Pence to visit Cleveland area to hear from business owners Vice President Mike Pence is scheduled to visit suburban Cleveland on Wednesday to meet with small business owners. The White House says Pence will hear from business owners and their employees at Tendon Manufacturing Inc. The vice president also is […]
On Senate Health Bill, Trump Falters in the Closer Role President Trump began his all-hands meeting with Republican senators at the White House on Tuesday by saying they were “very close” to passing a health care bill, just as efforts to fast-track a vote this week collapsed. If Republicans do […]
Donald Trump Just Took The First Step In Selling Off Our National Parks To The Highest Bidder The National Parks system spent the last 101 years “[protecting] America’s treasured natural, historical, and cultural sites, and [ensuring] that Americans can enjoy those treasures.” Millions of people visit the parks every year. […]
What’s next for Trump travel ban and vetting procedures The Trump administration got some of what it wanted when the Supreme Court decided to allow a scaled-back version of the president’s travel ban to take effect. But the court’s ruling also put pressure on officials to press ahead with their […]
3 Chicago Officers Charged With Conspiracy in Laquan McDonald Case Three longtime police officers were charged on Tuesday in connection with the death of Laquan McDonald, the black teenager whose fatal shooting in 2014 at the hands of a white Chicago officer ignited intense scrutiny over police conduct and transparency. […]
Senate Republicans Put Off Health-Care Vote Senate Republican leaders have abandoned plans to vote on legislation overhauling the Affordable Care Act this week, bowing to opposition within their own party and demands from several senators for more time to consider the bill. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell told reporters after meeting […]
White House tweets misleading criticism of CBO analysis Seeking to bat down the news in a Congressional Budget Office report about the Senate’s Better Care Reconciliation Act, President Donald Trump’s administration attempted to undermine the CBO’s credibility in a tweet. The official White House account tweeted an image that said, […]
Pro-Trump group pulls ad against fellow GOP senator The pro-Trump group America First Policies pulled critical television advertisements of a fellow Republican after facing public and private backlash on Tuesday evening. The political group ran anti-Heller ads for fewer than 12 hours before they were pulled from the airwaves in […]
Cyberattack Hits Ukraine Then Spreads Internationally Computer systems from Ukraine to the United States were struck on Tuesday in an international cyberattack that was similar to a recent assault that crippled tens of thousands of machines worldwide. In Kiev, the capital of Ukraine, A.T.M.s stopped working. About 80 miles away, […]
Trump son-in-law Kushner hires prominent trial lawyer President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and adviser, Jared Kushner, has hired a prominent trial lawyer to help represent him in inquiries linked to Russia, the New York Times reported on Monday citing another member of his legal team. Kushner took on Abbe D. Lowell, […]
