WASHINGTON, D.C. The U.S. Senate voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday to confirm Elaine Chao to run the U.S. Transportation Department, the agency that overseas aviation, vehicle, train and pipeline safety. Chao served as U.S. labor […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. The U.S. government has granted waivers to let 872 refugees into the country this week, despite President Donald Trump’s executive order on Friday temporarily banning entry of refugees from any country, according […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. The Senate Energy Committee overwhelmingly approves Trump nominee Rick Perry to head the Energy Department. Perry’s nomination now heads to the full chamber for a final vote.Perry’s 3-1/2-hour hearing before the Senate […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. The deeply divided U.S. Senate Education Committee on Tuesday agreed to send to President Donald Trump’s nominee for U.S. education secretary, Betsy DeVos, to the full chamber for confirmation, but comments ahead […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. President Donald Trump’s nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court, due to be named on Tuesday evening, could have an immediate impact on cases already pending before the justices. The nine-seat court has […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. President Donald Trump is set to unveil his pick for a lifetime job on the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday as Democrats, still fuming over the Republican-led Senate’s refusal to act on […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. Democrats in the U.S. Senate chose to boycott the Senate Finance Committee meeting Tuesday in an effort to delay the confirmation of two of Pres. Donald Trump’s cabinet nominations. The rules of […]
The Trump White House is engulfed in a firestorm of its own ignition. The Democrats and the media were only too happy to pour on more gasoline.I am increasingly confident that I’ll be able to […]
Rarely can a single championship rewrite the history of an entire franchise, but that is surely what the Atlanta Falcons are hoping for in Super Bowl LI.They would like to forget the past. All of […]
RALEIGH While no votes have been held in the General Assembly this week, the N.C. Senate did hold the session’s first committee meeting Tuesday to discuss the forthcoming process for Senate confirmation of Gov. […]
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