Tuesday, Sep 13th 2022| 44Former Acting Defense Secretary Christopher Miller has come forward to deny being one of 's 'hatchet men' – and blames the president's Jan. 6th speech for causing the Capitol riot.Miller, whose agency has come under fire for delays in scrambling National Guard forces to the Capitol when it was under attack, calls it 'definitive' that Trump's speech triggered the day's events. He stops short of saying Trump knew what would result from his words, where he urged supporters to 'fight like hell.'    'Would anybody have marched on the Capitol,...… Tuesday, Sep 13th 2022| 44Former Acting Defense Secretary Christopher Miller has come forward to deny being one of 's 'hatchet men' – and blames the president's Jan. 6th speech for causing the Capitol riot.Miller, whose agency has come under fire for delays in scrambling National Guard forces to the Capitol when it was under attack, calls it 'definitive' that Trump's speech triggered the day's events. He stops short of saying Trump knew what would result from his words, where he urged supporters to 'fight like hell.'    'Would anybody have marched on the Capitol,...WW…

 Tuesday, Mar 9th 2021| 1.8k President 's administration faces logistical and humanitarian struggle at the border with the crush of childhood arrivals tripling in a mere two-week period – but the White House would not term is a 'crisis' Tuesday.'I don’t think we need to put new labels on what we have already conveyed is challenging,' said White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki at the daily White House press briefing.It was a term the administration's top homeland official Alejandro Mayorkas has also declined to apply.She attributed the problem, which has echoes of what the Trump...… Tuesday, Mar 9th 2021| 1.8k President 's administration faces logistical and humanitarian struggle at the border with the crush of childhood arrivals tripling in a mere two-week period – but the White House would not term is a 'crisis' Tuesday.'I don’t think we need to put new labels on what we have already conveyed is challenging,' said White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki at the daily White House press briefing.It was a term the administration's top homeland official Alejandro Mayorkas has also declined to apply.She attributed the problem, which has echoes of what the Trump...WW…

 Friday, Feb 19th 2021| Senate Minority leader Mitch McConnell's deputy Sen. June Thune is striking out at state parties who have censured or condemned fellow Republicans who voted to convict Donald Trump at his impeachment trial.Thune, who has worked his way up the leadership ladder and is a key ally to McConnell, warned of 'cancel culture' within the state parties and party activists – a stinging dig that Trump himself has used to blast those who would silence him or seek to pressure conservative opinion. He has a Capitol office located just steps from where angry rioters...… Friday, Feb 19th 2021| Senate Minority leader Mitch McConnell's deputy Sen. June Thune is striking out at state parties who have censured or condemned fellow Republicans who voted to convict Donald Trump at his impeachment trial.Thune, who has worked his way up the leadership ladder and is a key ally to McConnell, warned of 'cancel culture' within the state parties and party activists – a stinging dig that Trump himself has used to blast those who would silence him or seek to pressure conservative opinion. He has a Capitol office located just steps from where angry rioters...WW…

 Tuesday, Sep 13th 2022| 6kFormer President Donald Trump was convinced by aides to delete a line from his blistering attack on Mitch McConnell which accused the Senate minority leader of having ‘too many chins but not enough smarts’, according to reports.Trump lashed out at McConnell on Tuesday through his Save America PAC, calling the Republican Party’s most senior elected figure a ‘dour, sullen’, ‘unsmiling political hack’ days after he voted to acquit Trump of inciting the Capitol riot but then blasted his conduct in an excoriating speech. In his lengthy, racially-loaded and...… Tuesday, Sep 13th 2022| 6kFormer President Donald Trump was convinced by aides to delete a line from his blistering attack on Mitch McConnell which accused the Senate minority leader of having ‘too many chins but not enough smarts’, according to reports.Trump lashed out at McConnell on Tuesday through his Save America PAC, calling the Republican Party’s most senior elected figure a ‘dour, sullen’, ‘unsmiling political hack’ days after he voted to acquit Trump of inciting the Capitol riot but then blasted his conduct in an excoriating speech. In his lengthy, racially-loaded and...WW…

 Tuesday, Sep 13th 2022| 17kMajority Leader Mitch McConnell is telling his Republican colleagues 's impeachment trial will be a 'vote of conscience' – an absence of pressure that effectively allows them to vote guilty. McConnell has already communicated that he himself has not made up his mind on whether to convict Trump – following reports of his fury after a MAGA mob ransacked the Capitol, with one crowd of invaders stopped steps from McConnell's leadership office.'His message to me was this would clearly be a vote of conscience,' North Dakota Republican Sen. Kevin Cramer said....… Tuesday, Sep 13th 2022| 17kMajority Leader Mitch McConnell is telling his Republican colleagues 's impeachment trial will be a 'vote of conscience' – an absence of pressure that effectively allows them to vote guilty. McConnell has already communicated that he himself has not made up his mind on whether to convict Trump – following reports of his fury after a MAGA mob ransacked the Capitol, with one crowd of invaders stopped steps from McConnell's leadership office.'His message to me was this would clearly be a vote of conscience,' North Dakota Republican Sen. Kevin Cramer said....WW…

 Tuesday, Sep 13th 2022| 6.5kHouse Speaker raised the possibility Friday of criminal prosecutions of lawmakers if they are found to have provided Capitol tours to people who took part in the . Speaking to reporters a week after a MAGA mob ransacked the Capitol and days after the House voted to impeach , the Speaker responded to claims by multiple lawmakers who have raised alarms about the tours on the eve of the riots. 'If in fact it is found that members of Congress were accomplices to this insurrection – if they aided and abetted the crimes – there may have to be actions...… Tuesday, Sep 13th 2022| 6.5kHouse Speaker raised the possibility Friday of criminal prosecutions of lawmakers if they are found to have provided Capitol tours to people who took part in the . Speaking to reporters a week after a MAGA mob ransacked the Capitol and days after the House voted to impeach , the Speaker responded to claims by multiple lawmakers who have raised alarms about the tours on the eve of the riots. 'If in fact it is found that members of Congress were accomplices to this insurrection – if they aided and abetted the crimes – there may have to be actions...WW…

 Thursday, Dec 24th 2020| 2.1k Nebraska Sen. Ben Sasse delivered a short denunciation of President Donald Trump's spree of pardons rewarding political allies and friends – including those like Paul Manafort who refused to cooperate with prosecutors in the Russia probe.'This is rotten to the core,' said Sasse, one of the most outspoken elected Republicans when it comes to leveling criticism at the president.Sasse issued the single-line statement Wednesday night as the nation amid the White House's second consecutive night dumping information on pardons Trump issued using his virtually...… Thursday, Dec 24th 2020| 2.1k Nebraska Sen. Ben Sasse delivered a short denunciation of President Donald Trump's spree of pardons rewarding political allies and friends – including those like Paul Manafort who refused to cooperate with prosecutors in the Russia probe.'This is rotten to the core,' said Sasse, one of the most outspoken elected Republicans when it comes to leveling criticism at the president.Sasse issued the single-line statement Wednesday night as the nation amid the White House's second consecutive night dumping information on pardons Trump issued using his virtually...WW…

 Tuesday, Sep 13th 2022| 1.2kPresident rode to the White House on controversial promises of building a wall and an crackdown – but President-elect admits he won't be able to push through wholesale changes immediately. 'It will get done and it will get done quickly. But it’s not going to be able to be done on Day One,' Biden said when asked at a press conference about the prospects of instituting immigration changes. He got asked about the topic after the reported his transition officials said his administration would 'need time' to roll back the 'damage' that Trump policies...… Tuesday, Sep 13th 2022| 1.2kPresident rode to the White House on controversial promises of building a wall and an crackdown – but President-elect admits he won't be able to push through wholesale changes immediately. 'It will get done and it will get done quickly. But it’s not going to be able to be done on Day One,' Biden said when asked at a press conference about the prospects of instituting immigration changes. He got asked about the topic after the reported his transition officials said his administration would 'need time' to roll back the 'damage' that Trump policies...WW…

 Tuesday, Sep 13th 2022| 18kThe on Tuesday rejected ' last-gasp bid to reverse 's certification of President-elect 's victory in the electoral battleground - meaning he will be certified by the Electoral College as the winner.The court without comment refused to call into question the the certification process in Pennsylvania by voiding its mail-in ballots. No justice registered a dissent - suggesting that the decision could have been 9-0.Gov. Tom Wolf already has certified Biden's victory and the state's 20 electors are to meet on Dec. 14 to cast their votes for Biden. Biden beat...… Tuesday, Sep 13th 2022| 18kThe on Tuesday rejected ' last-gasp bid to reverse 's certification of President-elect 's victory in the electoral battleground - meaning he will be certified by the Electoral College as the winner.The court without comment refused to call into question the the certification process in Pennsylvania by voiding its mail-in ballots. No justice registered a dissent - suggesting that the decision could have been 9-0.Gov. Tom Wolf already has certified Biden's victory and the state's 20 electors are to meet on Dec. 14 to cast their votes for Biden. Biden beat...WW…

 Tuesday, Sep 13th 2022| 3.9kThe Supreme Court on Monday struck down a law regulating abortion clinics – with Chief Justice John Roberts once again joining with liberals on a major decision this term. The court in its ruling reasserted a commitment to abortion rights over fierce opposition from dissenting conservative justices in the first big abortion case of the Trump era – after Trump had already succeeded in installing two conservatives on the court.Roberts joined with his four more liberal colleagues ruling that the law requiring doctors who perform abortions have admitting...… Tuesday, Sep 13th 2022| 3.9kThe Supreme Court on Monday struck down a law regulating abortion clinics – with Chief Justice John Roberts once again joining with liberals on a major decision this term. The court in its ruling reasserted a commitment to abortion rights over fierce opposition from dissenting conservative justices in the first big abortion case of the Trump era – after Trump had already succeeded in installing two conservatives on the court.Roberts joined with his four more liberal colleagues ruling that the law requiring doctors who perform abortions have admitting...WW…