Pennsylvania Supreme Court Issues New Congressional Map To Replace Gerrymandered One Republicans have enjoyed a considerable advantage under the earlier map, which was in place for three congressional elections. Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court on Monday issued a new congressional map to replace the state’s current one, which the court said is […]
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Latina GOP rep warns the party is becoming too white The first Latina elected to Congress said Sunday the GOP is in danger of becoming a marginalized party without a broader appeal beyond older, white men. “I think that we would be foolish to not see that we’re heading into […]
Sessions says he’s ‘aggressively’ going after leakers Embattled Attorney General Jeff Sessions said he doesn’t regret recusing himself from the Russia investigation and has since championed one of President Trump’s pet projects: identifying leakers. After Trump announced last year that the “real story” is not Russia but “illegal leaks,” Sessions […]
John Kelly, Chinese officials caused commotion over nuclear football in Beijing, report says President Donald Trump has boasted repeatedly about his big and powerful “nuclear button” — but according to a new report, it almost got away from him last year in China. According to Axios, five sources said that […]
FBI admits failure to act on Florida school gunman, drawing anger The Federal Bureau of Investigation said on Friday it had failed to act on a tip warning that the man now accused of killing 17 people at a Florida high school possessed a gun, the desire to kill and […]
Strong 7.2 Mexico quake cuts power and damages homes; no deaths reported A prolonged 7.2 magnitude quake that rocked Mexico on Friday left nearly a million homes and businesses without power in the capital and four southwest states, the federal electricity commission said, but no deaths were reported. At least […]
New White House security clearance policy could put ‘bull’s eye’ on Kushner White House Chief of Staff John F. Kelly announced Friday that beginning next week, the White House will no longer allow some employees with interim security clearances access to top-secret information — a move that could threaten the […]
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 […]
