PoliticsNews
Trump Has Fewest Cabinet Secretaries Confirmed Since George Washington
It took nearly a month, but President Donald Trump is finally operating with at least half of his Cabinet in place. Not since George Washington… Read More
SecurityNews
Trump’s Acting Treasury Secretary, an Obama Holdover, Helped Craft Iran Nuclear Deal
As President Donald Trump’s nominee for treasury secretary continues to wait for Senate confirmation, an architect of the Obama administration’s Iran nuclear deal is currently… Read More
LawNews
Senate Confirms Jeff Sessions as Attorney General
The Senate voted 52-47 Wednesday night to confirm Jeff Sessions, a longtime U.S. senator and former federal prosecutor, as the nation’s 84th attorney general. Only… Read More
LawCommentary
Grand Theft Judiciary? The Senate, the President, and the Supreme Court
Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., recently accused his Republican colleagues of committing a “crime against our Constitution.” This is a serious accusation, given that all senators… Read More
LawNews
Trump Faces Senate Boycotts on Nominees That Bush, Obama Didn’t
Since the Senate started holding hearings on President Donald Trump’s Cabinet and Cabinet-level nominations, Senate Democrats have employed a variety of tactics to delay the… Read More
LawCommentary
Don’t Let the Democrats Fool You About a 60-Vote Threshold for Neil Gorsuch
This week, I had the pleasure of being at the White House when President Donald Trump introduced his nominee to be associate justice of the… Read More
LawNews
Democrats Send Mixed Signals on Senate Vote for Neil Gorsuch
Several Democrat senators are sending mixed signals as to whether they will support an up-or-down vote on President Donald Trump’s nominee for the Supreme Court…. Read More
LawNews
Neil Gorsuch Could Rule on These 3 Big Cases If He Joins Supreme Court Soon
President Donald Trump’s nominee for the Supreme Court could have a say in rulings on religious freedom, transgender bathrooms in schools, and private property rights,… Read More
LawCommentary
A Closer Look at Neil Gorsuch, an Excellent Choice for the Supreme Court
Tuesday night, President Donald Trump announced his nomination for the Supreme Court vacancy left by the unexpected death of Justice Antonin Scalia last February. Trump nominated… Read More
LawNews
Trump Nominates Neil Gorsuch to Supreme Court
President Donald Trump on Tuesday night nominated Judge Neil Gorsuch to the U.S. Supreme Court, using the first prime-time address of his presidency to fulfill… Read More
