US job openings soar to record high of 6.3 million
U.S. employers sharply ramped up their demand for workers in January, advertising 6.3 million jobs at the end of the month, the most on records dating back 17 years.
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Senators suspect Comey lied and plotted to double-cross Trump, seek second special counsel
A plan of action for how a second special counsel can investigate the FBI and Justice Department is spelled out in a point-by-point letter submitted by two Republican senators.
Mueller Broadens Russia Probe, Demands Documents from Trump Organization
Special counsel Robert Mueller is broadening his investigation into possible collusion between Russia and the Trump campaign, subpoenaing the Trump Organization to hand over documents.
The Senate just quietly passed the biggest rollback of Wall Street regulations since the financial crisis
A major overhaul of the US financial system’s regulatory structure passed the Senate on Wednesday in a move that could relax some of the most stringent post-financial-crisis regulations for dozens of banks.
Stop School Violence Act Passes House With Near Unanimous Support
The House of Representatives passed the Stop School Violence Act with broad support from both parties on Wednesday.
Trump fires Rex Tillerson, will nominate Mike Pompeo to replace him
President Trump has fired Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and will nominate CIA Director Mike Pompeo to replace him.
House Intel releases verdict in Russia probe: No collusion
The House Intelligence Committee has released findings from its upcoming report on the Trump-Russia affair — and its main conclusion is that it has discovered no evidence of collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia to influence the 2016 presidential election.
Abortion providers rake in $1.5 billion in taxpayer funding: Report
Three major abortion providers took home more than $1.5 billion in taxpayer funding over a three-year span, according to a report released this week by the Government Accountability Office.
Sessions blasts ‘radical’ move by California to block ICE raids, says move akin to ‘open borders’
Jeff Sessions, the U.S. attorney general, on Wednesday told Fox News that California is ‘not entitled’ to block Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids and vowed that the federal government will not allow the Golden State to flout immigration laws.
Federal judge allows Trump to withhold grants to California as part of sanctuary city crackdown
A federal judge in Northern California has declined a request from California Attorney General Xavier Becerra to block the Trump administration’s decision to withhold a law enforcement grant to the state as part of its crackdown on states and jurisdictions that protect illegal immigrants.
Trump considering tariff exemptions for Canada, Mexico
The White House opened the door Wednesday to exempting Canada and Mexico from the proposed tariffs on steel and aluminum, the first pullback from a plan that critics say will spark a trade war.
Republicans blitz Trump to head off tariffs
Congressional Republicans are making an eleventh-hour push to walk President Donald Trump back from the brink on tariffs, arguing that such levies would undercut his economic message.
Judge rules Trump’s DACA phaseout legal
A federal judge ruled Monday that President Trump’s phaseout of the Obama-era DACA program is legal, adding heft to the administration’s defense but doing little to solve the ongoing court quagmire.
Stocks, U.S. dollar fall on fears Trump starting trade war
Stocks tumbled on Wall Street while the U.S. dollar fell on Thursday after President Donald Trump said the United States would impose tariffs on steel and aluminum imports, sparking fears of a harmful global trade war.
Heritage Foundation: 64% of Trump’s agenda already done, faster than Reagan
With unprecedented speed, the Trump administration has already implemented nearly two-thirds of the 334 agenda items called for by the Heritage Foundation, a pace faster than former President Reagan who embraced the conservative think tank’s legendary ‘Mandate for Leadership’ blueprint.
Judge sides with Trump on challenge to Mexico border wall
A judge who was taunted by Donald Trump during the US presidential campaign sided with the president Tuesday on a challenge to building a border wall with Mexico, removing what could have been a major obstacle to the signature campaign pledge.
ICE arrests more than 150 people in Bay Area following Democratic mayor’s warning
Federal immigration officials have arrested more than 150 individuals in violation of federal U.S. immigration law in Northern California this week despite the Oakland mayor warning of an impending raid.
Trump and Congress move on guns after Florida
Many are hoping Congress will finally move on stalled gun control legislation in the wake of the latest deadly school shooting, but the effort on Capitol Hill still faces the same kinds of hurdles that have made it impossible for decades to pass measures that make significant changes to current gun laws.
In blow to Trump, Supreme Court won’t hear appeal of DACA ruling
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear the Trump administration’s appeal of a federal judge’s ruling that requires the government to keep the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program going.
CPAC celebration: Conservatives who doubted Trump now glad they were wrong
A CPAC/Washington Times poll of more than 1,100 attendees found that 93 percent of conservatives approve of the job Mr. Trump has done over his first year in office — up from 86 percent last year.