Democrats on April 3 amassed enough support to block a U.S. Senate confirmation vote on President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Neil Gorsuch, but Republicans vowed to change the Senate rules to ensure the conservative judge gets the lifetime job.As the Judiciary Committee moved to send Gorsuch's nomination to the full Senate, Sen. Christopher Coons became the 41st Democrat to announc.... Read More
A new initiative launched by Black Lives Matter activists seeks to re-focus the movement’s efforts on state capitols, building on momentum at the national level to push back against Donald Trump’s political agenda on issues such as policing and immigration.The online platform OurStates.org is the latest indication that Democrats and left-leaning groups are turning their attention to stateh.... Read More
U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., and U.S. Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., and Raúl M. Grijalva, D-Ariz., led 86 members of Congress in sending a letter expressing disapproval of the Census Bureau’s decision to remove data collection on LGBT individuals for consideration for the 2020 Census and the American Community Survey.The letter was sent to U.S. Census Bureau director John Thompson and Of.... Read More
Nine senators are pushing U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions to reveal what he knows about a reported investigation into Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price’s stock trades that a top federal prosecutor might have begun before being fired by the Trump administration this month.In a letter Wednesday, seven senators — six Democrats plus Vermont independent Bernie Sanders — calle.... Read More
In the behind-the-scenes drama of who’s up and who’s down in Donald Trump’s White House, chief of staff Reince Priebus is playing a starring role.Priebus, a Midwesterner with deep ties to the Republican establishment that Trump toppled, has faced questions about his future since the day he set foot in the West Wing.And the focus on him is intensifying following Trump’s failure to g.... Read More
The Republican health plan designed to replace the Obama-era health law known as the Affordable Care Act would not have taken full effect for a few years — and now it’s dead. But many people still face questions about getting insurance for next year, including on the government run exchanges.WILL I HAVE PLANS TO CHOOSE FROM?It depends on where you live. Choices are dwindling, but chances .... Read More
The Indigenous Environmental Network and North Coast Rivers Alliance filed suit in U.S. District Court in Great Falls, Montana, challenging the presidential permit issued by Donald Trump allowing construction and operation of the Keystone XL Pipeline.Stephan Volker, attorney for IEN and NCRA, filed the suit this week, alleging the State Department's Final Supplemental Environmental Impact S.... Read More
Senate Democrats have forced a delay in a committee vote on President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, who remains on track for confirmation with solid Republican backing.Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, chairman of the Judiciary Committee, announced that, as expected, Democrats have requested a postponement.The committee vote on Judge Neil Gorsuch now will be held April 3.As the co.... Read More
The world’s largest humanitarian crisis in 70 years has been declared in three African countries on the brink of famine, just as President Donald Trump’s proposed foreign aid cuts threaten to pull the United States from its historic role as the world’s top emergency donor.If the deep cuts are approved by Congress and the U.S. does not contribute to Africa’s current crisis, experts warn.... Read More
The Trump administration has submitted to Congress a report of the list of categories of data it plans to collect for the 2020 Census and the American Community Survey.The administration’s report excluded lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people on the list of "planned subjects" for the nation’s decennial census and longer form survey."Sexual orientation" and "gender identity" w.... Read More
