Author: Ed O’Keefe
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Furor over Comey firing grows with news that he sought resources for Russia investigation before his dismissal
The furor over President Trump’s abrupt firing of FBI Director James B. Comey grew Wednesday with the revelation that Comey had sought more resources for an investigation into possible coordination between the Trump campaign and the Russian government shortly before he was dismissed. Republicans and Democrats alike expressed dismay Wednesday over Comey’s firing the day…
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Trump is caving on border wall; GOP launches talks on tax reform
Republicans are set to spend Tuesday leading negotiations on government spending, taxes and health care, as they try to avoid a looming government shutdown while also demonstrating forward motion on President Trump’s top domestic priorities. With congressional Republicans eager to avoid shutting down the government on Friday over a spending impasse, the administration is projecting…
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Trump slams the courts, his court nominee hits back
President Trump’s escalating attacks on the federal judiciary drew denunciation Wednesday from his Supreme Court nominee, Neil Gorsuch, who told a senator that the criticism was “disheartening” and “demoralizing” to independent federal courts. Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) said Gorsuch made the comments during their private meeting Wednesday, and the account was confirmed by Ron Bonjean,…
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Republicans vote to rebuke Elizabeth Warren, saying she impugned Sessions’s character
Senate Republicans passed a party-line rebuke Tuesday night of Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) for a speech opposing attorney general nominee Jeff Sessions, striking down her words for impugning the Alabama senator’s character. In an extraordinarily rare move, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) interrupted Warren’s speech, in a near-empty chamber as debate on Sessions’s nomination heads…
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Virtually all Senate Democrats poised to vote against remaining Cabinet picks
Virtually all Democratic senators are expected to vote against President Trump’s picks to lead the departments of Education, Justice, Health and Human Services, Labor and Treasury and his top budget nominee — a historic rebuke of a first-term president’s Cabinet selections. The Senate is scheduled to continue confirming Trump’s Cabinet nominees this week, with a…
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Republican delegates scramble to ward off rules revolt
CLEVELAND — Republicans setting the GOP’s presidential nomination rules abruptly recessed for more than three hours on Thursday as top party leaders seek to thwart a revolt among delegates eager to revamp the GOP’s command structure and the process of nominating Donald Trump. The RNC Rules Committee convened early Thursday to begin a cumbersome review…