Jan. 31, 2017
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Good morning from Washington, where tonight President Trump plans to nominate a qualified conservative to fill the vacant Supreme Court seat. Fred Lucas has details on two judges considered his likeliest picks. We've also got a guest commentary on the confirmation process from Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. Trump pokes a beehive with his executive order restricting travel from certain terrorism-plagued nations, and Josh Siegel and Rachel del Guidice have reports. Plus: The war in Ukraine flares up, and Nolan Peterson has a dispatch. |
NewsTrump Likely to Name 1 of These 2 Judges to Supreme CourtPresident Donald Trump will reveal tonight his pick for the Supreme Court, widely reported to be one of two federal appeals court judges—Neil Gorsuch or Thomas Hardiman. Read More |
CommentaryThe People Have Spoken. Trump's Supreme Court Nominee Deserves a Vote."I consistently maintained that the next president would fill [Justice Scalia's] vacancy," writes Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. "I held to that view even when nearly everyone thought the president would be Hillary Clinton." Read More |
NewsExperts Debate Whether Trump's Refugee Order Will Make America Safer"We are establishing new vetting measures to keep radical Islamic terrorists out of the United States," President Trump said. "We want to make sure we aren't admitting to our country the threats our soldiers are fighting overseas." Read More |
NewsCongress Set to Overturn Obama Gun Control RuleCongress is poised to unravel one of the Obama administration's midnight regulations that could prevent certain Social Security disability beneficiaries from buying guns. Read More |
News'This Is Barbarism': Ukrainian Troops on High Alert as War IntensifiesUkrainian troops have been placed on "high alert" along the 250 miles of front lines in the Donbas, Ukraine's embattled eastern region on the border with Russia. Read More |
NewsWhat Republican Lawmakers Say About Trump's Order on Refugees"America welcomes Muslims from 190 countries and temporarily bans all individuals from seven countries," says Rep. Ken Buck, R-Colo. "The president's executive order is a temporary effort that addresses a serious issue with terrorist hot spots." Read More |
FlashbackAfter Expanding Under Obamacare, This 123-Year-Old Insurance Company Is Closing Its DoorsAssurant Health's 2015 decision came 18 months after the implementation of Obamacare, and industry watchers argued Assurant Health's end could be attributed to the health care law. Read More |
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Daily on Defense: Jeffries plots end run for Ukraine aid, Austin back working from home, Ukraine donor group meets, Russian warship sunk, Putin’s poor memory
Follow us on Twitter View this as website BY JAMIE MCINTYRE ADVERTISEMENT JEFFRIES: ALL LEGISLATIVE OPTIONS ARE ON THE TABLE: The pressure is on House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) to find a way to bypass House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) to bring the $95 billion foreign aid bill that sailed through the Senate 70-29 to a vote on the House floor, where it would surely also pass with a wide bipartisan majority. "There are clearly more than 300 members of the House of Representatives, the overwhelming amount of Democrats and a significant number of Republicans, who would support the national security legislation, were it to receive an up-or-down vote on the floor of the House," Jeffries said on CNN yesterday. Jeffries’s best bet is a long shot, a rarely successful legislative maneuver known as a "discharge petition," which would require at least four Republicans