by admin | Feb 2, 2017 | politicsNews
By Lisa Lambert and Richard Cowan | WASHINGTON WASHINGTON Public refusals on Wednesday by two U.S. Senate Republicans to support Betsy DeVos, President Donald Trump's pick for education secretary, raised the possibility of a rare congressional rejection of a Cabinet... by admin | Jan 18, 2017 | politicsNews
By Dustin Volz | WASHINGTON WASHINGTON Nine Democratic senators asked President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be U.S. attorney general, Senator Jeff Sessions, on Tuesday to recuse himself from any FBI or Justice Department investigation into Russia's efforts to... by admin | Jan 9, 2017 | politicsNews
By Toni Clarke | WASHINGTON WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate will take its first steps toward repealing President Barack Obama's signature healthcare reform act by the end of the week, Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Sunday. Speaking on CBS's "Face... by admin | Dec 17, 2016 | politicsNews
By Marti Maguire | RALEIGH, N.C. RALEIGH, N.C. North Carolina's Republican-dominated legislature passed a series of measures on Friday to curtail the executive authority of Democratic Governor-elect Roy Cooper just weeks before he is to succeed a Republican in the... by admin | Dec 16, 2016 | politicsNews
By Timothy Gardner | WASHINGTON WASHINGTON President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday named U.S. Representative Ryan Zinke of Montana, a former Navy SEAL commander who questions whether humans are largely the cause of climate change, as his choice for secretary of the... 