EPA Says Scott Pruitt Flies First Class Because Angry People Yell At Him Too Much Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt frequently flies in first and business class because he’s regularly confronted by angry members of the public during his travels, according to a report in Politico on Thursday. The […]
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Senate’s Renewed Push for Sentencing Overhaul Hits a Familiar Roadblock A bipartisan group of senators pushing to revive legislation that would bring sweeping changes to federal sentencing laws cleared a key hurdle on Thursday, but the effort appeared likely to stall once again. Advocates of criminal justice overhaul from both […]
Obama ran out of words on mass shootings. Trump has struggled to find them. As he heads to Florida this weekend, President Trump is following in the footsteps of former president Barack Obama, a man he disparages and a leader whose time in office in many ways came to be […]
Immigration bills fail in Congress, leaving ‘dreamers’ in limbo Weeks of intense negotiations for a bipartisan deal on immigration collapsed in Congress on Thursday, leaving hundreds of thousands of young undocumented immigrants facing possible deportation. The rejection of four proposals in the Senate, coupled with a lack of consensus in […]
House GOP pushes hardline immigration plan as Senate deals fail House GOP leaders are forging ahead with their own hardline immigration bill, as the Senate threw in the towel Thursday on legislation to protect hundreds of thousands of young, undocumented immigrants from deportation. The main author of the House bill, […]
Two Bronx Brothers Arrested in Bomb-Making Scheme A former teacher at a charter high school and his twin brother were arrested on Thursday on federal bomb-making charges, stockpiling more than 32 pounds of ingredients for explosives in a closet in their apartment in the Bronx, law enforcement officials said. The […]
The Names of the Florida School Shooting Victims As gunshots echoed through the high school, a geography teacher, Scott Beigel, 35, paused to usher stragglers into his classroom before locking the door, only to be shot and killed himself as the shooter strode by. A parent, Jennifer Zeif, credited Mr. […]
NSA shooting: Officer injured at Fort Meade security gate, three in custody Three people were injured at Fort Meade early Wednesday when the driver of an SUV attempted to enter the National Security Agency compound, authorities said. The driver and two passengers in the black SUV were taken into custody […]
Judges Say Throw Out the Map. Lawmakers Say Throw Out the Judges. In Pennsylvania, a Republican lawmaker unhappy with a State Supreme Court ruling on gerrymandering wants to impeach the Democratic justices who authored it. In Iowa, a running dispute over allowing firearms in courthouses has prompted bills by Republican […]
Senators Strike Bipartisan Deal on Immigration Despite Veto Threat A broad bipartisan group of senators reached agreement Wednesday on a narrow rewrite of the nation’s immigration laws that would bolster border security and resolve the fate of the so-called Dreamers, even as President Trump suggested he would veto any plan […]
