House Republicans could end a partial government shutdown on Tuesday, as the lower chamber considers whether to advance a five-bill minibus and a two-week continuing resolution to fund the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for a final vote. With a razor-thin margin and Democrats’ refusal to move quickly on a funding package, House Speaker Mike…
Costco says, “We regret any inconvenience caused by this recall.” Source link
Texas state senator-elect Taylor Rahmet (D) said President Trump was a non-factor in his Tuesday election victory, after the candidate flipped the district from red to blue. “Well, I don’t believe he was able to vote in this race. He doesn’t live here in Senate District 9,” Rahmet said in an appearance late Tuesday night……
Former CNN anchor Don Lemon said Monday that his lawyer offered to turn him over to federal authorities before he was arrested and convicted on federal civil rights charges stemming from his coverage of a protest inside a Minnesota church earlier this month. Lemon told ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel that his attorney Abbey Lowell contacted him……
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard participated in the FBI’s recent search of a Georgia election center at the request of President Trump, she told members of Congress in a letter on Monday. Gabbard was arrested last week in Fulton County, Ga. It was captured on camera by a Reuters photographer near the election office…
Good grading starts long before class ends. Source link
Kelly Hancock is a very specific type of Texas Republican. He could fit into any moment in the last 50 years of state GOP politics: a businessman with a penchant for small-government, less-regulation conservatism and hair like a rich version of Rick Perry. If he… Source link
{Beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story Judge allows fifth wind project to continue building A federal court on Monday blocked the last of five stop-work orders issued by the Trump administration in December to block major offshore wind farms, giving the wind energy industry five consecutive legal victories… Source link
Senator John Kennedy (R-La.) said Monday that the process of funding the government amid a partial government shutdown will be a “clown circus for a few days.” “I think by the end of the week, the House and the Senate will have passed 11 of the 12 appropriations bills. Now, it will be a tough…
Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) has filed for voluntary dismissal of its lawsuit against the Trump administration that sought to challenge its decision to cut Medicaid funding to abortion providers. The PPFA filed a notice of voluntary dismissal in the U.S. District Court of Massachusetts on Friday. The organization filed its lawsuit… Source link
