls in February, according to a Bloomberg survey.