Archive for May 2019

Top News $19.1 billion in nationwide disaster aid stalls after single House Republican objects. Theresa May to Step Down as U.K. Prime Minister. Trump approves sending more forces to the Middle East amid tensions with Iran House Democratic Caucus Isn’t on Path to Impeachment, Pelosi Says. Trump gives Barr power to declassify intelligence related to…

Top News Mayor Bill de Blasio Enters 2020 Race for President. Phillip Swagel Named Next Congressional Budget Office Director. Trump’s Immigration Plan Gets a Rose Garden Rollout and a Cool Reception. New York Times House passes drug pricing bills paired with Obamacare fixes Haven’t been following the abortion-ban news? Here’s everything you need to know.…

Top News Trump Will Nominate Shanahan as Defense Secretary, White House Says. Trump urges Republicans to vote against disaster relief bill. Senate Intel Committee subpoenas Donald Trump Jr Pelosi Declares Nation Is in a ‘Constitutional Crisis.’ The nation’s cartoonists on the week in politics Energy, Natural Resources, & Agriculture U.S. EPA proposes hike in biofuel…

Top News Jobless Rate Falls to Lowest in Nearly 50 Years as Employers Ramp Up Hiring. Pelosi Accuses Barr of Law-Breaking as Democrats’ War With Him Boils Over Sen. Michael F. Bennet of Colorado becomes the latest Democratic presidential candidate. Trump, GOP states ask appeals court to kill the Affordable Care Act The nation’s cartoonists…

Top News U.S. Economy Grew at 3.2% Rate in First Quarter. Former vice president Joe Biden jumps into White House race. Trump Moves To Withdraw U.S. From U.N. Arms Trade Treaty Maria Butina, Who Pleaded Guilty to Conspiring to Influence U.S. Politics, Sentenced to 18 Months in Prison. The nation’s cartoonists on the week in…

Top News ‘Putin Has Won’: Mueller Report Details the Ways Russia Interfered in the 2016 Election. Nadler Issues Subpoena for Full Mueller Report. Reaction to Mueller Report, From Right, Left and Center Ex-Massachusetts Gov. Weld to Challenge Trump for GOP Nomination. Democratic Rep. Dave Loebsack to retire in 2020 A France in Turmoil Weeps for…

Top News Julian Assange Arrested in London as U.S. Unseals Hacking Conspiracy Indictment. California congressman Eric Swalwell joins 2020 Democratic presidential field. Trump removes Secret Service director as purge of DHS leadership widens Attorney General William Barr intends to release Mueller report “within a week”. Attorney General William Barr Thinks ‘Spying Did Occur’ on Trump…