By Timothy Gardner and Valerie Volcovici (Reuters) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will unveil a proposal to speed state-level permitting decisions for energy infrastructure projects soon, the agency’s chief told Reuters on Thursday, blasting states that have blocked coal terminals and gas pipelines on environmental grounds. President Donald Trump is seeking to boost domestic…
By Amanda Becker IOWA CITY, Iowa (Reuters) – U.S. Senator Kamala Harris held just one public event this week during her third trip to Iowa since joining the contest for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, a town hall at the University of Iowa where she talked about her plan to raise teacher pay. Harris, formerly…
Trump’s threat to dump detained migrants in sanctuary cities completely backfired as the mayors of several of these cities said that the migrants would be welcomed.
Trump promised the now acting head of Homeland Security a pardon if he would break immigration laws for him.
A rally will be held at the IRS Building in Washington, DC on tax day where the American people will demand the release of Trump’s tax returns. The American people are demanding Trump’s tax returns According to a statement from the Americans For Tax Fairness provided to PoliiticusUSA: Americans for Tax Fairness, Tax March, Patriotic…
The additional legislation could focus on hate speech, data portability, which gives social media users the ability to easily take their data to another site, and transparency about who or what is on the other side of an internet conversation, Warner said in an interview with Reuters.
Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) kept up the pressure on William Barr by pointing out why the Attorney General has no credibility.
Trump’s plan to use the military to build and run migrant detention camps on US soil is illegal, but that is what the White House has wanted to do.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Friday sentenced Republican political consultant Samuel Patten to 36 months of probation, 500 hours of community service and a $5,000 fine in a case spun out of U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia probe. Patten, 47, pleaded guilty in August to communicating with U.S. lawmakers and news media…
The Russians targeted supporters of Bernie Sanders with a social media campaign that was designed to help Donald Trump win.
During his tenure as Obama’s White House counsel from January 2009 to January 2010, Craig led the administration’s unsuccessful effort to shut down the U.S. military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
The White House claims that it was not trying to retaliate against Democrats with a plan to send migrants to sanctuary cities, but a former DHS official confirms that the plan was intended to hurt Speaker of the House Pelosi.
Activists on both sides of the issue say such laws, which are commonly blocked by court injunctions, are aimed at getting a case sent to the U.S. Supreme Court, where conservatives hold a 5-4 majority, to challenge Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 decision that established a constitutional right to abortion.
The U.S. Senate confirmed former energy lobbyist David Bernhardt as the next Interior Secretary on Thursday, even as coastal-state senators from both parties raise concerns about his plans to vastly expand offshore drilling.
