Portman among 47 GOP senators to sign letter to Iran WASHINGTON — In a move Democrats denounced as trying to sabotage the Obama administration’s foreign policy, Sen. Rob Portman and 46 other Senate Republicans yesterday warned Iran’s leadership that any agreement to limit Tehran’s apparent efforts to build a nuclear bomb would need Senate approval to stay in effect beyond 2016. More
Coalition on immigration bill clears first tests The bipartisan coalition behind a contentious overhaul of immigration laws stuck together on a critical early series of test votes Thursday, turning back challenges from conservative critics as the Senate Judiciary Committee refined legislation to secure the nation's borders and offer eventual citizenship to millions living illegally in the United States. More
Republicans to back Obama's student loan plan House Republicans are willing to give President Barack Obama a rare win, the chairman of the Education and Workforce Committee said Thursday in outlining a deal that would let college students avoid a costly hike on their student loans. More
GOP boycotts health care advisory board House and Senate Republican leaders told President Barack Obama Thursday that they will refuse to nominate candidates to serve on an advisory board that is to play a role in holding down Medicare costs under the new health care act. More
Native American News Roundup, April 21-27, 2024 Oklahoma Representative Tom Cole listens during a House Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Defense budget hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, April 17, 2024. Oklahoma congressman Tom Cole ... 04/27/2024 - 8:25 am | View Link
What abortion politics has to do with new rights for pregnant workers A new regulation to protect the rights of pregnant workers is the subject of an anti-abortion lawsuit because it includes abortion as a pregnancy "related medical condition." ... 04/27/2024 - 4:00 am | View Link
Tennessee legislature adjourns. Here’s what lawmakers did and did not accomplish this year The 113th Tennessee General Assembly concluded on Thursday. Your guide to what lawmakers did and did not accomplish. 04/26/2024 - 1:01 am | View Link
What happened to Native American skull looted by Chicago reporter? NOTE: This story contains culturally sensitive information that may be distressing for some readers. Caution is advised. WASHINGTON — In the summer of 1889, a group of cynical Chicago crime reporters ... 04/24/2024 - 6:16 am | View Link
On Emergency Abortion Access, Justices Seem Sharply Divided The case, which could reverberate beyond Idaho to over a dozen other states with abortion bans, is the second time in less than a month that the justices have heard an abortion case. 04/24/2024 - 2:08 am | View Link
Washington Post: “Two weeks in, the first criminal trial of a former president has been personally taxing for Trump and disruptive to his campaign.”
“Despite efforts to schedule dinners where donors, friends and world leaders join him, Trump’s moods are worse on trial days, according to several people close to him.
While Donald Trump plots to be a dictator on Day One, Balaji Srinivasan and his wealthy tech bros are plotting a different version of authoritarianism and ethnic cleansing, one that does not require a presidential campaign.
Gil Duran wrote about this oligarch for The New Republic:
To fully grasp the current situation in San Francisco, where venture capitalists are trying to take control of City Hall, you must listen to Balaji Srinivasan.
We've already established here that Trump lawyer Alina Habba is trash. And Habba has established that she's ridiculously stupid, too. Habba was asked in a relatively recent interview whether she would rather be pretty or smart. She said, "Oh easy, pretty … I can fake being smart." That's not true at all.
Pro-life activist Randall Terry was nominated as the Constitution Party’s presidential candidate, Ballot Access News reports.
He is likely to be on the ballot in battleground states of Georgia, North Carolina, Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania.